Organ Mountain hasn't had much luck against Hobbs recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Organ Mountain Knights will challenge the Hobbs Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
Organ Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Organ Mountain was ranked 22nd). Organ Mountain had to suffer through a 49-14 loss at the hands of Centennial.
Organ Mountain might have lost, but man, Anthony Gomez was a machine: he picked up 106 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Gomez is becoming a predictor of Organ Mountain's success: when he posts at least 80 receiving yards the team is 4-2 (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Xavier Perez, who threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hobbs). They blew past Clovis 63-8 at home on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their 12-point performance the contest before.
Hobbs found their leader in underclassman Junior Medrano, who rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 33 yards and a touchdown. Those 138 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Medrano. Brock Beaty was another key player, throwing for 124 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
Hobbs wouldn't let Clovis keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Hobbs can thank Jacob Diaz and Tristan Davis for forcing both of them. Davis is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 20 games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hobbs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Organ Mountain now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Hobbs, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Organ Mountain was taken down by Hobbs 58-10 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Organ Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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