On Saturday, Mayfield faced Artesia in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mayfield Trojans lost to the Artesia Bulldogs at home by a 42-28 margin. The loss continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost four in a row.
It was another big night for Izac Cazares, who rushed for 197 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 156 yards and two touchdowns for Artesia. Cazares is becoming a predictor of Artesia's success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 6-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Ethan Conn was Cazares' top target, picking up 81 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Mayfield's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Artesia, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Mayfield has the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Belen at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Belen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.6 points per game this season. Artesia does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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