Mart wins third straight Texas high school football championship

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 19, 2019

The Mart Panthers are now a three-time defending Texas high school football champ. Thursday, Mart beat Hamlin 25-20 to capture the Texas Class 2A Division II state title at AT&T Stadium.

The Mart defense forced four turnovers, including a Pick-6.

#UILState Championship Game Defensive MVP:

#1 Klyderion Campbell (Mart)
INT RET for TD, 3 tackles pic.twitter.com/464f2dYGT6
— Texas UIL (@uiltexas) December 19, 2019

Roddrell Freeman ran for 168 yards and three touchdowns.

That’s a first half hat trick for Roddrell Freeman ?!

It’s as easy as 1-2-3 first half TD’s for the @MartSchoolDistr RB!#UILonFOX | #ForeverTexas | #UILState | #TXHSFB pic.twitter.com/1kDCBhnqSt
— FOX Sports Southwest (@FOXSportsSW) December 19, 2019

#UILState Championship Game Offensive MVP:

#10 Roddrell Freeman (Mart)
168 rushing yards, 3 TDs pic.twitter.com/LfHSocP3i8
— Texas UIL (@uiltexas) December 19, 2019

Mart now owns eight overall state championships, which ties them with Aledo, Celina, Katy and Southlake Carroll for the most 11-man state titles in the Lone Star State.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.