The Laguna Acoma Hawks will head out on the road to take on the Navajo Prep Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Laguna Acoma focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four two weeks ago.
Laguna Acoma is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 52 points on September 6th, they were much more limited against Hatch Valley two weeks ago. They took a 28-12 bruising from the Bears. The Hawks haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The losing side was boosted by Derek Victorino Jr., who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Even if they lost, Laguna Acoma's defense still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. In that department, Sean Deutsawe was the leader with three. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Navajo Prep). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Santa Fe Indian 48-20 on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Laguna Acoma's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Navajo Prep, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Laguna Acoma was taken down by Navajo Prep 40-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2019. Can Laguna Acoma avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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