Lopez has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Porter Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. Lopez is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.9 points per game this season.
Lopez will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 27-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Mercedes by a score of 41-38. The Lobos gained 174 more yards on the day, but it was the Tigers that made the best use of them.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Eddie Slovak and Robert Sanchez. Sanchez had a great game and rushed for 188 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Slovak was balling out in the loss, rushing for 236 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Lopez was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Porter was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 17th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Edcouch-Elsa 45-0. The shutout was out of character for the Cowboys seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Lopez moved to 5-2 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Porter, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Lopez couldn't quite finish off Porter in their previous meeting back in October of 2021 and fell 27-24. Will Lopez have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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