Pirates Unable to Hold Jaguars, 40-7

Pirates Unable to Hold Jaguars, 40-7

  • Pirates Unable to Hold Jaguars, 40-7
    Pirates Unable to Hold Jaguars, 40-7
  • After a 2-3 loss on Thursday, October 20 to the Lady Jaguars of Valencia High School (6-9-1, 5-3), the Lady Pirates hope of making the state soccer tournament was dashed. Valencia High School received the 11 seed at the state soccer tournament. The Lady Pirates finished their season 8-7-2, 5-3. In this file photo, Pirate soccer players Annaliesa Lowther (22) and Dezeray Valley (4) defend their goal at a recent home game against district rival St. Pius Spartans. Franklin Romero - CC
    After a 2-3 loss on Thursday, October 20 to the Lady Jaguars of Valencia High School (6-9-1, 5-3), the Lady Pirates hope of making the state soccer tournament was dashed. Valencia High School received the 11 seed at the state soccer tournament. The Lady Pirates finished their season 8-7-2, 5-3. In this file photo, Pirate soccer players Annaliesa Lowther (22) and Dezeray Valley (4) defend their goal at a recent home game against district rival St. Pius Spartans. Franklin Romero - CC

“Turnovers, missed tackles—we had a couple of mistakes on special teams that cost us field position and ultimately–points,” said GHS Head Football Coach Brandon Hernandez of the Pirates district loss to the Valencia Jaguars(4-5, 2-0) last Thursday, October 20. The senior heavy Jaguars, who are ranked ninth in the most recent coaches’ poll, were a very present and physical team on the field that night. “Valencia’s top playmakers were all seniors–22—in contrast the vast majority of our production in all phases comes from underclassmen and a few upperclassmen,” said Hernadez. “That has been the story much of the year—-that’s ok—we knew that coming in–that it would be a process–and we’re committed to it.” The sole Pirate touchdown came late in the fourth quarter after a special team’s player, Cardenio Chavez, picked up a muffed punt by Valencia that allowed for a t one-yard touchdown by Douglas Mitchel a few plays later. The extra kick was good. Freshman quarterback Tristin Fernandez suffered a concussion before the half with backup quarterback Julian Padilla. Three other Pirates also suffered concussions, Sophomore Andres Lazos and freshmen DJ Chavez will be out for the next game. Senior Keegan Wilcox's status will be determined by gametime. Fernandez has been cleared and will return next week as quarterback. The Pirates will end their season this Thursday at 7:00pm on the road against the district rival the St. Pius Sartans (1-8, 02). In district 3/5 4A Silver City leads with an 8-1, 2-0 record followed by Valencia High School with a 4-5, 2-0 record. St. Pius is third and Grants High School is fourth.

The Pirates drop to 18, 2-0 as they prepare for the Sartans. “We are excited to get one more shot to compete with this group of guys,” said Hernandez of the upcoming game with St. Pius.

Cibola County Finish Line

The Lady Pirates soccer team's hope of making the state playoffs were dashed as they lost to the Valencia Jaguars by a score of 3-1 on Thursday, October 20 in an away game. The Jaguars clinched second place in district 3/5 4A with that they secured an 11 seed at the state tournament for girls’ soccer. Chloe Rychner scored the lone goal for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates finish their season 8-9,2, 5-3. The Lady Pirates Volleyball Team are 9-10, 2-3 after a recent 3-1 loss on Thursday, October 20 to the Valencia Jaguars (23-25, 25, -19, 25-9). They are currently fourth place in their district. Their next district game is this Thursday, October 27 against the Highland Hornets (6-11,2-3).

The Laguna-Acoma Hawks Volleyball team remains undefeated at 17-0 as they surge forward in district play. They defeated the Dulce Hawks 3-0 on Saturday, October 20 in their first district game of the season.

On Monday, October 26 they defeated the Gallup Bengals 3-0 in a non-district game. The Lady Hawks will host Navajo Pine (5-14, 0-3) on Thursday, October 27 in their next district game.

The Hawks football team wrapped up their season with a loss to the Mc-Curdy Bobcats 28-19. Scoring touchdowns for the Hawks were Brian Silva who scored two touchdowns and Neal Kie scored one touchdown. The Hawks finish their season 3-7, 0-3.