Austin Bathon rushed for 136 yards and Weston Walker caught a fourth-quarter touchdown as the Houston seventh grade football team earned a 14-14 tie last Tuesday with Salem.
After Salem scored to go ahead 14-6, Walker returned the ensuing kickoff 49 yards to the Tigers’ 21-yard line. Three plays later, Drake Bell hit Walker for a 19-yard score. Bathon’s two-point conversion run tied it.
Bathon had a 29-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for the Tigers.
Tanner Scheets led the Houston defense with 13 tackles. Walker had 12 – nine solo.
