We recap everthing from Friday night of Week Four football in New Mexico. From every corner of the state we take a look at the action from the night.
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Top 25 Recap
No. 1 Rio Rancho 38, No. 5 Onate 10: The Rio Rancho Rams led by one of the best defenses in the state improve to an impressive 4-0 start to the season. Onate falls to 2-2 on the season with the loss. Big plays on the day are a Logan Burere 55 yard pass to Ryan Lucero, Rio Rancho touchdown along with a pair of Nic Little touchdown passes.
No. 2 Cleveland 49, No. 7 Centennial 33: The Cleveland Storm move to (4-0) on the season with a Top-10 win over Centennial on Friday night. The night started with a Niko Papadopoulos, Cleveland 5-yard touchdown run as the Storm never looked back even with Centennial attempts to get back into the game. Centennial drops to 3-1 on the season.
No. 5 Artesia 49, Deming 6: The Artesia Bulldogs start the season 4-0 with the win over unranked Deming (0-4) on Friday night. The Bulldogs were led by Taylor Null who accounted for 5-touchdowns for the Bulldogs.
No. 9 Clovis 27, No. 24 Goddard 14: The Clovis Wildcats get back on the winning side with a 27-14 win over No. 24 Goddard on Friday night. Goddard drops its third game in a row and sits at 1-3 on the season.
No. 12 Volcano Vista 35, No. 3 Mayfield 21: With arguably one of the bigger wins in Volcano Vista history the Hawks improve to 3-1 on the season with the win over No. 3 Mayfield (2-2) on Friday night. Hawks running back Chris Streetz had a pair of first half touchdowns, sitting the second half with an injury led the way for the Hawks. Dillon Gassoway also had a pair of touchdown passes including a 30-yard touchdown.
No. 13 Piedra Vista 42, Aztec 7: The Piedra Vista Panthers (4-0) went down 7-0 to start the game but scored the remaining 42-points in the game to stay undefeated. Aztec drops to (1-3) in the season with the loss. Avery Norton, RB, ran for 5-touchdowns on the night for the Panthers.
No. 14 La Cueva 49, West Mesa 7: The La Cueva Bears walked it's way to a big win as they improve to 2-2 on the season. The Bears defeat the Mustangs who drop their third consecutive game falling to 1-3 on the season. Play of the night was a Chris Campbell to Kevin Fanelli 78-yard touchdown.
No. 15 Los Lunas 49, No. 18 Roswell 14: Flexing their way to a big win the Los Lunas Tigers improve to 4-0 on the season with the win over Roswell (3-1). The Tigers found production from running O'Maury Samuels and quarterback Nick Gaerlan on the evening.
No. 16 Alamogordo 34, No. 17 St. Pius X 33: Living up to the hype the Tigers of Alamogordo protected their home field with a 1-point win on the night. The Sartans fall for the first time this season, 3-1 on the year. Kyle Hooper led the charge for the Tigers with 292-yards passing, 4 touchdowns. Dee Smith also a huge night for Alamogordo with 197-yards rushing with a touchdown. Receiver Alex Ramirez had 2 touchdowns on 107-yards.
No. 19 Belen 49, Rio Grande 0: The Belen Eagles (4-0) soared to a shutout win over Rio Grande (0-4) on Friday Night. Several Eagles scored on the night including a Travis Bunker 25-yard TD run. Dominick Garcia also added a 27-yard TD run of his own on the night.
No. 21 Moriarty 55, Espanola Valley: Quarterback Elijah Tapia kicked the night off with a 51-yard touchdown for the Moriarty Pintos (4-0) as they never looked back running free to a 55-8 win over unranked Espanola Valley (0-4).
No. 22 Hobbs 56, Lovington 0: The Hobbs Eagles (1-3) earned their first win of the season led by the arm of Gavin Hardison. Hardison hit Finney of Hobbs a pair of times but highlighted with a 46-yard touchdown pass to start the night. Lovington falls to (0-4) on the season.
Durango, Colorado 32, No. 25 Farmington 26: The Durango football team kept the Farmington Scorpions without a win on the season with the home win. Farmington falls to (0-3-1) on the year. Durango took the lead early and held off any Farmington comeback attempt.
Rapid Fire
Escalante stays perfect with a win over Pojoaque Valley, 32-26.
Dexter, ranked in the Fab 50 in week four, dominated Tucucmcari on the night, 56-6.
Miaymura earned a playoff bubble game over Capital in convincing fashion, 40-6.
Socorro (4-0) has the interest peaked with a 27-8 win over previously unbeaten Laguna-Acoma.
Robertson, right outside the Top-25, earned the respect with a 47-14 win over Ruidoso. They sit at (4-0).
Hatch Valley's 16-game win streak comes to a close with a loss to Benson, Arizona (48-21) on the road.
