By FREDDY GONZALEZ AND KEVIN NARRO | Valley Morning Star
Ryan Meza and Jose Diaz led the Santa Rosa Warriors to a 21-0 victory over the Progreso Red Ants on Friday night.
Diaz and Meza rushed for more than 100 yards on the night and helped the Warriors improve to 2-2 on the season.
“ We’ve had some tough opponents to open the season, but our kids stayed positive and kept grinding,” Santa Rosa coach Hector Ayala said. “We exploded on offense against La Villa and executed really well. Against Progreso, our defense did a great job of keeping them out of the end zone.
“ It took us a bit to get going offensively (against Progreso), but I feel we are headed in the right direction heading into district play. Hopefully we can put our offense and defense together with special teams, and make a run in district and the playoffs.”
Next week the Warriors start district action against Odem at home.
RIO HONDO 56, HIDALGO 0
The Bobcats continued their winning ways Week 4 against the Pirates.
After amassing 561 yards against St. Joseph Academy last week, the Bobcats followed it up with another impressive performance, tallying 511 yards of offense in a victory over Hidalgo.
Senior quarterback Josiah Ortega threw for 348 yards and six touchdowns on 17-of-27 passing. Ortega’s primary targets were Frank Hernandez, who hauled in six receptions for 185 yards and three touchdowns, and Cross Gonzalez, who caught five receptions for 103 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, the Bobcats were almost perfect, allowing minus-5 yards during the first half and 43 during the second. This was Rio Hondo’s fourth consecutive shutout against the Pirates.
Next Friday, the Bobcats take on Grulla at home before heading out on the road against La Feria on Oct.5.
LAREDO UNITED 23, SAN BENITO 10
SAN BENITO — Laredo United’s Eduardo Huerta threw three touchdown passes for the Longhorns.
The ’Horns won the rubber match of the three games and snapped a two-game losing streak against the Greyhounds.
San Benito got on the board early on a touchdown run from Jacob Cavazos during the first quarter.
Laredo United then ripped off 23 points and outscored the ’Hounds 23-3 the rest of the way.
The San Benito offense put together 335 total yards on offense, 218 on the ground and 117 through the passing game.
San Benito plays host to Midland Lee on at 4 p.m. Saturday at Bobby Morrow Stadium. The matchup against the Rebels will be the final non-district game for the ’Hounds before they take their bye week leading up to district play.