The Mission Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mission knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial likes a good challenge.
Last Thursday, Mission was fully in charge, breezing past Juarez-Lincoln 49-10. That 39 point margin sets a new team best for the Eagles this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 36-33 victory over Flour Bluff. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial's win was all the more impressive since the Hornets were averaging only 13.3 points allowed on the season.
Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Robert Ponce and Zachary Smith. Ponce also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
The victory (which was Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial's fifth in a row) raised their record to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.8 points per game. As for Mission, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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