Week 4 Fort Worth football roundup: Haltom, Justin Northwest and more secure wins
Haltom 32, Keller Central 22
Haltom scored 17 unanswered points in the second half to pick up a 32-22 district-opening win over Keller Central on Thursday night.
Axavier Byrd scooped up a fumble early in the fourth quarter and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown to turn a 22-18 halftime deficit into a 25-22 lead for Haltom (1-2, 1-0 District 4-6A).
Devan Ramirez Powell, who led the game 157 yards rushing, added a second touchdown on the night from 31 yards out later in the fourth to seal the win for Haltom.
Haltom’s defense held Keller Central (0-4, 0-1) to just 216 yards of offense and nine first downs.
Midlothian Heritage 38, Burleson 7
It was the Carter Rutenbar show on Thursday night as the quarterback threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Heritage to a 38-7 win over Burleson.
Rutenbar shook off an interception on his first pass of the night, which allowed Burleson (0-4, 0-1 District 5-5A Division II) to gain an early 7-0 lead.
From there, Rutenbar settled in and the Jaguars (4-0, 1-0) scored 38 straight points and cruised to a district-opening win.
The defense held the Burleson offense in check, allowing just 135 yards, forcing two turnovers and blocking a punt for a score.
Euless Trinity 28, FW Boswell 21
Trinity used 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally at home to a 28-21 win over Boswell to open 3-6A play.
Josh Bell, who ran for 124 yards and two scores for Trinity (2-2, 1-0), had the game winning touchdown from nine yards out with 33 seconds left on a drive that started at its own 4 with 1:38 to play.
Bell opened that drive with a 41-yard gain and the game-winning score was set up four plays later by a 39-yard pass from TJ Tupou Jarvis Heimuli.
Boswell (2-1, -01) led 21-14 going into the final frame after it scored on its first two possessions of the third quarter. However, the Trinity defense shut down Boswell’s offense, forcing four punts the rest of the game. Two of those punts came after double-digit play drives.
Boswell’s Collin Dixon led the game with 25 carries for 185 yards and two scores in the loss.
FW All Saints 34, Plano Prestonwood 27
All Saints outscored Plano Prestonwood 20-7 in the second half to pull off a comeback win to remain undefeated.
All Saints (4-0) ran for 470 and tallied 624 total yards, led by the trio of Reid Watkins (178 yards), AJ Johnson (174 yards) and Kelden Ryan (118 yards). Ryan also had 154 yards passing.
On the first play of the second half, All Saints intercepted a Kellen Tasby pass and scored three plays later to regain the lead.
Prestonwood responded with a touchdown on its own to go up 27-21 with 9:22 left in the third quarter. On back-to-back possession at the end of the third and early in the fourth, All Saints settled for field goals to tie the score at 27.
Prestonwood fumbled the ensuing possession and Watkins rushed in for the go-ahead score midway through the final quarter.
Despite giving up 405 yards of offense, All Saints forced a Prestonwood punt and then forced a fourth turnover to seal the win.
Justin Northwest 45, White Settlement Brewer 7
Northwest had a complete game in a 45-7 win over Brewer on Friday night led by Ife Durodoye’s 165 rushing yards.
The offense was balanced for Northwest (3-1, 1-1 District 3-5A Division I) with 229 yards passing and 230 yards rushing, and the defense held Brewer (0-3, 0-1) to 173 yards and eight first downs.
Northwest’s defense forced punts on its first 10 drives until Brewer was able to score with 5:56 left in the game on a Zachary Garcia 45-yard touchdown run.
Despite having three straight drives end in fumbles in the first half, Northwest was able to build a 28-0 lead going into the half as both Durodoye and Nate Jean each scored twice.
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