Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Haltom). They came out on top against the Martin Warriors by a score of 56-49 on Friday. With that victory, the Buffalos brought their scoring average up to 29.1 points per game.
Vudrico Roberson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 394 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Keenan Jackson was another key rusher, rushing for 156 yards and three touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Haltom was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 557 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Haltom didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Brian Connors.
Despite the defeat, Martin saw an underclassman step up: Javian Jones-Priest rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Jones-Priest got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 59 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of De?Marius Hoye, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Haltom has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Martin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Haltom will be playing in front of their home fans against Bowie at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive. As for Martin, they are taking a road trip to square off against South Grand Prairie at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Martin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.1 points per game this season.
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