A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars dukes it out withthe Klein Oak Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Tomball comes in on five and Klein Oak on three.
Tomball is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They secured a 48-43 W over Klein on Saturday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Bearkats are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tomball's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Oswaldo Morales, who rushed for 280 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry, and Jaxyn Faldyn, who threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Morales a new career-high in rushing yards. Hunter Rathke was Faldyn's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tomball was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 383 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Klein Oak hadn't done well against Klein Collins recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Klein Oak put the hurt on Klein Collins with a sharp 28-7 victory.
Tomball pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Klein Oak, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Tomball took their win against Klein Oak when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 35-14. Will Tomball repeat their success, or does Klein Oak have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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