Consider the torch passed.
When DeSoto (Texas) lost to eventual Texas Class 5A Division I state champion Allen (Texas) in the semifinal round, 2015 running back Jatory Sparks-Brown was approached by a teammate and was given some last-minute advice.
That advice to Sparks-Brown: Put the team on his back in 2013.
The person offering the advice: Ohio State signee Dontre Wilson.
When DeSoto (Texas) lost to eventual Texas Class 5A Division I state champion Allen (Texas) in the semifinal round, 2015 running back Jatory Sparks-Brown was approached by a teammate and was given some last-minute advice.
That advice to Sparks-Brown: Put the team on his back in 2013.
The person offering the advice: Ohio State signee Dontre Wilson.
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