Football Preview: Cypress Ranch Mustangs vs. Memorial Mustangs
The Cypress Ranch Mustangs will face off against the Memorial Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cypress Ranch will be strutting in after a victory while Memorial will be coming in after a loss.
Last Saturday, Cypress Ranch took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 49-6 win over New Caney.
Cypress Ranch found their leader in underclassman Braden Baker, who threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Trey Smith, who rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cypress Ranch was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 448 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as New Caney only gained 86.
Meanwhile, Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a blow against Pearland, falling 27-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 586th, while the Oilers are ranked 137th).
The victory got Cypress Ranch back to even at 1-1. As for Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything came up roses for Cypress Ranch against Memorial in their previous meeting back in November of 2015 as the squad secured a 44-13 win. Will Cypress Ranch repeat their success, or does Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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