The regular season was a success, but the real challenge begins now, in the postseason. Capitan will square off against Escalante at 2:30 PM on Saturday. The teams both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
After constant struggles on the road, Capitan have finally found some success away from home. They took their game against Cloudcroft last Friday by a conclusive 44-18 score. Junior Casey McCarty was the offensive standout of the match for Capitan, as he rushed for 183 yards and 3 touchdowns on 23 carries. In fact, with 19 tackles McCarty was a force on both sides of the ball.
Meanwhile, Escalante got themselves on the board against Newcomb, but Newcomb never followed suit. Escalante put the hurt on Newcomb with a sharp 25-0 victory.
Their wins bumped Escalante to 8-2 and Capitan to 2-7. With both Escalante and Capitan swaggering in after impressive performances, it will be interesting to see which team steps up to teach the other some humility.
Playoff bracket for these teams
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