Fort Worth All Saints wins state title, completes consecutive perfect seasons

Fort Worth All Saints head coach Aaron Beck didn’t hide his joy after the Saints capped a second straight 14-0 season.

“It is just as sweet the second time around!” he exclaimed, celebrating a 34-16 win over Houston Second Baptist in the TAPPS Division II state title game Friday at Waco ISD Stadium.

The contest was a rematch of last year’s TAPPS Division II title game, with All Saints prevailing 21-3.

“I don’t think it has all quite sunk in yet,” Beck said. “All the credit to the players, and a great coaching staff. Everybody put in the work to get this accomplished. Just amazing.”

Senior quarterback Gavin Beard tossed four touchdown passes, including three second-half scores to Hudson Reasor, as All Saints overcame a 10-0 first-quarter deficit, winning its 28th consecutive game.

All Saints fell behind early on after a fourth-down gamble at its own 26 gave Second Baptist a short field. Eagles quarterback Canon Toon took advantage, scoring on a 10-yard keeper. Second Baptist, with 21 seconds left in the opening quarter added a 22-yard Luc Normand field goal that was set up by a fake field goal attempt, completing a 17-yard pass on fourth-and-11 from the All Saints 49-yard line.

A trademark of this All Saints team has been slow starts. Keeping their poise and remaining calm have also been characteristic of this squad, and that again prevailed.

Beard connected with Hattan French on a 21-yard TD pass less than four minutes into the second period to cap a 12-play, 75-yard drive, taking over four minutes off the clock. Beard converted a fourth-and-1 with a three-yard keeper at the Second Baptist 30-yard line to keep the drive moving. That narrowed the gap to 10-7, which is how it stood at intermission.

“All season we have had tendencies to start out slowly and fall behind,” said Beck, in his 19th season leading the program, compiling a 144-51 record during that span. “Can’t explain it. But each and every time the guys do not panic, hang in there and fight back. And they did that one more time in the biggest game.”

The second half belonged to Beard, Reasor, and a swarming All Saints defense that was relentless in harassing Toon, hitting the Eagles quarterback on nearly every dropback.

The Beard-to-Reasor combo struck for a pair of third-quarter TDs, covering 9 and 15 yards, forging a 21-10 lead after three periods. The first was set up by a James Powers fumble recovery at the Second Baptist 22-yard line. The latter finished off a six-play, 64-yard drive, highlighted by a 41-yard Beard completion to sophomore Jaytn Briles.

Second Baptist managed to make it a one-score game when Toon hit Edric Jasmine on an 18-yard TD pass with 10:00 left in the game; the 2-point conversion pass attempt failed, leaving All Saints with a 21-16 advantage.

All Saints immediately responded. Keylan Lemen returned the ensuing kickoff 45 yards to the Second Baptist 45-yard line, resulting in Beard’s third TD pass to Reasor — a 24-yarder. A 2-point conversion pass attempt failed, leaving All Saints with a 27-16 cushion.

The All Saints defense sealed the win on Second Baptist’s ensuing offensive series. Facing a fouth-and-23 at its on 37, Toon was hit as he attempted to pass, and the ball sailed into the arms of All Saints defensive back Andrew Watkins, who raced untouched 38 yards for a TD that put the game away.

“We have such great chemistry,” Beard said of his connection with Reasor. “We have been best friends since fourth grade. He is such a great athlete. I know anytime I get the ball near him he is gonna come down with it.”

Reasor, a Colgate signee, echoed his chemistry with his long-time buddy.

“Total confidence in Gavin,” Reasor said. “He just has that knack of where to place the ball. And we were able to make some things happen there in the second half.”

Beard and Reasor also gave credit to the offensive line.

Beck noted that the defense deserves its share of the credit for this team’s success.

“All year the defense has come up big,” Beck said. “When our offense has started slowly, the defense picks us up. The defensive line really got after the quarterback tonight, especially in the second half.”

“The key to our defense this year is how were worked together,” said junior edge rusher Kingston Beyer, who came into the title game with 37.5 tackles for losses and 13.5 sacks to go with 72 tackles. “Last year’s team may have been more talented, but this year’s team the chemistry is the best I have ever seen.”

Senior linebacker Keyon Adkins, an Army signee, said the defense is successful due to “everybody working together.”

“It is not just one person. It is each player working collectively as a unit,” said Adkins, who had a team-leading 127 tackles entering the championship matchup, to go with 13 TFLs and 5.5 sacks. “That is what makes this defense so great.”

A Georgetown signee, Beard totaled 245 passing yards and four scores, completing 22 of 33 passes, with one interception. Reasor grabbed six catches for 66 yards and the three TDs. Junior Gabe Starling snared a game-high seven receptions for 79 yards.

A year ago, Fort Worth All Saints celebrated its first-ever TAPPS state championship with a best-ever 14-0 season. Ten seniors signed to play at the collegiate level.

Beck said one of the things he is most proud of with this year’s success is “being able to do it with a lot of new faces.”

“Seeing this team come together as the season went along was so gratifying,” Beck said. “It is like gumbo. You add different seasonings to the mix and still make something great.”

All Saints began this season with impressive victories over TAPPS Division I powerhouses Dallas Parish Episcopal and Prestonwood Christian Academy, just like a year ago.

All Saints did win seven SPC championships, including 11-0 undefeated seasons back-to-back in 2012 and 2013.

The 28-game win streak is believed to be the longest in TAPPS 11-man football history. A year ago, All Saints was the lone TAPPS 11-man team with an unblemished record.

This story was originally published December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM.