The Tomball Memorial Wildcats will take on the Magnolia Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Two weeks ago, everything went Tomball Memorial's way against Cypress Creek as Tomball Memorial made off with a 52-27 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Cougars are ranked 706th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aiden Martin had an outrageously good game as he threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Carter Hamilton was Martin's top target, picking up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tomball Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cypress Creek only rushed for 149.
Meanwhile, Magnolia was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Klein Oak 60-21 at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-7.
The victory got Tomball Memorial back to even at 1-1. As for Magnolia, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Tomball Memorial beat Magnolia 48-39 in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Magnolia's Anthony Johnson, who rushed for 370 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Tomball Memorial to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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