A victory for Falfurrias just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 49-21 defeat at the hands of the Rio Hondo Bobcats. The Fightin' Jerseys haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the loss, Falfurrias still got an impressive performance from Jaxon Garcia, who threw for 187 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 61 yards. Those 61 rushing yards gave Garcia a new career-high. A healthy portion of that aerial production (85 yards to be exact) went to Kaleb Garcia.
Ruben Atkinson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 50 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 250 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt for Rio Hondo. Emmanuel Perez was Atkinson's top target, picking up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Falfurrias' loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Rio Hondo, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Falfurrias will host Santa Gertrudis Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Rio Hondo, they will head out to challenge Lyford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rio Hondo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.7 points per game this season.
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