HARLINGEN VS. LOS FRESNOS
September 3rd, 2007, 10:28 am · Post a Comment · posted by ejaimez
It was the same game i saw last year. Only difference, Harlingen looked sharper and more experienced. Los Fresnos looked like the Cards last year: young and inexperienced.
HARLINGEN:
It looks like Harlingen found a solid running game. Before the season stated, all the talk surrounded a so called QB contraversy between senior Ryan Koite and junior John Murphy. Head coach Manny Gomez would rather call his situation a “luxury.”
The things is that on Friday it probably wouldn’t have mattered if Gomez played QB. Running back Ted Snavely set the tone from the start en route to a career-high 285 yards rushing and three touchdowns.
Indeed the passing game wasn’t much-needed that night (26 yards passing on 3-of-10 attempts). The yardstick more resembled that one of a Port Isabel team. But the potential to air it out is there. Harlingen will continue to go with its two-man rotation this week.
But the offense is Snavely for now. The senior is bigger and faster than last year. If the offensive line keeps blocking like they did against Los Fresnos, look for Snavely to have a big season.
LOS FRESNOS:
The Falcons expected to win on Friday. Success in the past few season justified such confidence. Which isn’t a bad thing. If you look at teams like Harlingen, Edcouch-Elsa and Port Isabel, the play with the same confidence week in and week out. Even in a “rebuilding” season.
So the fact the Falcons now expect to win ona yearly basis is good. Great actually. It says a lot about what Scott Ford has done with the program there. But the fact remained that Los Fresnos didn’t have the Spriner Twins, Jeremy and Justin. They were also missing other key cogs from last year’s fun bunch including Esia Rivera and Luis Campos.
The Falcons aren’t rebuilding, instead they’re reloading. And Ford has a good arsenal for the upcoming season. Sometimes all you need is a good wake up call to start moving things in the right direction. QB Danny Silva looked comfortable in the pocket but he overthrew a few receivers early on. Receiver Carlos Hernandez had agood game too. And Jorge Mata picked up where he left off. Running back Danny Mendez ran hard and made some nice runs. All together, Ford and the Falcons will get up from this defeat, get ready for Kingsville this week and get back on track.
