After flying high against Pasadena Memorial last Thursday, Manvel came back down to earth. The Manvel Mavericks lost 43-20 to the Shadow Creek Sharks on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Sharks are ranked 100th).
Despite the loss, Manvel still got an impressive performance 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.
Joseph Stewart Jr. went supernova for Shadow Creek, throwing for 296 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes. Another player making a difference was Chris Stewart, who picked up 132 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Manvel's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Shadow Creek, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-1.
Manvel will square off against Pearland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pearland will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Manvel surely won't give up without a fight. As for Shadow Creek, they will take on Dawson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Dawson likes a good challenge.
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