The Ponder Lions are taking a road trip to face off against the Iowa Park Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ponder knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully Iowa Park likes a good challenge.
Ponder took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 36-26 win over Bowie.
Ponder's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyson Price, who threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Johnny Arellano was another key rusher, rushing for 178 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.9 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ponder was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 277 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Iowa Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of Paradise. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 857th, while the Panthers are ranked 348th).
Ponder is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Iowa Park, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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