While Hammond has struggled on the road with five straight losses, that wasn't the case on Friday thanks to Zalen Bennett. The Hammond Tornadoes walked away with a 33-25 win over the Ponchatoula Green Wave thanks in part to Bennett, who rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Bennett was just one part of a punishing run game: Hammond was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Hammond didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kenyatta Fleet and Javion Thomas. Thomas also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Hammond's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Ponchatoula, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-8.
As of now, neither Hammond nor Ponchatoula have any future games scheduled.
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