The Veterans Memorial Chargers will venture away from home to challenge the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Veterans Memorial is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Veterans Memorial will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 39-point game in their last game. They fell just short of Alexander by a score of 44-42.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Alvin Trevillion, who rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Michael Montoya was in the mix as well, providing Veterans Memorial with two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pharr-San Juan-Alamo). They took down Los Fresnos 40-24 on Friday.
A big part of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's victory came down to the chemistry between Myles Lopez and his top target Ryan Vallejo. Lopez threw for 467 yards and six touchdowns while Vallejo picked up 244 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Lopez is now averaging an impressive 316.2 passing yards per game. Ramze Arroyo also helped out as he racked up 120 receiving yards.
Veterans Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Veterans Memorial has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 343.3 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo has preferred to attack from the air: they average 316.2 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Veterans Memorial came up short against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 31-21. Thankfully for Veterans Memorial, Jaime Lopez (who threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
