The Lovington Wildcats will face off against the Carlsbad Cavemen/Cavegirls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lovington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Portales, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Lovington was ranked fourth). Lovington was the clear victor by a 30-7 margin over Portales on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Wildcats who have now won nine contests in a row dating back to last season.
Ondalis Cardenas went supernova for Lovington, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 41 receiving yards. Mathew Prudencio was another key player, throwing for 229 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Carlsbad can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Thursday. Everything went their way against Goddard as Carlsbad made off with a 45-22 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cavemen/Cavegirls considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Kason Perez looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 175 yards and four touchdowns. Another big playmaker for Carlsbad was Robert Castaneda, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Carlsbad's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. In that department, Jaiden Duran was the leader with three sacks. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up three sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss). Carlsbad got some further help from Diego Ramirez: he made nine total tackles (1.0 for loss) and snagging an interception.
Lovington's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Carlsbad, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
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