La Cueva (4-1) at Clovis (0-3), +250 (Clovis is the upset +375)
Mayfield (2-3) at Roswell (1-4), +300 either way
Lovington (3-2) at Artesia (3-2), +250 (Lovington is the upset +350)
Goddard (4-0) at Los Lunas (5-0), +400 either way
Texico (1-3) at Eunice (3-1), +250 (Texico is the upset +350)
Socorro (5-0) at St. Michael's (3-1), +250 (St. Mikes is the upset +350)

It's Cleveland and Rio Rancho and then a HUGE gap with the rest of the rankings. Who is the next 6A title contender (if we can say contender)? - Answer: La Cueva - No. 5. Yes, the Bears lost in week 2 to Rio Rancho (No. 2) but now three wins in a row and they have quietly gone in the shadow of those City of Vision teams. The Bears defense has only allowed 26 points in those three games, two of which were ranked teams. It will be difficult to erase a 50-point loss from our memory but the playoffs bring a little different flavor.

Right now the rankings go - Farmington, Goddard, and Los Lunas. How do we really feel about the three teams? Answer - My preseason pick to win state was Goddard. I still feel that way by a hair over Farmington with Los Lunas a close three. Today, I am saying that two of these three will play in the state championship - what a stretch Grine! I know! (haha) I remember watching the last time Farmington and Goddard played for the SC. This one should bring more scoring but you can bet that I will be there for it again. Artesia and Mayfield (and 1-4 Roswell) are the next three and one will make out the semi-finals, I would beat Roswell or Mayfield.

What top-20 team loses this week as a favorite? Answer - I make the rules so I won't have a true answer however, keep in mind I did see two of them happening last week. Socorro, this is not the kiss of death but you are my most likely pick this week. Also yes this St. Michael's (3-1) team is not the same as the preseason squad we really liked with quarterback Lucas Coriz but this one is the most likely to upset of the scheduled games. If anything, it will be a very good one.

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Week 6 New Mexico HS Football Playoff Watch

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6A Football
1. Cleveland (Auto/DC)
2. Rio Rancho (Auto/DC)
3. La Cueva (Auto/DC)
4. Centennial (Auto/DC)
5. Eldorado (At-Large/DRUP) vs 12. Santa Fe (At-Large/D3P)
6. Cibola (At-Large/D3P) vs 11. Carlsbad (At-Large/D4P)
7. Las Cruces (At-Large/DRUP) vs 10. Clovis (At-Large/D3P)
8. Hobbs (At-Large/D3P) vs 9. Volcano Vista (At-Large/D3P)
Next In: Organ Mountain (D5P)

5A Football
1. Goddard (Auto/DC)
2. Farmington (Auto/DC)
3. Los Lunas (Auto/DC)
4. Mayfield (Auto/DC)
5. Roswell (At-Large/DRUP) vs 12. Valley (At-Large/D3P)
6. Artesia (At-Large/D3P) vs 11. Capital (At-Large/D3P)
7. Belen (At-Large/DRUP) vs 10. Santa Teresa (At-Large/D3P)
8. Deming (At-Large/DRUP) vs 9. Piedra Vista (At-Large/DRUP)
Next In: Alamogordo (D4P)

4A Football
1. Bloomfield (Auto/DC)
2. Lovington (Auto/DC)
3. Silver (At-Large/DRUP)
4. Moriarty (Auto/DC)
5. St. Pius X (Auto/DC) vs 12. Valencia (At-Large/D4P)
6. Albuquerque Academy (At-Large/DRUP) vs 11. Aztec (At-Large/D3P)
7. Ruidoso (At-Large/D3P) vs 10. Bernalillo (At-Large/D3P)
8. Kirtland Central (At-Large/DRUP) vs 9. Portales (At-Large/D4P)
Next In: Taos (DRUP)

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Five MOST LIKELY Games to upset this week.

