Congratulations to the Eunice Cardinals for the grand opening of their totally new $12 million dollar stadium. Congratulations to the Jal Panthers for their beautiful new stadium. Eunice already has probably the most awesome looking field house in the state. The complex is amazing considering the Eunice population is barely over 3,000. There has been much ado lately about Katy, Texas and their new $70 million stadium. They have to share it with no less than 7 high schools which is about a $10 million dollar breakdown per school. Eunice poured in $12 million for just itself. I think Eunice as small as it is wins that battle over a huge Houston suburb in Texas. Again, way to go Eunice and Jal!

What do you have this week? (Ding, ding)

I remember back in the mid 80s me and my dad and his friend were camped in the capitan mtns deer hunting...we ate supper and drove to watch capitan play somebody....the pinion smoke was drifting over the field....2 football players were in the band in their uniforms at half....the refs stopped the game to explain a call to a guy that was in the seats....pure small town football...loved it

Couldcroft (49ppg) and Mountainair (52ppg) combine for over 75 points:
Clovis blanks Goddard:
Cibola is more likely to get a win this week than Mayfield:
An Atrisco win over Sandia will eventually give them a home game in the playoffs:
A Los Lunas win in Roswell will have Jeremy Maupin on top of the coach of the year race - after week 4:

Read: Staff Picks

Use this thread to discuss your pick 'ems.

What do you have after three weeks?

What does your bracket look like this week?

Post here or text in stats. Thanks in advance for highlighting your players.

What players will have big games this week?

The weekly sacrifice to the HS FB Gods

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/5-things-we-learned-from-week-3

Top games overall and for each classification

...has committed to Santa Clara. Gavin had a great summer. Big time left handed power bat and it doesn't hurt having a 30+ ACT!

Drew Price of Goddard committed to NMSU today! Super proud of Drew and his family! He's a great kid with a great support system!

The week three NMPreps.com/Tate Branch All-New Mexico Awards. Each week we will award an overall player of the week along with a North/South Player of the Week.

Read: Award Winners for Week 3

What Did We Learn in Week 3?

Most Likely to Upset in Week Four?

after three weeks

Tuesday
Mayfield (5-1-1) at Carlsbad (4-2). Yes, district games on September 5, due to the size of 3-6A (some of the four-team districts won’t start district play for another month). Both of these teams are off to good starts and could end up in the running for a district title.
Centennial (5-2) at Hobbs (4-1-1). Two more teams that might contend for that district title.
Gadsden (5-2) at Onate (6-1). Ditto. If you’re scoring at home, the 3-6A teams are a combined 27-12-2 to this point.
St. Pius (1-3) at Eldorado (4-1). No idea what that 1-3 record means for St. Pius, considering that all three losses came against teams from Washington, D.C. (all the scores were close).

Wednesday
Atrisco Heritage (1-2-2) at Volcano Vista (4-1). Two teams capable of beating anyone in 6A on a given night.
Capital (4-0-1) at Rio Rancho (4-3). Capital won the Roswell tournament last weekend. The bad news for the Jaguars is that they have scored only seven goals in five games; the much better news is that they have yet to give up a single goal.

Thursday
Academy tournament first round: Cleveland vs. Los Alamos, Farmington vs. Goddard, Hope Christian vs. Roswell, Academy vs. Bosque. Probably the best overall field of any weekend tournament in the state, and should have entertaining matchups all weekend.
Albuquerque High (4-1) vs. La Cueva (4-0-1). Rematch of last week’s APS tourney semifinal won by the Bears in double overtime.

Friday
Academy tournament second round.

Saturday
Academy tournament final round.
Las Cruces (3-3) at Gadsden.
Onate at Mayfield.
Carlsbad at Centennial.
Rio Rancho at Eldorado.
Hobbs (4-1-1) at Alamogordo (4-3-1).

Marks the 10th consecutive victory for ENMU over WNMU