The Houston Christian Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Oakridge Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Houston Christian will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 36-point they dealt St. Andrew's on Friday. Houston Christian claimed a resounding 42-6 win over St. Andrew's at home. The Mustangs pushed the score to 35-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Highlanders had no chance of recovering from.
Rj Evans had a dynamite game for Houston Christian, rushing for 55 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 103 yards and two touchdowns. Greg Guidry was another key player, rushing for 73 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Houston Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Oakridge hadn't done well against Cistercian recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Oakridge blew past Cistercian, posting a 41-3 victory on the road. While the Owls didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-9), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The win got Houston Christian back to even at 2-2. As for Oakridge, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Everything came up roses for Houston Christian against Oakridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 47-0 win. Will Houston Christian repeat their success, or does Oakridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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