The Memorial Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Walnut Grove Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Friday, Memorial came up short against Emerson and fell 28-17. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 490th, while the Mavericks are ranked 168th).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Benjamin Wilson, who threw for 173 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Jose Ramos
| 09/26/25 vs Emerson | 11 |
| 09/18/25 @ Independence | 5 |
| 09/12/25 vs Melissa | 10 |
| 09/05/25 vs Wilson | 6 |
| 08/29/25 @ Terrell | 5 |
Even if they lost, Memorial's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Jose Ramos with two. Ramos is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Memorial got some further help from Hunter Metcalf: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 22 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Walnut Grove strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Denison, posting a 56-7 win. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly 49 points.
Memorial now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Walnut Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Memorial was taken down by Walnut Grove 64-24 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Warriors were down 49-14.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
