Two dominant signal callers in Robert Pineda and Michael Montoya are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Los Fresnos Falcons will head out to face off against the Veterans Memorial Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Los Fresnos is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing San Benito: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Los Fresnos blew San Benito out of the water with a 45-17 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 22 point advantage.
Pineda continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 145 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 70 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 123 rushing yards dating back to last season. Tyler Stachowiak was in the mix too, providing Los Fresnos with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Los Fresnos was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 417 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Golden Eagles 46-7 on the road. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 389th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 1009th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Calvin Trevillion had a dynamite game for Veterans Memorial, rushing for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Trevillion a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Montoya, who rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown.
Veterans Memorial's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. Edgar Vela was especially locked on to Hanna's QB and sacked him twice. Veterans Memorial got some further help from Helio Gutierrez: he made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Los Fresnos pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Veterans Memorial, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Thursday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Los Fresnos has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 252.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Veterans Memorial struggles in that department as they've been averaging 367.8. It's looking like Thursday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything went Los Fresnos' way against Veterans Memorial when the teams last played back in October of 2015, as Los Fresnos made off with a 35-10 victory. Does Los Fresnos have another victory up their sleeve, or will Veterans Memorial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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