McAllen Memorial and New Braunfels squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but McAllen Memorial had to settle for second. They took a blow against the Unicorns, falling 63-29. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 403rd, while the Unicorns are ranked 97th).
When it comes to explaining why McAllen Memorial lost, don't look at Braxton Speights. Despite the final result, he rushed for 196 yards and two scores on only 15 carries. Speights' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 119 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Soliz, who rushed for 76 yards and one TD on only ten carries.
LEVI GOLLA produced another solid performance throwing for 204 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 49 yards and one score for New Braunfels. Those five passing touchdowns gave GOLLA a new career-high. BROCK STEWART helped out on the ground, rushing for 122 yards.

Mustangs
| 11/21/25 vs New Braunfels | 29-63 |
| 11/14/25 vs Harlingen South | 35-21 |
| 11/07/25 @ Palmview | 26-21 |
| 10/31/25 vs Rowe | 33-31 |
| 10/23/25 vs Vela | 31-28 |
The loss snapped McAllen Memorial's winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 9-3 record. As for New Braunfels, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-2.
McAllen Memorial does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Braunfels, they have already played their next game, a 41-31 victory against Boerne-Champion on the 28th.
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