Football Preview: Pearce Mustangs vs. Dallas Jesuit Rangers
Pearce has won four straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Dallas Jesuit has won four straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Pearce Mustangs will face off against the Dallas Jesuit Rangers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Pearce was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 55-49 to Lake Highlands.
Pearce might have lost, but man, Presley Harper was a machine: he threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Harper is now averaging an impressive 333.5 passing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Andrew Casagrande, who gained 141 total yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Dallas Jesuit). They breezed by Irving at home to the tune of 49-20 on Friday. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Tigers are ranked 923rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pearce's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Dallas Jesuit, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Pearce couldn't quite finish off Dallas Jesuit when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 41-39. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dallas Jesuit's Charlie Peters, who threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. Now that Pearce knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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