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<p>Alexandria capped a historic, undefeated regular season full of statement wins with arguably its most impressive to date.</p>
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<p>In Week 10's lone matchup of previously unbeaten teams, the Trojans took immediate control and never let up in a 42-16 defeat of Neville to win the stacked District 2-5A.</p>
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<p>Here are a few notes on some of the eye-catching performances.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='914208' first='J.T.' last='Lindsey'] — 5-11, 190 RB — Alexandria (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>The LSU commit carried 30 times for 206 yards and two touchdowns to highlight the Trojans' dominant performance behind seniors [player_tooltip player_id='1644675' first='Jakobi' last='Morris'], Caleb Purl and Connor Reed, junior Ayden Price, sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='1612716' first='Peter' last='Lofton'] and company. Lindsey's combination of strength, speed and vision were on display the entire night, including all on a 66-yard touchdown run on which he broke through a pair of attempted tackles both high and low, spun through another defender and then took off to the races for the long score. Fellow senior [player_tooltip player_id='1336791' first='Vaughn' last='Darbon III'] joined him with a big game of 88 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1250281' first='Karsen' last='Sellers'] — 6-1, 170 QB — Alexandria (2027)</strong></p>
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<p>The Trojans controlled the game so well up front that they threw the ball just 16 times on the night, including none after halftime. But Sellers still made the most of his opportunities to show some of the special flashes that have his coaches so excited about his potential, including a play on which the young righty calmly slipped away from pressure out to his left and created enough space to plant and fire a side-armed strike past another defender and through a closing window to a receiver running the opposite direction. Sellers finished 8-for-12 for 105 yards and two touchdowns.</p>
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<p><strong>Cartez Simon — 5-7, 145 DB — Alexandria (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>The Trojans' physicality at every level of the defense stood out. And the smallest player on the field was among the most impactful, setting a tone right off the bat flying around, navigating traffic, playing physically and tackling well for big plays near or behind the line, including immediately reading and closing out throws to the outside. </p>
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<p><strong>Jaden Lewis — 5-11, 165 DB — Alexandria (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>Another member of the Trojans' hard-hitting secondary, Lewis also added a highlight-reel interception on a shot 30 yards down the middle of the field he deflected, then corralled and returned a few yards yards the other direction. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1601781' first='Xzavier' last='White'] — 6-1, 220 LB — Alexandria (2026)</strong></p>
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<p>The junior linebacker was among the ring leaders in the box, including at least one sack during his active tackling night and a quickly pounced-on recovery of a fumble forced by [player_tooltip player_id='1336844' first='Elijah' last='Nelson'] and Ethan Richard. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1336785' first='Jimmie' last='Duncan'] — 5-11, 175 ATH — Alexandria (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='914212' first='Darius' last='Washington'] — 5-8, 140 WR — Alexandria (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>The Trojans' college-prospect senior receiver duo hauled in the team's three touchdowns from Sellers and fellow sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='934573' first='Max' last='Gassiott']. Duncan led the team with four catches for 90 yards and a score, an over-the-shoulder catch wheeling 27 yards up the sideline, and Washington caught two passes for 43 yards and a pair of scores, a 38-yard quick screen on which he made a defender miss and exploded upfield like he was shot out a slingshot and another goal-line catch. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912255' first='Kaleb' last='Vaughn'] — 5-9, 160 WR/ATH — Neville (2025)</strong></p>
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<p>On a night when the Alexandria defense was smothering, the Tigers' speedster managed to get open a few times from out-running a defender over the middle of the field for a big gain, breaking back toward the ball for a catch on the sideline or extending his rout on a scramble play. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1603258' first='Steven' last='Hanlon'] — 6-0, 180 DB — Neville (2026)</strong></p>
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<p>The senior safety snatched a second-quarter interception — a nice grab of a ball thrown past him — for the Tigers' biggest defensive highlight, helping briefly quiet the Alexandria crowd and scoring threat. </p>
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Alexandria capped a historic, undefeated regular season full of statement wins with arguably its most impressive to date.
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