Thursday night kicked off the 2022 New Mexico high school football season. We take a look at the games that took place around the state.
Things That Stood Out
Elijah Brody, 2023 (West Mesa) was electric tonight finished with 4 touchdowns and 220-yards passing.
Sandia has the opportunity to be very good. Will they?
Will the Albuquerque Academy Chargers be good enough to beat the Lovington Wildcats? They have the pieces.
Quick Over/Under Reaction
Santa Fe looks to be in a rebuild this season and could be looking at a long season.
West Mesa looked solid in the opener but can they do it again? They will have to limit turnovers that could haunt them against a more seasoned team.
Albuquerque Academy could have put a mercy rule on Rio Grande. Some minor, first game jitters, could have got the best of them early.
Sandia either came out sluggish or the Atrisco Heritage duo is something special?
Recaps
Albuquerque Academy 37, Rio Grande 0
From the start it looked like this one could end very early. Within the first three minutes of the game the Chargers went up 14-0 before some football life showed up for the Rio Grande Ravens. The Ravens had a key sack by Diego Quintana along with an Alejandro Quintana run. The much bigger and loaded with weapons Albuquerque Academy flexed early though behind the stellar play of Kellen Gehres (2023) on both sides of the ball. Gehres had an early touchdown and interception for the Charges. Cole Conway (2023) also reached the end zone early
West Mesa 56, Santa Fe 12
After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the West Mesa Mustangs reeled off 56 points in a win over the visiting Santa Fe Demons. The star of the night was senior quarterback Elijah Brody who went 10-13 passing and over 220-yards passing. He would total 4 touchdowns in the win as the Mustangs move to 1-0 to start the Landrick Brody era at West Mesa. Santa Fe High will start the season 0-1 and searching for some answers. The lone bright spot for the Demons was a 69-yard touchdown pass from Michael Abeyta to Bryce Melton. Abeyta finished the night with two touchdown passes the first going to Damian Bustamante.
Scores
Thursday, August 18th
Albuquerque Academy 37, Rio Grande 0 - F
Belen-JV 22, Wingate 20 - F
Crownpoint 40, Valley, Arizona 6 - F
Cuba 49, Santa Fe Indian 6 - F
Jal 65, Tucumcari 0 - F
Loving vs Carlsbad-JV -
Mountainair at Jemez Valley -
Sandia 59, Atrisco Heritage 37 - F
Valley 36, Bernalillo 0 - F
West Mesa 56, Santa Fe 12 - F
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