Football Preview: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North Raiders
The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines will face off against the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Donna North with a sharp 42-21 victory on Friday. The Wolverines' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Ryan Reyna had a dynamite game for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial, rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also throwing for 76 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Emiliano Colunga was another key player, rushing for 99 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 48-11 win over Donna at home. Considering the Raiders have won five matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Daren Garcia and Ethan Guerra were among the main playmakers for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North as the former threw for 168 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes and the latter rushed for 155 yards on only 15 carries. Guerra's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 102 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Aparicio, who gained 27 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 329 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 234 rushing yards in 19 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The victory got Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial back to even at 3-3. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial was dealt a bruising 44-8 loss at the hands of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North when the teams last played back in August of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial was down 20-0.
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