Video: DeSoto highlights
Top plays from DeSoto heading into its playoff game with Cedar Hill. There was no annual holiday parade in DeSoto, Texas on Saturday. It was cancelled so that everyone in town could go to a state quarterfinal football game.
The holiday spirit prevailed nevertheless in the form of a victory.
No. 4
DeSoto (Texas) reached the UIL 6A Division 2 Final Four on Saturday night with a 55-41 win against neighborhood rival and No. 23
Cedar Hill (Texas) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
TCU commit
Shawn Robinson led the way with 435 total yards and six total touchdowns.
DeSoto, 14-0 and 4-0 in these playoffs, advances to UIL semifinals next weekend against Klein Collins (Spring, Texas), which edged Westfield (Texas) on Friday in another state quarterfinal game.
Cedar Hill, which lost only to DeSoto and No. 1 Bishop Gorman during the regular season, finishes at 11-3. Despite the two previous losses, it won three straight playoff games and nine in a row overall to reach Saturday's quarterfinal and UIL Region 1 championship.
DeSoto is now 5-2 in its last seven games against Cedar Hill in one of the state's premier football rivalries. The neighboring towns are located 15 miles south of Dallas.
