Flour Bluff defeated Veterans Memorial 13-7 in Friday's Class 5A Division I quarterfinal at Hornet Stadium to advance in the postseason.
The District 15-5A rivals previously met in Week 10 of the regular season, with Flour Bluff also winning that match-up 39-7. Veterans Memorial had been undefeated, 8-0, and it was a win Flour Bluff desperately needed in order to make the postseason.
Flour Bluff nailed a 37-yard field goal to take an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter.
The Hornets began pulling away later in the quarter, sending a 35-foot field goal through the uprights for a 6-0 lead.
Veterans Memorial, however, wasn't going down without a fight. Quarterback Aiden Hinojosa found Cameron DeLaPena for a 5-yard touchdown. A good PAT put the Eagles up 7-6 headed into halftime.
They held that lead for almost an entire quarter, until the Hornets' Nash Villegas ran the ball in to add seven yards and a TD to his stats.
The PAT is good, and the Hornets never relinquished that lead.
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