Pace entered their game against Lopez on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Pace Vikings fell just short of the Lopez Lobos by a score of 24-21. The contest marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Despite the loss, Pace still got an impressive performance from Adrian Sauceda, who rushed for 299 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry. Those 299 rushing yards gave Sauceda a new career-high.
Pace wouldn't let Lopez keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pace can thank Ignacio Ramirez and Jesus Caballero for forcing both of them. Ramirez also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine. Pace got some further help from Narciso Rodriguez: he made 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Even though they lost, Pace was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Eddie Slovak was his usual excellent self, rushing for 233 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry for Lopez. Slovak is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 110 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Eliazar Iruegas, who picked up 77 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pace's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3. As for Lopez, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Pace will face off against Mercedes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lopez, they will challenge Edcouch-Elsa at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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