Thursday’s results:
La Cueva 1, Sandia 0
Las Cruces 2, Gadsden 1
Onate 3, Mayfield 2
Atrisco Heritage 2, West Mesa 1
Manzano 3, Del Norte 0
Farmington 10, Miyamura 0
Academy 8, Moriarty 1
St. Pius 11, Grants 1
Lovington 3, Goddard 0
Roswell 11, Artesia 1
Centennial 10, Belen 0
Los Lunas 2, Chaparral 0
Valencia 3, Santa Teresa 1
Aztec 7, Piedra Vista 0
Hope Christian 9, Bloomfield 0
Socorro 3, Hatch Valley 1
Sandia Prep 2, Santa Fe Prep 0
East Mountain 3, Rehoboth Christian 2

La Cueva finishes undefeated in district and has a strong case for the No. 1 seed. Someone smarter than me can figure out whether Sandia or Eldorado will finish second on tiebreakers, as they split their games with each other and have the same goal differential in those games. Las Cruces wins its district.

Academy wins its district. Goddard’s loss to Lovington may knock the Rockets out of the playoffs, and if Goddard is out, Lovington is out as well.

Socorro wins its district.

Friday’s games:
Eldorado at Highland
Albuquerque High at West Mesa
Rio Grande at Valley
Cibola at Santa Fe
Hope Christian at Farmington
Moriarty at Grants
Sandia Prep at Bloomfield

Saturday’s games:
Carlsbad at Hobbs
Clovis at Alamogordo
Deming at Las Cruces
Sandia at Manzano
Los Alamos at Del Norte
Academy at St. Pius
Rio Rancho at Cleveland
Chaparral at Belen
Valencia at Los Lunas
Santa Teresa at Centennial
Ruidoso at NMMI

District 5-3A remains muddled going into the last day of the regular season. Santa Teresa (6-2-1) travels to Centennial (6-3) in a strange situation – one of those teams will finish first and the other will likely end up third. If Santa Teresa wins or draws, it will win the district, with Chaparral (5-3-1) finishing second (assuming the Lobos beat Belen) and Centennial third. If Centennial beats Santa Teresa, it will likely be 1) Centennial; 2) Chaparral; 3) Santa Teresa. Valencia (5-4) has been a top 10 team all year, but if they don't beat Los Lunas (4-5), they will fall to fifth place in the district and will be on the state tournament bubble.

As to 1-6A, Rio Rancho has clinched the title. Assuming Cibola (3-3-1) beats last-place Santa Fe, a Rio Rancho win over Cleveland (3-1-3) on Saturday would leave Cibola second, Volcano Vista (4-3-1) third and Cleveland fourth. If Cleveland beats Rio Rancho, the Storm would be second, Cibola third and Volcano Vista fourth. If Cleveland and Rio Rancho draw, it will be 2) Volcano Vista; 3) Cleveland; 4) Cibola.

I think this is the perfect coach to take over for coach K in my opinion.

Why doesn't the State Champ Game take place at a neutral field?

IT'S FRIDAY: THE WEEKEND TRENDS

Okay, I have been swamped with getting together volleyball, boy's hoops and girl's hoops material out.

Well, I return this week in hopes that I see an improvement in my Pick 'EM standing. If you haven't noticed that my Top-5 Questions for Top-25 teams and Weekend Bold Picks have been missing, you're not missing much (haha).

Today, I'll throw a combo for both of them (sorry a day late).

WEEKEND TRENDS

In this feature I pick three bold picks that will be "trending". You know like last week when I had on our scoreboard that Volcano Vista beat Rio Rancho, then that didn't happen. My bad!

1. The Upset Pick - La Cueva beats Sandia: I needed to reach with my "upset" pick and I didn't feel comfortable with Valencia over Centennial, Roswell over Artesia (though I was highly tempted) and Carlsbad over Alamogordo. La Cueva is my upset pick. Do I have an expert reason - nope. La Cueva doesn't put up a lot of point but they normally don't give up a lot of points either (175). Sandia is not a team that will explode on the offensive side (212) so maybe the Bears win a low scoring affair?

2. The Score - Valencia keeps it low-ish; Centennial 24, Valencia 8: Okay, 24 used to be a high number when defense was important (yes, kill me for saying that) but we live in the time of 40-50 point games. This one could be a blowout but Valencia ends on a high note. They don't score points but they could keep this one from getting away from them by eating the clock up running the ball.

3. The Stat - 5 Touchdown, 153 yards; Dante Urrea, Deming HS: Okay, this dude has been carrying the load and I possibly have had him on my bold picks before but I want to use him again. Deming wins over Mayfield and Urrea scores on a 40-yard TD to win. He wins player of the week with those numbers and the win? (Why I am using a question mark - I don't know.

Record: Around 9-3 on picks for weekend trends. I don't remember past picks so I give myself the benefit (haha).

THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE TOP-25

1. Will a loss actually help? Is Cleveland all the Thunder? The last top-10 team that they played was a close contest against Eldorado (41-34 win). Volcano Vista is the team to make an upset a reality in this contest. The Hawks are getting healthy and their defenses hasn't allowed outrages numbers. A loss is never, truly good or fun but maybe a loss here a good thing? Plenty of questions in this one.

2. Is Roswell a "dark horse"? Ranked 20th in the NMPreps.com Top-25 and could be on the rise with a win or keeping it close. Roswell doesn't allow a lot of points (130 ranked 7th in 5A) and the Bulldogs lost ''only" scoring 25 (Yes, I know Houghtling was out). Roswell can sneak a win if they keep it low.

