After a slow start, North Crowley prevailed over Euless Trinity, 42-20, in a penalty-marred match up of District 3-6A squads at Pennington Field on Friday night.

The Panthers (5-0, 2-0) came into the game No. 3 in the Class 6A area rankings.

Trinity (0-5, 0-2) missed a golden scoring opportunity early in the game. On a punt, the Panthers fumbled away at their 19. The Trojans got a first down at the 6, but four plays netted them only five yards to the 1.

D.C. Thompson was key on defense batting down a pass at the line of scrimmage on a roll out and assisting in stuffing Gary Maddox at the center of the line on fourth-and-goal from the 2.

The Panthers took over and drove the distance in five plays. Key was a 68-yard pass to Xavier Alexander on third-and-5 from the 6 to the Trinity 26. Two plays later and after a procedure penalty, Alexander’s number was called again and he caught a pass in the middle of the end zone on a crossing pattern from 33 yards out from quarterback Chris Jimerson.

North Crowley converted the two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead.

North Crowley scored its second touchdown on its next possession on a long drive, 86 yards in nine plays. 4-star Texas commit S’Maje Burrell took a direct snap in the shotgun formation and went off guard from eight yards out for the score.

But Trinity, which had won the last two meetings 42-14 and 42-7, answered late in the first half. Quarterback Ethan Williams III, who had been one of seven for four yards to that point, threw three straight completions of 42, 9 and 21 yards. The first and third were to Jarvis Harmuli. The latter one set up first-and-goal at the 1 which Maddox converted to make it 14-6 with 1:32 left in the first half.

However, North Crowley quickly replied with a touchdown drive of its own and this was when things got ugly.

The Panthers drove 70 yards in three plays that were aided by a pair of personal foul penalties for 30 yards. On the touchdown, 3-star Vanderbilt commit Ka’Morreun Pimpton took a 17-yard pass from Jimerson with 51 seconds left.

After Trinity got the ball back with seconds to go in the half, a fight broke out and three players, two from North Crowley and the other from Trinity, were ejected from the game.

Overall, Trinity was flagged 15 times for 141 yards and North Crowley had eight for 55 yards, and there were several injuries.

In the second half after forcing a punt, North Crowley drove 71 yards in five plays culminated by a 10-yard pass from Jimerson to Alexander for a 28-6 lead.

However, Trinity again threatened to make a game of it when the Trojans scored the next two touchdowns. The first was on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter when Josh Bell broke off-tackle and down the left sideline for 72-yard scoring run.

After forcing a three-and-out and an 18-yard punt, Trinity was in business again at the North Crowley 34-yard line. Six plays later, Williams scored from three yards out to make it 28-20 with 3:44 left in the third quarter.

But that was as close as the Trojans would get as North Crowley scored the game’s remaining two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Pimpton took a 4-yard pass from Jimerson near the left front pylon for a 35-20 lead. It was the only throw of an 11-play 65-yard drive.

Cornelius Warren finished the scoring with a 13-yard run with 4:10 left.

Alexander and Pimpton each had a pair of receiving touchdowns. Alexander and Pimpton also each had three catches for 111 and 43 yards, respectively. Jimerson completed 8 of 13 attempts for 181 yards and four touchdowns. Dejuan Lacy rushed for 154 yards on 25 carries.

The Panther defense kept Maddox in check with 57 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown. The Trojans were led by Williams with 75 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown. Heimuli finished with a game-high 131 yards on five receptions.

The Crowley school district was about to have its very own high school football stadium after funding for the project was approved by voters during a 2007 bond package.

Fifteen years later, the project came into fruition with the first football game Thursday night.

North Crowley recorded the venue’s first score and first touchdown, and went on to upset Class 5A Division 2 No. 3 Lucas Lovejoy, 28-20, at the new Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium. The Panthers improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2005 when they won their first five games.

“We talked about the moment, seizing the moment. It’s the moment versus the mission and this was a moment in the middle of our mission this year,” said North Crowley coach Ray Gates, who was hired in February after being at Cedar Hill. “We had one opportunity to seize it and our kids did.

