DeSoto (TX) at Duncanville (TX): Score, live updates of clash between elite Texas programs originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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This season’s version of the DeSoto-Duncanville rivalry may not be the game to watch in Texas, as is usually the case, given the teams’ records.
But, make no mistake, anytime the Eagles and Panthers get together on the gridiron, expect fireworks and expect some of the top athletes in not only the state but the entire nation on display.
The traditionally elite programs from the southern part of the Dallas-Fort Worth “Metroplex,” DeSoto and Duncanville square off once again on Friday night.
Duncanville has played just three ballgames this season and is 2-1. As for DeSoto, the Eagles come in at 3-2, but have won three straight, including a win against Waxahachie, which upended Duncanville last month.
Follow The Sporting News correspondent Buck Ringgold (@Bucks_Ballpark) for all of the live updates and scoring from Duncanville.
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DUNCANVILLE 7, DeSOTO 6 1ST QTR.
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FIRST QUARTER
– TOUCHDOWN DeSOTO. Eagles answer with a 12-play, 73-yard march, capped by a 37-yard dash to the house from SaRod Baker. Try for two fails, keeping Duncanville in front. (Duncanville, 7-6 | 4:50, 1st)
– TOUCHDOWN DUNCANVILLE. Panthers march 83 yards in 9 plays to go in front, as Maximus Denson completes a 19-yard scoring pass to Emmanuel Ellison. (Duncanville, 7-0 | 8:28, 1st)
Duncanville takes an early 7-0 lead over DeSoto on TD pass from Maximus The Great Denson to Emmanuel Ellison.#txhsfb@SportsDayHS@dctf@ihss_dfw@Duncanville_FB@FootballDesotopic.twitter.com/1CBuVHSfW7
— Greg Riddle (@DMNGregRiddle) October 11, 2025
– DeSoto fields the opening kickoff but the Eagles eventually have to punt it away. Duncanville on offense for the first time this evening.
PREGAME
– Coming to you from Reginald Samples Field in Duncanville, the Panthers welcome in the Eagles of DeSoto in the renewal of one of the top rivalries in Texas.
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