3. What 4A Top-25 team is the real deal - No. 23 Portales or No. 21 Hatch Valley? Portales takes on the reigning champ and Hatch takes on the scary of the two opponents in 5-2 Cobre. Losing team likely falls out of the Top-25 (maybe) while the winning team becomes the favorite. Both are putting up serious numbers (Portales 307 ranked 2nd) and Hatch Valley (387 ranked first).

PICK'EM

As you know I love Pick'Em and it's cool that we have chatter about the leaderboard. Well I have fallen to third place after having top picks in week 3 and 4. Well, I am already down one upset in Cibola not beating Rio Rancho. Lee Corso I am not; Well, actually this year maybe as he is around 1-5 on his picks (Gameday College football). Anyhow, it's Friday! I like going 3-0 on weekend trends and have had success so let's see.

Who Wins: Los Lunas or Belen

Game is Friday Night in Los Lunas

Los Lunas is 3-4, 1-1
Belen is 2-5, 2-0

Battle for the Chile Roaster

Week 9: It's Finally Friday - Statewide Preview
By: Kyle Henderson of NMPreps.com

No. 1 Cleveland @ No. 8 Volcano Vista
Cleveland 7-0, 1-0
Volcano Vista 5-3, 1-1
Last Week: Cleveland 57, Santa Fe 0
Last Week: Rio Rancho 36, Volcano Vista 34
The Favorite: Cleveland
Hendo’s Take: The two teams match up very well personnel wise, but can anyone else in New Mexico stand 4-quarters with the Storm this year?
Watch For: Gabe Ortega who has 1,009-yards passing and 248-yards rushing. Nikko Papadopopulos who has 394-yards rushing, Ryan Anderson who has 219-yards rushing, Marcus Williams who has 524-yards receiving, and Stanford Commit Henry Hattis at OT.

No. 2 Centennial @ Valencia
Centennial 7-0, 2-0
Valencia 2-5, 0-2
Last Week: Centennial 49, Chaparral 3
Last week: Belen 49, Valencia 6
The Favorite: Centennial
Hendo’s Take: All Centennial again, expect a lopsided victory and for Centennial to make another district statement.
Watch for: Dante Lopez who has 1,231-yards passing, Keath Jasso who has 516-yards rushing, JR Pena who has 590-yards receiving, Bryce ReWalt who has 510-yards receiving, Jake Boklin who has 59 total tackles

No. 3 Las Cruces - Open
Las Cruces 6-2, 2-0
Last Week: Las Cruces 56, Gadsden 6
Next: Onate on October 30th
Hendo’s Take: The Bulldawgs will have an open week to prepare for a very tough finish with Onate and Mayfield, two games they could win or two games they could lose.
Watch For: Kameron Miller who has 1,544-yards passing, 915-yards rushing, Bryan Saenz who has 406-yards rushing, Brandon Baeza who has 864-yards receiving

No. 4 Artesia @ No. 20 Roswell
Artesia 6-1, 0-0
Roswell 4-3, 0-0
Last Week: Artesia open
Last Week: Roswell open
The Favorite: Artesia
Hendo’s Take: While Roswell is much improved this year, Artesia is still the 10+ point favorite, especially if Senior QB Justin Houghtaling is back in the saddle.
Watch for: Sophomore QB Taylor Null who has thrown for 500-yards total in the last two games, Ethan Duff a junior RB, Codey Scott at DL, Carlos Carrasco at DB

No. 5 Alamogordo @ Carlsbad

Alamogordo 6-1, 0-0
Carlsbad 0-7, 0-0
Last Week: Alamogordo - Open
Last Week: Carlsbad - Open
The Favorite: Alamogordo
Hendo’s Take: Carlsbad is likely the best 0-7 team in the history of New Mexico High School Football, very dangerous and a trap game for Alamogordo if the Tigers are overconfident.
Watch For: Kyle Hooper who has thrown for over 1,700-yards, Hunter Graham who has 10-touchdowns, Julian Segura and Alex Ramirez who both have over 450-yards receiving, Isaiah Saldana at linebacker

No. 6 Rio Rancho defeated Cibola 36-17
Login to view embedded media Rio Rancho 7-2, 3-0
Cibola 5-3, 0-2
Steve Bailey threw for 376-yards and 4 touchdowns
Josh Foley 250-yards of all-purpose offense with 3 touchdowns
Derrick Reyes caught for 2 touchdowns
Rio Rancho takes on Cleveland on Nov. 6th

No. 7 Eldorado defeated Highland 71-16
Eldorado 7-2, 2-1
Highland 2-6, 0-2
Dominic Sandoval scored 3 touchdowns
Noah Swietzer scored 2 touchdowns
Eldorado takes on Manzano on Oct. 30th

No. 8 Volcano Vista vs. No. 1 Cleveland

Volcano Vista 5-3, 1-1
Last Week: Cleveland 57, Santa Fe 0
Last Week: Rio Rancho 36, Volcano Vista 34
The Favorite: Cleveland
Hendo’s Take: The two teams match up very well personnel wise, but can anyone else in New Mexico stand 4-quarters with the Storm this year?
Watch for: Josh Williams who has thrown for 1,641-yards, Chris Streetz who has rushed for 622-yards, David Cormier who has caught for 431-yards, Brian Parks who has 59 tackles, Joren Dickey who has 8 sacks

