BENTON 49, SILOAM SPRINGS 14
SILOAM SPRINGS -- Siloam Springs wasn't able to slow down Zak Wallace and the Benton offense.
Wallace rushed for all of his 208 yards in the first half as Benton ran away in a 6A-West Conference game at Panther Stadium.
Siloam Springs (2-3, 1-1 6A-West) opened the game with a 47-yard pass from Landon Ellis to Luke Gumm on the first offensive play, but Ellis was intercepted by Benton's Tristan Hutchinson in the end zone on the very next play.
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Two plays later, Wallace bolted 76 yards for a touchdown to give Benton a 7-0 lead.
Siloam Springs tied the game on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Ellis to Gumm to tie the game 7-7.
But Benton (4-1, 2-0) scored less than 50 seconds later when Wallace took a screen pass from Gavin Wells and ran around the edge for a 19-yard score.
Benton went on to score four more first-half touchdowns to take a 42-7 lead at halftime.
Sports on 09/30/2017