Football Recap: Harker Heights Extends Winning Streak to Five

By Team Reports Nov 9, 2024, 6:24am

Football Recap: Harker Heights Knights vs. Shoemaker Wolves

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Harker Heights came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They strolled past the Shoemaker Wolves with points to spare, taking the game 26-7. The 26-point effort marked the Knights' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Leading Harker Heights to victory were Hudson Humble and Kaden Butler. Humble threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, while Butler rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Butler's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 123 rushing yards. Harker Heights also got a significant boost from C2 Evans, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 101 yards.

Shoemaker lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Tyrieke Wade, who threw for 219 yards and a touchdown. Brandon Brown Jr helped Wade out on the ground, picking up 125 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Harker Heights' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Shoemaker, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-4.

Harker Heights wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next match, a 31-14 win against Temple on the 7th. As for Shoemaker, they will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on DeSoto at 7:00 p.m. on November 14th. DeSoto has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 177 points over their last three matchups.

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