Grand Oaks is 0-4 against The Woodlands since November of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Grand Oaks Grizzlies will welcome The Woodlands Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grand Oaks will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 41) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Waller 17-14.
Grand Oaks can attribute much of their success to Grant Smith, who threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Smith has posted since back in September of 2023. 105 of those passing yards were hauled in by Preston Cloud.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Grand Oaks' defense and their three sacks. Brandon Moylan was especially locked on to Waller's QB and sacked him twice. Moylan is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last 12 games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for The Woodlands at home against Deer Park on Friday as the squad secured a 52-24 win. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Deer are ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grand Oaks' victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for The Woodlands, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Grand Oaks was dealt a bruising 56-13 loss at the hands of The Woodlands in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Grand Oaks, Mabrey Mettauer (who threw for 262 yards and five touchdowns while completing 87% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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