EDINBURG:...Friday Night Lights Up Mayors...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

EDINBURG, Texas | Well, a bet's a bet. McAllen High beat Edinburg High in their season opener last Friday. Edinburg Mayor Ramiro Garza Jr, formerly city manager of his hometown, paid up.

Here are his words: [ So our Bobcats came up short last night but fought until the end. I have no doubt they will be back and have a great season! And now, to pay up. I promised that if we would not prevail, that I would wear a McHi Bulldog cap. Well, here it is Javier Villalobos McAllen Mayor! ]

Football is king in the Rio Grande Valley.

Conjunto music freaks can dance around the Mulberry Bush all day and night, and that's fine. But everyone - I mean, everyone - turns out for Friday Night Lights.

McAllen Mayor Villalobos, shown in photo above wearing the purple & gold of McHi, is a native of Carrizo Springs out west a bit. But he's all-Bulldog these days.

There was a time, both of these mayors should know, when both cities had only one high school. The rivalry was hot.

Edinburg's popular mayor likely remembers the student shenanigans.

Ha ha...

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