The La Feria Lions will take on the Port Isabel Tarpons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
La Feria is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Grulla on the road to the tune of 50-0 on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Port Isabel, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They blew past King, posting a 48-19 win at home. The result was nothing new for the Tarpons, who have now won four matchups by 24 points or more so far this season.
Luis Ramos was his usual excellent self, rushing for 73 yards on only nine carries, while also picking up 73 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Port Isabel was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 261 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 261 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Port Isabel wouldn't let King keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Port Isabel can thank Christopher Gonzalez and Edward Garza for forcing both of them.
La Feria now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Port Isabel, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for La Feria against Port Isabel in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, as the team secured a 47-7 win. In that contest, La Feria amassed a halftime lead of 34-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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