Aldine hasn't had much luck against Benjamin Davis recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Aldine Mustangs will square off against the Benjamin Davis Falcons at 7:00 p.m.
Aldine is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 56-7 loss at the hands of Westfield. While losing is never fun, Aldine can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 861st, while Westfield is ranked 51st).
Aldine didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jashyne Daniels and Damarion Parrish.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Benjamin Davis). They secured a 47-42 W over Nimitz on Thursday.
Benjamin Davis relied on the efforts of Drake Williams, who rushed for 188 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Nicholas Tramble, who rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Tramble a new career-high in rushing yards. Michael Taylor handled things on the ground, rushing for 94 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Benjamin Davis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 501 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Aldine's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Benjamin Davis, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Aldine was taken down by Benjamin Davis 56-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Aldine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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