3 out of 4 No. 1 Seeds Are On The Road In Semifinals
Cleveland, Eldorado trying for 1st Ever Metro Championship
Artesia trying to reach finals for 8th time since 2001
Escalante, Melrose, Hondo Valley all repeat as champs
Cleveland, Eldorado trying for 1st Ever Metro Championship
Artesia trying to reach finals for 8th time since 2001
Escalante, Melrose, Hondo Valley all repeat as champs
- No. 1 Cleveland at No. 5 Mayfield - Saturday, November 28th at 1pm
- No. 1 Portales @ No. 4 Robertson - Saturday, November 28th at 2PM
- No. 1 Estancia @ No. 5 Lordsburg -Saturday, November 28th at 1PM
- The three No. 1 seeds have a combined record of 33-0
- Only No. 1 Centennial is hosting next weekend.
- Out of the 8 semifinal playoff games: 5 lower seeds are hosting
- Cleveland has a 238 mile drive on Thanksgiving weekend to Las Cruces
- Eldorado has a 223 mile drive on Thanksgiving weekend to Las Cruces
- Portales has a 227 mile drive on Thanksgiving weekend to Las Vegas
- Estancia has a 305 mile drive on Thanksgiving weekend to Lordsburg
- 50% of the home teams won in the 6A quarterfinals
- 100% of the home teams won in the 5A quarterfinals
- 100% of the home teams won in the 4A quarterfinals
- 75% of the home teams won in the 3A quarterfinals
- Escalante won the 2A state title at home against Ft. Sumner this year
- Melrose won the 8Man state title at home against Gateway this year
- Hondo Valley won the 6Man state title at home against Floyd this year
- There is has never been an All-Metro Big School State Championship
- The last time either Mayfield or Las Cruces did not reach the big school state title game was in 2004
- Past Big School State Champs
- 2014: Rio Rancho 33, Mayfield 31
- 2013 Las Cruces 27, Mayfield 26
- 2012 Las Cruces 35, Sandia 28
- 2011 Cleveland 48, Mayfield 28
- 2010 Mayfield 69, Manzano 42
- 2009 La Cueva 31, Mayfield 14
- 2008 Las Cruces 26, Eldorado 21
- 2007 Mayfield 49, Clovis 48 OT
- 2006 Mayfield 31, Alamogordo 7
- 2005 Mayfield 17, Clovis 7
- 2004 La Cueva 40, Clovis 0
- Artesia trying for 8th football championship since 2001
- 2014 Artesia 49, Belen 21
- 2010 Artesia 45, Aztec 34
- 2007 Artesia 58, Goddard 31
- 2006 Artesia 28, Goddard 23
- 2004 Artesia 42, Silver 0
- 2003 Artesia 35, Aztec 14
- 2001 Artesia 17, St. Pius X 20
- Small School Repeats
- 2015 Escalante wins 2A defeating Ft Sumber 28-20
- 2014 Escalante wins 2A defeating Hagerman 34-30
- 2015 Melrose wins 8Man defeating Gateway 30-28
- 2014 Melrose wins 8Man defeating Logan 76-37
- 2015 Hondo wins 6Man defeating Floyd 40-22
- 2014 Hondo wins 6Man defeating Lake Arthur 72-33
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