How do you rank them??

Our running back from Mansfield High committed to OU last week. His stats for the year so far:

Player Att Yds Yds/Att TD
Kennedy Brooks 145 1,508 10 20

Valencia and Santa Teresa are looking for one more team to scrimmage on February 11th at Valencia High School. Contact Carlos Carrasco at ccarrasco@llschools.net if interested.

All hypothetical. That's what make the life of a sports fan fun - if it be with a buddy in your garage or on a board like this.

We continue to go round and round with the perfect or ideal district alignment.

Is it time to break free from what has always been or what every other state does?

My idea is just an idea that has been talked about, discussed and never considered (maybe it has). Is it time for a "power classification"?

Top 20 teams by performance and history play in top division. With teams like Santa Fe, Rio Grande and maybe District 4-6A never going to win a state title maybe they could (should) play in the next 20 of big schools. Take the biggest 40 schools in terms of enrollment and place them in Division 1 and Division 2.

Two Regions Top 8 go to state

Division 1 - north
Cleveland
Rio Rancho
Volcano Vista
Cibola
Sandia
Eldorado
Manzano
Clovis
Los Lunas
St Pius

Division 2 - South
Las Cruces
Centennial
Mayfield
Onate
Hobbs
Artesia
Alamogordo
Goddard
Roswell
Carlsbad

7 game season, 3 out of Region games.

Division 2 North
Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Highland
West Mesa
Albuquerque
Capital
Atrisco
Valley
Robertson
Pieces Vista

Division 2 South
Lovington
Deming
Gadsden
Belen
Valencia
Grants
Hatch Valley
Moriarty

Note: id have to look at numbers for enrollment for biggest in terms of enrollment and possibly have division 3 football. Top 60 teams and place them in status division. Maybe keep some smaller enrollment teams in 2 or 3 only even if successful.

Either way just an idea

Clovis a top four seed

Volcano Vista a semi-final team

Rio Rancho - Cleveland Final

Moriarty a state title team.

Mayfield an 11-seed

Will this be the biggest game in the city's of Rio Rancho for the regular season, between Cleveland and Rio Rancho

Looks like Rio Rancho freshman State Champ is moving to Clovis, CA to wrestle.

Today, we tackle five questions for the Top-25 teams leading into the weeks games.

1. Onate Offense Good Enough To Get Statement Win?

The No. 8 Onate Knights (3-2, 1-0) have two losses on their schedule, both of those coming against teams ranked in the Top-5. Both of those games also seen their offensive production well below their season average of 25.8 points per game. In both losses they score 14 (vs No. 2 Cleveland) and 10 (vs. No. 1 Rio Rancho). They take on 5th ranked Mayfield in week 6 and the question essentially is can the offense help out an impressive defensive that has carried them this season, even in games against Top-5 ranked teams. They held Cleveland to 24 points and "held" Rio Rancho to 38 points.

2. Will St. Pius Prove They Are Top-4 in 5A at Dark Horse Miyamura?

St. Pius X has been solid on ball sides of the ball. It is easy to pick them against an unknown like Miyamura in this contest. St. Pius is playing well on offense, scoring 43.4 points per game and allowing 56 total points on the season - 41 of those coming against Alamogordo. Why is Miyamura a scary opponent then. Well, if you remember most people were stunned when St. Pius X dropped a game to Moriarty - even though they went on to play for the semi-finals last season. Also, Miyamura comes in with a (4-0) record and outscoring their opponents 42 to 7. True colors will show for the Patriots in this game and the Sartans have to flex their muscles a bit.

3. Can Goddard's Athletes Outscore Alamogordo?

Goddard (2-3) is hanging on as the 24th ranked team in New Mexico. They have two players in Devin Quirez and Cameron Stevenson who have shown flashes of being a team to reckon with. However, they haven't answered the call when they face a Top-25 opponent, currently 0-3. Alamogordo is the real deal this season, with big wins under their belt. In wins Goddard has scored 57 points per game, against Top-25 opponents they averaged 29.6. Alamogordo has allowed opponents to score 20.25 this season.

