Football Preview: Lovington Wildcats vs. Roswell Coyotes
Lovington is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Roswell is on a six-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Lovington Wildcats will challenge the Roswell Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Lovington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Carlsbad, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Lovington was ranked fifth). Lovington skirted past Carlsbad 47-44. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wildcats have posted since September 15, 2023.
Mathew Prudencio had an outrageously good game as he threw for 347 yards and six touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.3 passing touchdowns per game. 82 of those passing yards were hauled in by Alec Holguin.
Lovington's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kyler Reaves and Jayden Gutierrez. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Meanwhile, Roswell narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Hobbs 37-35.
Lovington's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Roswell, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Lovington was taken down by Roswell 45-18 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lovington was down 28-0.
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