“I’m super excited for our community, super excited for our kids. It’s the first time we’ve been 3-0 since 2005 and I can’t tell you the last time we beat a ranked opponent in the state. So it’s a great win for North Crowley and our community.”

The 8,000-seat stadium is located just south of downtown Fort Worth off Risinger Road and Hemphill Street and features a field house with locker rooms and training areas and a split-level press box. It also has a 3,000 square foot community room and a 60 by 30 foot LED video scoreboard in the north end zone.

“To be able to open up tonight 15 years later and to see the stands full, the kids get the chance to experience it, it’s phenomenal,” CISD superintendent Michael McFarland said. “This is going to be a destination spot. We hope to host quite a few playoff games, band contests and soccer games.”

Trailing 14-3 at the half, Lovejoy (1-2) scored on its opening drive of the third quarter, a 1-yard run by 3-star LSU commit Kyle Parker to pull within one possession.

The Leopards came in averaging 50 points a game after putting up 52 in their Week 1 win over College Station and 49 in their Week 2 loss against Argyle.

North Crowley answered the bell when on fourth-and-1, Cornelius Warren broke outside down the right sideline and scored on a 66-yard touchdown run to make it 21-10 at the five-minute mark.

The Panthers picked up momentum when they forced a Lovejoy punt, but the return was muffed and the Leopards recovered, and capped it off with a 8-yard touchdown catch from Parker to make it 21-17 with 2:11 left in the third. Parker is ranked No. 55 among all Class of 2023 receivers in the nation.

Warren finished with 175 yards rushing and added his second touchdown, from 5 yards, to extend the Panther lead to 28-17 in the fourth. He also had two catches for 42 yards.

North Crowley had over 400 yards total offense.

Sophomore QB Chris Jimerson had 166 yards passing and one TD, and rushed for 48 yards.

“We came in as the underdog. They all thought we were going to lose,” Jimerson said. “Came out here and worked all week, played hard and came out with a W.”

“We talk about this all the time, when you make a play, flush it. When you miss a play, flush it. It’s on to the next play,” Gates added. “So when they make an answer, we’re going to make an answer. We knew it was going to be a dog fight, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy.”

FIRST TOUCHDOWN AT CISD STADIUM! @chrisjimerson1 9 yards to Vandy commit TE @kamorreun28 !! 6-0 North Crowley Q1 #txhsfb pic.twitter.com/UCDtpAnJ0h

— Brian Gosset (@Gosset41) September 9, 2022

The defense was led by 4-star Texas committed linebacker S’Maje Burrell, No. 12 in the S-T Top 100 and a pair of interceptions from Devon Jackson and Armani Green. Burrell had several big hits all night and tipped a pass that led to Green’s interception. Anthony Toliver also had a big fourth-quarter sack for the Panthers.

“We wanted to set the tempo,” Gates said. “We wanted to come out and make them say ‘OK what do we have to do’ and when it gets late in the game, in the fourth quarter we’re going to take them to the deep end and see if they can swim with us for four quarters.”

North Crowley got a break on the opening kickoff when the ball was mis-kicked and Jaydon Davis recovered at the Lovejoy 35. Warren picked up 20 on the end around and two plays later, the Panthers scored the first touchdown.

Jimerson found 6-5 3-star Vanderbilt commit Ka’Morreun Pimpton on a 9-yard strike, but the extra point was missed. However, North Crowley landed the first punch, 6-0 less than two minutes into the first quarter.

Pimpton is the 34th ranked Class of 2023 tight end in the nation, according to 247Sports.

He’s also the 62nd ranked player in this year’s Star-Telegram Top 100.

The North Crowley defense also responded on Lovejoy’s first drive, holding the Leopards to four yards and a three-and-out. The Panthers drove across midfield, but the drive ended in a Lovejoy interception from RJ McIntosh, who had a nice return to the North Crowley 33.

One play in and Brayden Hagle hit big tight end West Wilson for 24 yards to the 9.

North Crowley’s defense had a nice goal line stand and held Lovejoy to a 21-yard field goal from Caden Carlock making the score 6-3 with 2:32 left in the opening period.

