Artesia has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Estancia Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Artesia blew past Mountain View, posting a 41-7 win at home.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Artesia to victory, but perhaps none more so than Charlie Lopez, who threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns on only six passes, and also rushed for 54 yards. Lopez's longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Julius Padilla did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 107 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Artesia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 298 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Estancia). They never let Santiago onto the board and left with a 38-0 victory on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Jeff Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 282 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Artesia's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Estancia, their record is now 3-1.
Artesia was taken down by Estancia 43-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Thankfully for Artesia, Cameron Knickerbocker (who threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 72 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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