Two dominant signal callers in Ryan Alfaro and Mathew Prudencio are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Deming Wildcats will head out to challenge the Lovington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Deming has three straight wins, Lovington has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Deming was fully in charge, breezing past Santa Teresa 44-12 at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico football rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Desert Warriors are ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Lovington duked it out withGadsden on Friday. Lovington took a 32-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gadsden. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 14-0 in the first quarter.
The losing side was boosted by Prudencio, who threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns.
Deming's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Lovington, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-3.
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