No. 9 Clovis @ No. 14 Hobbs
Clovis 4-3, 0-0
Hobbs 4-3, 0-0
Last Week: Clovis - Open
Last Week: Hobbs - Open
The Favorite: Clovis
Hendo’s Take: The Battle for the Little Rebel has been tight as of late, this year I expect no less and expect a high scoring shootout. Without Clovis RB Micah Gray playing, that is taking 10 maybe more points off the board for the Wildcats.
Watch For: QB Dauton Hatley who has thrown for 665-yards, Seth Lopez who has 431-yards, Roland Chavez who has 272-yards, Jared Duncan who has 53 tackles

No. 10 Cibola lost to Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho 7-2, 3-0
Cibola 5-3, 0-2
Steve Bailey threw for 376-yards and 4 touchdowns
Josh Foley 250-yards of all-purpose offense with 3 touchdowns
Derrick Reyes caught for 2 touchdowns
Gannon Chavez and Jacob Smith hooked up for long TD pass
Cibola takes on Cleveland on Oct. 30th

No. 11 Manzano - Open
Manzano 5-3, 2-0
Last Week: Manzano 42, Highland 0
Hendo’s Take: One of the hottest teams in Class 6A and right now in 1st place in District 2-6A. They have 8 points on Eldorado going in to their October 30th game, win by less than 8 or just win and they are district champs.
Next: Eldorado on October 30th, La Cueva on November 5th

No. 12 Sandia vs. La Cueva
Sandia 5-3, 1-1
La Cueva 2-5, 0-1
The Favorite: Sandia
Hendo’s Take: While Sandia is reeling after their 17-12 win over Eldorado, La Cueva is no cupcake. The Matadors got a touchdown via their Wild Bull formation with Carter Phillips punching it in, also Jimmy Gallegos ran for 100-yards.
Watch For: Jacob Archubeque who has 789-yards passing, Jimmy Gallegos who has 956-yards rushing, Mark Flores who has 41 total tackles

No. 13 Mayfield vs. Deming
Mayfield 4-3, 1-0
Deming 3-5, 0-2
Last Week: Mayfield - Open
Last Week: Onate 37, Deming 6
The Favorite: Mayfield
Hendo’s take: Mayfield is the 3 touchdown favorite in this game Friday Night, watch for the Trojans to control early and turn it up down the stretch.
Watch For: Joeray Valencia who has 1,548-yards passing, Isaac Vance who has 1,051-yards rushing, and Gavin Swinson who has 625-yards receiving

No. 14 Hobbs vs. Clovis

Clovis 4-3, 0-0
Hobbs 4-3, 0-0
Last Week: Clovis - Open
Last Week: Hobbs - Open
The Favorite: Clovis
Hendo’s Take: The Battle for the Little Rebel has been tight as of late, this year I expect no less and expect a high scoring shootout. Without Clovis RB Micah Gray playing, that is taking 10 maybe more points off the board for the Wildcats.
Watch For: QB Isaac Amaya who has 29 touchdowns and 2,638-yards passing, Devin Beard who has 982-yards receiving, Jeremy Padilla who has 685-yards rushing

No. 15 St. Pius X @ Moriarty
St. Pius X 8-0, 0-0
Moriarty 6-2, 0-0
Last Week: St. Pius X 28, Lovington 20
Last Week: Moriarty 36, Grants 0
The Favorite: St. Pius X
Hendo’s Take: Ok, now we get to see both of these team’s true colors and it’s an old district rivalry renewed with each entering this game having something to prove. This game could come down to who’s defense is better?
Watch For: Drew Ortiz QB who has thrown for over 1,700-yards and 22 touchdowns, Allen Michel from Moriarty has over 1,200-yards rushing, Sal Mora from Moriarty has 91 total tackles

No. 16 Piedra Vista @ Aztec
Piedra Vista 6-2, 2-0
Aztec 3-5, 2-0
Last Week: Piedra Vista 38, Miyamura 0
Last Week: Aztec 29, Farmington 26
The Favorite: Piedra Vista
Hendo’s Take: Clearly Piedra Vista is the team to beat in the district, but Aztec has been hot over the last two weeks, this game now has some intrigue. Aztec’s playoff hopes rest on this game, win and you’re in sort of thing.
Watch For: Elijah Gamboa at QB for PV, Matt Gonzales at RB, for Aztec Sophomore QB Cody Smith has thrown for 2,016-yards and 18 touchdowns

No. 17 Goddard @ Lovington
Goddard 4-3, 0-0
Lovington 1-6, 0-0
Last Week: Goddard - Open
Last week: St. Pius X 28, Lovington 20
The Favorite: Goddard
Hendo’s Take: Still going to be an interesting match up no matter the records, Goddard needs to come out and drop the hammer early, we saw that Lovington can came back if not put away as they scored 3 touchdowns in the 2nd half against Pius last week.
Watch For: Cameron Stevenon at QB, Lukas Gutierrez RB, Devon Qurioz ATH, for Lovington Brooke Quinonos threw for three TD’s last week.

