Preview & Predictions: Friday Night Football in New Mexico
The La Cueva Bears will head to Rio Rancho for one of two semifinal games that will take place tonight in New Mexico. The two schools met on August 27th with the Rams winning 50-0. The other game taking place will be the 1-seed Cleveland Storm traveling south to 5-seed Las Cruces tonight. This is also a re-match of a game that took place on September 10th with Cleveland winning 42-7.
No. 1 Cleveland (11-0) at No. 5 Las Cruces (7-4)
Players to Watch for Cleveland: Evan Wysong (2023/QB); Lucious Dickson (2022/RB); Nic Trujillo (2023/WR); Stratton Shufelt (2024/LB)
Players to Watch for Las Cruces: Dallas Boyd (2022/QB); Zayke Hawkins (2024/WR); Seth Chavez (2022/TE); Elijah Orgas (2022/RB-SS)
NMPreps Prediction: Cleveland 34, Las Cruces 21
No. 3 La Cueva Bears (10-1) at No. 2 Rio Rancho Rams (8-1)
Players to Watch for Rio Rancho: Dominick Priddy (2022/QB); Zach Vigil (2022/RB); Fabino Valdez (2022); Cayden Romero (2022/OL); Lucas Lucero (2022/FS)
Players to Watch for La Cueva: Aidan Armenta (2023/QB); Exodus Ayers (2023/WR); Gabriel Buie (2023/RB); Hunter Haemaker (2022/LB)
NMPreps Prediction: Rio Rancho 40, La Cueva 28
The La Cueva Bears will head to Rio Rancho for one of two semifinal games that will take place tonight in New Mexico. The two schools met on August 27th with the Rams winning 50-0. The other game taking place will be the 1-seed Cleveland Storm traveling south to 5-seed Las Cruces tonight. This is also a re-match of a game that took place on September 10th with Cleveland winning 42-7.
No. 1 Cleveland (11-0) at No. 5 Las Cruces (7-4)
Players to Watch for Cleveland: Evan Wysong (2023/QB); Lucious Dickson (2022/RB); Nic Trujillo (2023/WR); Stratton Shufelt (2024/LB)
Players to Watch for Las Cruces: Dallas Boyd (2022/QB); Zayke Hawkins (2024/WR); Seth Chavez (2022/TE); Elijah Orgas (2022/RB-SS)
NMPreps Prediction: Cleveland 34, Las Cruces 21
No. 3 La Cueva Bears (10-1) at No. 2 Rio Rancho Rams (8-1)
Players to Watch for Rio Rancho: Dominick Priddy (2022/QB); Zach Vigil (2022/RB); Fabino Valdez (2022); Cayden Romero (2022/OL); Lucas Lucero (2022/FS)
Players to Watch for La Cueva: Aidan Armenta (2023/QB); Exodus Ayers (2023/WR); Gabriel Buie (2023/RB); Hunter Haemaker (2022/LB)
NMPreps Prediction: Rio Rancho 40, La Cueva 28