Sharyland Pioneer, a team on the rise in Valley football, dispatched the Raiders 50-28 on Friday night at Sams Memorial Stadium one week after Rivera ended a 21-game losing skid dating back to 2017.
The Raiders were hoping to add to their win column this season after beating Valley View 32-0 at Brownsville Sports Park last week under new head coach Beto Leal.
Instead, Pioneer improved to 3-1 on the season with Friday’s non-district victory. Rivera slipped to 1-3.
Rivera scored on its first possession on a 5-yard run by Ramiro Vega to lead 7-0 at the 7:25 mark of the opening quarter, and the Raiders even led 7-3 by the end of the first period. But after that, the Diamondbacks came alive and took control of the game behind the five touchdown passes and two running scores of Pioneer quarterback Eddie Lee Marburger.
Pioneer led 24-7 at halftime and 50-14 going into the final period before the Raiders added a pair of fourth-quarter scores.
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