The Panthers drove into Lovejoy territory again, to the 17, but three straight incomplete passes turned it over on downs. But the defense came up big again when three plays later, Jackson picked off a Lovejoy pass, which North Crowley would turn into points.

Pimpton made a nice one-handed grab for 37 yards to end the first quarter. and Dejuan Lacy capped off the drive with a 4-yard touchdown run. Pimpton again made a great catch in the corner of the end zone for two and the North Crowley lead grew to 14-3 with 8:25 left in the first half.

Pimpton finished with five catches for 104 yards.

This story was originally published September 8, 2022, 9:48 PM.

This coming weekend won’t be a huge one for Texas football recruiting in terms of the visitor list that is amassing for the home matchup against head coach Neal Brown and the West Virginia Mountaineers. At least among the 2023 visitors, it looks like there could only be a handful of uncommitted recruits in attendance for Texas-West Virginia this weekend.

One name to watch among the potential visitors among 2023 recruits for head coach Steve Sarkisian, special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jeff Banks, and the Longhorns is a tight end that is currently committed to the Vanderbilt Commodores in the SEC.

The recent Vanderbilt commit and three-star North Crowley (TX) tight end Ke’Morreun Pimpton is apparently a candidate to be in attendance for this weekend’s matchup against the Mountaineers.

According to a report from Inside Texas on Sep. 30 (paid content), Texas was in contact recently with Pimpton and there is the possibility of a visit on the table for the Oct. 1 matchup against West Virginia. This visit reportedly isn’t locked in yet, but Texas should know soon if the Fort Worth product is planning on attending this game in Austin.

Texas football pushing to get a visit this weekend with 3-Star Vanderbilt TE commit Ka’Morreun Pimpton

It’s also worth noting that a report from Hudson Standish of Horns247 this week mentions that Pimpton is a tight end recruit with his stock rising fast this fall. It sounds like Pimpton is one of those new senior offers that was a recent scouting job done by Sark and his staff.

Story of the game is Ka’Morreun Pimpton who is on cheat code mode at this point. pic.twitter.com/qyyPtayFw9

— Mike Roach (@MikeRoach247) September 9, 2022

It also makes sense that the Texas staff would have some extra eyes on Pimpton this fall. Pimpton’s teammate is the highly touted four-star North Crowley linebacker and Texas commit S’Maje Burrell.

Texas has yet to officially send a scholarship offer Pimpton’s way. But if a visit winds up coming to fruition this weekend with Pimpton, and Texas sends him an offer soon thereafter, I would consider it a real possibility that the Longhorns flip his commitment this fall.

We will continue to monitor this situation to see if Pimpton does attend this game on Oct. 1.

Texas currently has two tight ends committed in the 2023 class and has 22 recruits in the mix in total. The two tight end commits are a pair of three-stars in Mater Dei’s Spencer Shannon and Isidore Newman’s Will Randle.

CROWLEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — The Crowley Lady Eagles volleyball team is determined to serve up their first playoff appearance since 2007. And this season, it's more important than ever that they hold nothing back.

"Enjoy the moments with people because you don't know when the last day is. People say that, but they don't really take it in," Crowley High School junior Jasmine Quinn said.

Junior Cienna Rodriguez agrees, saying, "a lot of people say that, but really mean it. Just take in every moment that you have."

It's not a perspective a teenager usually has, but their pink shoe laces are representative of the fact that they've been forced to grow up quickly. Their head coach Catherine Bruder entered this season by sharing some news with the girls that has forever changed their lives.

"Last year, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and kind of didn't tell anybody," Bruder admitted. "May came around and we finally told them and they had the whole summer to process."

A summer to process that the coach they know and love has cancer that has spread to her liver, lungs, and bones.

Despite having a survival rate of six months to three years, Bruder is not afraid.

"Before I thought that I had all the time in the world. Now, I don't know if I have all the time in the world," she shared. "In reality, knowing has helped me be more present than if I didn't know."

On and off the court, her players think about it as well.

