October 27, 2012

Kyle Henderson
NMPreps.com Columnist

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Mayfield 48, Onate 0

The Mayfield Trojans took care of business Friday Night against Onate in a game that Mayfied controlled from the start thanks to 108-yards rushing from Kavika Johnson, over 100-yards rushing from Andrew Serna, and a four touchdown performance from Mayfield Athlete Marcus Inglemon. Inglemon scored a 4-yard touchdown run, 11-yard touchdown run, 69-yard touchdown pass, and a 29-yard touchdown pass. The Trojans are now 5-3 on the season and 2-0 in district play. The Trojans will take on Alamogordo next weekend in their final district game before the Battle of Las Cruces in week 11. Photo from the Las Cruces Sun News

Carlsbad 57, Hobbs 7

The Carlsbad Cavemen came out and did work against district rival Hobbs Friday Night moving to 1-0 in district and 5-4 overall. The Carlsbad Cavemen racked up more than 500-yards on the night thanks to a big night from Running Back Dillon Caddell who for close to 140-yards and two touchdowns and Quarterback Rodney Holcomb who finished with 238-yards passing. Also contributing on the night for Carlsbad was Caleb Vanetter and Receiver Marcus Arrington. Carlsbad will host Clovis next weekend in the District 4-5A Title Game. Photo from the Carlsbad Current Argus

Piedra Vista 34, Kirtland Central 14

The Piedra Vista Panthers improved to 7-1 on the season with a 20 point win over district rival Kirtland Central. The Panthers were led by Quarterback Isaiah Valdez who ran for two touchdowns and Stratton Waller who ran for over 100-yards on the night. Also contributing on the night was Bryson Martinez and Jacob Armijo who each caught a touchdown pass. The Pantehrs will take on Aztec in week 10. Photo from the Farmington Daily Times

Aztec 20, Farmington 7

While it was not an offensive shootout as many had expected, the Aztec Tigers did find a way to beat Farmington for Aztec's fourth win in a row to move to 4-3 on the season and 1-0 in district play. On the night, the Tigers were led by Adam Lucero who threw for just shy of 200-yards and two touchdowns. The Farmington loss gives the Scorpions 5-3 season record and an 0-1 district start. Photo from the Farmington Daily Times

Artesia 58, Roswell 13

The Artesia Bulldogs moved to 7-1 on the year and 1-0 in district play with a monster district win at the Bulldog Bowl Friday Night. The Bulldogs were led by 341-yards and three touchdowns from quarterback Trevor Eulenbach, 117-yards and three touchdowns from Running Back Gavino Saiz, and 170-yards receiving from Miguel Rodriguez who also caught for two touchdowns. Artesia will travel to Roswell next weekend to take on the undefeated Goddard Rockets in the NMPreps.com Game of the Week.

St. Michael's 28, Silver 21
The top two teams in 3A faced off in our NMPreps.com's game of the Week down in the lovely town of Silver City on a bone chilling Friday night. The top ranked Horsemen were able to overcome a 14-0 deficit in the first quarter and showed the resolve that many people believed they did not have coming into the matchup as they remain undefeated and are now 8-0 and one of New Mexico's few remaining undefeated teams in the Land of Enchantment. For the Silver Fighitng Colts the loss is a heartbreaker and one that they will not soon forget as it came on their Home Coming week. The Horsemen were lead on the night By Salomon Martinez and Cory Serna who had big games at their respective positions. The Colts were lead by Nevada and Dakota Bencomo as well as Derek Salas. The Horsemen begin district play in week 10 against Albuquerque Academy in week 10. The Colts will have Socorro as their next opponent.

Sandia 34, Manzano 14
The Sandia Matadors (6-2, 1-0) played host to the visiting Manzano Monarchs (6-2, 0-1) to begin district 2-5A play on a cold night in Albuquerque on Friday. The Game was controlled by the Matadors in a fashion that not many people saw coming. The Matadors jumped out to an early 14-0 lead and would not look back as they lead 27-0 at the midway point. Sandia was lead offensively on the night by Craig Coffman and defensively by Tyler Ireland and his bunch of hard nosed defensive lineman who at times can play like one of the top defensive lines in the state. For Coach Barker and his Matadors this a victory that will be savored, but only briefly as they begin to go to work and prepare for a tough Eldorado team in week 10. The Monarchs will have to forget about this one in a hurry and focus on their next opponent in the La Cueva Bears as District 2-5A play continues in week 10 for both the Matadors and the Monarchs. Photo form the Albuquerque Journal

