Football Preview: Edinburg North Cougars vs. Edinburg Bobcats
Edinburg North has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Edinburg Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but likely not for long.
Edinburg North will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played two weeks ago but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They were outmatched by Pharr-San Juan-Alamo on the road and fell 41-7. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1000th, while the Bears are ranked 385th).
Meanwhile, Edinburg didn't have quite enough to beat Weslaco on Friday and fell 24-21. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Edinburg's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of JT Santa Maria, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and Oscar Jasso, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards Jasso has posted since back in August.
Edinburg's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Edinburg North, their loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7.
Edinburg North came up short against Edinburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 34-21. Thankfully for Edinburg North, Ryen Abrego (who rushed for 275 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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