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Week 7: New Mexico high school football scores and summaries
Volcano Vista teammates celebrate a touchdown by D'angelo Mitchell during their game against Piedra Vista at Nusenda Community Stadium in Albuquerque on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
This story will be updated throughout the weekend.
Thursday (Oct. 2)
---> Volcano Vista 35, Piedra Vista 7
Volcano Vista won by four touchdowns Thursday night, but coach Chad Wallin’s voice did not convey a tone of content.
“I didn’t think we played a very good game,” Wallin said. “I didn’t think we were sharp. Coming off a bye week, I can anticipate a series or two of getting back into a rhythm of things, but it felt discombobulated on our sideline, in our communications, in our execution. So I’m not real thrilled.”
The fourth-ranked Hawks beat No. 10 Piedra Vista 35-7 at Nusenda Community Stadium to open the District 1-6A half of their schedule, but Wallin let his team know he was less than pleased.
---> Valley 7, Capital 3
At Milne Stadium, Zach Perez, taking the ball out of the Wildcat formation, scored on a 2-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, and the Vikings (2-5, 2-2 in 1-5A), who have been involved in a handful of close games all season, pulled out a win over the Jaguars (2-5, 2-2).
Valley has had four games already this year decided by four or fewer points. The Vikings are 2-2 in those games. Thursday night’s game was scoreless at halftime; Capital took a 3-0 lead midway through the third quarter.
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---> Centennial 42, Alamogordo 32
At the Field of Dreams in Las Cruces, Dailen Ramirez rushed for four touchdowns to lead the third-ranked Hawks (5-1, 2-0 in 3-6A) over the Tigers (4-3, 1-2).
Grady 66, Clovis Christian 19
Hot Springs 41, Socorro 0
Wingate 31, Shiprock 16
Friday (Oct. 3)
---> La Cueva 26, Eldorado 7
While there is plenty of work yet to be done this season for La Cueva, it was nonetheless a postgame dousing well deserved for coach Brandon Back.
The Bears shook off a slow start to wear down Eldorado for a 26-7 victory on Friday night at Wilson Stadium, giving Back his 100th career victory. After starting the season 0-2, La Cueva (4-2, 3-0 2-6A) has righted the ship to win four straight.
“It's really just a reflection of the staff that we have here, the kids that come through here, and the community we serve,” Back said of his 100th victory. “That's a program milestone because when you're surrounded by great men, great kids and a great community, you can do great things like that. Everybody has an equal share in that and I'm just proud to be a part of it.”
---> Rio Rancho 25, Cibola 15
September proved to be an extremely rare month in the recent annals of Rio Rancho High School football. It was a month without a single win on the ledger.
That will not be the case in October.
The Rams and Cibola grinded their way around Nusenda Community Stadium on Friday night for well over two quarters, but No. 6-ranked Rio Rancho eventually found daylight, ending a three-game losing streak with a 25-15 win over No. 9 Cibola in a District 1-6A opener for both.
---> Cleveland 49, Farmington 3 (called at HT)
At Hutchison Stadium in Farmington, second-ranked Cleveland (5-1, 1-0 in 1-6A) routed the Scorpions (1-5, 0-1) in a game that was stopped at halftime due to lightning.
Senior quarterback Jordan Hatch threw four touchdowns for the Storm, including two to Darius Steverson. Sammy Bustillos ran for one TD and caught one of those Hatch scoring passes, and Carson Weddle returned a kickoff for a score for Cleveland.
---> Las Cruces 56, Clovis 6
At Leon Williams Stadium, Class 6A’s top-ranked Bulldawgs (7-0, 3-0 in 3-6A) mercy-ruled the Wildcats (1-5, 0-2), scoring half of their points in a huge first quarter.
Danny Amaro scored six touchdowns, a season high for the Las Cruces star running back.
---> Del Norte 32, Rio Grande 6
At Milne Stadium, senior tailback Keandre Wyatt rushed for a pair of scores as the Knights (1-6, 1-2 in District 1-5A) downed the Ravens (0-7, 0-3).
Payson Nelson, Isaac Alatriste and Nicholas Archuleta also reached the end zone for Del Norte.
---> Artesia 58, Santa Teresa 0
In Santa Teresa, the Bulldogs scored twice on special teams, with kick returns for scores by Bryce Parra on a kickoff and Ed Villa on a punt, and Class 5A’s top-ranked team (6-1, 4-0) destroyed the Desert Warriors.
Quarterback Derrick Warren threw for 195 yards and four touchdowns for Artesia.
---> Moriarty 50, Aztec 0
At Aztec, the 10th-ranked Pintos (3-2, 2-1 in 1-4A) made short work of the Tigers.
Mario Romero carried it 10 times for 193 yards, including 64 yards on the first play of the game, and a touchdown for Moriarty. Royce Dennisson added 90 yards and a pair of scoring runs. Abraham Sloan also rushed for a pair of TDs.
