Football Preview: Flour Bluff Hornets vs. Weslaco East Wildcats
The Flour Bluff Hornets will head out to take on the Weslaco East Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated (Flour Bluff has five wins , while Weslaco East has four).
Last Friday, Flour Bluff was fully in charge, breezing past Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial 55-17 at home. Fans of the Hornets have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Weslaco East ultimately got the result they hoped for two weeks ago. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 23-22 victory over Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial.
Malachi Rodriguez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 165 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Rodriguez is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 100 every time he's taken the field this season. Backing up that air attack was Margarito Pompa, who rushed for 92 yards and a rushing touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Weslaco East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 333 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 266 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Flour Bluff's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Weslaco East, their record is now 4-0.
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