On Friday, Los Lunas faced Farmington in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Los Lunas Tigers walked away with a 37-28 victory over the Farmington Scorpions. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
The critical scores for Los Lunas came from Gage Marquez, Jordan Howard, and Kaiden Reese.
Los Lunas wouldn't let Farmington keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Nathan Lucero, Marquez, and Isaiah Barela picked up one apiece. Barela didn't just play on offense: he also forced a fumble, made five total tackles, and defended a pass. Brad Mallory was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Los Lunas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 345 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Los Lunas' win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1. As for Farmington, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Los Lunas is taking a road trip to square off against Eldorado at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Farmington, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Falcon at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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