Vela has been away from home for two games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will challenge the McAllen Memorial Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Vela took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 40-13 win over Rowe. With the Sabercats ahead 27-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Geoffrey Creighton Lefevre was his usual excellent self, throwing for 393 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and also punching in two rushing scores. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. George Fauls was another key player, picking up 153 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, McAllen Memorial entered their tilt with Juarez-Lincoln on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Huskies, posting a 45-7 victory at home. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 475th, while the Huskies are ranked 1121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Braxton Speights and he. Speights rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries while he rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Kane Coy, who rushed for six yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McAllen Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 428 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Vela pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for McAllen Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Thursday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Vela has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 179.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like McAllen Memorial struggles in that department as they've been averaging 286.7. It's looking like Thursday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Vela didn't have too much breathing room in their game against McAllen Memorial in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 31-27 win. Will Vela repeat their success, or does McAllen Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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