Progreso has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Raymondville Bearkats at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Progreso had to suffer through a 44-7 loss at the hands of Santa Gertrudis Academy. The Red Ants haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Raymondville). They claimed a resounding 42-14 win over Falfurrias at home.
Luis De La Paz was a one-man wrecking crew for Raymondville as he threw for 263 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave De La Paz a new career-high in rushing yards. Chris Gonzalez was De La Paz's top target, picking up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Raymondville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Progreso's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Raymondville, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Progreso was taken down by Raymondville 50-6 when the teams last played back in November of 2019. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Progreso was down 28-0.
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