The Hatch Valley Bears will challenge the Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pojoaque Valley took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Hatch Valley, who comes in off a win.
Hatch Valley will head into Friday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Cobre: Hatch Valley couldn't quite topple Cobre last Friday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the 40-point loss they took when the two last played. Hatch Valley really took it to Cobre for the full four quarters, racking up a 50-0 victory. The Bears pushed the score to 44-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had no chance of recovering from.
Hatch Valley can attribute much of their success to Orrin Russell, who rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and OMAR GONZALEZ, who rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns. GONZALEZ has become a key player for Hatch Valley: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, a win for Pojoaque Valley just wasn't in the cards last Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 41-12 loss at the hands of West Las Vegas. The Elks/Elkettes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The losing side was boosted by Joshua Gonzales, who rushed for 47 yards and two touchdowns.
Hatch Valley is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.3 points per game. As for Pojoaque Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
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