The Canyon Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Eagle Pass Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Canyon had to suffer through a 55-27 loss at the hands of Alamo Heights. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Mules are ranked 97th).
Meanwhile, Eagle Pass had just enough and edged Taft out 26-24 last Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Eagle Pass' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Xavier Barrera, who threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 100 yards. The dominant performance gave Barrera a new career-high in rushing yards. Jose Hernandez was Barrera's top target, picking up 142 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Canyon now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Eagle Pass, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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