On Friday, West Mesa faced Los Lunas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The West Mesa Mustangs were outmatched by the Los Lunas Tigers on the road and fell 54-21. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, West Mesa still got an impressive performance from Logan Jacabson, who rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Jacabson's longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The critical scores for Los Lunas came from Jordan Howard, Kaiden Reese, Anthony Castillo, Jagger Casillas, J'Den Howard, Martin Cordova, and Luke Cieremans.
West Mesa's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Los Lunas, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
West Mesa didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 48-14 defeat against La Cueva on the 27th. As for Los Lunas, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Albuquerque at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Albuquerque's defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Los Lunas' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
