WEB EXCLUSIVE: Greyhounds cage Cardinals, earn season sweep of rivals

By ARMANDO GARZA
Special to the NEWS

HARLINGEN — Some say that San Benito’s 61-46 win over Harlingen on Tuesday night wasn’t impressive with the Cardinals being down from their usual successes this season. 

However, no one’s saying that in San Benito.

The ’Hounds took charge from the start and never let up in getting an important road win in District 32-6A to start the second round of league play while earning a season sweep over the Cards in the process. 

San Benito (15-13 overall, 5-3 district) got a monster effort from Jordan Briones, who paced the ’Hounds with 19 points. Joey Salcedo was solid with 16 points of his own, Eddie Delgado contributed 12 points while Cristian Sierra came out sizzling and wound up with 10.

The Greyhounds asserted themselves immediately, using eight Sierra points to jump out to a 16-11 edge after the first period in front of a good crowd at Harlingen High School. The lead swelled to 28-20 at intermission thanks to a balanced San Benito effort and solid guard play to earn good looks for everyone on the floor. 

For the Cardinals, Ernie Ramirez and Elijah Rhodes led the way with 15 points apiece on the evening. 

After half, Briones and Salcedo keyed a consistent San Benito effort with 13 of the ’Hounds’ points in the period. The Cardinals were stymied by a good Greyhound defense and managed just nine points, six of those coming from Rhodes. 

The fourth quarter was the most entertaining, as Harlingen’s Ramirez exploded for 12 of his 15 points, while Rhodes tallied five points as the duo accounted for all of Harlingen’s scoring. 

But in between, San Benito got buckets from Salcedo, Delgado and Briones, as each player recorded six points each for all of the ’Hounds’ points. 

Also scoring for San Benito on the night were Daniel Roa (2 points) and Xavier Torres (2). The Greyhounds will next face Brownsville Veterans Memorial in a pivotal game on Fridaynight at San Benito High School. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

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