Coming off their bye week, the 1-0 (4-1 overall) Pioneer Diamondbacks pretty much had their way with the 1-1 (3-3 overall) Mercedes Tigers last week. They jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on a touchdown pass from senior Eddie Lee Marburger to junior Gavin de la Garza, tacked on another seven points on a fumble recovery and 41 yard run back by senior defensive back Ethan Lee, and never looked back from there. When all was said and done, the Diamondbacks put 51 points on the scoreboard, their exact average points per game thus far this season, while the Tigers could only muster 25 points, seven of which coming on a meaningless touchdown with less than two minutes left in the game.

While the 0-2 (2-4 overall) Valley View Tigers, the Diamondbacks’ opponent tonight, are off to a slow start, they’re not a team that the Diamondbacks can afford to look past. And if there’s one thing that Pioneer head coach Tommy Lee is determined to do, it’s to make sure that early season success does not go to his players’ heads.

“They’re a good team and they’re going to play hard,” Lee said. “They’re going to come to our place and while we’ll be glad to be back home, we’re not going to take anybody lightly. We aren’t good enough to do that. We’ve had a lot of people say that we’re not this or we’re not that, but we’re playing with a chip on our shoulder. We’re always going to think of ourselves as the underdog and we’re going to come out every game and play hard.”

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