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Player Rankings Quarterback Stats Through Week 3

Here is a look at the passing leaders through week 3. Text updates to (505) 414-4313 or post here.

Stats

Payton Ball - Las Cruces - 784-yards, 6 touchdowns (Junior)

Cody Smith - Aztec - 772-yards, 5 touchdowns

Johnny Plowman - Lordsburg - 747-yards, 10 touchdowns

Chris Campbell - La Cueva - 745-yards, 8 TDs.

Evan Cesareo - Lovington - 607-yards, 6 touchdowns (Freshman). 231 and 2 TDS rushing.

Dante Lopez - Centennial - 604-yards, 8 touchdowns

Kyle Hooper - Alamogordo - 586-yards, 8-TDs, 32 for 59, 3 Int.

Daniel Rael - Pojoaque - 584-yards, 7 touchdowns

Gannon Chavez - Cibola - 521-yards, 3-TDs.

Dillon Gassoway - Volcano Vista - 507-yards, 3 touchdowns

Nicholas Gaerlan - Los Lunas - 460-yards, 9 touchdowns (Sophomore)

Nic Little - Rio Rancho - 382-yards (34 of 62). 5-TDS, 1 Int. 169-yards rushing, 2 TDs.

Leaders

Las Cruces' Payton Ball leads the state in passing with 784-yards and 6 touchdowns. Also has 168-yards rushing and 5 rushing touchdowns.

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Most Likely To Upset in Week 4

Most Likely To Upset in Week 4

  • Grants vs No. 43 Hope Christian

  • No. 29 West Mesa vs No. 14 La Cueva

  • No. 6 Onate vs No. 1 Rio Rancho

  • No. 35 Albuquerque vs No. 8 Eldorado

  • No. 7 Centennial vs No. 2 Cleveland

  • No. 24 Goddard vs No 9 Clovis

  • No. 50 Lovington vs No. 22 Hobbs

  • No. 44 Ruidoso vs No. 27 Robertson

  • Hagerman vs Ft. Sumner

  • Capitan vs No. 30 Estancia


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Most Likely To Upset in Week 4

Weekly Upset Chances
Grants (1-2) vs No. 43 Hope Christian (2-1): The Pirates beat the odds last week, defeating the then ranked Los Alamos Hilltoppers. Hope Christian got shutout last week with a bit of a placement game. Grants has the opportunity to again pull the upset if they control the tempo and not let Hope Christian get big plays, they do have some athletes to make the plays.

No. 29 West Mesa (1-2) vs No. 14 La Cueva (1-2): West Mesa hasn't answered the call of being a Top-12 (State Tournament) tier team with another tough loss last week to middle tier Volcano Vista. La Cueva has played an extremely tough schedule to this point. West Mesa will need to get them after being banged up playing a tough slate if they hope to pull an upset.

No. 6 Onate (2-1) vs No. 1 Rio Rancho (3-0): The statement game for both teams. Onate has one loss on the schedule, to No. 2 Cleveland in a tough battle. Onate will need to slow down the Rio Rancho offensive and they have the weapons to make it happen. Rio Rancho has the tools on both sides of the ball though and Onate will need to find offensive production to pull the upset, they had it last week in running back Sal Yanez.

No. 44 Ruidoso (1-2) vs No. No. 27 Robertson (3-0): Ruidoso earned the much needed first win last week and gained some confidence in their offense. Robertson showed some vulnerability last week in a close win over a winless Santa Rosa team. Ruidoso will need to keep the score low, Robertson hasn't been explosive, but Ruidoso hasn't held teams from scoring either. Game management will be huge as Robertson has been able to manage games well for the most part.

No. 7 Centennial (3-0) vs No. No. 2 Cleveland (3-0): The Centennial Hawks are making a great impression, their first in 6A. Cleveland is finding ways to win in a transition year, after winning the state championship in 2015 and losing key prospects. Centennial has been big in the second half, even if they come back. Cleveland has been able to comeback and win big games as well. Battle of who wins the fourth quarter.

Player Rankings Top 50 Performers From Week Three

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Don't wait to send an email next Wednesday upset. (haha)

Top Players
Jordan Byrd - Manzano - 50-yard touchdown run vs Cibola.
O'Maury Samuels - Los Lunas - 50-yard touchdown run and 39-yard touchdown run for 3-touchdowns on the night.
Angelo Trujillo - Cleveland - 46-yard touchdown run.
Shawn Nieto - Cleveland - 5 rushing touchdowns on the night.
Josh Foley - Rio Rancho - 162-yards rushing, 3 touchdowns.
Kyle Hooper - Alamogordo - 4 passing touchdowns, 220 passing yards.
Alex Ramirez - Alamogordo - 65-yard punt return, 75-yards receiving.
Derrick Carrasco - Rio Rancho - 123-yards receiving.
Taylor Null - Artesia - Threw for 4-touchdowns.
Sal Yanez - Onate - 160-yards rushing, 4 touchdowns on the night.
Dylan DiLorenzo - St. Pius X - 4-touchdowns in the win.

Player Rankings Top 25 Special Teams Players

Top 25 Special Teams Players

Alex Ramirez, Alamogordo - Punt Returner - Has a 65-yard return (Week Three).
Saul Trujillo, Hatch Valley - Kicker - Hit a 28-yard FG.
Isiah Martinez, Laguna-Acoma - Had a return kick off for a TD (Week Two).
Brett Money, Alamogordo - Kicker - Hit 8 PATS in Week Three. Was 4 for 4 PATS week two. 15 for 17 PATs on the season.
Ivan Molina, Las Cruces - Return kick 97-yards week one.

Please add or email me and I will update the list.

Almost Midseason Review

Add your thoughts below.