4. Can Cibola Keep Albuquerque Under 20 points?

In 2015, all of their wins the Cougars held their opponents to under 20 points, minus Highland a win of 60-22. All of their losses their opponents scored over 20 points, outside one game a 14-6 loss to Clovis. This season they have four losses, all four losses their opponents have gone over 20 points. The lone win, last week, they held their first opponent under 20 points - a 17-14 win over Sandia. So the question is, will holding Albuquerque under 20 points guarantee a win. Albuquerque has two wins this season. In both the wins they scored 37 and 28 points. In the losses Albuquerque has scored 18 and 0.

Week 7 Bold Statement

Please let me know if there is any corrections needed. Remember to double check your picks we have had a few not finished and/or placed in the wrong section.




Note: Top-32 Make the Bracket.

We had a perfect score last week by Investor, AKA Poster of the Week!

Ok so I seen the 49ers lose to the Sorriest Team in the NFL on Sunday. Then follow it up by losing to the Sorriest team in the Division tonight! Gabbert is Horrible and Kelly isn't cutout for the NFL! If I owned the 49ers I wouldn't be trusting it with these 2 clowns.

The last 2 years have been horrible, I guarantee Balke is kicking hisself for getting rid of Harbaugh!!! Cut Gabbert, Fire Kelly & Balke! They need to go after Josh Daniels or John Gruden!

Our Defense needs to be reloaded and our wide receivers aren't even in the top 30 on any list as far as production!

How do you go from a Dominate Football Team to a Disater in 2 years? We are literally the worse team on anyone's schedule this year!

Do you keep the bleeding going to get the #1 pick?

Now two weeks from selection day. Again, this prediction is not based on current district standings - instead, it's how I think things will end up. Please feel free to add your own comments.

6A:
1. La Cueva
2. Albuquerque
3. Hobbs
4. Volcano Vista
5. Sandia
6. Gadsden
7. Valley
8. Cibola
9. Atrisco Heritage
10. Eldorado
11. Rio Rancho
12. Cleveland

Left out: Las Cruces, Clovis, Centennial. Valley could really shake things up by beating Albuquerque High and winning that district.

5A:
1. Academy
2. Roswell
3. Santa Teresa
4. Capital
5. Los Lunas
6. Chaparral
7. Los Alamos
8. St. Pius
9. Valencia
10. Farmington
11. Alamogordo
12. Goddard

Left out: Belen. The big variable here is the final district standings among SPX/LL/Valencia, and ST/Chapa. We will know a lot more a week from now. Alamo needs to beat Deming, or they could be in danger of missing state altogether.

1. Hatch Valley

8. Portales
9. Escalante

4. Estancia

5. Lordsburg
12. Eunice

3. Moriarty

6. Dexter
11. Ft. Sumner

7. Capitan
10. St. Mikes

2. Robertson

Who wins?
Artesia vs Clovis
Hobbs vs Estancia
Los Lunas vs Mayfield
Rio Rancho vs Lubbock Cooper
Hatch vs Alamogordo
Robertson vs St Pius
Texico vs Lordsburg
Eunice vs Fort Sumner
Portales vs Dexter- (Round 2)

Ours post each Monday morning.

Could be some movement.

Hatch up? Who drops out? What does the Top 10 look like?

How many of y'all are walking around with a Bomb (Samsung Note 7)?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/1...rminated.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

6A
#1. Rio Rancho (Auto)
#2. Cleveland (At-Large)
#3. Las Cruces (Auto)
#4. Eldorado (Auto)

Top Four: All four receive a bye and for the most part go to District Champs with the exception of District 1-6A. Clovis and Eldorado square off this Friday, Eldorado the edge with the ranking of 7th - Clovis is 10th.


#5. Volcano Vista (At-Large)
#6. Clovis (At-Large)
#7. Onate (At-Large) UP
#8. Mayfield (At-Large) DOWN

Next Four: Volcano Vista is ranked 4th in the state right now but dropping two games in District play could drop them out of the Top-4, maybe it should but the Eldorado loss could linger if Eldorado is DC. Centennial-Mayfield play this weekend and could mix this up or possibly drop Mayfield one tier down.


#9. Centennial (At-Large)
#10. Manzano (At-Large) UP
#11. La Cueva (At-Large) UP
#12. West Mesa (Auto)

Centennial could play into the next tier. Piedra Vista loss to Manzano drop them from 10 to OUT this week. La Cueva quietly hanging around but need to beat Sandia and easily.

