Football Preview: Hondo Owls vs. Randolph Ro-Hawks
The Hondo Owls will take on the Randolph Ro-Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Randolph better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Hondo really get things going. Hondo blew past Poteet 41-20 on Friday. With that win, the Owls brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
Kolten Alvarez went supernova for Hondo, rushing for 203 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Alvarez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Hondo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Randolph really took it to Luling for the full four quarters, racking up a 35-7 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Ro-Hawks just coasted through the last quarter.
Hondo has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.0 points per game. As for Randolph, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Hondo ended up a good deal behind Randolph in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, losing 28-9. Can Hondo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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