The Harlandale Indians lost against the Burbank Bulldogs back in October of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Harlandale took a hard 35-21 fall against Burbank. Harlandale was down 35-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Harlandale's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jacob Saucedo, who threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns.
It was another big night for Keven Hernandez, who threw for 290 yards and five touchdowns. Hernandez hasn't dropped below three passing touchdowns for three straight games. Leo Lozano was another key contributor, picking up 138 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Harlandale and nudges their season record down to 6-3. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 8-0 Alamo Heights (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 94.4% over those games). As for Burbank, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Harlandale will face off against Jefferson at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Burbank, they will head out on the road to face off against Edison at 7:00 p.m. on October 27th. Edison is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
