McAllen Memorial is 8-0 against Juarez-Lincoln since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The McAllen Memorial Mustangs will welcome the Juarez-Lincoln Huskies at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (McAllen Memorial has three straight wins, Juarez-Lincoln has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
McAllen Memorial will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big back in September (they won by 48) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past McAllen 32-29. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 431st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 912th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
McAllen Memorial got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jp Garza out in front who rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Those 166 rushing yards gave Garza a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kane Coy, who rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown.
McAllen Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ayden Stauffer and Nick Luna. Nicholas Lara was another major factor on D, making 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McAllen Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, a victory for Juarez-Lincoln just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 44-3 defeat at the hands of Vela.
McAllen Memorial pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Juarez-Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for McAllen Memorial against Juarez-Lincoln when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 49-21 victory. Does McAllen Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Juarez-Lincoln turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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