After each having a week off, the Rio Grande Ravens and the Los Alamos Hilltoppers will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Rio Grande has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight defeats, while Los Alamos will come in with four straight victories.
Rio Grande is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Del Norte by a score of 21-19 two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Los Alamos narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Belen 36-34.
Los Alamos found their leader in underclassman Jordan Herrera, who rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 47 receiving yards. Those 222 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Herrera. Kyle Evenhus was another key player, throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Los Alamos was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Rio Grande's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Los Alamos, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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