The Eagle Pass Eagles will square off against the Canyon Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eagle Pass will be strutting in after a win while Canyon will be coming in after a loss.
Eagle Pass will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big back in August (they won by 48) but last Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Taft out 26-24.
Eagle Pass got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Xavier Barrera out in front who threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 100 yards. The dominant performance gave Barrera a new career-high in rushing yards. Jose Hernandez was Barrera's top target, picking up 142 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Canyon was beaten by Alamo Heights 55-27 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Mules are ranked 97th).
Eagle Pass' win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Canyon, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
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