By ADAM KUJAWSKI, Staff Writer
Now that each team from District 32-6A has played its first game of the second half, the playoff picture remains just as foggy as it was before.
The Los Fresnos Falcons (16-10, 5-3 in District 32-6A) avenged an early-season loss to the Harlingen South Hawks (13-13, 5-3) with a 48-42 home win Tuesday. The win follows Falcons’ victories over the San Benito Greyhounds and Lopez Lobos in the past week.
The Falcons are tied for second place with San Benito (14-13, 5-3) and South, and the teams’ proximity to one another means nearly every game carries implications that could affect the playoff picture.
“We’ve just got to handle our business, we can’t worry about what anyone else is doing,” Los Fresnos coach Marco Hinojosa said. “I tell the kids they control their own destiny. We’ve just got to take it one game at a time. If you lose a game, you can easily drop from three to six, or three to five. It’s just so tight. We’ve just got to take care of ourselves one game at a time.”
The Falcons will try extend their streak to four games when they travel to Harlingen to take on the Harlingen High Cardinals (17-9, 3-5) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Cardinals won the first meeting with Los Fresnos 68-51 on Jan. 6.
The three second place teams are closely trailed by the Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers (15-11, 4-4), who lost Tuesday to the first-place Hanna Golden Eagles (18-4, 7-1) and face San Benito at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the road.
COLLISION COURSE
The Porter Cowboys have rebounded from a 1-3 start in District 32-5A and are tied for third place with PSJA High.
Since Porter’s struggles out of the gate, it has won four consecutive games, beating Mercedes, Donna North, Edcouch-Elsa and PSJA Southwest.
The Cowboys (11-14, 5-3 in District 32-5A) look to extend their winning streak with a road game against the Pace Vikings (14-11, 6-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Pace defeated Porter 55-37 on Jan. 6 at home in a district game. A Porter win would secure at least a tie for second place with Pace with five district games remaining.
The Vikings will try to duplicate their success from the first half of district and stop a brief skid when they meet the Cowboys.
Pace posted a 6-0 record to start district but has since lost to the first-place Donna High Redskins and tipped of the second half of district with a loss to PSJA High.
Adam Kujawski covers sports for The Brownsville Herald. You can reach him at (956) 982-6663 or via email at [email protected]. On Twitter he’s @adamkujo1.