No. 18 Moriarty vs. No. 15 St. Pius X
St. Pius X 8-0, 0-0
Moriarty 6-2, 0-0
Last Week: St. Pius X 28, Lovington 20
Last Week: Moriarty 36, Grants 0
The Favorite: St. Pius X
Hendo’s Take: Ok, now we get to see both of these team’s true colors and it’s an old district rivalry renewed with each entering this game having something to prove. This game could come down to who’s defense is better?
Watch For: Drew Ortiz QB who has thrown for over 1,700-yards and 22 touchdowns, Allen Michel from Moriarty has over 1,200-yards rushing, Sal Mora from Moriarty has 91 total tackles

No. 19 Onate @ Gadsden
Onate 3-5, 1-1
Gadsden 1-6, 0-1
Last Week: Onate 37, Deming 6
Last Week: Las Cruces 56, Gadsden 6
The Favorite: Onate
Hendo’s Take: Should be all Onate, they know they have to win their last two games to get into the playoffs. Expect the Knights to roll.
Watch For: Forest McKee who ran for over 100-yards last week, Matt Young at Linebacker, and James Martin who is having a big year at defensive end

No. 20 Roswell vs. No. 4 Artesia
Artesia 6-1, 0-0
Roswell 4-3, 0-0
Last Week: Artesia open
Last Week: Roswell open
The Favorite: Artesia
Hendo’s Take: While Roswell is much improved this year, Artesia is still the 10+ point favorite, especially if Senior QB Justin Houghtaling is back in the saddle.
Watch for: Dominic Anaya who has thrown for 492-yards, Jared Perez who has rushed for 401-yards, Alfonso Sanchez who has 53 tackles, Ricardo Silva who has 8.5 sacks

No. 21 Hatch @ Cobre
Hatch Valley 8-0, 2-0
Cobre 5-2, 1-0
Last Week: Hatch 35, Silver 10
Last Week: Cobre 34, Hot Springs 14
The Favorite: Hot Springs
Hendo’s Take: Hatch Valley has proven to be the real deal this year and defeated a good Silver team with ease last weekend 35-10. While Cobre is a good football team, Hatch is a 10 point favorite to get to 9-0
Watch For: Jered Garay who has thrown for 682-yards, Adrien Grajea who has rushed for 884-yards, for Cobre Andru Sanchez has thrown for 1,516-yards and 19 touchdowns

No. 22 Espanola @ Los Alamos
Espanola 7-0, 1-0
Los Alamos 2-5, 0-1
Last Week: Espanola 40, Del Norte 18
Last Week: Capital 34, Los Alamos 22
The Favorite: Espanola
Hendo’s Take: Espanola Valley is three games away from perfect, can’t believe I even wrote that, however Los Alamos and Capital are capable of ruin their run at perfection. Tonight could be close, but I kind of think Espanola continues to roll.
Watch For: Marcos Flores who has 625-yards rushing and 8 touchdowns, Josh Belmontes who has 554-yards, and Tommy Trujillo who has 480-yards

No. 23 Portales vs. Ruidoso
Portales 7-0, 1-0
Ruidoso 3-5, 2-1
Last Weekend: Open
Last Weekend: Ruidoso 28, Hope 24
The Favorite: Portales
Hendo’s Take: Poratles is straight rolling, Ruidoso better have a good game plan in-line.
Watch For: Jamie Ramirez who has passed 722-yards, Bronte Staugaard who has rushed for 1,279-yards, for Ruidoso Cisco Mayville has rushed for 813-yards

No. 24 West Mesa - Open
West Mesa 3-5, 2-0
Last Weekend: Beat Rio Grande 48-6
Hendo’s Take: Still have a shot to make the playoffs. Finish the season with Atrisco and Albuquerque
Watch For: Marcos Gonzales has thrown for 762-yards, ran for 408-yards, and 12 touchdowns

No. 25 Atrisco Heritage - Defeated Rio Grande 44-7
Atrisco Heritage 3-5, 3-0
Rio Grande 0-7, 0-3
Aaron Bean ran for 150-yards
Sergio Loya ran for 150-yards
Next: West Mesa on Oct. 30th

Other Marquee Games
Del Norte @ Capital
Lordsburg @ Capitan
Tucumcari @ Clayton
Eunice @ Dexter
Melrose @ Dora
Gallup @ Miyamura
Ft. Sumner @ Hagerman
Belen @ Los Lunas
Albuquerque @ Valley
Santa Rosa @ Raton
Socorro @ Silver
West LV @ Taos
St. Mike’s @ Hope - Saturday

Complete Schedule For Week 9

Thursday, October 22nd
Rio Rancho 36, Cibola 17 Final
Atrisco Heritage 44, Rio Grande 7 Final
Eldorado 71, Highland 16 Final

Friday, October 23rd
Carlsbad @ Alamogordo
Del Norte @ Capital
Lordsburg @ Capitan
Alamo Navajo @ Carrizozo
Tucumcari @ Clayton
Magdalena @ Cloudcroft
Hatch @ Cobre
Cleveland @ Volcano Vista (Community)
Laguna @ Cuba
Eunice @ Dexter
Melrose @ Dora
Questa @ Escalante
Deming @ Mayfield
Gallup @ Miyamura
Tatum @ Gateway
Ft. Sumner @ Hagerman
Clovis @ Hobbs
Roy @ Lake Arthur
Mescalaero @ Logan
Espanola @ Los Alamos
Belen @ Los Lunas
Texico @ Loving
Goddard @ Lovington
Tularosa @ Mesilla Valley
Albuquerque @ Valley
St. Pius X @ Moriarty
Springer @ Mountainair
McCurdy @ Navajo Prep
Academy @ NMMI
Robertson @ Pojoaque
Ruidoso @ Portales
Santa Rosa @ Raton
Artesia @ Roswell
Floyd @ San Jon
Chaparral @ Santa Teresa
Socorro @ Silver
West LV @ Taos
Bloomfield @ Thoreau
Navajo Prep @ Toahtchi
Centennial @ Valencia
Corona @ Vaughn
La Cueva @ Sandia (Wilson)
Kirtland @ Wingate

Saturday, October 24th
Ramah @ Jemez Valley
St. Mike’s @ Hope
Shiprock @ Ts’e Yi Gai

Where you putting Rio Rancho and Eldo in the playoffs?

