Weslaco is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Pharr-San Juan-Alamo is on a six-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Weslaco Panthers will welcome the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Weslaco is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Edinburg North on the road to the tune of 55-21 on Friday. With that victory, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 27.4 points per game.
It was another big night for Francisco Trevino, who rushed for 156 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 160 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Andres Valdez was another key player, rushing for 80 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Weslaco was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo humbled Economedes with a 42-7 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 22 points or more this season.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Myles Lopez, who threw for 421 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.8% of his passes. Ryan Vallejo was Lopez's top target, picking up 177 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Armando Davila and Jesus Garza. Davila is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in Economedes' side was Joshua Castillo, who picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 14 total tackles (2.5 for loss).
Weslaco's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Weslaco has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 191.9 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo has preferred to attack from the air: they average 341.2 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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