Week Three began with a Cougar victory on Thursday and ended with a Rebel dominance on Saturday.  That's a much better showing for District 3-5A than the previous week, where all but one team (Midland High) were handed losses.  Three of the district teams entertained homecoming festivities.  Midland Lee and Odessa Permian made the most of theirs, while Midland High's wasn't near as pleasant.

Abilene Cooper - San Angelo Central
Field goals, defense, and a strong second half showing catapulted the Cooper Cougars to a 28-10 victory over San Angelo Central.  JoJo Jones finished with 76 yards on the ground, scoring twice.  Ricky Stevenson finished with five catches for 91 yards and a touchdown and Zach Stewart went 14-of-28 for 184 yards.

Odessa Permian - Amarillo
Permian's Tate Smith accounted for 354 total yards and four touchdowns in the 46-14 shellacking of Amarillo High before a homecoming crowd.  Mojo took the opening drive down the field and capped it off on a Robert Murry 1-yd dive for the first points.  Murry also had a 95-yard kickoff return.  The Panthers enjoyed a 26-0 halftime lead over the Sandies, but were far from being content.  Smith connected for touchdown passes of 44, 51 and 25 yards, and added a 16-yard touchdown run.  Melvis Pride was the recipient of the 44-yd TD pass from Smith and he too added another score on a 36-yard interception return.  The Permian defense denied the Sandies on two goal-line stands and held the Amarillo offense to just 39 yards rushing.  The Panthers forced five AHS turnovers.

Lubbock Monterey - Midland High
The Plainsmen jumped out to a 10-0 lead before Brandon Batch could get the Bulldogs on the scoreboard in the 38-24 Homecoming loss for Midland High.  Batch added his third touchdown run in the fourth quarter, but Lubbock Monterey answered from two yards out.  Batch led Midland with a game-high 146 rushing yards on 18 carries.  The Bulldogs fall to 2-2.

Tyler Lee - Abilene High
After forcing an AHS punt on the game’s opening possession, Tyler Lee's Marcus Jackson floated a pass to tight end Matt Johnston that went for 67 yards, and Chris Ekwuruke ran it into the end zone on the next play to give the Red Raiders an early 7-0 lead.   The eagles answered back in the second quarter on a touchdown and Brandon Hill connected on a 31-yard field goal to put AHS ahead 10-7.  In the second half, the Raider's Jackson connected on a 33-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Amie. The Eagles got back to within one when Hill connected on his second field goal of the night, this time from 18 yards away.  The Red Raiders answered with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Jackson to fullback Jamaal Mitchell.  Tyler claimed a 21-13 win, dropping the Eagles’ record to 0-4.

Lubbock Coronado - Odessa High
Lubbock Coronado scored 21 third quarter points to hand Odessa High its third straight loss.  David Camacho opened the scoring with a 22-yard run in the first quarter, then Coronado tied the game on a 42-yard pass from Colling Flathers to Steven Snyder to knot the score at 7-7 at the half.  The Mustangs exploded in the second half.  Flathers caught a touchdown pass and ran for another, while Kholbye Walker returned a blocked punt 12 yards for a touchdown to make the score 28-14.  Camacho completed 15 of 33 passes for 289 yards with three interceptions.