Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Walnut Grove). They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-24 win over the Memorial Warriors. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-14.
Walnut Grove was led to victory by Cameron Newton and Hayes Hackney. Newton gained 221 total yards and three touchdowns, while Hackney threw for 389 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Hackney is now averaging an impressive 3.4 passing touchdowns per game. Walnut Grove also got a significant boost from Keaton Anderson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Walnut Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Walnut Grove wouldn't let Memorial keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jacob Sutton, Cole Loveland, and Antonie Van Tonder picked up one apiece. Parker Devenny was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making eight total tackles.
Walnut Grove's victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Walnut Grove will welcome Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Walnut Grove is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.6 points per game this season. As for Memorial, they will head out on the road to take on Denison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Memorial is facing Denison at the right time seeing as Denison is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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