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| 11/14/25 - Neutral | 42-21 W |
| 11/09/23 - Neutral | 48-29 W |
| 10/08/21 - Home | 21-42 L |
| 11/08/19 - Home | 48-36 W |
| 11/09/18 - Away | 30-28 W |
| 11/11/16 - Neutral | 28-45 L |
With a playoff win on the line, Pioneer rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets as they made off with a 42-21 win. Considering the Diamondbacks' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
William Goodloe was his usual excellent self, rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 66 yards and one TD. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Pioneer was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 342 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Despite the loss, Edcouch-Elsa still got an impressive performance from Ayden Mercado, who rushed for 174 yards while picking up 8.7 yards per carry, and also caught one score. Mercado is becoming a predictor of the Yellowjackets' success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Aydan Garcia helped out on the ground, rushing for 118 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Pioneer's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Edcouch-Elsa, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-5.
As of now, neither Pioneer nor the Yellowjackets have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
