The Fabens Wildcats will square off against the Austin Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Fabens' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Mountain View on Friday. They took a blow against the Lobos, falling 41-0. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Lobos: they've now lost eight in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Austin). In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 36-35 victory over Ysleta. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Austin to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sal Duarte, who rushed for 266 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Duarte a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Oscar Flores, who rushed for 77 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries.
Fabens' defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Austin, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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