The Laguna Acoma Hawks will face off against the Hatch Valley Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Laguna Acoma's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 52-0 win over Santa Fe Indian. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hawks had established a 38 point advantage.
Derek Victorino Jr. went supernova for Laguna Acoma, rushing for 134 yards and four touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 125 yards and a touchdown. Victorino Jr. got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 72 yards. 84 of those passing yards were hauled in by Isaiah Pasquale.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Laguna Acoma's defense and their eight sacks. Ekahi Tiller was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making 12 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Hatch Valley was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Zuni 50-0 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Laguna Acoma now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Hatch Valley, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.
Laguna Acoma took a serious blow against Hatch Valley in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 50-0. Thankfully for Laguna Acoma, Jacob Gomez (who rushed for 37 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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