BEDFORD – Patience was a virtue Irving MacArthur's offense did not have on Friday, but a lack of patience paid off. The end result is perfection.
Averaging less than two minutes on its first five touchdown drives, MacArthur rolled to a 41-28 win over Euless Trinity before 8,000 spectators at Pennington Field.
MacArthur (10-0, 7-0 in District 6-5A) completed an undefeated regular season and its first undisputed district title since 1987. MacArthur quarterback Duane Brooks passed for 391 yards and three touchdowns.
On MacArthur's first five touchdown drives, it averaged 89 seconds a drive, with each drive going for 65 yards or more. MacArthur receiver Jeff Moturi had 194 yards receiving, while Charles Harris had 169 yards receiving, including two touchdown receptions of more than 50 yards each.
"Our goal is to score early. We don't necessarily want to score quick because we want to give our defense some rest, but we want to score early," Brooks said. "It's great to be undefeated, but I have to credit the coaching staff, the defense, the offensive line and a great group of receivers."
Trinity (7-3, 6-1) had a seven-game winning streak end. Trinity also had a 26-game winning streak in district games end and was denied a fourth consecutive district title.
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Irving MacArthur's Charles Harris pulls down a pass as Euless Trinity's Matt Steward (35) defends.
Trinity took a 7-6 lead with 3:59 left in the first half on a 26-yard touchdown run up the middle by Laderrick Handy. Trinity needed just 1:51 to go 54 yards on its touchdown drive.
MacArthur copied what Trinity did, only twice as effective.
Brooks put MacArthur back up on a 69-yard touchdown strike to Charles Harris, in which Harris jumped over Trinity cornerback Matt Steward to make the catch, then ran 30 yards untouched.
After MacArthur's defense held Trinity to a three-plays-and-out drive, MacArthur moved 84 yards in just 1:34, capped by a 15-yard touchdown pass from Brooks to Jeff Moturi with seven seconds left in the first half. Brooks had 201 yards passing in the first half.
Brooks had four passes of 40 yards or more, including a 56-yard strike to Harris that gave MacArthur a 34-14 lead with 2:57 left in the third quarter. Harris broke three Trinity arm tackles on the play.
Trinity had 268 team yards rushing, led by Dimitri Nance, who had 103 yards and a touchdown.
