Football Preview: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines vs. Flour Bluff Hornets
The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines will head out on the road to square off against the Flour Bluff Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Weslaco East on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They and the Wildcats were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 23-22 loss. The defeat continues a trend for the Wolverines in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now lost three in a row.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Emiliano Colunga, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown, and Ryan Reyna, who rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Flour Bluff put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Donna 49-0 on the road. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Redskins are ranked 949th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Flour Bluff, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial was dealt a bruising 52-21 defeat at the hands of Flour Bluff when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flour Bluff's Jayden Paluseo, who threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown. Now that Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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