San Benito is 4-0 against Veterans Memorial since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The San Benito Greyhounds will welcome the Veterans Memorial Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
San Benito is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Los Fresnos last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. San Benito had to suffer through a 45-17 loss at the hands of Los Fresnos. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 745th, while the Falcons are ranked 358th).
Despite the loss, San Benito got top-tier performance from Tyler Ruiz, who rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 63 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Los Fresnos by a score of 24-21. The Chargers haven't had much luck with the Falcons recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The losing side was boosted by Alvin Trevillion, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Veterans Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Niko Cisneros and Michael Rodriguez. Veterans Memorial got some further help from Helio Gutierrez: he made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Even though they lost, Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 275 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
San Benito's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Veterans Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
San Benito beat Veterans Memorial 28-21 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Does San Benito have another victory up their sleeve, or will Veterans Memorial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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