The West Mesa Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Los Lunas Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
West Mesa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Volcano Vista, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (West Mesa was ranked 22nd). West Mesa was outmatched by Volcano Vista at home and fell 35-7. Having soared to a lofty 41 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Los Lunas was able to grind out a solid victory over Eldorado on Thursday, taking the game 14-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
The critical scores for Los Lunas came from Robert Pino and J'Den Howard.
Los Lunas wouldn't let Eldorado keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Eric Pedro, Gage Marquez, and Aidan Martinez picked up one apiece.
Having lost for the first time this season, West Mesa fell to 2-1. As for Los Lunas, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.
West Mesa was taken down by Los Lunas 42-13 in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Thankfully for West Mesa, Paul Cieremans (who rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 119 yards on seven of 16 attempts) 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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