Cibola going to make it?

Magic-Mike put together another week topping performance with 10500 points and kept the overall lead, bear one, clarkmj, & fba1984 had 10000 and made big jumps in the overall positions and moved to the top of their divisions.

Top 4 from each league make the playoffs - I'll keep you posted when playoffs start.

Revisiting Coach of the Year - Nominations Wanted

Who you got?

What do you look at when nominating a coach for this award?

These may well be the rankings that the NMAA uses to seed on Sunday, unless MaxPreps does another ranking between now and then.

6A:
1. La Cueva (15-2-1) (last week’s ranking: 1)
2. Rio Rancho (14-4-1) (2)
3. Albuquerque (11-4-1) (3)
4. Atrisco Heritage (12-5-1) (4)
5. Cibola (11-5-1) (7)
6. Las Cruces (14-3-2) (6)
7. Eldorado (11-6) (5)
8. Sandia (9-6-2) (8)
9. Clovis (14-5) (9)
10. Cleveland (9-6-4) (10)
11. Hobbs (11-5) (13)
12. Volcano Vista (8-8-2) (12)
13. Gadsden (12-6-1) (11)
14 .Valley (8-8-1) (15)
15. Onate (9-9) (NR)

5A:
1. Academy (17-1-1) (last week’s ranking: 1)
2. Roswell (16-2-1) (2)
3. Los Alamos (12-5-2) (4)
4 .St. Pius X (11-5-3) (5)
5. Valencia (14-5) (6)
6. Santa Teresa (13-5-1) (3)
7. Farmington (13-4-2) (7)
8. Centennial (12-7) (8)
9. Capital (12-6-1) (9)
10. Los Lunas (12-7) (11)
11. Chaparral (10-7-2) (10)
12. Lovington (12-8) (12)
13. Goddard (9-9-1) (13)
14. Moriarty (10-8-1) (14)
15. Aztec (13-7) (15)

4A-A:
1. Bosque (13-3-3) (last week’s ranking: 1)
2. Taos (14-2-1) (2)
3. Sandia Prep (10-7-2) (4)
4. Hope Christian (12-6-1) (3)
5. Socorro (17-2-1) (5)
6. Hatch Valley (13-6-1) (6)
7. Santa Fe Prep (10-8-2) (7)
8. Rehoboth Christian (12-8) (8)
9. NMMI (7-8-1) (9)
10. Ruidoso (7-9-1) (11)
11. Monte Del Sol (9-9-1) (10)
12. East Mountain (7-11-1) (12)
13. Portales (4-12) (15)
14. St. Michael’s (5-13-1 ) (13)
15. Bloomfield (7-12) (14)

What is your Game Day Experience (Friday Night Routine) like on NMPreps.com.

• What do you like
• what do you want to see more of
• are you able to access the website on your phone

Any other feedback or input is welcomed

DAILY TRENDS FROM THURSDAY OF WEEK 10

Each we look at the daily trends for teams and how their stock for the playoffs looks like!

More: Week 10 Scoreboard

THE BIG THREE FROM THURSDAY

Cleveland - Trend Explodes - Trending UP
Volcano Vista - Trending Down
Why: Cleveland beats Volcano Vista as they continue to peak at the right time in the season. They move to over .500 at (9-8, 4-1) and also move to first place of District 1-6A. Volcano Vista falls to second place at (11-6, 5-2) and the trend is falling as they drop their 2 game out of 3.

Goddard - Trending Up
Artesia - Trending Down
Why: Goddard was called out by yours truly and said that they needed a big win of NMPreps.com's Week 10 Playoff Watch. Well, they answered that call and trend up. Bubble movement could be improved for week 11. Artesia couldn't afford a loss like this and now might suffer a pop.

Pojoaque Valley - Trending Up
Robertson - Trending Down
Why: We haven't released our playoff watch yet for 4A but either team losing this contest could be in trouble of missing the post season. West Las Vegas is the leader in this district and will get the auto.

Key Players From Thursday

Latshya Archuleta - St. Mikes - 9 kills in win over Hope.
Lyric Ellison - Volcano Vista - 14 kills in loss to Cleveland.
Gracie Puentes - Artesia - 13 kills in loss to Goddard.

Report Top 50 Performances

Scores from Thursday

Albuquerque over Valley, 3-0
Cleveland over Volcano Vista ,3-2
Goddard over Artesia, 3-2
Grady over Floyd, 3-0
Hatch Valley over Cobre, 3-0
La Cueva over Manzano, 3-0
Magdalena over Mescalero Apache, 3-0
Pojoaque over Robertson, 3-2
Portales over Clovis, 3-1
Santa Fe Indian over Bosque, 3-0
Santa Rosa over Raton, 3-0
St. Mike's over Hope, 3-2
St. Pius over Moriarty, 3-0
Texico over Eunice, 3-0

Note: Sorry that we didn't get a daily trends for Tuesday night.

