Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ford). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 59-29 win over the North Lamar Panthers. Ford pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit North Lamar had little chance of recovering from.
Payton Wallen went supernova for Ford, rushing for 73 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 115 yards while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Wallen a new career-high in rushing yards. Landon Edwards was another key player, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 548 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 245 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
North Lamar's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Corbin Blease, who threw for 168 yards and three touchdowns, and Kenton Gray, who picked up 71 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Ford's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for North Lamar, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-4.
Ford will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Wills Point at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,074 yards in their previous games. North Lamar will also get a bit of a break before their next game: they'll face off against Pleasant Grove at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. One thing working in Pleasant Grove's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three contests.
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