HOOKS, Texas-After being tied, 13-13, near the end of the first half, Daingerfield scored 28 unanswered points and went on to a 41-13 victory over Hooks here Friday night at Hornets Stadium in a District 7-3A, Division-II contest.
Daingerfield (4-3) remains undefeated in district play at 3-0, while Hooks (3-5) falls to 1-3 in district action.
Daingerfield scored first with an 82-yard drive in seven plays with Jakauri Woods scoring on a 6-yard run.
Chris Castleberry got things started for the Tigers with a 37-yard run to open the drive with 2:56 left in the first quarter.
Hooks came right back as Mason Vasquez completed passes of 33 yards to Carter Duncan and 21 yards to Slade Ruth to the 11-yard line but the drive ended on downs at the 6.
A Daingerfield fumble helped set up a Hooks' touchdown, taking over at the Tigers' 26-yard line.
A 15-yard pass to Ruth and a 11-yard touchdown by Phillip Dickerson tied the game, 7-7, early in the second quarter.
The Tigers regained the lead when Zaylon Jeter's 23-yard run set up Woods 1-yard touchdown run.
With just 0:59 left, Dickerson scored on a 27-yard screen pass to tie the score, 13-13, but a 32-yard pass to Tyrese Grant with 0:07 left put Tigers back on top, 20-13.
Vasquez completed 7 of 12 passes for 141 yards in the first half to lead the Hornets.
Daingerfield took the second-half kickoff and marched 72 yards in 10 plays to increase its lead to 27-13. Jeter scored on a 5-yard run.
Just three minutes later, Daingerfield scored again on a 40-yard run by Jeter for a 34-13 advantage.
Trodarius Lynn closed out the scoring for the Tigers with a 57-yard run with 8:53 remaining in the contest.
Castleberry paced the Tigers' 345-yard running attack with 110 yards on 11 carries.
Dickerson had 87 yards on nine carries that included a 70-yard run to the 4-yard line in the third quarter, but the Hornets could not advance the ball.
Daingerfield 7 13 14 7 - 41
Hooks 0 13 0 0 - 13
First Quarter
D-Jakauri Woods 6 run (Jose Bello kick), 2:56.
Second Quarter
H-Phillip Dickerson 11 run (Logan Murray kick), 9:23.
D-Woods 1 run (run failed)' 6:46.
H-Dickerson 27 pass from Mason Vasquez (kick blocked), 0:59.
D-Tyrese Grant 32 pass from Woods (Bello kick), 0:07.
Third Quarter
D-Zaylon Jeter 5 run (Bello kick), 6:52.
D-Jeter 40 run (Bello kick), 3:51.
Fourth Quarter
D-Trodarius Lynn 57 run (Bello kick), 8:53.