Westlake aims for 55th consecutive win in 6A-D1 semifinal against Galena Park North Shore

HOUSTON (KXAN) — Westlake can make it 55 wins in a row Saturday at Rice Stadium, but the Chaparrals will face their toughest opponent yet in the Galena Park North Shore Mustangs in the Class 6A-Division I semifinals.

Both teams have spent most of the season as the top two teams in the Class 6A state rankings, and while it's a small shame they won't meet in the state championship game, a semifinal that has the potential to be a classic Texas high school football playoff game is nearly as nice.

The Mustangs beat Atascocita in the Region III championship round 38-7 and the Chaps pounded San Antonio Brennan 47-7 in the Region IV title game last week. Both teams have a finalist for the Mr. Texas Football award — Westlake defensive end Colton Vasek and North Shore quarterback David Amador. Vasek has verbally committed to the Texas Longhorns and Amador has committed to UTSA.

Both teams are defending state champs. The Mustangs won the 6A-Division I title last year and the Chaps won the Division II title.

The game kicks off at 3 p.m. and will air on KBVO. To watch the game online, you'll have to go to the NFHS Network, the official Texas high school football streaming partner of KXAN. Subscription fees will apply.

You can also follow along with the live updates below and keep this page bookmarked for the game recap after the action has concluded.

Live updates

Halftime: Mustangs 21, Chaparrals 12. So far, North Shore's running game is carrying them. We will see what adjustments Westlake's coaching staff can make. Chaps head coach Tony Salazar told the Westlake broadcast crew that his team has to "fight back."

"Our senior leaders are going to come out and lead us in the second half," Salazar said.

1:02 2Q: TOUCHDOWN NORTH SHORE - Johnson scores his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run. PAT good. Mustangs 21, Chaparrals 12

4:46 2Q: FIELD GOAL WESTLAKE - Spencer Barnett hammers a 49-yard kick through the uprights. That one had plenty of distance. Mustangs 14, Chaparrals 12

6:28 2Q: TOUCHDOWN NORTH SHORE - Rashaad Johnson rumbles 73 yards for a touchdown. At 5'8" and 210 pounds, Johnson is a load to bring down and he ran through Westlake's defense. PAT good. Mustangs 14, Chaparrals 9

11:32 2Q: Westlake receives the free kick following the safety and Jack Kayser returns it to midfield to start the next Chaps drive.

11:39 2Q: SAFETY WESTLAKE - North Shore has a bad snap on the punt and it squirts out of the end zone for a Chaps safety, and they'll get the ball back. Another big special teams play for Westlake, just like they've done all season. Chaparrals 9, Mustangs 7

End 1Q: Chaparrals 7, Mustangs 7. It's 3rd-and-14 for the Mustangs deep in their own territory to start the second quarter.

1:33 1Q: Westlake decides to punt on 4th-and-1 and Grady Bartlett's kick pins the Mustangs inside their own 20-yard line.

4:56 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE - Injured or not, Greathouse lined up in the backfield to take the snap, and then he plowed into the end zone from two yards out. PAT good. Chaparrals 7, Mustangs 7

6:07 1Q: Westlake benefits from a defensive holding call, but Greathouse came up limping on the play and it looked like he was grabbing his left hamstring, the one that wasn't taped before the game.

6:53 1Q: Skinner throws a frozen rope to Keaton Kubecka for a 33-yard gain down to the North Shore 10-yard line.

7:58 1Q: TOUCHDOWN NORTH SHORE - Rashaad Johnson punches it in from a yard out. The Mustangs turned the fumble recovery into points on their first drive of the game. PAT good. Mustangs 7, Chaparrals 0

11:00 1Q: Skinner gets hit from behind by North Shore's Jaylon Joseph and the ball comes out. The Mustangs fall on it and they'll take over with great field position on their own 45.

12:00 1Q: Galena Park North Shore kicks it short to start the game and the Chaps take over on their own 31-yard line to start the game.

Pregame: Wide receiver Jaden Greathouse is in the starting lineup for the Chaps and Brett Skinner will be today's starting QB.