{"id":436219,"date":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436219\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","slug":"alices-ryder-salaiz-named-2026-week-three-game-changer-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436219\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice&#8217;s Ryder Salaiz named 2026 week three Game Changer of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALICE, Texas \u2014 The Alice Coyotes (3-0) won their home opener 28-7 over Palmview on Friday. It took an entire team effort, but senior halfback Ryder Salaiz found the endzone three times. That&#8217;s why he&#8217;s been named our KRIS 6 Friday Night Fever Game Changer for week 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having relentless effort,&#8221; Salaiz said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about being the more disciplined team. It&#8217;s about being a leader. You work all of those attributes together and it pays for itself doing the little things right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His hard work showed up on the field Friday night, rushing for 164 yards on 16 carries and 2 touchdowns. Plus, Salaiz caught one pass for 17 yards and another touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blocks real well. Catches the ball out of the backfield real well,&#8221; said Alice football head coach J.R. Castellano. &#8220;He&#8217;s just kind of shifty so to speak and kind of strong as you see in the weight room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789441330_239_.jpeg\" alt=\"Alice football head coach J.R. Castellano\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Larissa Liska<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also strong in the classroom with a 3.5 GPA, but on the field Salaiz doesn&#8217;t take all the credit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was more of the o-line doing a great job,&#8221; Salaiz said. &#8220;You know just working to the best of their ability and I&#8217;m just doing my job making them right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789441330_162_.jpeg\" alt=\"Alice senior halfback Ryder Salaiz\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Larissa Liska<\/p>\n<p>This is redemption year for the Coyotes after struggling last fall. Salaiz learned that a good team learns from their coaches, but is led by the players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Going (1-9) you know that&#8217;s something nobody wants to go through, but you learn from those mistakes and just make everything right upon there,&#8221; Salaiz said.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789441331_327_.jpeg\" alt=\"Alice senior halfback Ryder Salaiz\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Larissa Liska<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tough people make tough teams, so that&#8217;s kind of been what our motto is this year,&#8221; Castellano said.<\/p>\n<p>Alice kicks off their week four high school football matchup against the King Mustangs on Friday at home at 7:30 p.m. The Coyotes are looking to go (4-0) on the season and (2-0) at their brand new Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789441331_415_.jpeg\" alt=\"Alice Memorial Stadium\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Larissa Liska<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Thomas J. Henry for supporting Coastal Bend athletes.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789441333_678_.png\" alt=\"Thomas J Henry logo\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"1028\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TJH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALICE, Texas \u2014 The Alice Coyotes (3-0) won their home opener 28-7 over Palmview on Friday. 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