RGVSports.com
After a wild Week 1 during which six of the teams in the preseason RGVSports.com top 10 lost, a reshuffled poll produced the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown of the year entering Week 2.
Edinburg Vela secured eight of nine first-place votes after a dominating 48-27 win against Laredo United during which the SaberCats took a 34-6 lead into halftime.
Brownsville Hanna received the other first-place vote, sliding up from No. 5 in the preseason to No. 2 this week on the strength of a 49-28 win over preseason No. 3 McAllen Memorial. The SaberCats and Golden Eagles will meet in a pivotal non-district showdown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Edinburg.
The nine voters are the writers and editors who cover RGV high school football for AIM Media’s three newspapers: The Monitor, Valley Morning Star, and Brownsville Herald.
Brownsville Veterans was the biggest riser in this week’s rankings, moving from unranked to No. 5 after a 50-13 romp of Brownsville Rivera.
Six teams ranked in the preseason top 10 suffered losses to top-flight competition in Week 1, impacting their rankings for Week 2:
>> Preseason No. 2 Mission Veterans lost 24-12 to Mission High, falling to No. 4
>> Preseason No. 3 McAllen Memorial dropped into a tie for No. 6 after the loss to Hanna
>> Preseason No. 4 San Benito lost 28-21 to Corpus Christi Calallen, but rose to No. 3
>> Preseason No. 6 Los Fresnos lost 16-13 to El Paso Montwood, holding steady in a tie for No. 6
>> Preseason No. 8 Weslaco East lost 26-21 to Manor and slid just slightly into a tie for No. 10
>> Preseason No. 9 PSJA High lost 33-28 to Flour Bluff, also bumping down just a bit into a tie for No. 10
Preseason No. 7 Sharyland High survived Brownsville Pace 20-17 in OT but slid to No. 9 in the poll, while preseason No. 10 Harlingen High was dominant in a 64-17 rout of Sharyland Pioneer to move up into a tie for No. 6.
In addition to the Vela-Hanna showdown, No. 6 McAllen Memorial hosts No. 9 Sharyland High at 7:30 p.m. Friday in another matchup of ranked teams.
The following are the teams in the RGVSports.com top 10 poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through 1 point for a 10th-place vote. The nine voters are the writers and editors who cover RGV high school football for AIM Media’s three newspapers: The Monitor, Valley Morning Star, and Brownsville Herald.
Team Record Points Previous
1. Edinburg Vela (8) 1-0 89 1
2. Brownsville Hanna (1) 1-0 80 5
3. San Benito 0-1 67 4
4. Mission Veterans 0-1 40 2
5. Brownsville Veterans 1-0 34 NR
T-6. Harlingen High 1-0 33 10
T-6. Los Fresnos 0-1 33 6
T-6. McAllen Memorial 0-1 33 3
9. Sharyland High 1-0 21 7
T-10. PSJA High 0-1 18 9
T-10. Weslaco East 0-1 18. 8
Other teams receiving votes: Mission High (15); Grulla (8); Weslaco High (3); Mercedes (2); Brownsville Lopez (1)