MAVERICKS FOOTBALL GRIDIRON NEWS
Mavericks armed to battle
The Harlandale Indians
By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central
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Coming off their big victory last Friday night over the San Antonio McCollum Cowboys, the mighty C.C. Winn Mavericks under the leadership of head football coach Eric Villasenor will return home to the friendly confines of the Eagle Pass ISD Student Activity Center Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium this coming Friday, October 12, 2018 to host the San Antonio Harlandale Indians in a key 7:30 PM District 14-5A Division I gridiron encounter. The visiting Harlandale Indians will enter this matchup sporting an overall season record of 3-2 and a district mark of 0-1. The home standing Mavericks will venture into this match with an overall season record of 4-2 and a district mark of 1-1.
The visiting Harlandale Indians mentored by head football coach Albert Torres will feature a 48% run and 52% pass offensive scheme led by a pair of very good quarterbacks with regular starter Christopher Perez #11 a very tall and quite mobile signal caller who has a strong arm and can throw on the run or when scrambling and is a very good runner when he calls his own number. The other quarterback will be Nicholas Veliz #10 a big pocket passer that does not like to scramble but does run the ball very well. The featured running back will be Victor Perales #22 a big running back that does not have breakaway speed but runs downhill very well and must be gang tackled. The backup running back will be Robert Acuna #30 a smaller type running back but is a good ball carrier. The Indians quartet of talented receivers will feature their most targeted receiver in Steven Ruiz #87 a very tall and fast receiver who is their best player on offense and must be keyed on every play. Their second most targeted receiver will be slot back Ruben Gonzales #82 a small receiver but is very good in the open and tends to make defenders miss when being tackled. The wingback will be Joel Perez #80 a small receiver that is not very physical but is quick off his routes, The least targeted receiver will be Fabian Aguilar #25 mostly runs short routes.
The Indians big but slow off the ball offensive line will be comprised by left tackle Marcus Aragon #77, left guard Jeremy Rodriguez #75 their best offensive lineman big and has not missed any meals in his lifetime, center Mauro Guillen #56, right guard Jose Calderon #76, and right tackle Jayson Garza #70.
The home standing C.C. Winn Mavericks supported by the Famed Mavericks Nation will counter with their dual threat offensive scheme using their patented power running game featuring their hardnosed running and passing quarterback Ethan Johnston along with a pair of tough running backs that will battle for every yard with the likes of Fernando Zapata and Marc Cardenas. If the opposing defense tries and stop the Mavericks running game, the Mavericks will take to the airway with a very capable receiving corps ready to tote the airmail to the end zone from any point out on the field. The Mavericks receiving core will feature the likes of sure handed and swift Jose Blanco, Jared Roiz, Raul Solis, and Ernesto Vasquez. The Mavericks all-important offensive line that will need to dominate in the trenches to turn their backfield trio loose into the Harlandale secondary as well as provide the much needed protection to impliment their passing game will be comprised by Daniel Ruiz, Adrian Munoz, Miguel Nino, Cesar Valdez and Jaime Rodriguez.
The Mavericks famed hard hitting quick pursuing and punishing defensive unit who is of the stingiest in South Texas as well as the entire Region IV will enter this contest allowing 89 yards rushing per game and 95.5 yards passing per game. Last Friday night the Mavericks defense held McCollum to only 31 total yards rushing. The Mavericks defensive line featuring stellar Ricardo Morales, Maximiliano Garcia, Alexis Ontiveros and Jose Hinojosa will need to dominate in the trenches to allow their stand out hard hitting trio of linebackers of Miguel De Los Santos, Alex Chris Garcia and Patricio Hernandez to roam freely and inflicting their bone shattering tackles on the ball carriers. The Mavericks defensive secondary will certainly be tested in this upcoming game but as usual are always up to the challenge with the likes of Azael Rodriguez, Hector Nunez, German Velasquez, Javier Cerda and Axel Garcia ready to nullify the Indians passing game.
Eagle Pass Sports Central wish the mighty C.C. Winn Mavericks the very best of luck against the Harlandale Indians and invites the entire Mavericks Nation as well as the entire community of Eagle Pass, Texas to come out to the stadium and support the Mavericks this coming Friday night. GO MAVERICKS! BEAT THE INDIANS!