"It's really scary thinking about not knowing the time length of it," Quinn said. "It's really hard."

But not only is Bruder getting support from her family and volleyball players, she's also getting support from their opponents.

Whether it be the supportive hashtag from Burleson, the flower arrangement from Weatherford, or the group team photo with Boswell High, it's clear what coach Bruder means to the entire community.

"You don't know how appreciated you are to other people, until something like this happens," she said.

As for Bruder's volleyball girls, they believe their mission will allow nothing to stand in their way.

"The whole team has a real reason to really fight this year. We want to make it to playoffs for her," Quinn said. "We all remind each other why we're here and what we're doing this for. For her."

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AUSTIN, TX, March 4, 2021 — OnRamps and Crowley ISD today announced a new partnership to expand excellence in education that will help its middle- and high-school teachers advance their distance learning expertise and improve academic and social and emotional learning outcomes as districts across the state continue to seek ways to support students.

Crowley ISD teachers of grades five and up will have free and unlimited access to 20 customized professional development modules, by way of the OnRamps Distance Learning Catalog. Designed by OnRamps, a signature initiative of The University of Texas at Austin, and made possible through a grant from the Sid Richardson Foundation, this partnership enables Crowley ISD to address critical classroom needs through self-paced professional development modules on distance education. It also is designed to ensure that all students are closer to achieving learner outcomes that put them on the path for college and career success.

DISTANCE LEARNING TO SCALE

Crowley ISD’s customized Distance Learning Catalog reflects the evolving needs of teachers and students in online learning environments. Applicable to all instructional modalities, each module contains interactive activities and downloadable documents that support direct application to classroom contexts. Additionally, teachers receive CPE credit and additional incentives for completed modules. The modules are divided into “bundles,” which sequentially build skills and knowledge in four key areas:

“The Catalog draws from our nearly ten years of experience in distance education and evidence-based professional learning and development, and this expansion of our years-long partnership with Crowley ISD allows us to share this expertise with teachers and students at a time when it is needed most,” says Dr. Jennifer Porter, managing director of OnRamps. “We look forward to supporting these educators as they continue their invaluable work to advance student success.”

PARTNERING SINCE 2016

OnRamps and Crowley ISD’s partnership first began in 2016, when the district brought four OnRamps dual enrollment courses to two high school campuses. Dr. Michael McFarland, superintendent of schools at Crowley ISD since 2017, noted the value that OnRamps brought to his district, and saw the opportunity to bolster the already significant academic gains being made for the community. Now, Crowley ISD offers eight OnRamps courses to over 300 unique students across three campuses, and the addition of the customized Catalog will support its teachers in growing their distance learning expertise and reaching countless more students.

“By expanding our partnership to include this customized Catalog, every teacher in our district will have the skills they need to foster meaningful experiences and a quality education in the virtual classroom.”

-Dr. Michael McFarland, Superintendent of Schools, Crowley ISD

"Our work with OnRamps these past five years has proven the impact that thoughtful and robust professional learning can have on a classroom,” says Dr. McFarland. “By expanding our partnership to include this customized Catalog, every teacher in our district will have the skills they need to foster meaningful experiences and a quality education in the virtual classroom.”

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OnRamps is one of The University of Texas at Austin’s signature initiatives designed to expand access to high-quality educational opportunities across Texas that can be scaled across the nation. For nearly ten years, OnRamps has been serving secondary and higher education communities in Texas through dual enrollment distance education courses and professional learning and development to high school teachers. Serving more than 34,000 students and over 1,200 teachers in partnership with districts and higher education institutions across the state, OnRamps is helping to reduce barriers to college readiness and increase the number and diversity of students who are on the path to postsecondary success. Learn more at onramps.utexas.edu.

ABOUT CROWLEY ISD

Crowley ISD serves approximately 16,000 students across 25 campuses with excellence in education so that all students achieve their full potential. The district is committed to equipping its students with the social, emotional, and academic skills to thrive as citizens in a diverse, evolving, global society, and to ensuring its teachers are supported to deliver quality, aligned curriculum for college and career success. Learn more at www.crowleyisdtx.org.