Goose Creek Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of the Humble Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 771st, while the Wildcats are ranked 204th).
Ricco Richards Jr. rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 102 yards on nine of 25 attempts.
Matthew Thomas was his top target, picking up 50 receiving yards.
Humble had a senior duo take command as Tristan Bernard threw for 180 yards and four touchdowns and Mcarthur Baker gained 126 total yards and three touchdowns. Baker also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Humble is 3-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Goose Creek Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Humble, they moved to 5-4 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Goose Creek Memorial will square off against Atascocita at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Humble does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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