Football Preview: Manzano Monarchs vs. Chaparral Lobos
The Manzano Monarchs will stay at home for another week and welcome the Chaparral Lobos at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Manzano beats Chaparral with 40 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Everything went Manzano's way against Portales on Saturday as Manzano made off with a 40-20 victory. Considering the Monarchs have won three games by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
James Vautier continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 61 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 144 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Aiden Erickson was Vautier's top target, rushing for 59 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Manzano was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Manzano's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Estevan Gonzalez, Erickson, and Erickson picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chaparral). They put the hurt on Albuquerque Academy with a sharp 44-20 win on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Lobos needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Manzano pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Chaparral, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
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