The Manvel Mavericks will head out to take on the South Houston Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Manvel lost 42-18 to Pearland 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 314th, while the Oilers are ranked 137th).
Manvel's loss came about despite a quality game from Antoine Wilder, who picked up 113 receiving yards and a touchdown. Wilder got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 88 yards. Cam Renfro also helped out by tossing the rock for 275 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Houston). They enjoyed a cozy 35-17 win over Alvin on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
This is the second loss in a row for Manvel and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for South Houston, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Manvel against South Houston in their previous meeting back in October of 2015, as the squad secured a 75-14 win. Will Manvel repeat their success, or does South Houston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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