Two dominant backs in Vudrico Roberson and Jaylen Harper are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Haltom Buffalos's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Sam Houston Texans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sam Houston took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Haltom, who comes in off a win.
Haltom will head into Thursday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a 34-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against South Grand Prairie on Thursday. Haltom skirted past South Grand Prairie 23-21.
It was another big night for Keenan Jackson, who rushed for 187 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 133 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Roberson, who rushed for 159 yards.
Haltom was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, a win for Sam Houston just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Martin on the road and fell 67-13. While losing is never fun, the Texans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 605th, while the Warriors are ranked 248th).
Although Sam Houston took the loss, they still got scores from Jokory Melbourne and Jayvien Holman.
Haltom has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.4 points per game. As for Sam Houston, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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