Falfurrias is 1-9 against San Diego since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Falfurrias Fightin' Jerseys will look to defend their home field against the San Diego Vaqueros at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Falfurrias is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Progreso to the tune of 46-0 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jaxon Garcia went supernova for Falfurrias, throwing for 145 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 passes, while also rushing for 50 yards.all of that, rushing production came thanks to one massive run Brandon Quintanilla handled things on the ground, rushing for 85 yards.
Falfurrias was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 50 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 165.
Meanwhile, San Diego entered their tilt with Bishop on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Badgers 48-10. The Vaqueros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 25 points or more this season.
San Diego found their leader in sophomore Nicholas Luera, who rushed for 224 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Luera a new career-high in rushing yards. Jayden Lozano was another key passer, throwing for 100 yards and three touchdowns.
Falfurrias' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5. As for San Diego, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Falfurrias, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 34-19 loss to San Diego when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Falfurrias avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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