Shamrock is 0-6 against Vega since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Shamrock Irish are headed away from home for the first time to challenge the Vega Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Shamrock came up short against West Texas and fell 62-50. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (38), the Irish still had to take the loss.
Shamrock might have lost, but man, Philip Cook was a machine: he threw for 331 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Cook is now averaging an impressive 3.5 passing touchdowns per game. Cross Stambaugh was another key signal caller, picking up 130 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Shamrock was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 477 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Vega was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 7-2 to Seagraves.
Shamrock's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Vega, they dropped their record down to 1-1 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Shamrock was taken down by Vega 54-22 in their previous meeting back in November of 2020. Can Shamrock avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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