Los Fresnos is 1-9 against San Benito since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Los Fresnos Falcons will look to defend their home field against the San Benito Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. Los Fresnos will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Los Fresnos is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match at home last Friday with ease, bagging a 70-33 victory over Sharyland. Considering the Falcons have won four contests by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Robert Pineda was his usual excellent self, rushing for 217 yards and six touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 172 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.5 rushing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Tyler Stachowiak, who gained 129 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, San Benito came into Friday's matchup having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They managed a 26-20 win over Hanna on Friday.
San Benito can attribute much of their success to Tyler Ruiz, who rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: San Benito was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Los Fresnos' victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for San Benito, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-6.
Los Fresnos suffered a grim 38-14 defeat to San Benito when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Los Fresnos avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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