The Royse City Bulldogs played the regular-season finale against the Tyler Legacy Red Raiders. The Bulldogs capitalized on a back-and-forth battle to come away with a 40-32 victory.
Royse City scored first with an effective passing drive. Bulldogs quarterback Braeden Harrison hit Khamari Nelson on a pass inside the Red Raiders' 25-yard line and Harrison followed that with a screen pass to Bryson Arney for a score to make it 6-0.
Legacy punched back though, scoring 19 unanswered in the first quarter. However, the Bulldogs threw a counterpunch in the second quarter. Arney caught a pass from Harrison who sliced and diced his way past midfield and broke three tackles on the way to the end zone to make it a one-score game, 19-13.
Later in the quarter, Harrison hit Nelson for a touchdown to take a 20-19 lead going into the break.
In the third quarter, it was Royse City's defense that capitalized first as safety Teagon Woods picked off a pass at the Bulldogs 15-yard line to cut off an effective Legacy drive.
Harrison followed that by hitting Darian Williams on a pass at midfield and later finding Arney on an out route to cap off the drive with a touchdown to make it 26-19 Royse City.
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