KEVIN NARRO | Staff Writer
SAN BENITO — Its Thanksgiving week and the San Benito Greyhounds are alive and well in the playoffs. The Hounds are fresh off their bi-district win against Edinburg High and will now square off against PSJA North in the class 6A area round Friday at 2 p.m. at PSJA Stadium.
For senior wide receiver Mitch Guajardo, the playoffs are something he has become accustomed to. His playoff experience has helped him down the stretch in his senior season.
On the year, Guajardo has 24 catches for 316 yards and two scores. The Valley Morning Star had a chance to catch up with Guajardo earlier in the week.
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Q: What is the best part about playing on Thanksgiving?
Mitch: It is everyone’s goal to be playing on Thanksgiving, not a lot of teams get this opportunity.
Q: What are you most Thankful for?
Mitch: It has to be my family, they are always pushing me to be better and they support me.
Q: What is your best Thanksgiving memory?
Mitch: We go to Laredo, we will all go to our aunt’s house that is where we spend our Thanksgiving. Depending how cold it is, we will jump in the pool or play basketball.
Q: What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?
Mitch: My favorite food is the turkey, my favorite part is the turkey leg and I love pumpkin pie.
Q: Winning back to back bi-district titles, what does that mean to you?
Mitch: It means a lot, we have what it takes to make another run this year.
Q: This year’s senior class has continued the winning tradition, talk to us about carrying it on?
Mitch: I feel we have carried it on this year with our senior class and we are going to continue giving it our best each week.
Q: Why do you wear the number 12?
Mitch: I wore number 1, but when I got to varsity I was given 12 so I just stuck with it.
Q: Who is your favorite NFL Wide out?
Mitch: It is Atlanta’s Julio Jones, he can do everything.
Q: Tell us something about yourself that we might not know?
Mitch: My dad is in Houston right now and I don’t get to see him much and sometimes he can’t make my games. I’m thankful for our fan page Puro Greyhounds Baby and Rio Sports Live for putting our games on You Tube so my dad can watch me play when he can’t make it.
Q: How much does your playoff experience help?
Mitch: It is always good to have experience and you get used to playing in the big games.