Alamogordo is 0-4 against Hobbs since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Alamogordo Tigers will be playing at home 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 fell 18-10 to the Knights. The match marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Despite the defeat, 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.
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 was beaten by Las Cruces 44-14. That makes it the first time this season the Eagles have let down their home crowd.
Alamogordo's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Hobbs, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3.
Alamogordo was taken down by Hobbs 56-19 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. 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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