COLLEGE STATION – As Memorial and Tomball took the field Saturday morning, they knew that they were going to have to play hard to stay in the state 7-on-7 tournament’s consolation bracket.

And as competitive as they were in their first state appearance, Memorial bowed out Saturday with a 26-12 loss.

Memorial quarterback Davis Miller came out strong to get the Mustangs on the board first with a touchdown pass to De’Mario Thibodeaux, but Tomball quickly tied the game with a quick pass by Chad Tarhini to Joel Salzman.

Both Memorial and Tomball were putting up great defensive walls that were keeping the offenses from scoring often.

Each team went back and forth with Tarhini and Miller hitting their men, Salzman and Brandon Hulings, respectively to end the half with Tomball leading 13-12.

After a pep talk from their coaches both teams came out ready to win.

The Memorial offense, which included Daniel Neumann, Nolan Miller, Preston Burkett, Chris Renaudin, Josh Withers, Thibodeaux and Hulings were pumped and ready to control the field. Problem was for Memorial, the Tomball defense countered effectively. The defensive line of Kyle McKenzie, Kevin Jackson, Jeff Holverson, Brad Lambert, Brad Dalton, Jonathan Ernmert and Jason Lee put up a wall that did not allow the Mustangs to score again.

Tarhani came back with two more touchdowns to Matt Marfisi and Brian Angelle.

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