The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
While Raiders fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They were the clear victor by a 42-22 margin over San Benito on Friday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Greyhounds are ranked 464th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Daren Garcia went supernova for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North, rushing for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 79 yards and a touchdown. Ethan Guerrra was another key player, gaining 112 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 234 rushing yards in 14 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo never let their opponents score on Friday. They really took it to Pioneer for the full four quarters, racking up a 34-0 win on the road. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 21 point advantage.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jorge Alanis, who gained 172 total yards and two touchdowns, and Myles Lopez, who threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (196 yards to be exact) went to Ryan Vallejo.
Everything came up roses for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 as the team secured a 41-0 victory. Will Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North repeat their success, or does Pharr-San Juan-Alamo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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