The Kingwood Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Stratford Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Kingwood was able to grind out a solid victory over La Porte, taking the game 28-21. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Marquez Xavion Ziair Davis had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season. Holland Hargrave was another key player, throwing for 185 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes.
Kingwood was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 410 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Stratford humbled Oak Ridge with a 66-28 victory. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the War Eagles are ranked 372nd), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aaron Deleon was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 327 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 4 passing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Hunter Biehl, who picked up 214 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Stratford wouldn't let Oak Ridge keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Stratford can thank Rayden Barnes and Tiergan Burl for forcing both of them. Stratford got some further help from Parker Johnson: he made 15 total tackles (1.5 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Kingwood's record is now 2-0. As for Stratford, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Kingwood came up short against Stratford in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, falling 14-10. Can Kingwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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