The Highland Hornets will head out on the road to take on the Los Alamos Hilltoppers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Thursday, Highland ended up a good deal behind Taos and lost 30-16. The Hornets were down 23-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Although Highland took the loss, they still got scores from Alex Lopez and Isai Herrera.
Meanwhile, Los Alamos was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They and Pojoaque Valley were almost perfectly matched up, but Los Alamos suffered a 14-13 loss.
Highland now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Los Alamos, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Highland took a serious blow against Los Alamos when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 55-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Los Alamos' Kyle Evenhus, who threw for 321 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Now that Highland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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