Weslaco East wins cat fight against Mercedes

By Raul Garcia Jr.

The Weslaco East Wildcats prowled into The Jungle at Tiger Stadium to take on the Mercedes Tigers for four quarters on the gridiron in week three.

East moved to 3-1-0 overall and 2-0 in district as they pushed Mercedes to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in district play. Weslaco East won the contest 37-12.

"Everyone did their part tonight," said Weslaco East Head Coach Armando Cuellar. "Defensively that first half we stepped it up because we had to because Mercedes was ready to score and they did a heck of a job tonight."

Coach Cuellar said he was very happy with East's performance on defense and offense and that he was very happy to have gotten a win over Mercedes.

With three minutes into the first quarter of play Weslaco East had already marched into the end zone and connected with a field goal after the Tigers turned the ball over. They extended their lead to twenty going into the midway point of the game.

Weslaco East senior quarterback John Arevalo controlled the tempo of the game handing off the ball to his senior running back Aaron Mungia who pushed the ball forward dancing his way for a score. Arevalo was also consistent throwing the to his revivers for large gains.

Garza gave the Tiger Stadium something to cheer about when he connected with Wooten in the end zone to put six points on the board on the 8:55 minute mark of the third quarter bringing the Tigers within three touchdowns 6-27.

Wildcats halfback Aaron Mungia would help his team on the next series drive up field and in for another touchdown running past the Tigers defense for a 40 plus yard score. Mungia extended the Wildcat lead to 6-30 before the start of the fourth quarter.

The Tigers are an offensive threat with one true quarterbacks in Christian Zamora and two other quarterbacks in Isaiah Garza, a sophomore, and Chris Cruarda, a senior, converted into wide recivers in the rotation.

Coach Uribe said Garza and Zamora both played well against Weslaco East.

"They both bring a little different element, one is a little bit bigger one is a slasher and they both throw the ball well," Uribe said.

Uribe said early that Zamora would be the Tigers starting quarterback. He had a good performance in their only win of the year against the Port Isabel Tarpons before getting injured on his left shoulder.

Zamora was sidelined in their last four games before returning in the fourth quarter against Weslaco East.

With Brandon Wooten Isaiah Garza and Carlos Quintanilla in the x and z slots Zamora has excellent targets that can gain big yards and finish for the Tigers on a few or more plays.

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mercedes lost alot of d players.. if our offence was good it would have been a realy close game