Jordan was not about to let a repeat of last year happen.

The Warriors had a fast start to last years season, but after a loss to Katy, Jordan struggled down the stretch and narrowly missed out on the playoffs.

So after a loss to Katy last week, the Warriors didn’t get discouraged. That’s the thing about this Jordan squad, they don’t get too high and they don’t get too low. The players have gained experience and know how to bounce back.

And bounce back the Warriors did. Jordan dominated on Friday to earn a big win over Cinco Ranch, 48-21, inching closer to a playoff spot as we hit the halfway point in district.

“These guys are so fun because they go out and handle practice the same way every week and they’re very consistent about it,” said Jordan head coach Mike Rabe. “They go out there nd the whole operation is down for them and it runs super efficiently. It’s the same type of practice every time out and I love that.”

Jordan came out on a mission from the opening kickoff. The Warriors got the ball first and on the first play from scrimmage scored with Colin Willetts throwing a 69-yard touchdown pass to Deacon Stanfield. The Cougars drove down the field on their opening drive as well, but Jordan forced a turnover on downs just outside the redzone before getting the ball back and going down for another score on a 12-yard pass from Willetts to Connor Babin.

Cinco had the answer after that, as Marcus Gadlin ran in a 73-yard touchdown on the first play of the next drive, but Jordan added a third touchdown of the first quarter on a deep 50-yard pass from Willetts to Andrew Marsh. Willetts added his fourth touchdown of the day in the second quarter when he hit Tanner West on a screen pass that went for 75-yards before Jordan held the Cougars from scoring despite getting down inside the 1-yard line as Jordan went into the half up 27-7.

Willetts finished the night 15 of 17 for 280 yards and five touchdowns while West had 95 yards receiving, 30 yards rushing and three total touchdowns, the sophomore’s second straight games with over 100 yards from scrimmage.

“The game has really slowed down for me and I’m just getting used to it I think” West said. “It’s just gotten more comfortable for me in the offense and things keep getting better. They use me in a lot of different ways and it’s just a fun offense to be a part of.”

Cinco tried to get back into things and put together a strong drive to start the second half that ended with a 1-yard touchdown run by Tessiah Young and it looked like the Cougars might pull momentum back in their favor after a fumble recover on the ensuing kickoff, but Bryce Coffie made a huge play to intercept a pass in the endzone and get that momentum back. Jordan went right down the field after and scored on a 14-yard pass from Willetts to West. The Warriors added another score on a 1-yard run from Ifeanyi Monye and Cinco managed one more score on a 30-yard pass from Davis Roup to Taytum Johnson, but Jordan sealed it with another touchdown on a 3-yard run from West as Jordan secured a big bounce back win.

“I was super proud of our defense tonight,” Rabe said. “Those guys executed the plan really well against a good team. Cinco puts a lot of stress on you and runs the ball efficiently while stretching the field with the pass game. So to be able to slow that down and take some of that away from them was very rewarding.”

The Warriors will take on Seven Lakes next week as Jordan looks to continue to push for its first ever playoff berth

“This was just a great time for us to step up,” Coffie said. “We proved we could hang with anyone last game and I think it kind of proved some things to ourselves on the defense side too. It carried over today, we stopped the run and the secondary stepped up. We just have to keep playing like this going forward.”

Jordan 48, Cinco Ranch 21

First quarter

J: Colin Willetts 69 pass to Deacon Stanfield (Wilson Kalvass kick) 11:44

J: Willetts 12 pass to Connor Babin (Kalvass kick) 3:11

CR: Marcus Gadlin 73 run (Noah Machart kick) 2:56

J: Willetts 50 pass to Andrew Marsh (Kalvass kick) 1:27

Second quarter

J: Willetts 75 pass to Tanner West, 10:47

Third quarter

CR: Tessiah Young 1 run (Machart kick) 5:57

Fourth quarter

J: Ifeanyi Monye 1 run (Kalvass kick) 9:23

CR: Davis Roup 30 pass to Taytum Johnson (Machart kick) 8:06

J: West 3 run (Kalvass kick) 3:02

Team stats

Individual Statistics

Rushing – Jordan: Ifeanyi Monye, 11-65-1; Colin Willetts, 6-34; Tanner West, 6-30-1; Chad Gasper, 3-7; Cinco Ranch: Marcus Gadlin, 9-137-1; Tessiah Young, 21-74-1;

Passing – Jordan: Colin Willetts, 15-17-280-5-0; Cinco Ranch: Davis Roup, 16-35-220-1-2;

Receiving – Jordan: Tanner West, 4-95-2; Deacon Stanfield, 1-69-1; Andrew Marsh, 4-62-1; Connor Babin, 2-31; Zechariah Sample, 3-17; Chad Gasper, 1-6; Cinco Ranch: Taytum Johnson, 4-96-1; Drew Tureau, 6-72; Kellen LeCronier, 3-28; Tessiah Young, 2-16; Matthew Courtois, 1-8;