On November 2, the Jordan Warriors faced the Morton Ranch Mavericks on the 50-degree field of Legacy Stadium. In the first quarter, both teams go back and forth offensively. Both of Jordan’s first two touchdowns came from wide receiver Andrew Marsh. The opening quarter ended 13-16, after Morton Ranch blocked Jordan’s extra point attempt and took it for a two point conversion.
In the second quarter, sophomore cornerback Zachary Taylor intercepted Morton Ranch to set up for a rushing touchdown from running back Chad Gasper, who was out for multiple weeks due to injury. The fight continued with Morton Ranch scoring two more times before the end of the half. Jordan was able to score one more time before the half once again to Andrew Marsh, making it his third touchdown in the game. Jordan kept it close 27-29 at halftime.
Quarterback Colin Willetts threw an interception in their second half opening drive, but bounced back with a huge 70 yard touchdown to his favorite target Andrew Marsh. The defense was able to keep Morton Ranch out of the endzone for the entire 3rd quarter, giving Jordan the lead entering the last quarter of the game.
Morton Ranch managed to get a rushing touchdown and decided to go for two, but Jordan defense came up big and stopped their attempt, giving Morton Ranch only a one point lead, 34-35. Jordan and Morton Ranch continued to exchange touchdowns, until it reached the last drive for Jordan. There was less than a minute left for Colin Willetts and his offense to drive down the field to break the 49-49 tie. Willetts threw a huge pass to wide receiver Zechariah Sample, which set Jordan up for a game winning field goal.
Emotions were high in Legacy Stadium. The crowd was loud, but the players and the coaches were louder. Jordan makes school history and is set to appear in their debut playoff appearance on November 10 against Fort Bend Hightower High School.
Prior to the win against Morton Ranch, Jordan suffered back to back losses, which made losing the playoff opportunity a very possible outcome.
“You know, in those losses we weren’t ourselves so we wanted to be proud whatever this outcome was,” Coach Tracy Robertson said. “We wanted to be proud of how we played and that’s being the way that we are.”
