The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will head out on the road to challenge the Hobbs Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Las Cruces is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cleveland, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Las Cruces was ranked seventh). Las Cruces fell 35-25 to Cleveland on Thursday. The Bulldawgs have struggled against the Storm recently, as their game on Thursday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hobbs, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They managed a 41-37 win over Parkland on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked ninth in New Mexico, while the Matadors are ranked 829th in Texas), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hobbs to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brock Beaty, who threw for 290 yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Beaty is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. Braddock Beaty was Brock's top target, picking up 102 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Las Cruces' loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Hobbs, they pushed their record up to 2-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Las Cruces strolled past Hobbs in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 42-27. Will Las Cruces repeat their success, or does Hobbs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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