Two dominant backs in Hayden Barton and Tj Brown are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lake Hamilton Wolves will be playing at home against the Jonesboro Hurricane at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lake Hamilton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Russellville to the tune of 56-24 on Friday. Considering the Wolves have won four matches by more than 31 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Barton, who rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Murphy, who gained 133 total yards and a touchdown.
Lake Hamilton wouldn't let Russellville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Caleb Rouse was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He has been hot recently, having also posted six or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Lake Hamilton got some further help from Hagan Tyler: he made 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Jonesboro strolled past West Memphis with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 42-28. Given the Hurricane's advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Blue Devils are ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 210 yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 109.1 rushing yards per game.
Jonesboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Lake Hamilton and bumps their season record up to 7-3. As for Jonesboro, their win bumped their record up to 3-7.
Lake Hamilton was able to grind out a solid victory over Jonesboro when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 27-20. Does Lake Hamilton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jonesboro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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