The Alamosa Mean Moose will head out on the road to challenge the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alamosa will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Alamosa is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Gunnison: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Alamosa blew Gunnison out of the water with a 44-15 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mean Moose had established a 23 point advantage.
Dyson Woodward continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 228 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 210 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes. Those 228 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Zane Zook, who gained 139 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Alamosa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Alamosa didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Ryan Higareda.
Meanwhile, Montezuma-Cortez had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 51 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 34-27.
Alamosa's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Montezuma-Cortez, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Alamosa strolled past Montezuma-Cortez in their previous matchup back in October of 2021 by a score of 39-24. Will Alamosa repeat their success, or does Montezuma-Cortez have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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