The Canyon Cougars will challenge the Veterans Memorial Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Canyon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took down Medina Valley 31-14. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Panthers are ranked 532nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial took their match on Friday with ease, bagging a 47-9 victory over Edinburg. The result was nothing new for the Chargers, who have now won six matchups by 24 points or more so far this season.
Michael Montoya was his usual excellent self, rushing for 103 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. Alvin Trevillion was another key player, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Veterans Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in 11 consecutive contests.
Veterans Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Canyon, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-4.
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