The Blountstown Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Walton Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Walton is hoping to do what Holmes County couldn't on Friday: put an end to Blountstown's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Blountstown was the clear victor by a 40-20 margin over Holmes County.
Curt Ellis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 114 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also catching a touchdown. Blountstown also got a significant boost from Kayin Martin, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 96 yards.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Walton over Freeport in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Walton blew Freeport out of the water with a 55-6 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-6.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Walton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dylan Louthain, who rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Wells Bettenhausen, who threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes.
Walton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cavion Adams Cavion Adams and Elijah Odom.
Blountstown's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Walton, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Blountstown was taken down by Walton 35-7 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bettenhausen, who threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Blountstown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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