On Friday, Menaul faced Cloudcroft in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Menaul Panthers took their contest with ease, bagging a 52-12 victory over the Cloudcroft Bears. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Menaul got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Diego Carrillo out in front who threw for 459 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards. Another player making a difference was Carlos Cummins, who gained 270 total yards and two touchdowns.
Menaul was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 69.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 195.7.
The victory (which was Menaul's third in a row) raised their record to 6-3. As for Cloudcroft, they dropped their record down to 1-8 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Menaul will square off against Escalante at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Menaul is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31 points per game this season. Cloudcroft does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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