The Pearland Oilers are taking a road trip to challenge the Manvel Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pearland is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
If Pearland beats Manvel with 59 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Pearland took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 59-0 win over Alvin. Given the Oilers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 621st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jake Westmoreland had a dynamite game for Pearland, rushing for 52 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 143 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Westmoreland a new career-high in rushing yards. Pearland also got help from Jordan Hernandez, who showed off his sure hands for 89 receiving yards.
Pearland wouldn't let Alvin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jaison Law, Charles Gooden, Iii, and Gooden, Iii picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Gooden, Iii is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, Manvel came up short against Shadow Creek on Friday, falling 43-20. The Mavericks have struggled against the Sharks recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The losing side was boosted by 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.
Pearland's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Manvel, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Pearland was taken down by Manvel 45-7 in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. Thankfully for Pearland, Jalen Preston (who rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries) 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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