Two Leopard football players had a night they would never forget on October 11 against the Mckinney North Bulldogs. Sophomore quarterback Dakota Michaels broke the all time school record for most passing yards in a game and senior receiver Chocy Luce broke the all time school record for most receiving yards in a game.

Michaels connected with five different receivers (Aaron Fuller, Chochy Luce, Grant Jarvis, Daniel Sefcik, and Hunter Pfaff) for a total of 26 completions, 519 yards, and 2 touchdowns.

“I honest hadn’t thought about the record until a friend of mine had mentioned it after the game,” Michaels said.  “I was pretty surprised when I found out, but that definitely wasn’t my main focus at all.”

On the receiving end of most of Michael’s completions, Luce caught 10 passes for  286 yards and 1 touchdown.

“I was very surprised when I found out I broke the record,” Luce said.  “I didn’t know I had that many yards.  I’m honored honestly. I’ve always had the dream to be remembered forever at this school, and that’s one way to do it.”

Based on Mckinney North’s defense, the Leopard coaching staff knew they could take advantage of the Bulldog’s secondary. Aside from the fact that the Leopard offense had a clear personnel advantage, Michaels and Luce are the real reason records were broken.

“Bottom line, it was a matchup deal with their secondary against Chochy,” offensive coordinator Ryan Priem said.  “We took advantage of some coverages, but more than anything else it was just two great individual efforts on the night that caused them both to have school record nights.

Despite the impressive stats, the Leopards fell short, losing 48 to 45.

“My job was to lead this team to a win and I didn’t do that, so it was definitely a bittersweet feeling with the bitter outweighing the sweet by a landslide,” Michaels said.

Both players were very humbled by having their names in the record books, but in the end they want what is best for the football program.

“I do hope someone breaks the record soon, either me, or someone in the later years,” Luce said.  “I want this football program to be great, so the more it’s broken the better.”