The Sharyland Rattlers will venture away from home to challenge the Alice Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sharyland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34 points per game this season.
Sharyland took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They came out on top against Mission Veterans Memorial by a score of 30-20.
A big part of Sharyland's victory came down to the chemistry between Calvin Harris and his top target Bruno Cavazos. Harris rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown while Cavazos picked up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, while Alice put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Pioneer. Alice took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 28-0 win over Pioneer. 28 seems to be a good number for the Coyotes as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Lucian Cruz had a dynamite game for Alice, rushing for 60 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 216 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. 120 of those passing yards were hauled in by Collin Tsesmelis.
Sharyland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Alice, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-3.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Sharyland has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 289.1 passing yards per game. Alice, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 165.7 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Sharyland couldn't quite finish off Alice in their previous matchup back in November of 2017 and fell 42-39. Can Sharyland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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