Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Memorial). They put the hurt on the Cypress Ridge Rams with a sharp 34-14 win on Saturday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Mustangs needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Memorial can attribute much of their success to Austin Alpe, who threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 47 yards. Those 47 rushing yards gave Alpe a new career-high. Julian Rogalski was in the mix too, providing Memorial with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 208 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
With the victory, Memorial broke their seven-game losing streak and moved their record to 1-4. As for Cypress Ridge, they dropped their record down to 1-4 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Memorial wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 34-16 defeat against Cy-Fair on the 11th. Cypress Ridge has also already played their next match, a 31-17 win against Cypress Creek on the 11th.
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