Bracket
#8 Mayfield vs #9 Centennial/Winner plays #1 Rio Rancho
#5 Volcano Vista vs #12 West Mesa/Winner plays #4 Eldorado
#7 Onate vs #10 Manzano/Winner plays #2 Cleveland
#6 Clovis vs #11 La Cueva/Winner plays #3 Las Cruces

VOTE/RANK HERE HOW YOU WOULD SEED THE STATE TOURNAMENT

5A

#1. Artesia (Auto)
#2. Los Lunas (Auto)
#3. Roswell (At-Large) UP
#4. Alamogordo (Auto) DOWN

Top Four: I know people will point out that Alamogordo recently lost. However, the win over St. Pius helps along with being the most likely District 3-5A champion will help.

#5. St. Pius X (At-Large)
#6. Goddard (At-Large) UP
#7. Belen (At-Large) DOWN
#8. Miyamura (Auto)

St. Pius and Goddard could switch slots with the Alamogordo factor - Goddard won at home, Pius lost on the road. Pius with the nod being a projected DRU, Goddard third in District play. Farmington-Miyamura are possible front runners for 1-5A. Belen at 7 seems high but they fall as a potential District third place finisher.

#9. Farmington (At-Large)
#10. Del Norte (Auto)
#11. Aztec (At-Large)
#12. Grants (At-Large)

There is a huge gap between top 7 and the final 5 spots. Farmington and Miyamura could play again in the state tournament. Del Norte, the front runner from 2-5A, finally earned a win this past week. Aztec and Grants seem the next next suitors with Capital staying on the radar for the 12-spot if they win out (or drop one to Del Norte).

Week 7 Player of the Week Voting

Week 7 Player of the Week & All-New Mexico Team

Each week on NMPreps.com we announce the player of the week for most recent week of games. The staff at NMPreps.com along with the NMP Nation will determine the players of the week.

P.O.W - JOSH FOLEY - RIO RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL

For the third time this season the Rio Rancho Rams running back has taken home player of the week honors with his 170-yards and 4 rushing touchdowns against the No. 2 team and crosstown rival Cleveland High School last week.

Past Winners

Week Six: James Martin, Onate

Week Five: Nikko Papadopoulos, RB, Cleveland

Week Four: Taylor Null, QB, Artesia

Week Three: Torry Locklin, QB, Mayfield

Week Two: Josh Foley, RB, Rio Rancho

Week One: Josh Foley, RB, Rio Rancho



TATE BRANCH ALL-NEW MEXICO TEAM

Cason Clay, WR, Hobbs (1st Time)

Monroe Young, CB, Onate (1st Time)

Andrew Erickson, WR, Manzano (1st Time)

Devon Quiroz, RB, Goddard (2nd Time)

Gavin Harrison, QB, Hobbs (1st Time)

Jason Stamper, DL, Las Cruces (1st Time)

Micah Gray, RB, Clovis (3rd Time)

Zach Vanduren, RB, Kirtland Central (1st Time)

Saul Trujillo, RB, Hatch Valley (2nd Time)

Fernando Acosta, DL, Clovis (2nd Time)

Ryan Moore, LB, Manzano (1st Time)

Jaykan Willis, RB, Carlsbad (2nd Time)

Ryan Montez, OT, Hatch Valley (1st Time)

Andru Sanchez, QB, Cobre (1st Time)

Man, this topic gets old, but one point that gets overlooked is that when Hobbs was moved into their new district this year, their TOTAL football travel didn't change much. That's because the added district road games just replaced non-district road games.

Hobbs's football road trips over the last 6 years:

2016: Roswell, Lovington, Las Cruces, Anthony, Las Cruces (NEW DISTRICT)
2015: Artesia, Las Cruces, Roswell, El Paso, Carlsbad
2014: Las Cruces, Roswell, Lovington, Alamogordo, Clovis
2013: Artesia, Las Cruces, Roswell, Rio Rancho, Carlsbad
2012: Anthony, Roswell, Alamogordo, Lovington, Clovis
2011: Artesia, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Carlsbad

In 2017 they will probably go to Las Cruces twice and to Carlsbad in district; the two non-district road games will likely be at Roswell and Artesia.

from http://www.wpxi.com/

EVERETT, WASHINGTON - In the world of Friday night lights and high school football, is it possible to be "too good"??

