Cedar Hill-Mansfield football playoff liveblogging

1:18 4Q - Longhorns hold on to onside kick. As noted, Mansfield is out of timeouts. Time for a couple of kneel-downs.

1:20 4Q - Mansfield refuses to die. Taylor has a 31-yard receiving TD on a screen and its 41-35 with the onside kick coming.

4:46 4Q - Game effectively over. Mansfield stopped on downs at CH 39, and out of timeouts. Longhorns' next opponent is the winner of the Arl. Bowie-Wylie game, playing later today here at Texas Stadium. That regional title game should also be played here.

8:18 4Q - Horns intercept Daniel Green, score a play later, with Malena. 41-28 with two-pointer.

9:23 4Q - CH right back on top with a Malena 8-yard run. Two-point attempt fails, and CH is up 33-28.

11:17 4Q - Mansfield takes its first lead of the game on a Taylor 35-yard TD run. 28-18 Tigers.

0:40 3Q - Longhorns get two big offensive plays but Mansfield stiffens in the red zone and holds them to a 29 FG. 27-21.

4:29 3Q - Mansfield got one first down on its opening drive, then had to punt. But, they then got their first big play of the game, getting the ball back on a muffed punt. Eight plays later, Taylor scored and we're at 24-21, Cedar Hill.

HALFTIME - A 24-14 Cedar Hill lead, and a few thoughts and summary.

First, did you think Cedar Hill would have more than 150 yards passing in the first half? Driphus Jackson have two TD passes? Ben Malena have more yards receiving than running? Well, it all happened here.

Otherwise, it's been a game of big plays and special teams, with most the big plays, including the late bomb to Darrius Smith and the first-quarter Mansfield lost fumble, favoring Cedar Hill.

0:39 2Q - Well, we did have a game until Mansfield's pass coverage broke down. Darrius Smith gets behind Mansfield coverage, and Driphus Jackson hits him on the fly for a catch-and-run 60-yard TD.

1:25 2Q - After a GREAT catch on a 4th/8 play, Stepfan Taylor scores again for Mansfield. 17-14 CH and we've got a game.

11:18 2Q - Elijah Olabode had an 80-yard kickoff return for Cedar Hill, but the Longhorns wound up settling for a 29-yard field goal. (Apology for originally having 1:18 on time.)

1:10 1Q - Mansfield responds with a 14-play, 80-yard TD, including two successful fourth-down plays.

8:10 1Q - Mansfield fumbled the kickoff after Cedar Hill's initial TD. Five plays later, Malena scored on the ground. Unlike Plano West two weeks ago, the idea of the Longhorns surrendering a big lead seems unlikely.

10:53 1Q - The Longhorns waste no time with ... the vaunted passing attack. Ben Malena takes a screen 56 yards to score.

10:45 a.m. - About 15 minutes to game time. Expect a quick game, with two run-heavy attacks.