Portales, like Robertson on the verge of the Top-25 solidified the contenders from pretenders with a 41-13 win over St. Mikes.
Top Plays From the Night
Elijah Tapia, Moriarty 51-yard TD run.
Gavin Hardison to Cason Clay, Hobbs on a 70-yard TD.
Taylor Null to Chaney Hardt on a 52-yard TD pass.
Angelo Trujillo, Cleveland a 43-yard TD pass to Daniel Johnson.
Dominic Madrid a 62-yard TD reception for Artesia.
Joseph Martinez, Escalante a 30-yard pick-6 TD.
Chris Campbell to Kevin Fanelli, La Cueva for 78-yard TD pass.
Brett Money, Alamogordo hits a 38-yard FG.
Isaiah Weiderman, Artesia an 80-yard TD run.
Logan Burere 55 yard pass to Ryan Lucero, Rio Rancho TD.
Angelo Trujillo, Cleveland an 80-yard TD pass to Daniel Johnson.
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Scoreboard
Alamogordo 41, St. Pius X 33 - F
Artesia 49, Deming 6 - F
Belen 49, Rio Grande 0 - F
Benson, Arizona 48, Hatch Valley 21- F
Bloomfield 26, Bernalillo 0 - F
Chaparral 26, Gadsden 8 - F
Cleveland 49, Centennial 33 -F
Clint, Texas 32, Silver 28 - F
Clovis 27, Goddard 14 - F
Dexter 56, Tucumcari 6 - F
Durango, Colorado 32, Farmington 26 - F
Escalante 38, Pojoaque 14
Estancia 20, Capitan 14 - F
Eunice 19, Texico 6 - F
Grants 28, Hope 21 - F
Hobbs 56, Lovington 0 - F
Kirtland Central 40, Los Alamos 14 - F
La Cueva 49, West Mesa 7 - F
Lordsburg 14, Hot Springs 0 - F
Los Lunas 49, Roswell 14 - F
Miyamura 40, Capital 6 - F
Moriarty 55, Espanola Valley 8 - F
Piedra Vista 42, Aztec 7 - F
Portales 41, St. Michael's 13 - F
Rio Rancho 38, Onate 10 - F
Robertson 47, Ruidoso 14 - F
Shiprock 28, Gallup 14 - F
Socorro 27, Laguna-Acoma 8 - F
Volcano Vista 35, Mayfield 21 - F
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Top 25 Recap
No. 1 Rio Rancho 38, No. 5 Onate 10: The Rio Rancho Rams led by one of the best defenses in the state improve to an impressive 4-0 start to the season. Onate falls to 2-2 on the season with the loss. Big plays on the day are a Logan Burere 55 yard pass to Ryan Lucero, Rio Rancho touchdown along with a pair of Nic Little touchdown passes.
No. 2 Cleveland 49, No. 7 Centennial 33: The Cleveland Storm move to (4-0) on the season with a Top-10 win over Centennial on Friday night. The night started with a Niko Papadopoulos, Cleveland 5-yard touchdown run as the Storm never looked back even with Centennial attempts to get back into the game. Centennial drops to 3-1 on the season.
No. 5 Artesia 49, Deming 6: The Artesia Bulldogs start the season 4-0 with the win over unranked Deming (0-4) on Friday night. The Bulldogs were led by Taylor Null who accounted for 5-touchdowns for the Bulldogs.
No. 9 Clovis 27, No. 24 Goddard 14: The Clovis Wildcats get back on the winning side with a 27-14 win over No. 24 Goddard on Friday night. Goddard drops its third game in a row and sits at 1-3 on the season.
No. 12 Volcano Vista 35, No. 3 Mayfield 21: With arguably one of the bigger wins in Volcano Vista history the Hawks improve to 3-1 on the season with the win over No. 3 Mayfield (2-2) on Friday night. Hawks running back Chris Streetz had a pair of first half touchdowns, sitting the second half with an injury led the way for the Hawks. Dillon Gassoway also had a pair of touchdown passes including a 30-yard touchdown.
No. 13 Piedra Vista 42, Aztec 7: The Piedra Vista Panthers (4-0) went down 7-0 to start the game but scored the remaining 42-points in the game to stay undefeated. Aztec drops to (1-3) in the season with the loss. Avery Norton, RB, ran for 5-touchdowns on the night for the Panthers.
No. 14 La Cueva 49, West Mesa 7: The La Cueva Bears walked it's way to a big win as they improve to 2-2 on the season. The Bears defeat the Mustangs who drop their third consecutive game falling to 1-3 on the season. Play of the night was a Chris Campbell to Kevin Fanelli 78-yard touchdown.
