Football Preview: North Shore Mustangs vs. Ridge Point Panthers
North Shore is 3-0 against Ridge Point since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Shore Mustangs are on the road again to play the Ridge Point Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Shore is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 56-13 victory over Deer Park. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Deer are ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kaleb Maryland was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 49 yards. Those 49 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was D?Andre Hardeman Jr., who rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
Meanwhile, Ridge Point entered their tilt with Dobie on Thursday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They breezed by the Longhorns to the tune of 49-16. The Panthers pushed the score to 42-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Longhorns had little chance of recovering from.
Austin Carlisle continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 205 yards and three touchdowns. Elon Conley was another key player, rushing for 80 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
North Shore's win bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Ridge Point, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
Friday's game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Kaleb Bailey and Carlisle. Bailey just won't slow down this season and has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 160.9 passing yards per game. Carlisle has been a dominant force too and has thrown 40 touchdowns (and and only 3 pick) while averaging 227.8 passing yards per game.
Everything came up roses for North Shore against Ridge Point in their previous matchup back in January of 2021, as the squad secured a 56-14 win. In that matchup, North Shore amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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