Chandler spotted the Kellyville Ponies a couple of early touchdowns, but old-schooled their way to a 48-34 district win Friday night.
The Lions outgained Kellyville, 506-206, with Casmen Hill collecting 341 of the yards on 42 rushing attempts. As a team, the Lions ran it 54 times for 432 yards.
The victory puts Chandler at 6-3 for the season and 3-2 in district going into Friday’s final regular season game against Prague.
“I’m glad we got the win. We knew they were going to be super dangerous,” said Chandler head coach Jack Gray.
“We started off with a lot of mistakes. We could have quit a lot of times, but they were fighting back, fighting back.
“Even if things fell through, they were still fighting back. That’s the thing. We made things happen and a lot of guys stepped up.”
The Lions took a 27-20 lead at the half, but Kellyville put up 14 in the third quarter to go up 34-27.
Quarterback Kaden Jones hit Darian Mahan for a 31-yard touchdown pass to tie the game, then