The Edinburg North Cougars are taking a road trip to square off against the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Edinburg North has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Pharr-San Juan-Alamo will come in with three straight wins.
Edinburg North will head into Thursday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat La Joya on Thursday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 34-point loss they were dealt last Friday. Edinburg North fell just short of La Joya by a score of 24-21.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo beat Weslaco 24-16 on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pharr-San Juan-Alamo to victory, but perhaps none more so than Myles Lopez, who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 51 yards on only seven carries. Jorge Alanis handled things on the ground, rushing for 88 yards and a rushing touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's defense and their three sacks. Jayden James was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last five times he's played. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo got some further help from Cody Longoria: he picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles (1.5 for loss).
Edinburg North's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Edinburg North was taken down by Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 41-12 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Alanis, who rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 33 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Edinburg North knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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