Cleveland and La Cueva are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Cleveland Storm are taking a road trip to take on the La Cueva Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Cleveland sitting on 11 straight wins and La Cueva on 22 (dating back to last season).
Cleveland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Centennial 56-20. With the Storm ahead 28-6 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jordan Hatch and Zaiden Davis. Hatch had a solid game and threw for 118 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. Meanwhile, Davis was balling out in the loss, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 216 yards and a touchdown.
Cleveland wouldn't let Centennial keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cleveland can thank Troy Logan and Micah Hoffman for forcing both of them. Logan also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven. Another thorn in Centennial's side was Michael Haynes, who made six total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Cleveland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, La Cueva faced Las Cruces in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. La Cueva breezed by Las Cruces to the tune of 47-19. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won 11 games by 21 points or more so far this season.
La Cueva pushed their record up to 12-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 47.3 points per game. As for Cleveland, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
Cleveland suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to La Cueva in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of La Cueva's Cameron Dyer, who rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 119 yards and a touchdown on perfect 7-for-7 passing. Now that Cleveland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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