Cypress Creek lost against Tomball Memorial back in August of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Cypress Creek Cougars lost 52-27 to the Tomball Memorial Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 706th, while the Wildcats are ranked 188th).
Cypress Creek's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Stephen Chaney, who threw for 177 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Cypress Creek also got a significant boost from Garland Wilburn, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 136 yards.
Cypress Creek wouldn't let Tomball Memorial keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cypress Creek can thank Marlon Cook and Jeremiah Peete for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Tomball Memorial's side was Dwayne Brocken, who made 22 total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Aiden Martin had a dynamite game for Tomball Memorial, throwing for 220 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, while also rushing for 99 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Martin got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 68 yards. Carter Hamilton was Martin's top target, picking up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Cypress Creek and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Tomball Memorial, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Cypress Creek will challenge Cypress Woods at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Tomball Memorial, they will have plenty of time to enjoy the victory as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Magnolia at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th. Hopefully Tomball Memorial focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Thursday.
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