Football Preview: Pasadena Memorial Mavericks vs. Manvel Mavericks
The Pasadena Memorial Mavericks will venture away from home to challenge the Manvel Mavericks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pasadena Memorial will be strutting in after a win while Manvel will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Pasadena Memorial won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Porter 29-28. That's two games straight that the Mavericks have won by just one point.
Meanwhile, Manvel came up short against Barbers Hill on Friday and fell 21-13. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Eagles are ranked 144th).
Although Manvel took the loss, they still got scores from Kenneth Malone Hayes and Antoine Wilder.
Even if they lost, Manvel's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Byron Carter Jr was especially locked on to Barbers Hill's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Barbers Hill's side was Keian Cross, who picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The victory made it two in a row for Pasadena Memorial and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Manvel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Pasadena Memorial was dealt a bruising 65-10 defeat at the hands of Manvel when the teams last played back in October of 2015. Can Pasadena Memorial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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