Football Preview: Pearland Oilers vs. Manvel Mavericks
The Pearland Oilers will head out on the road to face off against the Manvel Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pearland is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
If Pearland beats Manvel with 59 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Pearland claimed a resounding 59-0 victory over Alvin at home. Given the Oilers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 620th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jake Westmoreland went supernova for Pearland, rushing for 52 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 143 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Westmoreland a new career-high in rushing yards. Jordan Hernandez also helped out with an impressive 89 receiving yards.
Pearland wouldn't let Alvin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jaison Law, Charles Gooden, Iii, and Gooden, Iii picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Gooden, Iii is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, Manvel lost 43-20 to Shadow Creek on Friday. The Mavericks haven't had much luck with the Sharks recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Manvel's loss came about despite a quality game from Cam Renfro, who threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Pearland's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Manvel, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Pearland took a serious blow against Manvel when the teams last played back in September of 2017, falling 45-7. Thankfully for Pearland, Jalen Preston (who rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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