Bay City is 1-8 against El Campo since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bay City Blackcats will face off against the El Campo Ricebirds at 7:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Last Friday, Bay City strolled past La Vernia with points to spare, taking the game 40-21. The Blackcats pushed the score to 33-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears cut but never quite recovered from.
Bay City had a senior duo take command as Jada Andrews gained 193 total yards and three touchdowns and Alex Estrada threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes. Estrada is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Xylan Williams was Estrada's top target, picking up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Campo). They blew past Floresville 66-0 at home on Friday. The Ricebirds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 42 points or more this season.
El Campo found their leader in underclassman Vladimir Garcia, who rushed for 241 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Garcia's longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, El Campo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 404 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
El Campo wouldn't let Floresville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. El Campo can thank Will Rod and Kylon Taylor for forcing both of them.
Bay City pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for El Campo, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 6-1.
Bay City didn't have too much breathing room in their match against El Campo in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 25-21 win. Will Bay City repeat their success, or does El Campo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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