No. 17 Clovis over No. 5 La Cueva

Lovington over No. 12 Artesia

No. 6 Los Lunas over No. 4 Goddard

St. Michael's over Socorro

Confidence level in any of these happening is unlikely but in the case of of the feature of most likely (I know) these are our four picks. Four always from the Top-20 and one classification game. The lines will be close and of all the games these four would be the closest. We seen two of them last week of unranked teams taking out a rank. Will any of these happen today? Also, Clovis back to football this week?

5A Preseason Team Rankings for the 2021/2022 Season

NMPreps way-too-early team rankings for the 2021/2022 New Mexico high school basketball season. #nmpres

(25) CENTENNIAL HAWKS
2021 Record: 3-9 overall, 3-9 district
Scoop: The goods news moving forward with the Centennial Hawks is that the team will have 11 returning players from last season. Third year head coach Johnathan Martinez should see an improvement this season but will battle again in a tough district. Jeven Beltran (2022) will be three year player.

(26) GADSDEN PANTHERS
2021 Record: 2-8 overall, 2-8 district
Scoop: The Panthers experienced 15-wins and finished above .500 in 2019/2020 but those years are far and few. It could be a few more years until we see another Panther team in the inside the top 20 of the classification. Anthony Lara (2022) was a player that contributed to the Panthers as a sophomore during the 15-win season and will be a go-to player again this season. Along with Lara Ivan Apodaca (2022) played a big role for the Panthers last season and will team up with the 6-foot-2 Lara to get the Panthers back on the winning side. Look for three-year letterman Damian Barreras to also contribute to the Panthers squad this year.

(27) RIO GRANDE RAVENS
2021 Record: 0-10 overall, 0-10 district
Scoop: It has been several years since the Ravens were out of the cellar of the classification. They have also been out of the Top-20 (overall in the state) rankings for a few years now. The road ahead doesn't look much brighter as they are coming off an 0-10 season; The last time they had a winning season was 2015--2016 under former head coach Sean Jimenez (now at Cleveland) since then this is the trend - 6-19 (2017), 6-19 (2018), 8-17 (2019), 3-23 (2020) and as mentioned 0-10 in 2021. It is not all doom and gloom though and not to be lost in the shuffle is 6-foot-2 prospect Jonah Lopez (2023) who could be among the best of them in 2023. Hopefully, we get more information on him moving forward as the Ravens will look to him to take them back into the winning ways.

(28) PIEDRA VISTA PANTHERS
2021 Record: 0-11 overall, 0-9 in district
Scoop: The Panthers struggled last season and fell to 0-11 on the short season. The Panthers are 14-41 as they enter year four under head coach Brady Rivers. The Panthers are one of the smaller basketball enrollment schools and it has been a battle on the court with a strong district. The alignment for hoops doesn't help many schools and it shows here with the Panthers. Things could continue in the cellar for the Panthers as they graduate 8-players from last season. John Dekay (2022) and Nathan Heidke (2022) look to carry them forward this season as three-year lettermen.

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Week 6: New Mexico High School Football Team Rankings

NMPreps weekly team rankings for New Mexico high school football.


Out: Piedra Vista (19)
New: Roswell (14)

6A FOOTBALL
1. Cleveland
2. Rio Rancho
3. La Cueva
4. Centennial
5. Cibola
6. Eldorado
7. Volcano Vista
8. Las Cruces
9. Hobbs
10. Carlsbad
11. Santa Fe
12. Clovis
13. West Mesa
14. Organ Mountain
15. Sandia
16. Albuquerque
17. Atrisco Heritage
18. Manzano

5A FOOTBALL
1. Farmington
2. Goddard
3. Los Lunas
4. Artesia
5. Roswell
6. Mayfield
7. Santa Teresa
8. Deming
9. Belen
10. Piedra Vista
11. Capital
12. Los Alamos
13. Alamogordo
14. Valley
15. Miyamura
16. Del Norte
17. Highland
18. Chaparral

4A FOOTBALL
1. Bloomfield
2. Silver
3. Lovington
4. Ruidoso
5. St. Pius X
6. Albuquerque Academy
7. Portales
8. Taos
9. Kirtland Central
10. Moriarty
11. Bernalillo
12. Valencia
13. Aztec
14. Pojoaque Valley
15. Grants
16. Espanola Valley
17. Gallup
18. Shiprock

