Mayfield Scores 10 Touchdowns, Wins Another Title

The stories of the Mayfield Trojans winning another New Mexico High School football championship on Saturday afternoon will be in news outlets all over the Land of Enchantment. It is no secret that the City of Las Cruces provides tremendous support for its football programs. News New Mexico was able to obtain a copy of a speech made to the Mayfield team Thursday night that may well sum up why what happened at Wilson Stadium in Albuquerque Saturday afternoon came as no surprise, even after Mayfield finished their regular season with a record of just 6-4. 

Mayfield Trojans - 2010 NM 5-A Champions

Here is the transcript: 

I get stopped in restaurants and I get called on the phone before championship games because people are under the mistaken impression that I know more about New Mexico High School football because I have broadcast quite a few state championship games since 1995. I remember the first Mayfield Trojan state championship game I ever broadcast. It was back in 1995. As we were checking into the hotel the night before the game the clerk at the desk asked us if we were from Las Cruces. When we said "yes we are the radio broadcasters," she smiled and said: "Well I hope you enjoy your stay but we are going to kick your butts tomorrow."

2010 - Mayfield Coaching Staff

 My radio partner and I looked at each other and smiled. We knew that “we” were not going to win or lose the game. The players and coaches were going to do that. And we also knew she was not going to kick anything. We just smiled, put the room keys in our pockets and thought to ourselves….."we’ll see." Of course the record shows that "we" won the game….You notice how the language changes? I said “we.” In sports, the champions have a thousand parents, and the losers die as orphans. Naturally I got stopped a few times earlier this week. Several people told me how surprising it was to them that the Mayfield team was back in the championship game. My response has been pretty simple. "Why would anybody be surprised…….we are talking about the Mayfield Trojans aren’t we?" I remember all of the championship games since 1995. None of Mayfield's subsequent trips to the championship game surprised me. And none of the Mayfield victories surprised me. Why? Because we are talking about the Mayfield Trojans aren’t we?

Everyone in this room should take a minute to look around you look at the sheer volume of commitment that has gathered here. For everyone here, it is worth pausing for a second to think about this organization from the head coach down to team managers. Look at the booster club president and club officers down to the volunteers. I am honored to even be asked to speak here tonight…..you know why? Because we are talking about the Mayfield Trojans aren’t we? The invitation to speak tonight made me feel good. The thing that everyone in this room does that makes it wonderful for everyone else in the room, is each of you contributes to something that is bigger than all of us. Hell this thing is even bigger in stature than old Jim Bradley over there who built this amazing empire from scratch not long before that lady behind the counter in that Clovis hotel boasted that the Clovis Wildcats were going to do what it turned out they couldn’t get done. You seniors, you juniors, and God help us if any of you sophomores get into the game Saturday.....you are already part of something that is bigger than any single individual in this entire room.

Now…..several times people have asked me this week……will those Mayfield players be able to bring the intensity and poise they need on every single snap of the ball to be victorious Saturday? And my response?.........We are talking about the Mayfield Trojans aren’t we?
Footnote - The Trojans got the ball eleven times Saturday afternoon. They scored ten touchdowns before they finally took a knee to run out the clock.

Mayfield Scores 10 Touchdowns, Wins Another Title