LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – While the Coronado Mustangs will look to build on last week’s 21-10 victory over Lubbock High, which ended a lengthy losing streak, the Frenship Memorial Panthers will try to gain their first win in varsity competition.
“Our kids are playing with some confidence. They’re playing pretty good, and so it was good to see them have some success,” said Coronado head football coach Andrew Roy.
One reason for the Mustangs’ turnaround has been the tandem of quarterback David Bawcum and wide receiver Rebel Beckam, otherwise known as “Bawcum to Beckham”.
The two schools play in adjacent school districts. While Coronado’s area occupies the western region of Lubbock ISD schools, Memorial now in its second season, is in the eastern area of Frenship ISD.
“You don’t have to say a lot to get them motivated. A lot of these kids know each other, they border our school district, our attendance zone and so there’s going to be some friendly rivalry going on.”
Even though the Panthers have been winless in their first two games, their two losses have come to Lubbock-Cooper Liberty and West Plains, which have been two of the most dominant teams in the area.
“The way I was raised is you play tough non-district games to prepare for district, and we’ve definitely done that. We can definitely play better, we’ve had a great week of practice, and we look forward to Friday night.” he said, while speaking complimentary of Coronado.
“They’re much improved, they do a really good job offensively. They get the ball out, get the ball to their athletes defensively. They’re very sound in what they do and it’s going to be a great challenge.”
Tonight’s game kicks off 8 p.m. and will be the second part of a doubleheader at PlainsCapital Park and will be airing on KCBD.com and KCBD’s Streaming App.
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