The Elida Tigers will square off against the New Mexico School for the Deaf Roadrunners at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Elida was fully in charge, breezing past Hondo Valley 57-6 at home. With the Tigers ahead 44-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Meanwhile, New Mexico School for the Deaf had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They claimed a resounding 52-12 victory over Floyd on the road. The Roadrunners pushed the score to 38-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Broncos had no chance of recovering from.
New Mexico School for the Deaf's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Santiago Lopez, who rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 66 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Lopez got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible55 yards. Another back making a difference was Alex Gonzalez-Lopez, who gained 156 total yards and four touchdowns.
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