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Melrose Dove Creek

Buffaloes

Bulldogs

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity football team won Friday's neutral non-conference game against Melrose (NM) by a score of 64-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melrose	6	22	0	6	34
Dove Creek	16	22	20	6	64

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Melrose (22-23)

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Dove Creek (22-23)

Dove Creek

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	8	13	149	.615	18.6	2	0	57	140.7
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	8	13	149	.615	18.6	2	0	57	140.7

Dove Creek

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	43	487	11.3	86	1	7
3	Josh Kibel (Fr)	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	12	96	8.0	42	0	3
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	6	19	3.2	9	0	0
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	4	6	1.5	6	0	0
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	10	276	27.6	86	1	3
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	3	60	20.0	42	0	1
74	Dustin Glover (Sr)	7	29	4.1	13	0	0

Dove Creek

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	8	149	18.6	57	2
2	Colten Fury (Jr)	2	59	29.5	43	1
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	1	19	19.0	19	0
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	5	71	14.2	57	1

Dove Creek

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	487	149	18	71	0	725
2	Colten Fury (Jr)		59			0	59
3	Josh Kibel (Fr)	1					1
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	96			41		137
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	19	19				38
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	6	71		30		107
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	276					276
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	60		18			78
74	Dustin Glover (Sr)	29					29

Dove Creek

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	487	149	149	636
2	Colten Fury (Jr)			59	59
3	Josh Kibel (Fr)	1			1
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	96			96
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	19		19	38
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	6		71	77
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	276	149		425
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	60			60
74	Dustin Glover (Sr)	29			29

Dove Creek

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	27	47	74	12.0
2	Colten Fury (Jr)	6	5	11	2.0
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	1		1	1.0
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	5	5	10	4.0
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	2	4	6
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	1	6	7
17	Tyson Beanland (Jr)	2	4	6	1.0
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	1	4	5
33	Quaden Huffaker (Sr)	5	8	13	3.0
52	Audric Chadd (Sr)	2	3	5
56	Gaige Cressler (Sr)	1	2	3
74	Dustin Glover (Sr)	1	6	7	1.0

Dove Creek

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	4.0	20
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	3.0	15
17	Tyson Beanland (Jr)	1.0	5

Dove Creek

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	1	0	0.0
2	Colten Fury (Jr)	1	0	0.0

Dove Creek

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	12	3	71	23.7	41	89
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)					1	41	41.0	41	41
8	Cole Taber (Sr)					2	30	15.0	24	30
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	2	18	9.0	12					18
56	Gaige Cressler (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0					0

Dove Creek

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	9	54	10	64
2	Colten Fury (Jr)	1	6	0	6
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	3	18	6	24
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	0	0	4	4
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	1	6	0	6
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	3	18	0	18
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	1	6	0	6

Dove Creek

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	7	2	9
2	Colten Fury (Jr)		1	1
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	3		3
8	Cole Taber (Sr)	0	1	1
11	Kade Hankins (Sr)	3		3
32	Taber Dejane (Jr)	1		1

Dove Creek

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	5	0	5
5	Gage Buffington (Jr)	3		3
6	Kendall Gardner (Sr)	2	0	2

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Game Story

New Mexico High School Football - Melrose topped by Dove Creek

September 9, 2022: Melrose, NM 88124

The Melrose Buffaloes football team (Melrose, NM), was beaten 64-34 in Friday's non-league challenge with the visiting Dove Creek Bulldogs (Dove Creek, CO)

The Bulldogs (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Hayden (Hayden, CO). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-0 record. In their last challenge, Hayden achieved victory over Wiley (Wiley, CO), 74-46, in a non-league challenge.

The Buffaloes now sport a 2-2 record. They take the field next when they host Lordsburg for a non-league challenge on Friday, September 16. Melrose will meet a Mavericks team coming off a 44-0 non-league win over Legacy Academy (Albuquerque, NM). The Mavericks record now stands at 4-0.

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Melrose vs Dove Creek Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 9, 2022 @ 6p

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity football team won Friday's neutral non-conference game against Melrose (NM) by a score of 64-34.

Rankings & Records

Melrose (22-23)

National	NM	Class
304	4	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-5	3-1	5-2	2-1	0-2	.583	.750	472	266

Dove Creek (22-23)

National	CO	Class
61	3	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-0	4-0	8-0	4-0	1-0	1.000	1.000	623	203

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melrose	7.7	11.3	9.0	6.3	39.3
Dove Creek	16.2	16.9	8.1	6.2	47.9

Team Stat Comparison

Melrose		Dove Creek
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	341.1
-	Passing Yards Per Game	88.8
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	87.5
-	Total Yards Per Game	429.8
-	Tackles Per Game	67.1
-	Sacks Per Game	4.8
-	Points Per Game	44.3

Team Leaders

Melrose		Dove Creek	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#11 Kade Hankins131.3	21.0
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#11 Kade Hankins88.8	51.8
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#2 Colten Fury32.0	17.6
-	Total Yards Per Game	#11 Kade Hankins220.1	37.0
-	Tackles Per Game	#33 Quaden Huffaker13.0	2.8
-	Sacks Per Game	#6 Kendall Gardner1.4	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#5 Gage Buffington11.8	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Melrose	0-1		Dove Creek	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/22	Mancos	Melrose	(L) 46-8		10/7/22	Dove Creek	Mancos	(W) 34-26
					11/19/22	Mancos	Dove Creek	(W) 44-14

Record Breakdown

Melrose (22-23)		Dove Creek (22-23)
7-5	Overall	13-0
3-1	League	4-0
3-3	Non-League	5-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	2-0
5-2	Home	8-0
2-1	Away	4-0
0-2	Neutral	1-0
1-1	Playoff	4-0
7-3	In-State	11-0
0-2	Out-of-State	2-0

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New Mexico High School Football - Melrose topped by Dove Creek

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