The Van Horn Eagles will be playing at home against the Wink Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Van Horn has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight losses, while Wink will come in with eight straight wins.
Van Horn is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Iraan on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Van Horn was outmatched by Iraan on the road and fell 61-0.
Meanwhile, while Wink put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Eldorado. Wink blew past Eldorado, posting a 55-0 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Wildcats just coasted through the last quarter.
Wink got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Layne Lusby out in front who threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards. Timothy Montoya did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 95 receiving yards.
Wink was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in 21 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Van Horn's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Wink, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Van Horn suffered a grim 44-18 defeat to Wink in their previous matchup back in November of 2019. Thankfully for Van Horn, Zachary Rosas (who rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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