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ARLINGTON — If Frisco Lone Star was going to make a regional final, knock out the three-time defending state champions, and beat a team that’s been so unbeatable for the second time this season, it had to be more than Marvin Mims.

Highland Park wouldn’t let the do-it-all receiver do it all against them, not a second time. Two touchdowns, 11 catches and 236 yards the last time the two teams played had that type of effect.

“We wanted to make them beat us with somebody besides Mims,” said Highland Park head coach Randy Allen.

The plan worked. And it still led to the end of Highland Park’s dynasty.

Frisco Lone Star proved why it was the top-ranked team in the state on Friday, beating Highland Park 33-27 in overtime to advance to the regional final for the third time in the last five years.

Junior running back Jaden Nixon sprinted through an open hole for the 18-yard, game-winning touchdown, sending the entire Frisco Lone Star sideline sprinting to the end zone to meet him.

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Jaden Nixon scores the game-winning TD as Frisco Lone beats Highland Park in OT.



There will be a new state champ in 5A-I as Highland Park’s run of three-straight championships ends. @SportsDayHS pic.twitter.com/PL6t7EVqLr — Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) November 30, 2019

Frisco Lone Star will now play Lancaster in the 5A-I Region I final Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Rockwall’s Wilkerson-Sanderson Stadium.

Rangers head coach Jeff Rayburn will tell you his team is at this point because it’s a special group. The reason: they genuinely care more about team success than personal production.

“It’s not about one guy,” Rayburn said.

But the narrative following Lone Star all season has been about one player. Mims, an Oklahoma pledge, entered the game with 82 catches for 2,151 and 27 touchdowns. Production like that is sure to steal the headlines, even for an undefeated team.

It also stole Highland Park’s attention. Mims was double covered pretty much the entire game. He had the game’s first touchdown on Friday — an 11-yard jump ball from sophomore quarterback Garret Rangel — but for the majority of the game after that, the Scots held him in check.

It was a good game plan for Highland Park. The Scots trailed 24-0 at halftime of Lone Star’s 30-19 win earlier this season. This time, it was tied at 17.

Highland Park quarterback Chandler Morris had two of his three touchdowns in the first half. Morris and the Scots then opened the second half with another touchdown drive, giving Highland Park a 24-17 lead. That score held through the end of the third quarter.

Lone Star opened the fourth quarter deep in Highland Park territory, but the Scots defense held strong, forcing a field goal. Lone Star’s defense responded with a stop of its own, giving the ball back to the Rangers offense.

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That’s when Mims reappeared. Highland Park, like it did all game, double covered Mims on fourth-and-6 from the 16-yard line, but there was no question where the ball was going.

“We’re not going to let them take you out of the game,” Mims recalled an assistant coach telling him. “We’re going to get you the ball.”

They did, and despite the tight double coverage, Mims made the go-ahead touchdown catch.

Highland Park, though, is a team that won three-straight state titles for a reason. Morris and the offense drove to the Lone Star 22-yard line. Highland Park’s Wesley Winters then tied the game at 27 with a field goal.

The game went to overtime. And after Lone Star forced a three-and-out and a missed field goal, Nixon ended it.

Rayburn said his mind went blank when Nixon crossed the goal line. All he wanted to do was hug him. Surrounded by the entire Rangers team, in the eye of a celebration storm, Rayburn did.

It was a special moment for what Rayburn calls a special team. They’re about more than one player, Rayburn said. And while that one player is great — “you’re never going to take Marvin Mims out of the game,” Rayburn said — Lone Star proved Friday that it’s about more than Mims. It’s about a defense that came through when it mattered most, a second receiver in Trace Bruckler who had 14 catches for 183 yards, and a running back who had seven carries Friday, none of which were more important than his game winning score.

It’s what makes them a championship-caliber team, Rayburn said, something more tangible than ever now that they’ve knocked out the three-time defending champions.

Twitter: @JoeJHoyt

Highlights

Updated story | Highland Park wanted to make someone else than Marvin Mims beat them.



The plan worked, and @LSHSRangers still ended the Scots’ dynasty, thanks to a team effort from a “special team.”



Story: https://t.co/POalC3d3Tk



Highlights 👇 | #txhsfb | @SportsDayHS pic.twitter.com/K9SeGvk1Nl — Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) November 30, 2019

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