Football Preview: Veterans Memorial Chargers vs. Los Fresnos Falcons
Two dominant signal callers in Michael Montoya and Robert Pineda are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Veterans Memorial Chargers will welcome the Los Fresnos Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Los Fresnos is hoping to do what Hanna couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Veterans Memorial's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Veterans Memorial claimed a resounding 46-7 victory over Hanna on the road. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 389th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 1009th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Calvin Trevillion went supernova for Veterans Memorial, rushing for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Trevillion a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Montoya, who rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Veterans Memorial's defense and their three sacks. Edgar Vela was especially locked on to Hanna's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Hanna's side was Helio Gutierrez, who made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Los Fresnos hadn't done well against San Benito recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Los Fresnos took their game at home with ease, bagging a 45-17 win over San Benito. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 22 point advantage.
Pineda was his usual excellent self, rushing for 145 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 70 yards and two touchdowns. His longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Tyler Stachowiak was another key player, rushing for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Veterans Memorial pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Los Fresnos, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-1.
Thursday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Veterans Memorial has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 367.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Los Fresnos struggles in that department as they've been averaging 252.3. It's looking like Thursday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Veterans Memorial suffered a grim 35-10 defeat to Los Fresnos in their previous matchup back in October of 2015. Can Veterans Memorial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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