Billings Central Catholic put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past the Laurel Locomotives 31-7. Billings Central Catholic's victory was all the more impressive since the Locomotives were averaging only 14.25 points allowed on the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Billings Central Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Howie Martin, who rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 98 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in rushing yards. Ayden Salter got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Billings Central Catholic's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Laurel, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-1.
Billings Central Catholic will face off against Sidney at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Billings Central Catholic knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Sidney likes a good challenge. As for Laurel, they will challenge Custer County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Laurel's defense has only allowed 14.2 points per game this season, so Custer County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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