On Friday, Carlsbad faced Lovington in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Carlsbad Cavemen/Cavegirls fell just short of the Lovington Wildcats by a score of 47-44. The Cavemen/Cavegirls gained 79 more yards on the day, but it was the Wildcats that made the best use of them.
Carlsbad's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kason Perez, who threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and Robert Castaneda, who picked up 220 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Perez is now averaging an impressive 3.3 passing touchdowns per game.
Even though they lost, Carlsbad was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 502 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Lovington had a senior duo take command as Mathew Prudencio threw for 347 yards and six touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes and Alec Holguin picked up 82 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Holguin also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Carlsbad now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Lovington, the win (which was their tenth in a row dating back to last season) raised their record to 3-0.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Carlsbad will square off against Cibola at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lovington, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Roswell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lovington will stroll in with a six game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their August 18 matchup with Roswell.
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