The Rio Rancho Rams will square off against the Carlsbad Cavemen at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Rio Rancho sitting on three straight wins and Carlsbad on nine.
Rio Rancho is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Clovis onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Carlsbad faced Centennial in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Carlsbad narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Centennial 8-7.
Rio Rancho is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Carlsbad, they pushed their record up to 21-7 with that victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything went Rio Rancho's way against Carlsbad in their previous matchup back in March as Rio Rancho made off with an 11-5 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rio Rancho since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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