Pintos BeAt Pirates 21-13
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The Grants High School football team played the 4th ranked Moriarty Pintos (4-0) this past weekend on the road and lost 21-13. The Pirates (1-3) will play the 2-2 Hope Huskies this Saturday in an away game. In this file photo the GHS defense is in action in a home game Franklin Romero - CC
The Grants High School Pirates went on the road and took on the Moriarty Pintos (4-0),who are ranked 4th in 4A, and lost by a score of 21-13. The Pirates were first to score after a fumble recovery by Julian Padilla led to a quarterback Deandre Chavez pass to wide receiver Deandre Ortega for a Pirate touchdown and extra point, 7-0. Moriarity answered back with a touchdown of their own with 2 minutes left in the first quarter to make the score 7-7. Moriarty was able to score a touchdown halfway through the second quarter and with an extra point to make the score 14-7 at the half.
In the 3rd quarter Pirate Christopher Archuleta made a fumble recovery allowing for a 10 yard run by Douglas Mitchell for a Pirate touchdown. The extra point was no good, making the score 14-13. Moriarty had one more run left in them and made a touchdown and extra point later in the 3rd quarter to make the score 21-13. That score stayed as both teams remained scoreless in the 4th quarter.
GHS head coach Steve Brown was not able to make the game and assistant coach and former GHS head football coach Rio Thompson coached the game.
“I loved the effort and the fight from our team from the opening kickoff to the final gun, ' said GHS head coach Steve Brown of his team's effort against Moriarty. “They learned that if they continue to work hard everyday and believe in themselves and each other and learn to trust what the coaching staff is teaching,” Brown added, “Moriarty is a really good team and our kids played them down for down and it showed them that they can play with the good teams in our state and even more, that we can and will become one of them.”
Next up for the Pirates are the Hope Huskies (22) this Saturday, September 16th in an afternoon game at 1:00pm.
“Hope Christian will be another big test for us—they are big and fast and have really good skill players,” said Brown. “I am confident that we can match their speed and quickness and as is the case every week, the mistake game will decide who comes out on top.”
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The GHS volleyball has improved to 3-2 record after defeating Shiprock High School (02) 3-1 and Bloomfield High School (3-2) 3-2 over the weekend in tournament play. The GHS boys soccer team under new coach, John Malcolm, is 0-5 after a 10-1 defeat by the Rehoboth Lynx (4-0) this past Thursday. “I took over for the remainder of the season” said Malcolm “All I can say is we had some youthful mistakes and the morale was poor—but the new look Pirates are coming.”
Aiden Metezcar scored the sole goal for the Pirates in that contest. Malcolm and company will have their next game when they host the 1-6 Kirtland Central Broncos this Thursday, September 14th. The lady Pirates Soccer team is 0-4-1 after a 2-2 tie with the lady Lynx of Rehoboth(1-4-1) last week. They lady Pirates will also play the lady Broncos of Kirtland( 4-3) on Thursday.
The Laguna-Acoma High School football team is currently 1-3 after a 180 loss to Tohatchi High School on September 8th. Next up for the Hawks is an away game against the Cuba Rams (4-0) on September 22nd. The lady Hawks Volleyball team is currently 2-1 and will play on September 12th in a home game against the 2-0 Zuni Thunderbirds.