The McAllen Memorial Mustangs will challenge the Mission Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. McAllen Memorial will be strutting in after a victory while Mission will be coming in after a defeat.
McAllen Memorial's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Rio Grande City 42-0 on the road. The matchup marked the Mustangs' most dominant win of the season so far.
McAllen Memorial found their leader in underclassman Braxton Speights, who rushed for 77 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McAllen Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Mission didn't have quite enough to beat Vela on Friday and fell 24-21. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 749th, while the Sabercats are ranked 354th).
McAllen Memorial's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mission, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
McAllen Memorial couldn't quite finish off Mission in their previous matchup back in September of 2019 and fell 28-25. Thankfully for McAllen Memorial, Jeremy Duran (who threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) 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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