3A FOOTBALL
1. Socorro (5-0)
2. St. Michael's (3-1)
3. Robertson (4-1)
4. West Las Vegas (4-0)
5. Raton (5-0)
6. Hope Christian (2-3)
9. NMMI (3-1)
7. Dexter (1-2)
8. Cobre (1-4)
10. Hatch Valley (0-5)
11. Hot Springs (2-3)
12. Navajo Prep (3-2)
13. Tucumcari (1-4)
14. Santa Fe Indian (4-1)
15. Zuni (2-2)
16. Tohatchi (3-2)
17. Cuba (2-2)
18. Thoreau (2-2)
19. Crownpoint (2-2)
20. Newcomb (0-4)
21. Wingate (0-3)

2A FOOTBALL
1. Jal (4-1)
2. Eunice (3-1)
3. Tularosa (3-0)
4. Texico (1-3)
5. Santa Rosa (2-3)
6. Clayton (3-1)
7. Escalante (2-2)
8. Capitan (4-1)
9. Estancia (1-4)
10. Hagerman (2-1)
11. Laguna-Acoma (1-3)
12. Loving (0-5)
13. Mescalero Apache (0-3)
14. McCurdy (1-3)
15. Questa (0-1)

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Thursday, September 16th
Deming 50, Valley 0 – F
Gadsden 47, Alamogordo 13 – F
Santa Teresa 42, Valencia 22 – F

Friday, September 17th
Animas 56, Carrizozo 6 – F
Bayfield CO 46, Aztec 25 – F
Belen 20, Piedra Vista 14 – F/OT
Bloomfield 28, Miyamura 14 – F
Capitan 20, Loving 14 – F
Cleveland 70, Artesia 29 – F
Cloudcroft 48, Pine Hill 22 - F
Crownpoint 12, Newcomb 0 – F
Denver City TX 35, Lovington 7 – F
Eunice 35, Dexter 7 – F
Farmington 38, Durango CO 17 – F
Farwell TX 56, Texico 34 – F
Fort Sumner/House 56, Magdalena 18 - F
Gateway Christian 10, Mountainair 0 – F
Goddard 30, Hobbs 27 – F
Ignacio CO 53, Navajo Prep 52 - F
La Cueva 35, Sandia 0 – F
Las Cruces 35, Mayfield 14 – F
Logan 52, Alamo Navajo 0 – F
Los Alamos 51, Gallup 0 – F
Los Lunas 26, Cibola 19 – F
NMMI 41, Hot Springs 12 – F
Mesilla Valley Christian School 64, Menaul 14 - F
Moriarty 7, Bernalillo 6 – F
Mountain View TX 47, Hatch Valley 0 – F
Pagosa Springs CO 27, Kirtland Central 14 – F
Pojoaque Valley 50, Thoreau 0 – F
Ramah 64, Elida 19 – F
Robertson 54, Espanola Valley 0 – F
Roswell 21, Carlsbad 14 – F
Roy/Mosquero 55, Northwest 0 – F
Ruidoso 28, Cobre 2 – F
Santa Fe Indian 40, McCurdy 34 - F
Santa Rosa 55, Tucumcari 0 – F
St. Pius X 21, Portales 20 – F
Socorro 20, Estancia 0 – F
Taos 53, Shiprock 0, - F
Tatum 68, Dulce 0 – F
Tohatchi 26, Cuba 25 – F
Volcano Vista 28, Albuquerque High 0 – F
West Mesa 55, Rio Grande 0 – F

Manzano (0-3) at Albuquerque High (2-1) **Canceled**
Laguna-Acoma (1-3) at Questa (0-1)

