KEVIN NARRO | Valley Morning Star
HARLINGEN — After an impressive Week One showing, the Hawks have dropped three straight and lost their District 32-6A opener to Harlingen High last Friday.
South’s next opponent is Los Fresnos, which is coming off a loss against San Benito. The two will meet Friday night at Los Fresnos with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m.
Turnovers have been the Hawks’ kryptonite over the last few weeks. The Hawks’ offense has turned the ball over two or more times in three of their four games this season. This past Friday, Harlingen capitalized on a pair of early Hawks miscues that put the Cards up 14-0.
“The untimely errors have been holding us back,” said Hawks coach Brian Ricci. “All we can do now is keep working hard, keep practicing and try our best to correct those things. The last two games we had self-inflicted wounds that really hurt us and put us in an early hole. It was a great environment and against a good team like Harlingen you can’t give them easy points, and we handed them a few scores and it’s hard to come back from that.”
South (1-3, 0-1) will look to rebound at Los Fresnos Friday. The Falcons (2-2, 0-1) are also looking for their first district win after falling to San Benito in their league opener.
“Offensively they’re athletic, their quarterback, Charles Chapa, is very athletic, and he can run and pass,” Ricci said. “They like to use him in different ways, they also have some very good skill players, they have a talented running back with some tall receivers and they have a big offensive line, so all that together it’s a pretty good offense.
“Defensively, they’re the same; they have size and speed. It goes back to us not turning the ball over and making metal errors.”