The Harlandale Indians are taking a road trip to square off against the Veterans Memorial Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Harlandale is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Victoria West at home and fell 56-27. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 780th, while the Warriors are ranked 306th).
Meanwhile, a win for Veterans Memorial just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Boerne 49-17. The Patriots were down 42-10 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Harlandale's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Veterans Memorial, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-6.
Harlandale suffered a grim 42-19 defeat to Veterans Memorial when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Thankfully for Harlandale, Clinton Dixon (who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 102 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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