A 3-0 final in Texas high school football is rare enough. When it comes in a game featuring a defending state runner-up and one of the country’s most explosive backs, it turns heads.
That’s exactly what happened Thursday night at Traylor Stadium in Rosenberg, where Richmond Randle, now playing in 5A Division I after reaching the UIL 5A Division II title game last season, edged Spring Westfield 3-0 to improve to 2-0. The Lions were ranked No. 3 in the latest High School On SI Texas Top 25 rankings.
The difference came in the third quarter, when Ayo Awobokun drilled the game’s only score, a field goal that held up the rest of the way.
Landen Williams-Callis was once again at the center of it for Randle. The Texas commit piled up 149 yards on 33 carries and kept the offense moving even though he didn’t reach the end zone. His 35-yard burst helped set up the field goal, and later he powered through the middle for a 6-yard gain on third-and-4 with less than two minutes left to help close it out.
That run added another note to an already eye-catching career: Williams-Callis has now gone over 100 rushing yards in 42 of his 47 games.
Randle didn’t win this one with offense alone. The Lions have allowed just 14 points through their first two games, and one of the touchdowns they surrendered came late in the season opener against South Oak Cliff. On Thursday, the defense and special teams kept Westfield from ever finding an answer.
A blocked Mustangs field goal attempt with under 10 minutes remaining gave Randle another huge stop. Westfield got the ball back twice after that, but punted both times, and Randle ran out the clock with Williams-Callis doing the heavy lifting.
The final score also stood out because of how unusual it is in the modern game. Thursday’s result was the lowest-scoring UIL 11-man game since opening week of the 2024 season, when Waco beat Granbury 3-0. It was also only the fourth 3-0 final in Texas high school football over the last four seasons.
Williams-Callis, meanwhile, remains on the doorstep of history. He’s at 134 career touchdowns, just two shy of the Houston-area record of 136 set by Jacquizz Rodgers at Lamar Consolidated. Rodgers is also Williams-Callis’ cousin.
He also continues to chase the national high school career rushing record. Before last week’s game, Williams-Callis had 7,554 yards.
After rushing for 227 yards against South Oak Cliff and adding Thursday’s production, he’s now over 7,900 yards. The record stands at 11,382, leaving him less than 3,500 yards away.
Spring Westfield fell to 1-1 and will be home Thursday, Sept. 10 against Willis.
Randle, now 2-0, has the week off before returning Sept. 17 with a home game against Victoria East.
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