Austin Vandegrift (TX) vs. Houston Sheldon King (TX): Live updates, score of Texas UIL 6A Division II Saturday night semifinal

Austin Vandegrift (TX) vs. Houston Sheldon King (TX): Live updates, score of Texas UIL 6A Division II Saturday night semifinal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

One more ticket is left to be punched to next week’s Texas University Interscholastic League State championship round.

That will go to either Austin Vandegrift or Houston Sheldon King, as the two square off for the UIL 6A Division II championship Saturday night at Baylor University’s McLane Stadium in Waco.

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Vandegrift is one step away from getting the chance to repeat as state champs. The Vipers come in at 12-2.

They began their playoff run by getting a walk-off field goal to beat Austin Westlake, 16-14, in the bi-district round. Last week, the Vipers held off Dripping Springs, 27-20, to win the regional title.

Sheldon King also comes in at 12-2, and the Panthers have reeled off five straight wins. Last week, they held off Humble Summer Creek, 24-21, to win their regional championship.

Friday’s semifinal winner plays DeSoto, which held off Southlake Carroll, 51-44, in the other semifinal on Saturday. That championship game takes place next Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

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SHELDON KING 42, AUSTIN VANDEGRIFT 35 4TH QTR.

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FOURTH QUARTER

– TOUCHDOWN AND 2-POINT CONVERSION VANDEGRIFT. WE HAVE A GAME NOW. Just one play after recovering the onside kick, the Vipers strike as Miles Teodecki throws his fifth TD pass, a 50-yarder to Brock Chilton. The two hook up again for the ensuing two-point conversion and it’s now a one-score game. (King, 42-35 | 10:20, 4th)

– And Vandegrift just recovered the onside kick. Are we in for another frantic finish in the UIL playoffs this weekend?

– TOUCHDOWN VANDEGRIFT. Miles Teodecki throws his fourth TD pass on the night, this one going to Brock Chilton. But King blocks the PAT. (King, 42-27 | 10:33, 4th)

– Sheldon King is 12 minutes away from a date with DeSoto next week at AT&T Stadium.

THIRD QUARTER

– TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Timothy Potts turns on the jets as the quarterback takes a keeper 56 yards to the house and the Panthers are now up by three scores. (King, 42-21 | 1:22, 3rd)

– INTERCEPTION VANDEGRIFT. Sheldon King was driving for another score, but the Vipers’ Joey Fennell gets a much-needed takeaway with less than three minutes left in the period.

– TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Panthers go back up by two TDs early in the second half as Timothy Potts finds Joshua Hayes in the end zone for a 29-yard score. (King, 35-21 | 10:43, 3rd)

– Second-half action from Waco is now under way.

HALFTIME

– An entertaining first half of football comes to an end, and it’s still anyone’s ballgame.

SECOND QUARTER

– TOUCHDOWN VANDEGRIFT. The Vipers are able to get right back in this game in the final moments of the opening half, as Miles Teodecki finds Thomas Buechler in the corner of the end zone from 8 yards out. (King, 28-21 | :04, 2nd)

– TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Quarterback Timothy Potts takes it in from 9 yards out, and the Panthers extend their lead. (King, 28-14 | :50, 2nd)

– Vandegrift misses a field goal with more than two minutes left in the half.

– PICK-SIX TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Panthers take the lead as Royce McIntosh-Houston reads a screen pass and takes it 35 yards to the house. (King, 21-14 | 10:23, 2nd)

– TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Panthers tie it up on a 61-yard pass from Timothy Potts to Dillon Mitchell. (14-14 | 10:50, 2nd)

FIRST QUARTER

– TOUCHDOWN VANDEGRIFT. Vipers regain the lead on Miles Teodecki’s second TD toss, a 20-yarder to Justin Moore. (Vandegrift, 14-7 | 1:36, 1st)

– TOUCHDOWN SHELDON KING. Panthers tie things up, as Dionne Sims runs it in from 3 yards out. (7-7 | 5:05, 1st)

– TOUCHDOWN VANDEGRIFT. Vipers literally strike rather quick, as Brock Chilton hauls in a 56-yard TD pass from QB Miles Teodecki. (Vandegrift, 7-0 | 10:31, 1st)