Alamogordo is 0-4 against Hobbs since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Alamogordo Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Hobbs Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Alamogordo focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up five on Friday.
Alamogordo is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Organ Mountain on Friday. They took an 18-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. The matchup marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the loss, Alamogordo got top-tier performance from Dylan Hergenreder, who rushed for 124 yards on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Hergenreder a new career-high in rushing yards. Alamogordo also got a significant boost from Nathanael Best, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Alamogordo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Alamogordo wouldn't let Organ Mountain keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Alamogordo can thank Gianni Mulgado and Bryson Bloom for forcing all of them.
Meanwhile, Hobbs faced Las Cruces in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Hobbs took a blow against Las Cruces, falling 44-14. That makes it the first time this season the Eagles have let down their home crowd.
Alamogordo's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Hobbs, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3.
Alamogordo took a serious blow against Hobbs when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 56-19. Thankfully for Alamogordo, Jeremiah Jaquez (who rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 99 receiving yards and a touchdown) 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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