Southlake Carroll wins double-overtime thriller over Allen, 35-34, before 40,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium
ARLINGTON - The Allen-Southlake Carroll game Saturday night certainly lived up to its billing. And then some.
Carroll appeared to have the Class 5A Division II Region I area playoff game wrapped up in regulation before a botched punt in the final seconds allowed Allen to send the game into overtime.
The double-overtime thriller wasn't decided until Sunday morning, when Allen decided to go for the win with a two-point conversion attempt. Carroll stopped Allen quarterback Matt Brown short of the end zone to win 35-34 before a crowd of about 40,000 at Cowboys Stadium.
Carroll (11-1) advances to the regional semifinals and will face Arlington Bowie (9-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at SMU's Ford Stadium.
After Brown pulled Allen to within 35-34 in the second overtime on a 2-yard run, both teams traded timeouts. Allen (10-2), the defending 5A Division I state champion, came out and gambled. Brown kept the snap and ran to his left before doubling-back to the right side, where Carroll cornerback Justin Agnew stopped him at the 3-yard line.
"I love my football team," Carroll coach Hal Wasson said. "We made a great play at the right time. We beat a tremendous football team."



