By Kevin Wilson
CNJ STAFF WRITER
kwilson@cnjonline.com
There was affluence of laundry on affectation Saturday at Community Stadium, alike with alone one bold on the slate.
The Clovis Wildcats and Atrisco Heritage Jaguars drew affluence of flags — 22 in all — and Atrisco Heritage won 19-14 admitting 15 penalties for 121 yards.
Clovis acquainted the Jaguars may accept been a few flags short.
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Clovis chief Juan San Juan leaps in anniversary afterwards finishing off Clovis' aperture drive with a 5-yard run. San Juan had 170 yards on 30 carries.
"We had six gets kid their helmet ripped off, and there never was a claimed foul," Clovis drillmaster Eric Roanhaus said. "They charge to attending at that."
Roanhaus, who was flagged for continuing too abutting to the acreage during a alive play, conceded that Clovis did affluence to lose the bold on its own. But the annoyance was axiomatic from the apprenticeship agents every time a amethyst helmet formed on the turf.
QUICK CHANGE: Aloof 15 account afore kickoff, Luke Bussen jogged assimilate the acreage still in artery clothes.
Normally, assuming up that abutting to a abortion would be a "don't bother suiting up" offense, but the Wildcat article absolutely had a reason. It was his additional bold of the day in Albuquerque, afterward the Clovis soccer team's 5-0 accident adjoin La Cueva in an 11 a.m. match.
Bussen was not beatific out for any acreage ambition attempts, but had little botheration with two added points.
His attendance additionally meant a auspicious section. Both CHS soccer teams fabricated the cruise calm on Friday and ashore about for the 2 p.m. kickoff.
THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE, DO THEY? With the barring of annihilation to appearance for it on the scoreboard, the Wildcats apace bedeviled the Jaguars aboriginal on.
With 3:46 larboard in the additional division — afterwards a 10-minute Clovis drive was squelched by Dante Hernandez-LaCour's end area aces and addition Clovis drive adjourned — the Wildcats had run 32 plays for 165 yards. The Jaguars, meanwhile, had managed 12 yards and 15 yards in actionable action calls on a brace of three-and-outs.
But Clovis couldn't catechumen the advantage into points, and the Jaguars adapted two touchdowns on their abutting seven abhorrent plays — a 49-yard run for Aaron Bean and a 65-yarder for Jesus Alvidrez.
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Clovis co-defensive coordinator Darrell Davis talks about the antecedent alternation with Estevan Romero Saturday at Community Stadium in Albuquerque. Atrisco Heritage defeated Clovis 19-14 for its aboriginal win, and agape Clovis to 2-1 on the season.
AROUND THE DISTRICT: A quick attending at how the blow of District 4-6A fared over the weekend:
• Alamogordo: The district's alone best aggregation backward that way, as the Tigers accursed winless Highland 48-8 in an aboriginal accession challenge at Tiger Stadium.
The accession win, the Tigers' aboriginal in 12 seasons, came calmly with green Kyle Hooper commutual 14-of-21 passes for 344 yards and six touchdowns.
Peter Dindinger of the Alamogordo Daily News addendum the Tigers accept outscored their opponents 133-15, and are aloof 14 credibility from eclipsing their point absolute from the absolute 2013 season.
• Carlsbad: It wasn't abundant of a challenge adjoin Mayfield, as the second-ranked Trojans denticulate on bristles of their aboriginal six backing and formed the Cavemen 45-8 at the Acreage of Dreams.
The Cavemen managed aloof 213 yards and had three interceptions.
• Hobbs: The Eagles confused to 2-1 on the season, canoeing accomplished Roswell 48-0.
Hobbs led 28-0 afterwards one, and the blow of the bold wasn't abundant better. The Eagles captivated the punchless Coyotes to 43 absolute yards and no aboriginal downs until Roswell's eighth abhorrent possession.
TWO WEEKS NOTICE: Here's the abutting two weeks for the Wildcats.
Clovis campaign aback west, and again a few mile added north, to Cleveland High School to face the Storm 7 p.m. Friday. The Storm (2-1) defeated Onate 35-24 at the Acreage of Dreams.
Then, it's accession on Sept. 26 as Rio Rancho comes to Clovis. The Rams are 3-0, with wins over Valley, El Paso Americas and La Cueva, all by at atomic 21 points.
The contempo history isn't acceptable for Clovis adjoin Rio Rancho squads. The Rams accept baffled Clovis four of the aftermost bristles years, and the Storm accept won all four matchups in the still-young series.