The Hatch Valley Bears football team (Hatch, NM), was tipped 23-20 in Saturday's non-league challenge with the host Hope Christian Huskies (Albuquerque, NM)

The Huskies (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, NM). The Chargers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-1 record. In their last challenge, Albuquerque Academy was tipped by Moriarty (Moriarty, NM), 26-14, in a non-league challenge.

The Bears now sport a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Tularosa for a non-league challenge on Thursday, August 31. Hatch Valley will meet a Wildcats team coming off a 39-38 non-league loss to Jal (Jal, NM). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-1.