The Veterans Memorial Chargers will take on the Pioneer Diamondbacks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Veterans Memorial earned a 35-23 victory over Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Veterans Memorial to victory, but perhaps none more so than Michael Montoya, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 50 yards and a touchdown. Another back making a difference was Alvin Trevillion, who rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 358 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Pioneer came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Cowboys at home to the tune of 63-3. The Diamondbacks' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Veterans Memorial's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for Pioneer, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
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