High school football rankings: Cleveland finishes No. 1 in final New Mexico MaxPreps Top 25

Storm take top spot after knocking off La Cueva 75-61 in the Class 6A state championship game.

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Nov 30, 2022, 2:00pm
The high school football season in New Mexico came to a close over the weekend. Cleveland (Rio Rancho) was among the winners, beating La Cueva (Albuquerque) 75-61 in the Class 6A state championship game. That victory helped propel the Storm to the No. 1 ranking in the final state MaxPreps Top 25.

Cleveland (11-2) won its second consecutive state title and fifth in school history. The trio of New Mexico MaxPreps Player of the Year Evan Wysong and running backs Harris Mbueha and Josh Perry combined to run for 455 yards and nine touchdowns in the win over La Cueva, which finished No. 2 in the state. The 75 points are the most in a New Mexico state championship game since 1959.

Class 5A champion Artesia finished No. 6 in the state after beating No. 7 Piedra Vista (Farmington) 27-14. The Bulldogs capped an 11-2 season to win their first state title since 2017.

Read on for a complete look at the final New Mexico MaxPreps Top 25.

2022 NMAA STATE CHAMPIONS

6A – Cleveland (Rio Rancho)
5A – Artesia
4A – Bloomfield
3A – Ruidoso
2A – Jal

FINAL NEW MEXICO MAXPREPS TOP 25

# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cleveland (Rio Rancho)11-219.6--
2La Cueva (Albuquerque)11-214.5--
3Centennial (Las Cruces)9-214.8--
4VVHS (Albuquerque)10-311.1--
5Hobbs9-27.3--
6Artesia11-2-3.1+1
7Piedra Vista (Farmington)11-2-4.7-1
8Rio Rancho7-512.6--
9Roswell9-3-3.9--
10Farmington6-68.1--
11Los Lunas7-50.4--
12Carlsbad5-67.0--
13Cibola (Albuquerque)6-53.8--
14Las Cruces2-714.6--
15Jal11-0-39.2--
16Alamogordo5-60.4--
17Bloomfield12-1-32.7+5
18AHA (Albuquerque)5-6-2.3--
19Ruidoso12-1-32.5+6
20West Mesa (Albuquerque)5-5-7.7-1
21OMHS (Las Cruces)3-7-0.1-1
22Silver (Silver City)11-2-25.8-5
23Sandia (Albuquerque)4-6-2.4-2
24Deming8-5-17.7--
25Goddard (Roswell)6-5-9.2+1

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