The El Campo Ricebirds will challenge the Calallen Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: El Campo has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Calallen will arrive with four straight wins.
El Campo is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 17, 2023 on Friday. They lost 28-7 to La Vernia. The matchup marked the Ricebirds' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
El Campo wouldn't let La Vernia keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. El Campo can thank Vladimir Garcia and Kylon Taylor for forcing both of them. El Campo got some further help from Riley Riha: he picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Calallen). They really took it to Hidalgo for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-0 victory. Considering the Wildcats have won six matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Calallen got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Sebastian Dennis out in front who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Jude Hernandez was in the mix as well, providing Calallen with two touchdowns.
Calallen is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.4 points. As for El Campo, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4.
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