El Campo entered their match against La Vernia on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The El Campo Ricebirds lost 28-7 to the La Vernia Bears. The Ricebirds' loss continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
El Campo wouldn't let La Vernia keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. El Campo can thank Vladimir Garcia and Kylon Taylor for forcing both of them. El Campo got some further help from Riley Riha: he picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Sean Garza and Ty Carter. Garza rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns while Carter rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown. Garza has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
El Campo's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4. As for La Vernia, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. El Campo will take on Calallen at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Calallen will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something El Campo surely won't give up without a fight. As for La Vernia, they will challenge Tuloso-Midway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. La Vernia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.4 points per game this season.
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