Boys

4A District Champs
District 1: Bosque Bobcats
District 2: Santa Fe Prep Griffins
District 3: Socorro Warriors
District 4: Ruidoso Warriors
District 5: Taos Tigers
5A District Champs
District 1: Farmington Scorpions
District 2: Los Alamos Hilltoppers
District 3: Centennial Hawks
District 4: Roswell Coyotes
District 5: Academy Chargers
6A District Champs
District 1: Rio Rancho Rams
District 2: La Cueva Bears
District 3: Las Cruces Bulldawgs
District 4: Hobbs win if they beat Carlsbad on Saturday
District 5: Albuquerque Bulldogs

Girls

4A District Champs
District 1: Hope Christian Huskies
District 2: St. Mikes Horsemen
District 3: Socorro Warriors
District 4: East Mountain Timberwolves
District 5: Taos Tigers
5A District Champs
District 1: Farmington Scorpions
District 2: Los Alamos Hilltoppers
District 3: Centennial Hawks
District 4: Goddard Champs unless they somehow lose to Lovington
District 5: St. Pius Sartans (By 2 goals for)
6A District Champs
District 1: Rio Rancho wins if they beat Cleveland
District 2: La Cueva Bears
District 3: Las Cruces Bulldawgs
District 4: Hobbs Champs if they beat Carlsbad
District 5: Albuquerque Bulldogs

Some of these districts have endless scenarios, so I just wrote the easiest way the district would be decided

OK I am a dummy. I have unclicked all the things I thought I had to so as not to receive emails to responses from threads I have posted. My email is getting hammered with notices of response. How the heck do I get rid of those emails?

Discontinued featured

Read Through Week 7 Thread To See Why

You Pick Em Games For Week 9

Seeding Shake Up Games
Del Norte @ Capital +1,000 Capital (Upset is Del Norte +2,000)
Clovis @ Hobbs +2,000 for Clovis (Upset is Hobbs +3,000)
St. Pius X @ Moriarty +2,000 (Upset is Moriarty +3,000)
La Cueva @ Sandia +1,500 (Upset is La Cueva +3,000)
St. Mike’s @ Hope +1,500 (Upset is Hope +3,000)
Belen @ Los Lunas +1,500 Either Way

Watch The Upsets
Rio Rancho @ Cibola +500 (Upset is Cibola +2,500)
Carlsbad @ Alamogordo +500 (Upset is Carlsbad +2,500)
Hatch @ Cobre +500 (Upset is Cobre +2,500)
Cleveland @ Volcano Vista +500 (Upset is Volcano Vista +4,000)
Gallup @ Miyamura +500 (Upset is Gallup +3,000)
Albuquerque @ Valley +1,000 Either Way
Artesia @ Roswell +500 (Upset is Roswell +2,500)

How to make picks (Not my picks, I get mine posted each Thursday)
Del Norte
Clovis
St. Pius X
La Cueva
St. Mike's
etc.

Top 50 Performers for Week 8

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Adrian Loen - St. Pius X - Returned int for touchdown, ran for touchdown

Allen Michel - Moriarty - Ran for 150-yards against Grants

Brendon Charley - Bloomfield - Threw 3 touchdowns, ran for 2 touchdowns against Shiprock

Brendon Ramsey - Bloomfield - Caught for 144-yards and 3 touchdowns against Shiprock

Brook Quinones - Lovington - Threw 3 touchdowns against St. Pius X

Bryce ReWalt - Centennial - Scored 3 touchdowns against Chaparral

Cade Banard - Melrose - Threw 5 touchdowns against Gateway Christian

Carter Phillips - Sandia - Scored 1 touchdown against Eldorado

Dante Lopez - Centennial - Threw 4 touchdowns against Chaparral

Dante Urrea - Ran for 111-yards, threw for 165-yards, and one touchdown against Onate

Forest McKee - Onate - Ran for 141-yards and 2 touchdowns against Deming

Gabe Ortega - Cleveland - Scored 2 touchdowns against Santa Fe

Helio Lopez - Volcano Vista - 83-yards receiving with 2 touchdowns against Rio Rancho

Jacob Smelser - Onate - Returned fumble for touchdown against Deming

Jimmy Gallegos - Sandia - Ran for 100-yards and 1 touchdowns against Eldorado

Jordan Byrd - Manzano - Ran for 2 touchdowns against Highland

Josh Foley - Rio Rancho - Ran for 138-yards and 2 touchdowns against Volcano Vista

Josh Garrett - Dora - Ran for 257-yards and 3 touchdowns against Tatum

Josh Williams - Volcano Vista - Threw for 314-yards and scored 5 touchdowns against Rio Rancho

Junior Pena - Centennial - Returned kick for touchdown against Chaparral

Kameron Miller - Las Cruces - Scored 2 touchdowns against Gadsden

Kyle Idtensohn - Ft. Sumner - Ran for 353-yards and 5 touchdowns against Loving

Marcos Flores - Espanola - Scored 3 touchdowns against Del Norte

Mark Flores - Sandia - 10 tackles against Eldorado

Matt Gonzales - Piedra Vista - Ran for 86-yards and a touchdown against Miyamura

Noah Sweitzer - Eldorado - 15 tackles against Sandia

Omar Torres - Floyd - Ran for 107-yards and 2 touchdowns against Roy

Orlando Perez - Manzano - Ran for 144-yards and 3 touchdowns against Highland

Paul Rosales - Sandia - Kicked FG against Eldorado

Payton Ball - Las Cruces - Ran for 102-yards and 3 touchdowns against Gadsden

Rowdy Allen - Melrose - Caught 2 touchdowns against Gateway Christian

Scott Ramirez - Piedra Vista - Ran for 126-yards against Miyamura

Shawn Nieto - Cleveland - Scored 3 touchdowns against Santa Fe

Steven Bailey - Rio Rancho - Threw 3 touchdowns against Volcano Vista

Thomas Wisneski - Belen - Threw 3 touchdowns, ran for 1 touchdown against Valencia

