Southlake Carroll wins wild Texas HS football game that ended at 1:43 a.m. over Prosper

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No one wanted to go home.

It was the Texas high school football playoffs, and there were Southlake Carroll and Prosper, still on the field well past 1 a.m.

The game didn't go to overtime. It just didn't start on time.

In the end, it ended at 1:43 a.m. locally in the Central Standard Time zone.

The final: Southlake Carroll 49, Prosper 31.

It was a win for The Sporting News' No. 6 ranked team over the No. 45 ranked team.

The game was delayed more than four hours due to inclement weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Southlake Carroll handled the delay and advances in the Texas UIL Class 6A Division II bracket to the state quarterfinals.

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This was their closest game of the season, and the most points they had allowed.

Southlake Carroll led 14-10 and 21-17 at different points before pulling away to a 35-17 lead and not letting it get to single digits again.

The Dragons improve to 13-0 and will take on Guyer next week.

It really must've just been a surreal night. There were social media posts of fans getting Starbucks to stay awake.

The players didn't even take the field to warm up until 11:02 p.m. local time, with a 15-minute warmup bringing opening kick just after 11:15.

The delay was officially clocked at four hours and 15 minutes.

And no matter what happens going forward, it's probably a night that no one who was there will ever forget.

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