Grants has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Aztec Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Grants will be strutting in after a victory while Aztec will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Grants finally turned things around against Kirtland Central on Friday. They came out on top against the Broncos by a score of 28-19.
Andres Lazos had a dynamite game for Grants, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns, while also catching a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Lazos has posted since back in October of 2023.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Grants' defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Tristin Fernandez and Juaquine Rivera, who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Aztec was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Bloomfield 53-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Bobcats are ranked 14th).
Grants' win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Aztec, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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