Texas RB scores 8 TDs in state title game

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas high school running back Johnathan Gray has rushed for eight touchdowns in a state championship game.

He totaled 320 yards to help Aledo win its Class 4A Division II title with a 69-34 win over La Marque at Cowboys Stadium on Friday night.

The junior finished the season with 59 TDs rushing, breaking the state record of 57 set by Sugar Land's Kenneth Hall in 1953.

The school from just west of Fort Worth finished an undefeated season 16-0 for its third state title in its fourth championship appearance.

Barring injury, Gray is likely to break the career touchdown record in Texas. It was set at 146 last year by Cayuga's Traylon Shead. Gray has 135.