Saturday, September 18th
Albuquerque Academy 42, Clayton 6 - F
Centennial 35, Atrisco Heritage 12 - F
Clovis Christian 53, Floyd 0 - F
Eldorado 28, Santa Fe 12 - F
Hondo Valley 51, Reserve 18 - F
Hope Christian 69, Grants 29 - F
Jal 50, Clovis JV 14 - F
Melrose 2, Navajo Pine 0 - F
Raton 49, Escalante 6 - F
Rio Rancho 61, Organ Mountain 7 - F

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2021 Coaching Changes

• Alamogordo High School - Out: James Voight (resigned) | In: OPEN
• Belen High School - Out: Andrew Dunnell (resigned) | In: Donald Marquez (former Belen assistant)
• Manzano High School - Out: Dominick Romero (retired) | In: Andrew Dunnell (Belen HC)
• Penasco High School - OPEN
• Portales High SChool - Out: Rickie McBroom (retired) | In: Randy McBroom (Portales Assistant)
• Santa Rosa High School - OPEN
• Valencia High School - Out: Joshua Mattox (took USW job) | In: OPEN

Week 5 Top 20 Rankings (Updated 9/13)

6A FOOTBALL
1. Cleveland
2. Rio Rancho
3. La Cueva
4. Cibola
5. Centennial
6. Carlsbad
7. Eldorado
8. Volcano Vista
9. Las Cruces
10. Hobbs
11. Santa Fe
12. Clovis
13. West Mesa
14. Organ Mountain
15. Sandia
16. Albuquerque
17. Atrisco Heritage
18. Manzano

Moved: We've shuffled the 3-10 spots just about every week. This week Cibola (4), Centennial (5), and Carlsbad (6) move up leaving Eldorado, VV, and Las Cruces down.

High Mark: Santa Fe (4-0) has never been ranked this high-11. This weekend is a big test with 7th ranked Eldorado.

5A FOOTBALL
1. Farmington
2. Goddard
3. Los Lunas
4. Artesia
5. Mayfield
6. Piedra Vista
7. Roswell
8. Santa Teresa
9. Deming
10. Alamogordo
11. Capital
12. Belen
13. Valley
14. Los Alamos
15. Miyamura
16. Del Norte
17. Highland
18. Chaparral

Status Quo: Deming and Alamogordo swap spots, the rest stay put this week.

4A FOOTBALL
1. Bloomfield
2. Silver
3. Lovington
4. Bernalillo
5. Ruidoso
6. St. Pius X
7. Portales
8. Albuquerque Academy
9. Kirtland Central
10. Taos
11. Moriarty
12. Valencia
13. Aztec
14. Pojoaque Valley
15. Grants
16. Espanola Valley
17. Gallup
18. Shiprock

New Numbero Uno: Bloomfield received enough votes this week to move into the NMPreps Top-20 (No. 20). That moves them as the number one team in the class.

More: Valencia with the leap frog of three teams into the 12th spot with their win over Portales.

3A FOOTBALL
1. Socorro (4-0)
2. St. Michael's (3-1)
3. Robertson (3-1)
4. West Las Vegas (4-0)
5. Raton (4-0)
6. Hope Christian (1-3)
7. Dexter (1-1)
8. Cobre (1-3)
9. NMMI (2-1)
10. Hatch Valley (0-4)
11. Hot Springs (2-2)
12. Navajo Prep (3-1)
13. Tucumcari (1-3)
14. Santa Fe Indian (3-1)
15. Cuba (2-1)
16. Zuni (2-2)
17. Tohatchi (2-2)
18. Thoreau (2-1)
19. Crownpoint (1-2)
20. Newcomb (0-3)
21. Wingate (0-3)

Good, Bad, & The U(Rest): Right now we have 5-teams as true contenders. We have some unknowns in the 6-10 sections; Hope Christian injuries moved them into this group.

