Preview: San Benito vs. Weslaco
San Benito is 9-1 against Weslaco since January of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The San Benito Greyhounds will be playing at home against the Weslaco Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
San Benito fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Los Fresnos on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 4-2 to the Falcons. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for San Benito in their matchups with Los Fresnos: they've now lost nine in a row.
Franciso Barrientos wasn't going to let Los Fresnos walk away unscathed as he scored both of San Benito's goals. With that big game he's now up to four goals this season.
Meanwhile, Weslaco was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. Their rough 5-0 loss to Rivera might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Weslaco can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 592nd, while Rivera is ranked 40th).
San Benito's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9-3. As for Weslaco, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