Cleveland 54, Cibola 16
The visiting Cibola Gougars (1-7, 0-1) and the hosting Cleveland Storm (5-3, 1-0) faced off in a district 1-5A matchup on Friday Night. The Storm put this one away with ease as Cleveland simply had to much horse power in the back field with New Mexico Lobo's commit Romell Jordan going off on the night as he had a huge game rushing with 18 carries for 250 yards and 6 total rushing touchdowns. The Cougars drop to 0-1 in district play and will face off against the top Ranked Rio Rancho Rams in week 10. For Cleveland the road gets tougher as well as they will battle Volcano Vista in week 10. Photo form the Albuquerque Journal

Moriarty 62, Santa Fe 8
The Morarity Pintos (5-3) and the Santa Fe High Demons (3-5) faced off on Friday night in Morarity as the Pintos would end up running away with this one when it was all said and done. David Stager lead the Pinto charge on the night in a game that would eventually be called because of the 50 point mercy rule. The Morarity Pintos have been known to have one of the toughest defenses in the State in 4A and it showed just how tough they can be again last night accumulating 4 defensive turnovers. The Demons following last weeks routing of Los Alamos need to go back to the drawing board in hopes to get back on track between in week 10 against District foe Bernalillo. For the Pintos they begin district play in week 10 against the Del Norte Knights and should continue their winning ways.

Tularosa 59, Mesilla Valley 7
The Mesilla Valley Son Blazers scored the first touchdown of this game to lead 7-0, then it was Tularosa with 59 unanswered points as the Wildcats moved to 3-0 in district play. On the night, the Wildcats were led by Jim Coleman and Neron Ornelas who had a sensational night on defense.

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La Cueva moves to 7-1 with 35-27 win over Eldorado

The visiting Eldorado Eagles and the hosting La Cueva Bears faced off in a District 2-5A showdown, in what will go down as another classic rivalry game between the two district foes on Thursday night at Wilson Stadium. Although the Bears had a 21 point lead going into the half the Eagles came out in the third quarter on fire and were lead on the night by Zach Gentry, who had 415 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

The district loss sets the Eagles back a bit and they as they are now below the .500 mark on the season (3-4) and are now (0-1) in district play. The Bears improve to (7-1) on the year and (1-0) in a very tough 2-5A district and this win helps solidify the Bears as one of the top 3 teams in 5A at this point in the season. La Cueva would be lead offensively by Michael Rose, who had a superb rushing effort o the night racking up 280 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground and a key interception on defense in the first half.

Also helping the Bears cause was Wide Receiver Chris Thompson who had a big night receiving with over 140 yards receiving and two touchdowns. Bears Quarterback Zach Silva lead the bears at the QB position on the night throwing for over 150 yards and 2 touchdowns, he also had 1 interception.

Defensively the Bears were lead by Calvin Allen and Chris Loidolt to very stout and effective defensive players. The road to state only gets tougher for both teams as the Bears get set to face off against Manzano in week 10, and The Eagles get set to showdown with Sandia in week 10.

Santa Teresa 34, Centennial 7
The Santa Teresa Desert Warriors moved to 2-6 on the year and 1-0 in district play with a massive win Thursday Night in Las Cruces over Centennial. The Desert Warriors were led by Quarterback A.J. Sedillo who ran for scores of 79 and 20 on the night. Sedillo would finish the night with close to 200-yards rushing on the night and also threw a touchdown pass.

Atrisco Heritage 62, Albuquerque 0
The Atrisco Heritage Jaguars moved to 6-2 Thursday Night with a 52-0 win over the Albuquerque Bulldogs. The Jaguars are just two district games away from being 8-2 on the year, a record that will be very difficult for the NMAA to leave out of the play-off tournament. On the year Atrisco has received big play from quarterback Nate Goode and Running Back Robert Alvidrez.

Los Lunas 56, Gallup 0
The Los Lunas Tigers moved to 8-0 this year with a mercy rule victory over the Gallup Bengals. The Tigers are now just two games away from finishing the year out undefeated. In their last four games, their team play has been phenomenal outscoring the competition 187-6. Los Lunas takes on Miyamura in week 10 and will end their regular season against district rival Valencia.

Kyle Henderson is the Owner and Lead Prep Football Writer for NMPreps.com. He can be reached at nmpreps@yahoo.com, and you can click here to follow him on Twitter.