Football Preview: Aztec Tigers vs. Grants Pirates
The Aztec Tigers will challenge the Grants Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Aztec is looking for their season's first victory.
Aztec's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Bloomfield on Friday. They took a blow against the Bobcats, falling 53-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Bobcats are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, the third road match was the charm for Grants, as they earned their first road win of the season. They walked away with a 28-19 win over Kirtland Central on Friday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Pirates as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Andres Lazos was a one-man wrecking crew for Grants as he rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Lazos has posted since back in October of 2023.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Grants' defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Tristin Fernandez and Juaquine Rivera, who racked up four sacks between them.
Aztec's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Grants, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
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