2A FOOTBALL
1. Jal (3-1)
2. Eunice (2-1)
3. Tularosa (3-0)
4. Texico (1-2)
5. Santa Rosa (1-3)
6. Clayton (3-0)
7. Escalante (2-1)
8. Capitan (3-1)
9. Estancia (1-3)
10. Hagerman (2-1)
11. Laguna-Acoma (1-3)
12. Loving (0-4)
13. Mescalero Apache (0-3)
14. McCurdy (1-2)
15. Questa (0-1)



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Good morning, we are back with some Saturday morning coffee. We breakdown the news from Friday night and all the updates from across New Mexico. #nmpreps

TRIPS RIGHT: TOP THREE STORIES FROM FRIDAY

1. Lynn-Sanity: Okay, Jeremy Lin (former Knick) can keep that name. We had to give some love though as the unranked Roswell Coyotes get their first win of the season over ninth ranked Carlsbad, 21-14. Keep in mind that Roswell has played one of the most difficult schedules, during a rebuild year.

2. OT Magic: Another Top-25 team fell on Friday night as the unranked Belen Eagles improved to 2-2 on the season with a 20-14 overtime win over visiting Piedra Vista (No. 19). The Eagles threw the ball to the corner on their first play of OT to secure a 20-14 win.

3. 5A Powers and a Massive Storm: Farmington (No. 3/No. 1 in 5A), Goddard (No. 4/No. 2 in 5A) and Los Lunas (No. 7/No. 3 in 5A) all move along with wins. Farmington with a quality win over a very good Durango, Colorado squad. Goddard scores at the end to beat Hobbs (30-27) and Los Lunas takes out Cibola (26-19). Also, in Artesia, the number one team in the state the Cleveland Storm dropped 70-points in a 41-point win over #13 Artesia (70-29).

FRIDAY NIGHT SUPERLATIVES: YEARBOOK STYLE

Best Duo: Quarterback Aidan Armenta (2022) and WR Exodus Ayers (2023) connected on a pair of touchdowns as the La Cueva Bears had a shutout win on Friday night over Sandia, 35-0. The first one was a 22-yard touchdown pass.

Most Likely to Succeed: Make it 6 in a row as the Las Cruces Bulldawgs take another win over rival Mayfield. Quarterback Dallas Boyd (2022) and Elijah Ogas (2022) totaled for over 250-yards on the ground. Ogas with four TDs (145-rushing yards).

Life of the Party: Belen quarterback Diego Espinoza (2022) hit Elijah Romero (2023) for a game winning touchdown in overtime to give the unranked Eagles a win over No. 19 Piedra Vista.

Most Upbeat Attitude: Los Lunas quarterback Paul Cieremans (2023) answered on the big stage. He had a 50-yard touchdown pass to Emilio Mora early in the contest to cement the Tigers win.

School President: Evan Wysong (Cleveland). The Storm quarterback, rushed for a pair of TDs, threw for a TD, and oh yeah also kicks the FG's. He started the night with a 53-yard TD run. The rest of the presidents cabinet includes a 61-yard TD run by Nick Trujillo (Had another 12-TD run), Josh Perry, RB (2022) added three touchdown runs. Add in a 52-yard TD run by Jaiden Nunez and the top team in New Mexico moves to 5-0 on the season.


TOP-25 SCOREBOARD
#1 Cleveland vs #13 Artesia (Won, 70-29)
#3 Farmington vs Durango, Colorado (Won, 38-17)
#4 Goddard vs #14 Hobbs (Won, 30-27)
#5 La Cueva vs Sandia (Won, 35-0)
#6 Cibola vs#7 Los Lunas (Lost, 26-19)
#7 Los Lunas vs #6 Cibola (Won, 26-19)
#9 Carlsbad vs Roswell (Lost, 21-14)
#11 Volcano Vista vs Albuquerque (Won, 30-0)
#12 Las Cruces vs #16 Mayfield (Won, 35-14)
#13 Artesia vs #1 Cleveland (Lost, 70-29)
#14 Hobbs vs #4 Goddard (Lost, 30-27)
#16 Mayfield vs #12 Las Cruces (Lost, 35-14)
#18 Socorro vs Estancia (Won, 20-0)
#19 Piedra Vista vs Belen (Lost, 20-14 OT)
#20 Bloomfield vs Miyamura (Won, 28-14)

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