CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — (Editors note: The photo above is from a previous football game.)
It was a big afternoon over in San Antonio for our two local teams still alive in the 5-A playoffs. Veterans Memorial and Flour Bluff both played Saturday afternoon.
Undefeated Veteran’s Memorial kicked off first facing San Antonio Southwest.
The eagles would fall behind 7-0 early after throwing two first quarter interceptions but it was all veterans after that.
The eagles got big games from senior quarterback Carter Senterfitt and receiver Cameron DeLaPena and scored 55 unanswered points in a 55-7 win.
It will be Veterans Memorial's second straight trip to the state quarterfinal.
The Flour Bluff hornets will be joining the eagles in the state quarterfinal after defeating Victoria West.
West would tie it up 21-21 with four minutes to go but the hornets would answer on a go-ahead score by quarterback Nash Villegas with a minute and a half remaining.
The hornets defense would get the fourth down stop they needed in a 28-21 win.
So, it's an all Coastal Bend state quarterfinal between district rivals’ Veterans Memorial and Flour Bluff next week with that date and location to be announced.
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