Not often does a team score touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in one game.

Matthew Blackert did that in one half for Newman on Saturday.

Blackert, a junior running back and linebacker, led the Comets to a 46-7 win over Mercer County at Roscoe Eades Stadium’s Prescott Memorial Field in Sterling with three touchdowns: a 69-yard rush, a 61-yard punt return and a 62-yard fumble recovery.

The win for the Comets (5-1, 3-1 TRAC Rock) comes a week after dropping its first game of the season at Rockridge.

“We really set the tone high this week since we came off a loss last week against a really good team,” Blackert said. “This whole week we were working on staying focused and challenging each other to let the game’s speed be our speed all of the time.”

Blackert’s 69-yard rus

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