Timothy Bunker - Belen - Ran for 140-yards against Valencia

Wyatt Williams - Melrose - Caught for 100-yards and 1 touchdown against Gateway Christian

LA CUEVA AND ONATE LEAD THE PACK

Today, on NMPreps.com we continue our weekly (Yes, sorry we took week 9 off) view of the 12-teams that will make up the state tournament. Teams are locks and have made it clear they will receive a bid to the state tournament while a select few are fighting for the chance.

6A

"THE AUTOMATICS"

This group belongs to those who have earned the right into the state tournament by winning their district. Yes, some districts are down but we still reward you for winning your region and I'm still in favor of this tradition.

D1-6A: Volcano Vista (11-5, 5-1). They lost to Cibola in week-9 but still hold the edge for the regular season DC.
D 2-6A: La Cueva (16-0, 6-0). What else can we say, this coaching staff is doing a phenomenal job.
D 3-6A: Onate (12-5, 5-0). Still haven't lost to a NM team and riding a 10-game winning streak.
D 4-6A: Hobbs (8-10, 4-0). We have our first change in the autos as the Lady Eagles are on a win streak of 4-games.
D 5-6A: Albuquerque (7-7, 4-0). The edged out West Mesa, who we had here in week-8's playoff look.

"THE AT-LARGE"

This group could get tricky, and arguments could (we wish they would) be given for others over teams that we have listed.

• Cibola (11-4, 3-2). The win over Volcano Vista only helps but like many teams in this group they have good and "not-so-good" things on their resume.
• Sandia (10-6, 4-2). They moved up on the playoff watch as a runner-up in a tough district like 2-6A helps. The win over Eldorado (or fall of Eldorado) only helped.
• Cleveland (8-8, 3-1). It's crazy to think at one point we had them ranked around 18th in 6A. They shake off their slow start and also move up in this weeks playoff look.
• Gadsden (8-8, 2-2). Okay now we "might" be reaching here but we edged the first bubble team out with a runner-up from a solid district. Arguments could be made for both teams. Keep reading.....

"BUBBLE IN - BOTTOM THREE"

• Eldorado (8-7, 2-3): Okay you kept reading, what keeps Eldorado in here is a under .500 district record this week. Things could always change but for now we have them behind Gadsden.
• Las Cruces (9-9, 3-3): Las Cruces is hard to judge and them (along with Mayfield) falling behind Gadsden in the district standings hurts bubble teams.
• Mayfield (12-6, 3-3): Fourth place might not get them in but hard to keep a 12-6 team out of the field.

"BUBBLE OUT"

• West Mesa (8-8, 5-1): They have the chance to bump Mayfield or Las Cruces but need to upset Albuquerque High once.
• Manzano (8-8, 2-4): Maybe a reach, needed an upset over Eldorado or Sandia then we could have possibly put them IN at the last spot.

HOW WE WOULD SEED THEM

#1. La Cueva
#2. Onate
#3. Volcano Vista
#4. Cibola
#5. Sandia
#6. Cleveland
#7. Gadsden
#8. Eldorado
#9. Las Cruces
#10. Mayfield
#11. Hobbs
#12. Albuquerque High

HOW THE POOLS WOULD SHAPE UP

Group-A
1-La Cueva, 8-Eldorado, 12-Albuquerque

Group-B
2-Onate, 7-Gadsden 11-Hobbs

Group-C
3-Volcano, 6-Cleveland, 10-Mayfield

Group-D
4-Cibola, 5-Sandia , 9-Las Cruces


5A PLAYOFF WATCH

Automatics

• District 1-5A: Piedra Vista (14-4, 6-0)
• District 2-5A: Los Alamos (14-3, 5-0)
• District 3-5A: Centennial (15-2, 6-1)
• District 4-5A: Roswell (15-2, 3-0)
• District 5-5A: St. Pius X (15-2, 4-0)

At-Large Bids

• Los Lunas (12-4, 6-1): Will get a high seed and the Centennial win is the best resume builder.
• Albuquerque Academy (12-5, 2-1): Still a solid resume and above other at-large teams.
• Farmington (9-8, 3-2): Not a bad resume and a DRU only helps.

Bubble Last Four In

• Moriarty (13-4, 1-2): Hard to leave a team out that is this many games over .500. Schedule could be an argument but they won the schedule they had.
• Artesia (12-5, 2-1): Resume is above the teams out at the moment.
• Santa Teresa (12-5, 4-3): The district strength is helping them out right now.
• Espanola Valley (9-8, 3-2): Right now as a DRU in 2-5A, over Del Norte but much could come from a tie-breaker.

Bubble First Two Out

• Del Norte (9-7, 4-2): Argument from Espanola Valley.
• Goddard (11-6, 1-2): Another deserving team but need a W over Roswell or Artesia, this moment would be an upset.

