Football Preview: Haltom Buffalos vs. Lamar Vikings
The Haltom Buffalos will head out to challenge the Lamar Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Haltom is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Haltom will head out to face Lamar after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Haltom received a blow as they fell 35-21 to Arlington.
Despite the loss, Haltom got top-tier performance from Vudrico Roberson, who rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. Roberson's longest rush was for an incredible 79 yards. Haltom also got a significant boost from Keenan Jackson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 134 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Haltom was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 324 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Lamar was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were outmatched by Martin on the road and fell 55-3. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Warriors are ranked 101st).
Lamar wouldn't let Martin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lamar can thank Daniel Villereal and Shahariam Thurston for forcing both of them. Thurston also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Haltom's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Lamar, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.
Haltom was dealt a bruising 49-12 loss at the hands of Lamar in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Haltom was down 28-6.
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