In Everett, Washington, one powerhouse team outscored opponents 170-to zero in their first three football games this season. Now other teams in their conference would rather forfeit than get pummeled.

A somber team from powerful Archbishop Murphy High School gathered to express their disappointment after their last three opponents refused to play them.
Jerry Jensen, the school's Athletic Director said "There's still unknowns like was mentioned. We don't know what's going to happen next week."

But parents of some players at Cedar Park Christian High won't allow them to face the much bigger, stronger Archbishop Murphy, the next game on the schedule. Some wrote e-mails saying: "We are in agreement that to play Archbishop Murphy would compromise the best interest and safety of the players and be demoralizing by the certain and devastating defeat."

Another wrote: "Football is a dangerous sport, however this is an extreme and unnecessary risk that you are putting our sons in."

Some were even upset that the school didn't forfeit immediately, saying: "Please know that we will not be allowing our sons to suit up for the Archbishop game next Friday the fourteenth."

Joey Johnson, is the Athletic Director at nearby Granite Falls High School. They also skipped out on a game. "We made a decision based on the health and welfare of our kids," says Johnson. Stacey Morris is a parent of one of the players and she agreed: "We can't put our 5-foot-8, 125-pound quarterback up against their nose tackle who happens to be 6'5" and weighs over 330 pounds. He's going to put that kid in the hospital."

Archbishop Murphy is loaded with big division one college recruits like 6-foot-8, 2-hundred and sixty-five pound junior Abe Lucas. Lucas says, "I'm just ready to get back on the field and start playing again with all my boys."

Fellow Archbishop Murphy player Jackson Yost agrees, saying that "we can't focus on what other schools do and we just have to focus on what we need to do to prepare for the next upcoming game.

anyone know of one with varsity JV And C teams around the November 19th

Angelo Trujillo, Cleveland - 57-yard QB run for a TD.
Aaron Crompton, Hobbs - 40-yard TD catch.
Kyle Hooper, Alamogordo - 7 yard TD run.
Hayz Hill, Alamogordo - INT in the 1st Q
Nic Little to Austin Hise, Rio Rancho - 32-yard TD pass.
Payton Ball to Daniel Escobedo, Las Cruces - 9-yard TD pass.
Kyle Hooper to Jalen Bateman, Alamogordo - 3-yard TD.
Josiah Fielder, Onate - 8-yard TD run.
Gavin Hardison to Carson Clay, Hobbs - 59-yard TD pass.
Hardison to Clay Hobbs - 25-yard TD catch.
Payton Ball to Ivan Molina, Las Cruces - 69-yards TD pass.
Cody Smith to Brandon Trennepohl, Aztec - 45-yard TD pass.
Taylor Null to Kameron Aguilar, Artesia - 5-yard TD pass.
Aaron Sanchez, Onate - 37-yard TD run by the QB.
Payton Ball, LC - 4-yard TD run.
Zachary Puricelli, Onate - INT vs Carlsbad.
Brett Money, Alamogordo - 27-yard FG.

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ENMU beat West Texas A & M for the 4th time in their last 5 meetings to keep bring the Wagon Wheel back home to Portales and improve their record to 3-2.

Wyatt Strand (Logan QB) completed 5-7 passes for 71 yards and 1 TD, and also had 11 carries for 40 yards

Kamal Cass (Clovis RB) had 56 yards on 4 Carries and 1 TD before leaving the game with a injury in the 1st quarter

Brad Hardin (Aztec LB) had 9 Tackles and 1 Int.
Todd Countee (Manzano DB) had 6 tackles
Ismail Garret (Deming RB) had 3 Carries for 4 yards
Russel Montoya (Valley WR) had 1 Catch for 4 yards
Q. Branch (Manzano DB) had 3 Tackles and a forced fumble
Charles Countee (Manzano DB) had 3 tackles
Gary Thibeaux-Moore (West Mesa DB) had 2 tackles
Kolter West (LB Ft. Sumner) had 2 tackles
Eric Osbourne (LB Lovington) had a tackle
Dakota Montoya (DL Clayton) had a tackle and QB Pressure
Michael Dunlap (LB Cleveland) had a tackle
J.J. Granados (RB Las Cruces) had a fumble recovery