Football Preview: Muenster Hornets vs. Santo Wildcats
The Muenster Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Santo Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Muenster is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Era at home to the tune of 64-6 on Friday. Given Muenster's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 318th, while Era is ranked 840th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Muenster's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nolan Peel, who rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. Peel is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Casen Carney was another key signal caller, throwing for 180 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Muenster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 355 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Santo was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Chico 42-7 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Wildcats just coasted through the last quarter.
Muenster has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Santo, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Muenster strolled past Santo when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 32-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Muenster since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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