HOW WE WOULD SEED THEM

#1. St. Pius X
#2. Centennial
#3. Roswell
#4. Los Lunas
#5. Piedra Vista
#6. Los Alamos
#7. Albuquerque Academy
#8. Farmington
#9. Artesia
#10. Moriarty
#11. Santa Teresa
#12. Espanola Valley

HOW THE POOLS WOULD SHAPE UP

Group-A
1-St. Pius X, 8-Farmington, 12-Espanola Valley

Group-B
2-Centennial, 7-Albuquerque Academy, 11-Santa Teresa

Group-C
3-Roswell, 6-Los Alamos, 10-Moriarty

Group-D
4-Los Lunas, 5-Piedra Vista, 9-Artesia

I don't know if anyone cares too much about Colorado football and I am not too sure if there is such thing as a quality loss, but Bayfield and Durango are doing very well north of us.

Bayfield (beat Kirtland Central and Miyamura) is 6-0 and is currently ranked #2 in CO Coaches/Media poll and #1 on maxpreps in 2A. They beat Paonia and ended their 26 win streak. Link

Durango (beat PV, Farmington, and Aztec) is 7-0 and is currently ranked #5 in the CO Coaches/Media poll and #5 on maxpreps in 4A. They have a huge game this week taking on the #1 ranked and undefeated Pine Creek in Colorado Springs. They won the last two 4A championships and are on a 36 game win streak. Too far for me to travel but would be an awesome game watch, especially if Durango was to pull off an upset. Link

Anthony Robles RHP at La Cueva has committed to Eastern AZ College.

Wednesday’s results:
Volcano Vista 4, Santa Fe
Cleveland 1, Cibola 1
La Cueva 2, Eldorado 0
Rehoboth Christian at East Mountain
Los Alamos 10, Bernalillo 0

Thursday’s games:
La Cueva at Sandia
Gadsden at Las Cruces
Mayfield at Onate
West Mesa at Atrisco Heritage
Miyamura at Farmington
Academy at Moriarty
St. Pius at Grants
Centennial at Belen
Chaparral at Los Lunas
Santa Teresa at Valencia
Aztec at Piedra Vista
Del Norte at Manzano
Bloomfield at Hope Christian
Socorro at Hatch Valley
Santa Fe Prep at Sandia Prep
Rehoboth Christian at East Mountain

Cleveland entered the day with a shot at the district title in 1-6A, but their draw with Cibola not only gave Rio Rancho the district, but now may finish fourth in district. Assuming Cibola (3-3-1) beats last-place Santa Fe, a Rio Rancho win over Cleveland (3-1-3) on Saturday would leave Cibola second, Volcano Vista (4-3-1) third and Cleveland fourth. If Cleveland beats Rio Rancho, the Storm would be second, Cibola third and Volcano Vista fourth. If Cleveland and Rio Rancho draw, it will be 2) Volcano Vista; 3) Cleveland; 4) Cibola.

La Cueva’s win over Eldorado clinches the district. Today the Bears play Sandia in a game with big implications for seeding: La Cueva is playing for a No. 1 seed while a Sandia win or draw assures them a second-place finish in district at puts them ahead of Eldorado in the seeding. Academy wins its district with a win at Moriarty. Centennial, Santa Teresa and Chaparral get back on the bus for three key District 3-5A games in Valencia County.

Boom!

NMOC's Mom and BigKat's Grand Mom passed away last night. She was lovingly known as Momma Football. She was one amazing lady and the amount of Lovington games she watched in her life would be a huge number. Prayers for the family and for the Wildcats who lost their Momma Football.

Sergio Carvajal (Roswell/Class of 2016) The Roswell boys are killing it again this season, with only 2 losses and 1 tie so far. Sergio Carvajal leads his team in scoring as he has 24 on the season. Carvajal's biggest game yet occurred on Monday, as he knocked in 5 against the Portales keeper as the Coyotes defeated the Rams 6-1. He then went on to score 2 of the Coyotes 10 goals against Artesia on Thursday and had an assist as Roswell beat Goddard by 1 on Saturday. Roswell has 2 regular season games yet, so be on the lookout for Carvajal to add some impressive goals.

Madie Trainor (Sandia Prep/Class of 2017) Madie Trainor is a multisport athletic machine. She has taken her junior soccer season and exceeded all expectations expected of her. Trainor currently sits 3rd in the state in all classifications in scoring, with 36 and an average 3 goals a game. This week, Trainor had an assist in the Sundevils victory over district opponent Bosque and knocked in a season high 5 goals against Rehoboth. Prep has only lost 1 game in which Trainor has scored, winning the other 11. The Sundevils next matchup will be against rival Hope Christian, where Trainor looks to score one past the defending state champions

Cibola Boys (11-5) The Cibola Boys are a team to look out for as the season comes to a close. Yes they have 5 losses on their record, however, they haven't lost by more than 1 goal all year. Their last two games, the Cougars have gotten revenge from earlier in this year as they blanked Volcano Vista and snuck a win against Rio Rancho, both of whom were ranked higher than the Cougars. The Cougars spread out their scoring, as 12 different players have scored a goal this season, with Joshua Garcia and Isahia Juarez leading the pack with 6 a piece. Enrico Sanchez has done a fair job between the sticks as he has only allowed 10 goals by in the 15 games played. The Cougars have 2 regular season games left against Cleveland and Santa Fe.