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Edcouch-Elsa Gets Sweet Revenge On Port Lavaca Calhoun

by Clay Williams

Posted: 11.23.2012 at 11:11 PM

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Yellowjackets 36, Sandcrabs 34

For the fifth time in the past 7 postseasons, Edcouch-Elsa and Port Lavaca Calhoun square off in the second round. But this time was much different than the rest, as the Yellowjackets had an answer for every move the Sandcrabs made, and shocked many football pundits upstate by defeating previously unbeaten and 8th ranked Calhoun to advance to a regional semifinal game with San Antonio Brennan Friday in Kingsville.

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