The Veterans Memorial Chargers will square off against the Edinburg Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Veterans Memorial is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Veterans Memorial will bounce into Friday's game after beating San Benito, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Veterans Memorial walked away with a 28-18 victory over San Benito last Friday.
Sergio Sosa went supernova for Veterans Memorial, rushing for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Those 188 rushing yards gave Sosa a new career-high.
Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 332 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 275 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Edinburg was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 7-6 to Edinburg North. The Bobcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Edinburg's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-5. As for Veterans Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Veterans Memorial against Edinburg in their previous matchup back in September of 2015, as the squad secured a 48-13 win. Does Veterans Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Edinburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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