Magnolia West is on a five-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Tomball Memorial a four-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Magnolia West Mustangs will welcome the Tomball Memorial Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Thursday, Magnolia West lost to Klein Oak on the road by a 32-14 margin. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 491st, while the Panthers are ranked 104th).
Although Magnolia West took the loss, they still got scores from Parker Robinson and Bryson Broadway.
Magnolia West wouldn't let Klein Oak keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Tyler Langley, Dawson Campbell, Luke Mattingly, and Case Luckman picked up one apiece. Langley is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least seven every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Tomball Memorial duked it out withTomball on Friday. Tomball Memorial fell 36-27 to Tomball.
Despite the defeat, Tomball Memorial had strong showings from Aiden Martin, who threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes, and Gavin Westerberg, who picked up 174 receiving yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Martin also racked up 103 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in November of 2023.
Tomball Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jacob Bedizel and Detrick Gray. Donovan Wagner was another major factor on D, making 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
Magnolia West's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Tomball Memorial, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Magnolia West didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Tomball Memorial in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, but they still walked away with a 45-40 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Tomball Memorial's Dru Baker, who threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Magnolia West to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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