Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wall). They really took it to the Merkel Badgers for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-7 victory on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Landon H York had an outrageously good game as he threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90.9% of his passes. Reid Robertson also helped out with an impressive 103 receiving yards.
Another reason for the win was Wall's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Lane Stansberry was the leader with two. He is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Wall's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Merkel, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-7.
Wall will square off against Coahoma at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coahoma is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.7 points per game this season. As for Merkel, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Stanton at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
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