Alto routs Hull-Daisetta behind Almond’s 4 TD night

• By Jay Neal [email protected]

 

ALTO – Camdyn Almond tossed three touchdown passes and ran for another to spark Alto to a 55-0 drubbing of Hull-Daisetta Thursday night at Cam’ron Matthews Field at Yellowjacket Stadium.

The victory via shutout was Alto’s second in-a-row.

The 55-point margin of victory was the most by a Mean Sting team since Oct. 29, 2021 when the Jackets whipped up on Groveton, 63-0.

Defensively, the Mean Sting (3-0) held the Bobcats (0-3) to 86 total yards in the game, with 70 of those yards coming on the ground.

An undersized Hull-Daisetta squad had no answer for Alto’s Zack Battle, who scored touchdowns from scrimmages the first-three times he got his hands on the pigskin.

Battle’s first score came with 8:38 to play in the first period. He took advantage of several good lead blocks from the left side of the line and motored in from 35 yards out to give the Mean Sting a 7-0 lead.

About 2:00 afterwards, Battle scored on an 18-yard touchdown run, which doubled Alto’s lead to 14-0.

Almond hurled his first touchdown pass at the 2:40 mark in the first quarter when he connected with Jamarion Rollins from 31-yards out. That touchdown put the Jackets in front, 21-0, to start the second frame.

With 7:07 remaining in the first half, Almond hooked up with Dakota Wilkerson for a 74-yard catch and run that increased the Alto margin to 27-0.

The Mean Sting enjoyed a 34-0 lead at intermission as Battle capped off the first half scoring with a 9-yard touchdown that came 2:40 to go in the half. Although he had just three carries in the lopsided affair, Battle led Alto in rushing by gaining 62 yards.

Almond rifled touchdown passes to Aiden Holmes (8 yards) and Tyler Jordan (59 yards) early in the second half. Jordan led Alto in receiving by catching three passes for 75 yards.

Almond, a sophomore, had his best night of the season throwing the football. He went 10-10-0 for 278 yards.

With 56 ticks left in the third stanza, Almond called his own number and dashed into pay dirt from 23 yards out, which gave the home team a 55-0 lead.

Erick Olvera connected on 7-of-8 point after touchdown attempts.

Alto’s next action will come next Friday when the Mean Sting travel to Winona.