After two games on the road, Highland Park is heading back home. They will welcome the Sunray Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Highland Park is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against West Texas on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Highland Park was beaten by West Texas 58-21. The Hornets were down 44-14 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Sunray put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Spearman 47-6 on the road. The Bobcats' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Armando Lujan was his usual excellent self, throwing for 383 yards and six touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Connor Petereit was Lujan's top target, picking up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sunray's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Erick Calsadillas and Arnold Mendoza, who racked up four sacks between them. Calsadillas also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
Highland Park's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Sunray, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
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