New Mexico High School Football News

When your opponent is shooting better than you, the best way to win is to shoot more times than they do.

The Class 5A State Football Championship game between Mayfield High School and La Cueva, scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., was postponed to Saturday due to inclement weather.

Loving a ton of the home dogs this week. Sure there are many bad teams out there, but double digit victories in the NFL gets a little harder to do on the road this time of year when teams are better at game planning and know their personnel a bit better.

Tularosa's Clint Casares works the ball in the paint against Dora's Josh Moore during their Tularosa Basin Classic first-round game Dec.

The Lady Broncos overcame a sluggish performance with timely shooting Monday. Kirtland Central beat Thoreau 65-44 at Bronco Arena in their first game.

When it comes to understanding decisions made by the New Mexico Activities Association, I threw my hands in the air long ago.

Five games into the season, it's nothing new to see the University of New Mexico men's basketball team with an unblemished record.

Aztec's season rolls on this week as they attempt to slay 4A Goliath Belen, but most of the area's footballs are stuffed into equipment closets.

A plume of smoke twisted into the air above Fred Cook Memorial Stadium on Thursday.

Without a scrimmage, the Cliff High School girls' basketball team was ready for a game on the hardcourt, and Saturday night, the Cowgirls rolled to a 76-9 victory over Cobre High School in the season opener.

The New Mexico Activities Association is offering fans the opportunity to purchase tickets online for Friday night's high school football playoff games in Albuquerque.

"No more tears now; I will think about revenge." a ' Mary, Queen of Scots Nobody is saying the St.

And down to Cruces the Cats go. Top-ranked Mayfield held off a challenge from Eldorado, which led at halftime and early in the fourth quarter, and won 36-29 in overtime over the Eagles in a Class 5A quarterfinal playoff game on Saturday.

Senior Kyler Brewer-Hill threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Richie Chavez for the only score of the second half and Clovis beat Onate 21-13 in a Class 5A state quarterfinal game Friday at Leon Williams Stadium.

Clovis quarterback Kyler Brewer-Hill fought for extra yards, and won a battle for extra yardage with Onate linebacker Zachary Hernandez on a fourth-quarter keeper.

In a state semifinal matchup that lived up to its dogfight billing, the Tularosa Wildcats dethroned defending Class 2A champion Texico 7-6 Friday night.

Prior to this season, the last time Deming High won a football playoff game, Tim Dooley was an all-state quarterback and the late Rusty Hofacket was head coach.

Clovis and Onate play each other in football, for the most part, only when the state makes them do so in a playoff bracket.

The Chicago Bulls had Jordan and Pippen, but it was role players like Steve Kerr and John Paxson that hit the game-winning shots.

When the majority of New Mexico's six-man football teams switched to eight-man back in 2006, it took a couple of years for Melrose to become fully acclimated.