Eagles-South San Football Game Preview: Fri. Oct. 13, 2017

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EAGLES FOOTBALL GRIDIRON NEWS

Eagles primed to claw the

South San Bobcats

By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central

“Your best and only source for local sports news in Eagle Pass”

The District 29-6A tri-leading Eagle Pass Eagles varsity football team mentored by head coach Tom Gonzalez will resume their district gridiron battles on Friday, October 13, 2017 when they entertain the tough San Antonio South San Bobcats in a vital 7:30 PM matchup at the Eagle Pass ISD Student Activity Center Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The visiting South San Bobcats under the direction of head coach Ron Kretz will venture into this contest with an overall season record of 3-2 and a district mark of 0-2 but their two losses have come at the hands of two of the premier teams in District 29-6A with a 34 to 33 overtime loss at the hands of the Laredo United South Panthers and a slim 14 to 7 loss against the preseason district favorite Laredo United Longhorns.

The predominately run oriented Bobcats are spearheaded by their high talented quarterback Raul Agosto #20 who has rushed for 825 yards this season and tallied 11 rushing touchdowns who is a very dynamic football player that always keeps his feet moving after contact.  Eagles will certainly need to contain him to be successful this coming Friday night because he does have the tendency to find the right crease when he keeps the ball.  The other running threat will be their multi-talented slot back James Valencia #3 who has rushed for 213 yards on 32 carries that is a very tough runner to bring down.  Bobcats’ fullback Jacob Martinez #12 has rushed for 201 yards on 54 carries but is primarily an excellent blocking back.  The other slot back will be Caleb Wilson #34 mostly used as a motion man but does carry the ball occasionally.

The Bobcats receiving corps will consist of wide receivers Jon Macintyre #4 who is their deep threat man and is very tall with good speed as well as Steven Sifuentes #88 who is very fast blocks well and has the ability to make big plays.  Slot back Chris Viesca #25 who has good speed, a good blocker and is very capable of getting behind the defense. And of course the multi-talented slot back James Valencia coming out of the backfield.

The Bobcats offensive line is big, strong and keep their feet moving on run blocks with the likes of left tackle Frank Serrata #65, left guard Hilario Alaquinez #68, center Ethan Estrada #52, right guard Jacob Araiza #54 and right tackle Armando Compean #66.

Defensively the Bobcats who kept the perennially high scoring Laredo United Longhorns scoreless throughout the entire first half in their last game feature a pair of massive defensive tackles that are very physical and strong in the likes of Ernest Hernandez #90 (6’ 1”,305 lbs) and Andrew Castaneda #45 (6’ 0”,295 lbs).  Defensive Ends Marquise Summers #6 and Jon Macintyre #4 are quite athletic and very physical. The Bobcats will also feature a trio of solid linebackers in George Vargas #32, Ronnie Limon #44 and Santos Aguilar #10. The Bobcats secondary will be manned by cornerbacks Fabian Navarro #1 and Josiah Veloz #5 with the safeties being Miguel Villarreal #14 and the multi-talented James Valencia #3.

The Eagle Pass Eagles explosive and swift offense that is averaging 33.6 points per game will counter with their dual threat offensive scheme with quarterback Richie Luna and the multi-talented Dee Andree Torres handling the potent running game with Torres having rushed for 571 yards thus far in the season for an average of 114.2 yards per game and also filled in as a quarterback during the Eagles last game against Laredo LBJ and did quite a remarkable job as the signal caller.  The Eagles equally explosive passing game will once again have signal caller Richie Luna armed and ready to spread the wealth amongst his bevy of fast sure handed receiving corps with the likes of Norby Zavala, Albert Guevara, Jose Riojas, Ralph Guerrero, David Lopez, Rey Mendoza, Oscar Castillon as well as Dee Andre Torres out of the backfield.

Defensively the stingy hard hitting “Land Sharks” crew that is allowing only 14.2 points per game will look forward to the challenge of stopping the South San Bobcats potent running attack.  Sebastian Hernandez, Mario Torres, Moi Rocha and David Santos will be fortifying the defensive trenches, Haran Rodriguez, David Kypuros and Roger Ulloa as the starting linebackers with Eric Heredia, Raul Lechler, Nico Moyeda and Kristian Barcena patrolling the secondary.

 

Eagle Pass Sports Central wishes the mighty Eagles the very best of luck against the South San Bobcats and invites the entire community of Eagle Pass, Texas to come out Friday night and support the mighty Eagles. GO EAGLES! BEAT THE BOBCATS!