Football Recap: Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest Javelinas
Edcouch-Elsa entered their tilt with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 34-7 victory over the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest Javelinas. Considering the Yellowjackets have won three matchups by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Edcouch-Elsa to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aydan Garcia, who rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave Garcia a new career-high in rushing yards. Backing up that air attack was Elijah Trevino, who rushed for 100 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Edcouch-Elsa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Edcouch-Elsa didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Israel Campos picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. Another thorn in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest's side was Trystan Rojas, who picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Edcouch-Elsa pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Edcouch-Elsa will square off against Lopez at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lopez is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.4 points per game this season. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest, they will challenge Porter at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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