Football Recap: Alief Hastings Skates Past Bellaire with Ease

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alief Hastings). They breezed past the Bellaire Cardinals to the tune of 47-14 on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bears considering their 13-point performance the matchup before.

Among those leading the charge was Jarell Rayshun Lee, who threw for 222 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 62 yards on only eight carries. A healthy portion of Lee's aerial production (100 yards to be exact) went to Christian Jordan Collins.

Bears

Rushing Yards

09/18/25 @ Bellaire	231
09/11/25 vs Fort Bend Elkins	191
09/05/25 @ Conroe	88
08/29/25 vs Jersey Village	128
11/07/24 vs George Ranch	195
+ 5 more games

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Alief Hastings was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2024.

Alief Hastings didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Gabriel Anthony Gray led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.

Alief Hastings' first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Bellaire, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.

Alief Hastings and Bellaire will both get their first taste of in-conference action in their upcoming games. The Bears will square off against rival Alief Elsik at 7:00 p.m. on the 26th. Meanwhile, Bellaire is set to challenge their familiar foe Houston Math Science & Tech at 6:00 p.m. on the 27th.