The Goose Creek Memorial Patriots will take on the Atascocita Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Goose Creek Memorial is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Goose Creek Memorial is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Humble on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Goose Creek Memorial was beaten by Humble 35-7. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 770th, while the Wildcats are ranked 205th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Atascocita). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 55-0 victory over Channelview. Considering the Eagles have won four games by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Atascocita's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Goose Creek Memorial, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Goose Creek Memorial took a serious blow against Atascocita in their previous meeting back in November of 2017, falling 71-0. Thankfully for Goose Creek Memorial, Jack Roe (who threw for 134 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 84 yards on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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