---> Texico 49, Jal 0
Texico, No. 3 in Class 2A, blanked Jal 49-0 on Friday. For the Wolverines (3-3, 1-0), Cross Figg rushed for three touchdowns, including a 70-yarder, and Jaheim Moses added scoring runs of 45 and 35 yards.
---> Los Alamos 43, Belen 36
In Los Alamos, tailback Jordan Herrera, in the midst of a monster season for Class 5A’s sixth-ranked Hilltoppers (7-0, 4-0 in 1-5A), had four touchdowns and close to yet another 200-yard night as Los Alamos earned a key district win over the Eagles (2-4, 1-2).
---> Eunice 56, Loving 6
Eunice (5-1) quarterback Elijah Melancon moved into No. 2 on the state’s career passing touchdowns list, as he threw four in Class 2A’s second-ranked Cardinals’ 56-6 triumph over No. 4 Loving (5-2) in a District 3-2A opener.
---> Lovington 50, Mayfield 6
At the Field of Dreams in Las Cruces, Elijah Rivero was over 100 yards receiving and caught two touchdown passes, as he broke the school record for career receptions and career receiving yards for the third-ranked Wildcats (3-4, 2-2 in 2-5A) beat up on the seventh-ranked Trojans (2-5, 2-2).
---> Legacy Academy 21, Raton 14
In Raton, Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Silverbacks (5-1) scored all their points in the first half and held off a late rally by the sixth-ranked Tigers (2-4) in a District 2-2A opener.
---> Highland 20, Miyamura 8
In Gallup, Jose Tapia provided the eighth-ranked Hornets (5-2, 3-1 in 1-5A) nearly 200 yards on the ground, and scored a pair of touchdowns in a win over the 10th-ranked Patriots (3-3, 2-1) that vaulted Highland over Miyamura into second place behind Los Alamos in the district standings.
Highland's defense was outstanding, intercepting two passes and recovering three fumbles.
Bernalillo 42, Kirtland Central 0
Chaparral 40, Valencia 14
Menaul 52, Clayton 40
Grady 70, Dora 7
Escalante 62, Cloudcroft 12
Taos 30, Espanola Valley 0
Estancia 38, Tucumcari 14
Floyd 59, Carrizozo 6
Fort Sumner/House 54, Questa 0
Logan 50, Lazbuddie, Texas 0
Magdalena 28, Mountainair 25
Melrose 48, Gateway Christian 6
Alamo Navajo 42, Navajo Pine 18
Pojoaque 32, Robertson 31 (OT)
Portales 19, Silver 8
McCurdy 52, Santa Fe Indian 0
Thoreau 51, Tohatchi 0
Hondo Valley 59, Carrizozo 6
N.M. Military Institute 36, Hatch Valley 33
Elida 66, Roy/Mosquero 60
Gallup 32, Zuni 8
Animas 58, Reserve 19
Roswell 33, Gadsden 14
Goddard 40, Deming 33
Santa Rosa 50, Capitan 0
Dexter 50, Cobre 0
Ramah 38, Dulce 0
Lordsburg 52, Mescalero Apache 0
Saturday (Oct. 4)
Albuquerque Academy 49, St. Pius 36
St. Pius scored the first 21 points. Albuquerque Academy scored the final 21 points.
In this case, it was better to be last than first.
Academy scored three touchdowns in the final 6 minutes and 52 seconds, including two in the last 24 seconds, and the unranked Chargers posted one of the bigger upsets of the prep football season, taking down Class 4A’s No. 2-ranked St. Pius 49-36 in a bonkers District 2-4A matchup on Saturday afternoon at Richard A. Harper Memorial Stadium.
---> West Mesa 55, Atrisco Heritage 14
At Nusenda Community Stadium, Victor Aguilar rushed for well over 200 yards and four touchdowns as the Mustangs (2-4, 1-2 in 2-6A) rolled past the Jaguars (1-5, 0-3) and stopped a three-game losing streak.
The West Mesa defense intercepted six passes in the win.
---> Los Lunas 38, Albuquerque High 24
At Milne Stadium, the eighth-ranked Tigers (4-2, 3-0) trailed the Bulldogs (3-3, 1-2) starting the fourth quarter, but put up 24 points against AHS in the final 12 minutes to earn the District 2-6A victory.
--->St. Michael’s 47, Hope Christian 8
At Wilson Stadium, Class 3A’s top-ranked Horsemen (7-0, 1-0 in 2-3A) ripped the fifth-ranked Huskies (5-2, 0-1) in a league opener.
Kamal Stith had a huge day for St. Mike’s, throwing for five touchdowns and running for two more. Ryan Hunt caught a pair of scoring passes for the Horsemen.
Tatum 38, Mesilla Valley 28
Carlsbad 35, Organ Mountain 7
N.M. School/Deaf at Texas School/Deaf, late
Friday night football action between Cibola High and Rio Rancho: Photos
