If Ysleta was feeling good fresh off their 40-14 takedown of Mountain View last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Ysleta Indians were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 36-35 to the Austin Panthers. The loss was the Indians' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Ysleta saw an underclassman step up: Rodrigo Martinez threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns. Those 312 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Martinez.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Austin to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sal Duarte, who rushed for 266 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Duarte a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Oscar Flores, who rushed for 77 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries.
Having lost for the first time this season, Ysleta fell to 4-1. As for Austin, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Fabens the next time they take the field. Austin will head out to face Fabens at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Ysleta will host them at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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