The PSJA North Raiders delivered another beatdown with a 55-0 win over McAllen High in the teams’ District 15-5A DI opener Friday night at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Raiders scored six first half touchdowns to take a commanding 42-0 lead into the locker room.
Junior quarterback Ale Aparicio threw two touchdown passes to tight end Julius Arredondo and one more to Andre Matamoros on a wide receiver screen. Aparicio also added a rushing touchdown to go with 195 passing yards.
Jaden Fuentes, Ethan Guerra, Nathan Ledesma and Jason Montez all contributed with one rushing touchdown apiece.
PSJA North, the No. 2-ranked team in the RGVSports.com Class 5A-6A poll, is slated to face No. 1 Edinburg Vela (4-0, 1-0) at 7 p.m. Thursday at PSJA ISD Stadium in Pharr.
LOS FRESNOS 45, LA JOYA HIGH 0: At Los Fresnos, freshman quarterback Robert Pineda accounted for five touchdowns to lead the Falcons to their second straight win.
Pineda threw two touchdown passes during the first quarter to Josh Limon, adding another on the ground to give the Falcons a 22-0 advantage after one.
He added another touchdown pass to during the second, sending the Falcons into the break with a dominating 38-0 lead.
Pineda capped off his night with a 19-yard rushing touchdown during the third, the Falcons final touchdown of the night.
Los Fresnos (3-1, 0-0) concludes its non-district schedule Friday, taking on Mission High (1-3, 0-0) at Leo Aguilar Memorial Stadium in Los Fresnos.
SAN BENITO 53, MISSION VETERANS 7: At Mission, the Greyhounds rolled to their fourth straight victory, jumping out to a 27-0 first-half lead over the Patriots and never looking back.
A 10-yard pick-six by senior defensive back Homer Quiroz on the game’s second play set the tone early for the Greyhounds, giving them a 7-0 lead less than two minutes into the contest.
The Greyhounds (4-0) put their undefeated record on the line Friday, taking on Edinburg High (2-2) to close out non-district play before a bye week.
DONNA HIGH 26, EDCOUCH-ELSA 8: Donna High senior Brian Juarez took the opening second half kickoff to the house as the Redskins are now 4-0 on the season.
“We ended the game a little sloppy, but I am proud of our guys,” Redskins head coach Mike Gonzales said. “We are very to happy be 4-0. It is not easy to be 4-0. At the end of the day, we are really proud and we hope are community is proud. The way we ended the game, I was a little embarrassed.”
Gonzales praised his defense for the win against the best team the Redskins have faced this season.