Football Preview: Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots vs. Alice Coyotes
The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots will face off against the Alice Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Two weeks ago, Mission Veterans Memorial came up short against Sharyland and fell 30-20.
Although Mission Veterans Memorial took the loss, they still got scores from Quinten Valverde, Jordan Rodriguez, and Alejandro Garza.
Mission Veterans Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Valverde, Nathan Rodriguez, and Aiden Uribe picked up one apiece. Uribe is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last 19 games he's played dating back to last season. Ryan Guerra was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, making 12 total tackles, and defending a pass.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alice). Everything went their way against Sharyland on Friday as Alice made off with a 57-32 victory. With that win, the Coyotes brought their scoring average up to 27.6 points per game.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Lucian Cruz and Calvin Harris. Cruz had a great game and rushed for 157 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Harris was balling out in the loss, throwing for 379 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Alice was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Alice wouldn't let Sharyland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Landen Brunston was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. Another thorn in Sharyland's side was Hayden Trejo, who picked up a sack, made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Mission Veterans Memorial dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Alice, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-3.
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