Lovington scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They and the Mayfield Trojans were almost perfectly matched up, but the Lovington Wildcats suffered a 50-49 defeat. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
When it comes to explaining why Lovington lost, don't look at Mathew Prudencio. Despite the final result, he threw for 348 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 74 yards on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Prudencio a new career-high in rushing yards. Jayden Gutierrez was Prudencio's top target, picking up 97 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Lovington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lovington wouldn't let Mayfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lovington can thank Chase Terrell and Landon Trevino for forcing both of them. Terrell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Lovington's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Mayfield, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. After each having a week off, Lovington and Gadsden will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on October 18th. Gadsden is on a three-game streak of home wins, Lovington a five-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Mayfield, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Goddard at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
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