Surprises:
  1. Belen boys! Won more games this year already than the last two years. What a turn around. Wonder how many W's they will have at end of season.
  2. Las Cruces and Mayfield boys teams struggling. New coach at LCHS, Mayfield coach has been there 2-3 years...didnt see either of them falling this far so early. Looks like Gadsden and Hobbs are the way early favorites in that district....can Centennial get up there?
I was wrong about.....
  1. Diego Flores and Los Lunas....what happened? Team wins are way down and his goal total is low? There went my pick for POTY. Still think he's a baller though.

I want to learn more about:
  1. Captial. The toughest team they have faced was Roswell and they came out with a win. Is their pre-district schedule gonna prepare them for AA and Los Alamos?

ONE STOP: WEEK FOUR COVERAGE

Previews
Top-25 Games To Watch
10 Things Small School (Coming Soon)
Games To Watch Outside the Top-25 (Coming Soon)

Features
Week Three Players of the Week
Most Likely To Upset in Week Four
Monday Rapid Fire: What Have You Done So Far?
State Tournament Predictions (Coming Soon)
Friday Rapid Fire: Bold Picks, Trends and More (Coming Soon)

Schedule
Week Four Schedule

Players
Top Special Teams Players

Rankings
Fab 50 Rankings
Classification Rankings

Week Three Players of the Week

Week Three Players of the Week
Joshua J Grine of NMPreps.com

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.


OVERALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - TORRY LOCKLIN - MAYFIELD HS

The 6-foot-3, junior quarterback for the No. 3 Mayfield Trojans (2-1) earns the Week Three Player of the Week Award with an impressive performance against a Top-10 team in Eldorado. Locklin, came alive in the second half of the Saturday afternoon game guiding the Trojans to a win. Locklin, finished the day with 237-yards and 4 touchdowns.

WEEK FOUR ALL-TATE BRANCH TEAM

Top 15 From Week Three
QB: Torry Locklin, Mayfield
QB: Taylor Null, Artesia
QB: Cooper Carson, Hatch Valley
RB: Josh Foley, Rio Rancho
RB: Cisco Mayville, Ruidoso
RB: Shawn Nieto, Cleveland
RB: Sal Yanez, Onate
RB: Dee Smith, Alamogordo
WR: Dylan DiLorenzo, St. Pius X
WR/QB: Tyrese Dawson, Portales
K: Brett Money, Alamogordo
Defense: Joren Dickey, Volcano Vista
Defense: Lucas McNatt, Capital
Defense: Henry Roybal, Pojoaque Valley
Defense: Trevor Brohard, Los Lunas

Past Weeks
Week Two Award Winner: Josh Foley, Rio Rancho

Defense we don't need no stinking Defense

So Friday Night the Andrews Mustangs and Levelland Lobos played. Both teams have have great offensive teams. Levelland quarterback Nick Gerber completed 31 of 44 for 549 yards 9 touchdowns in the air. He also had 109 yards rushing. Andrew's quarterback Triston Williams finished the night going 27 of 45 for 401 yards and 6 touchdowns passing. Last year Williams had 9 touchdown passes in this matchup. Former Artesia Bulldog, Tom Harvey is Secondary Coach at Andrews and a heck of a good Coach.

FINAL SCORE ANDREWS 77 LEVELLAND 76

Battle of the Borders

Here is the answer to the question always asked...Can NM compete with neighboring states. Now these rosters were put together by graduating classes. Had to take a certain amount of Fresh/Soph/Juniors/Seniors.

2016 - New Mexico 0-4 Only one game was out of hand - Sunday lost to OK 13-5.
2015 - NM went 3-1 and was one run away from the Championship
So yes it cycles for NM

This year every pitcher we faced was either a SEC, Big 12, or Wichita State (2) commit except for one kid who was undecided but was a 2019 going 86-88.

Most impressive thing I saw besides the number of colleges and pro scouts at the event...2020 RHP from Owasso, OK sitting 92-94 hitting the corners with a real breaking ball. It was unreal. Also there was a 5'9/180 7th grader playing for Team LA. His brother an LSU commit will probably be a top 40 overall pick this June.

Team TX beat Team AR for the championship.
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ENMU vs WNMU

ENMU Defeats WNMU in home opener. WNMU started one New Mexico Kid.

ENMU's NEW MEXICO KIDS THAT CONTRIBUTED

Kamal Cass (RB Clovis) 31-232 (2 TD’s) Rushing *Currently leads the nation in rushing per game

Ismael Garret (RB Deming) 5-21 Rushing

J.J. Granados (RB Las Cruces) 4-12 Rushing

Daryl Wiggins (RB Del Norte) 1-18 Rushing, 2 Tackles on Special Teams

Wyat Strand (QB Logan) 5-11 100 yards Passing, 2 TD’s (1 Passing, 1 Rushing)

Adam Lucero (QB Aztec) 1-2 7 yards Passing



Brad Hardin (LB Aztec) Led ENMU with 10 Tackles

Q. Branch (DB Manzano) 1 Int., 1 Tackle

Gary Thibeaux-Moore (DB West Mesa) 2 Tackles

Todd Countee (DB Manzano) 2 Tackles

Charles Countee (DB Manzano) 1 Tackle

Dante Urea (DB Deming) 1 Tackle

Dakota Montoya (DL Clayton) 1 Tackle, 1 QB Pressure

Kolter West (LB Ft. Sumner) 1 Tackle



Lane Cummings (C Las Cruces) Started on Oline *ENMU Currently leads the nation in rushing, and the LSC in Total Offense

Rudy Guerra (G Las Cruces) Started on Oline

Mister Birdo (T Las Cruces) Started on Oline

Russel Montoya (WR Valley) Rotated at WR

Cody Miller (WR Grants) Rotated at WR

Mathew Carr (DE Ruidosa) Rotated at DE
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