A victory for Pasadena Memorial just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 52-3 loss at the hands of the Pearland Oilers. 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 536th, while the Oilers are ranked 112th).
A big part of Pearland's win came down to the chemistry between Jake Westmoreland and his top target Jordan Hernandez. Westmoreland threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes while Hernandez picked up 148 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hernandez is now averaging an impressive 102 receiving yards per game. Pearland also got a significant boost from Ryan Miller, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
Pasadena Memorial dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Pearland, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-1.
Pasadena Memorial will face off against South Houston at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pasadena Memorial is facing South Houston at the right time seeing as South Houston is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Pearland, they will challenge Shadow Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 932 yards in their previous games.
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