No. 15 Los Lunas 49, No. 18 Roswell 14: Flexing their way to a big win the Los Lunas Tigers improve to 4-0 on the season with the win over Roswell (3-1). The Tigers found production from running O'Maury Samuels and quarterback Nick Gaerlan on the evening.
No. 16 Alamogordo 34, No. 17 St. Pius X 33: Living up to the hype the Tigers of Alamogordo protected their home field with a 1-point win on the night. The Sartans fall for the first time this season, 3-1 on the year. Kyle Hooper led the charge for the Tigers with 292-yards passing, 4 touchdowns. Dee Smith also a huge night for Alamogordo with 197-yards rushing with a touchdown. Receiver Alex Ramirez had 2 touchdowns on 107-yards.
No. 19 Belen 49, Rio Grande 0: The Belen Eagles (4-0) soared to a shutout win over Rio Grande (0-4) on Friday Night. Several Eagles scored on the night including a Travis Bunker 25-yard TD run. Dominick Garcia also added a 27-yard TD run of his own on the night.
No. 21 Moriarty 55, Espanola Valley: Quarterback Elijah Tapia kicked the night off with a 51-yard touchdown for the Moriarty Pintos (4-0) as they never looked back running free to a 55-8 win over unranked Espanola Valley (0-4).
No. 22 Hobbs 56, Lovington 0: The Hobbs Eagles (1-3) earned their first win of the season led by the arm of Gavin Hardison. Hardison hit Finney of Hobbs a pair of times but highlighted with a 46-yard touchdown pass to start the night. Lovington falls to (0-4) on the season.
Durango, Colorado 32, No. 25 Farmington 26: The Durango football team kept the Farmington Scorpions without a win on the season with the home win. Farmington falls to (0-3-1) on the year. Durango took the lead early and held off any Farmington comeback attempt.
Rapid Fire
Escalante stays perfect with a win over Pojoaque Valley, 32-26.
Dexter, ranked in the Fab 50 in week four, dominated Tucucmcari on the night, 56-6.
Miaymura earned a playoff bubble game over Capital in convincing fashion, 40-6.
Socorro (4-0) has the interest peaked with a 27-8 win over previously unbeaten Laguna-Acoma.
Robertson, right outside the Top-25, earned the respect with a 47-14 win over Ruidoso. They sit at (4-0).
Hatch Valley's 16-game win streak comes to a close with a loss to Benson, Arizona (48-21) on the road.
Portales, like Robertson on the verge of the Top-25 solidified the contenders from pretenders with a 41-13 win over St. Mikes.
Top Plays From the Night
Elijah Tapia, Moriarty 51-yard TD run.
Gavin Hardison to Cason Clay, Hobbs on a 70-yard TD.
Taylor Null to Chaney Hardt on a 52-yard TD pass.
Angelo Trujillo, Cleveland a 43-yard TD pass to Daniel Johnson.
Dominic Madrid a 62-yard TD reception for Artesia.
Joseph Martinez, Escalante a 30-yard pick-6 TD.
Chris Campbell to Kevin Fanelli, La Cueva for 78-yard TD pass.
Brett Money, Alamogordo hits a 38-yard FG.
Isaiah Weiderman, Artesia an 80-yard TD run.
Logan Burere 55 yard pass to Ryan Lucero, Rio Rancho TD.
Angelo Trujillo, Cleveland an 80-yard TD pass to Daniel Johnson.
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Scoreboard
Alamogordo 41, St. Pius X 33 - F
Artesia 49, Deming 6 - F
Belen 49, Rio Grande 0 - F
Benson, Arizona 48, Hatch Valley 21- F
Bloomfield 26, Bernalillo 0 - F
Chaparral 26, Gadsden 8 - F
Cleveland 49, Centennial 33 -F
Clint, Texas 32, Silver 28 - F
Clovis 27, Goddard 14 - F
Dexter 56, Tucumcari 6 - F
Durango, Colorado 32, Farmington 26 - F
Escalante 38, Pojoaque 14
Estancia 20, Capitan 14 - F
Eunice 19, Texico 6 - F
Grants 28, Hope 21 - F
Hobbs 56, Lovington 0 - F
Kirtland Central 40, Los Alamos 14 - F
La Cueva 49, West Mesa 7 - F
Lordsburg 14, Hot Springs 0 - F
Los Lunas 49, Roswell 14 - F
Miyamura 40, Capital 6 - F
Moriarty 55, Espanola Valley 8 - F
Piedra Vista 42, Aztec 7 - F
Portales 41, St. Michael's 13 - F
Rio Rancho 38, Onate 10 - F
Robertson 47, Ruidoso 14 - F
Shiprock 28, Gallup 14 - F
Socorro 27, Laguna-Acoma 8 - F
Volcano Vista 35, Mayfield 21 - F
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