Waxahchie Indians come from behind to beat the Highland Park Scots!

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WAXAHACHIE — It took more than will to knock off a Dave Campbell's Texas Football (No. 5) and AP (No. 7) top 10 team, it took blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of Jalen Reagor.

Though the Waxahachie High School senior had only had only three catches for 24 yards and zero touchdowns in the first two quarters, he was a "superstar" in the second half of the Indians' 40-37 victory over Highland Park Friday night at Lumpkins Stadium.

"Big time players make big time plays," said Indians head coach Jon Kitna. "Bryse (Salik) really stepped up. He made plays with his feet throwing on the run and helped us make some big time fourth downs. Jalen Reagor did what superstars do. He made play after play. We carry a high volume of plays specifically for stuff like this and that play was a play we just put in this week."

Kitna said the play — which placed the speedy and sure-handed Reagor in one-on-one coverage with Highland Park's free safety — was the first time they ran it full speed.

Reagor gained 189 yards receiving on five catches and seven targets in the second half and finished the game with eight receptions, 213 yards and three touchdowns — including the six-yard game-winning catch with 19 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. He outgained opposing receiver Scully Jenevein, who caught five passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.

A week ago, Jenevein and junior Paxton Alexander each had more than 100 yards. On Friday, the duo finished with 120, collectively.

Salik, too, outdueled John Stephen Jones in a flip-flop of week one passing performances. Against Rockwall High School, Jones completed 81.8 of his passes, finished 18-22 for 327 yards and four touchdowns and against Lakeview Centennial High School, Salik went 12-21 for 172 yards and four touchdowns.

Friday night, Salik was mobile and elusive in the pocket, completing 15 of 25 passes (60 completion percentage), throwing for 320 yards and four touchdowns and two interceptions. Jones was far more inaccurate completing only 12 of his 27 attempts for 162 yards and a touchdown.

"That's just the type of team we are," Reagor said. "It shows what happens when we settle down and play football. I think it made a big statement about who we are. We were behind and we could have shut it down and given up, but we didn't. We kept fighting and came out victorious. This is our brotherhood and we're going to go balls to the wall for the next man."

Reagor's third quarter, 74-yard highlight-of-the-night didn't only steal the show, it also gave the Indians the momentum they needed to stay upright in the scoring slugfest that was Friday night's football game.

The touchdown, which came via a busted screen play, required Reagor to reverse his direction on the football field twice before streaking down right sideline and outrunning the free safety to close the points gap to 23-20.