Weslaco East is 4-0 against Donna North since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Weslaco East Wildcats will host the Donna North Chiefs at 7:30 p.m. Weslaco East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.5 points per game this season.
Weslaco East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Rivera 41-2 on the road. The Wildcats pushed the score to 35-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Raiders had no chance of recovering from.
Weslaco East found their leader in underclassman Malachi Rodriguez, who rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Those 193 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Rodriguez. Another player making a difference was Elias Rodriguez, who rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Weslaco East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 213 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Weslaco East didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ramiro Carrera and Gabriel Horta. Horta is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Donna North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial, falling 42-21. The Chiefs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-0.
Weslaco East's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Donna North, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Weslaco East against Donna North when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 46-6 win. Will Weslaco East repeat their success, or does Donna North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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