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Sharyland High opened District 31-5A play in a big way Friday night, dominating Valley View 45-14 at Mission.
The Rattlers, coming off a bye week, improved to 2-1 and have won two straight games since falling to Weslaco East in Week 1.
“Our boys played well,” Sharyland High coach Ron Adame said. “We had a breakout game because we talked about taking that first possession and coming out with points. We did. We hadn’t done that this season. All three phases were clicking.”
Edgar Alanis caught three touchdown passes from Alan Alvarez. Backup quarterback Edgar Longoria lined up at slot receiver and ran in a score. Alvarez ran in another touchdown.
Andres Tamez returned a punt for a touchdown. James Harris recovered a fumble and Brandon Garcia collected an interception.
“It’s important, especially coming off a bye week and putting two wins together,” Adame said. “It builds momentum.”
Linebacker Cesar Zecca, defensive back Omar Mendiola and defensive lineman Max Robles led the way for a defense that ran the ball well, covered the middle of the field well and got good pressure on Valley View dual-threat quarterback Adam Solis.
Valley View fell to 0-2 in district play, 1-3 overall.
GRULLA 17, LYFORD 7: At Lyford, the Gators improved to 2-2 on the season with a win on the road.
Quarterback Fabian Anzaldua scored on a 40-yard run to tie the game at 7. Then, teammate Miguel Flores scored on a run during the middle of the fourth quarter before the Gators booted a 25-yard field goal to ice it.
“I thought offense played extremely well,” Grulla coach Abel Gonzalez III said. “Lyford has a high-powered offense and we were able to slow them down. It was a great bounce-back game for our defense (after a 35-34 loss to PSJA Southwest last week). They’re a very good team. They have a ton of athletes. Huge effort by our guys to hold them to 7 points.”
VICTORIA EAST 55, McALLEN HIGH 3: At Victoria, Victoria East quarterback Bailey Zappe threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a dominating win against McAllen High.
East led 42-0 at halftime and 55-0 after three quarters. Adrian Rodriguez kicked a 37-yard field goal for McAllen High’s only points with 1:08 remaining in the game.
McAllen High finishes non-district play 1-3.
EAGLE PASS WINN 27, MISSION HIGH 7: At Eagle Pass, Mission High struggled with turnovers in the first half, falling behind 20-0 at the break in a loss to Winn.
The Eagles close out the non-district season 1-3.
LAREDO MARTIN 20, RIO GRANDE CITY 16: At Rio Grande City, the Rattlers undefeated start to the season came to an end, as Rio Grande City fell to 3-1 and 1-1 in district with a loss to Laredo Martin.
Jason Perez threw touchdown passes to Javi Garcia and Diego Garcia, and Daniel Perez added a field goal for the Rattlers.
HEBBRONVILLE 31, PROGRESO 12: At Progreso, Hebronville denied Progreso its first win of the season, dropping the Red Ants to 0-3.
CORPUS CHRISTI JOHN PAUL II 37, MONTE ALTO 13: At Corpus Christi, Monte Alto trailed by just 2 points at halftime before John Paul II broke away.
After falling behind 15-0, Monte Alto pulled with 15-13 at the break. The Centurions scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to move to 2-1, while Monte Alto drops to 1-2.
BISHOP 44, LA VILLA 0: At Bishop, La Villa remained winless in a shutout loss, while Bishop moved to an undefeated 4-0.
The Cardinals’ four losses have been by an average of 41 points.