The Piedra Vista Panthers will head out to square off against the Alamogordo Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Piedra Vista is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Durango on Friday. They fell 17-6 to the Demons. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Alamogordo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Albuquerque by a score of 24-21.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Nathanael Best, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and also threw for 28 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Alamogordo also got a significant boost from Dylan Hergenreder, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
Hergenreder wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Alamogordo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
Alamogordo wouldn't let Albuquerque keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Alamogordo can thank Bryson Bloom and Gianni Mulgado for forcing both of them. Bloom also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble, making 12 total tackles, and defending a pass.
Piedra Vista now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Alamogordo, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
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