{"id":14032,"date":"2025-10-21T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14032\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:21:09","slug":"calallen-wildcats-vs-zapata-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14032\/","title":{"rendered":"Calallen Wildcats vs. Zapata Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/corpus-christi\/calallen-wildcats\/football\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calallen<\/a> is  a perfect 4-0 against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/zapata\/zapata-hawks\/football\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zapata<\/a> since November of 2021 and they&#8217;ll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Wildcats will face off against the Hawks at 7:00  p.m. Both come into the  game bolstered by wins in their previous  matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\">While Calallen&#8217;s  win against Tuloso-Midway wasn&#8217;t quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Wildcats had just enough and edged out the Warriors &amp; Cherokees  30-27. For those keeping track at home, that&#8217;s the closest  victory the Wildcats have posted  since August 30, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ID33cac0b090eb4cd7b1e2f0dd21c5d23f\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761060069_495_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"IDe0837c88931446d78ab4f51c64b6191e\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\"> Drayson Gamez<\/p>\n<p>09\/26\/25 vs Rockport-Fulton10910\/17\/25 vs Tuloso-Midway9209\/12\/25 vs Varsity Opponent6109\/05\/25 vs Alice3909\/18\/25 @ Carroll28<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"> Calallen&#8217;s win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/corpus-christi\/calallen-wildcats\/athletes\/connor-klostermann\/?careerid=pli8r1oprftp9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Connor Klostermann<\/a>, who threw for 180 yards and one  TD, and also rushed for 37 yards and one  score. 92 of  Klostermann&#8217;s passing yards were hauled in by<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/corpus-christi\/calallen-wildcats\/athletes\/drayson-gamez\/?careerid=u7div6jdag1qa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Drayson Gamez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\">Meanwhile, Zapata waltzed into their matchup  on Friday with four straight wins&#8230; but they left with five. They blew past the Pirates, posting  a  48-21 victory. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since November 6, 2020, but that streak is no more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\">Calallen better keep an eye on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/zapata\/zapata-hawks\/athletes\/jay-solis\/?careerid=q86mh0o4jlln7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Jay Solis<\/a>. He was instrumental in Zapata&#8217;s win, rushing for 160 yards and a pair of  touchdowns on only five carries, while also picking up 122 receiving yards and one  score. Solis&#8217; longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/zapata\/zapata-hawks\/athletes\/ryan-solis\/?careerid=v7h7kqm5pvdff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ryan Solis<\/a> was another key player, throwing for 124 yards and three  TDs while completing 85.7% of his passes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\"> Wins are hard to come by when you can&#8217;t run the rock, something Zapata proved: they limited Hidalgo Early College to a paltry two yards per carry. The Hawks didn&#8217;t have any issues in that department, having averaged 12.7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:7\"> Calallen&#8217;s record is now 6-2. As for Zapata, their record now sits at 6-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:8\"> Everything came up roses for Calallen against Zapata in their previous matchup  back in October of 2024, as the  team secured  a  42-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the  squad won&#8217;t have the home-field advantage this time around. We&#8217;ll see if the change in venue makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Article generated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/infosentience.com\/\">infoSentience<\/a> based on data entered on MaxPreps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calallen is a perfect 4-0 against Zapata since November of 2021 and they&#8217;ll have a chance to extend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-14032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}