Two dominant signal callers in Elijah Melancon and Cross Figg are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Eunice Cardinals will host the Texico Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eunice will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up eight points back in September, then bounced right back against Loving last Friday. The Cardinals blew past the Falcons, posting a 56-6 victory. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won four games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Texico). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 51-7 win over Loving. The victory continues a trend for the Wolverines in their matchups with the Falcons: they've now won seven in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Figg and Tristen Onsurez. Figg had a great game and rushed for 165 yards and one touchdown. Meanwhile, Onsurez did his best for the losing side, throwing for 153 yards and one TD, while also rushing for 83 yards.
Texico's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Eunice, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Eunice came up short against Texico in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 36-27. Thankfully for the Cardinals, Alex Fuentes (who rushed for 220 yards and four scores, and also picked up 49 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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