Football Preview: Edinburg Bobcats vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears
Edinburg and Pharr-San Juan-Alamo are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. After each having a week off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Edinburg will head into Thursday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune last Thursday. They came up short against Los Fresnos, falling 38-14. While the Bobcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Falcons 0-0 in the first quarter.
Edinburg's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of JT Santa Maria, who rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns, and Jude Vega, who picked up 52 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo came up short against Veterans Memorial last Friday and fell 35-23.
Although Pharr-San Juan-Alamo took the loss, they still got scores from Ryan Vallejo, Gabriel Ramirez, and Aleksander Flores.
Edinburg's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 3-2.
Edinburg suffered a grim 37-13 defeat to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's Jorge Alanis, who rushed for 170 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Now that Edinburg 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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