Mike Bradley's Mayfield Trojans returned Chapin's opening kickoff for a touchdown out of their dangerous starburst return play and the beating began. MHS never stopped pouring it on until the final gun. When it was all said and done El Paso Chapin was on the short end of lopsided 51-8 loss at Irvin High School Stadium.
Mesilla Valley Christian School dropped its opener on the road at Marfa, Texas. The final score was 40-30.
Hatch Valley Dominates Second Half, Downs Tucumcari
8-27-10 HATCH, N.M. - Hatch Valley High School’s running game wore out Tucumcari High School in the second half en route to a 35-18 win on Friday. In the second half, the Bear rushing attack accounted for 266 yards and four touchdowns, two each by Miguel Herrera and Joshua Chavez.
Tucumcari led 12-7 at the half but the off season conditioning paid off for the Bears following halftime as they dominated the second half on the ground.
“We hang our hat on the running game,” Hatch Valley Coach Jack Cisco said. “Our boys pull tires in the offseason with the rim, a chain and a harness. I was pleased to see them get after it in the second half after being so nervous in the first half tonight.”
The Rattlers scored back-to-back touchdowns in the first half on passes from senior quarterback Dalton Wood to climb out of an early 7-0 deficit. At the beginning of the second half the Bears took control. Hatch Valley needed less than two minutes to take the lead for good when Chavez scored his first touchdown to give his team a 13-12 advantage. With 1:44 left in the third Herrera broke a 78 yard run for a score to make it a 20-12 contest. The Rattlers didn’t give up and mounted a drive that finished as Wood connected Jakus Martinez on their second touchdown combination of the night. The two point conversion failed, leaving the score at 20-18 with 6:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. From that point on, it was all Bears, with the crushing blow coming as a Wood pass was intercepted by Hatch Valley’s Chavez with 4:47 remaining.
Combined with the dominance on the ground in the second half, the Bear defense limited Wood and the Tucumcari passing attack to just 34 yards.
Cisco made defensive adjustments at halftime.
“We changed the front and switched our stunt angles,” Cisco said. “We played man to man defense in the second half, which we didn’t do in the first half.”
Wood finished the game 12-27 passing for 128 yards and three touchdowns with the one ill-timed interception, while Bear quarterback Geno Angel didn’t attempt a pass in the second half completing just two of his six passes in the game for 65 yards.
Hatch Valley from Class 3A moves to 1-0 and will travel to Lordsburg next week while Tucumcari of Class 2A is 0-1 and plays at New Mexico Military Institute next week.
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