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Prep football roundup: Dora, Texico conclude seasons

CLOVIS— Friday night saw two local teams say farewell to the 2017 season with playoff losses. As for Bovina, the Mustangs take a top seed in the playoffs, while Muleshoe is hoping to find their mid-season selves coming into the playoffs.

Tatum 40, Dora 26

Friday night Dora and Tatum exchanged blows in what had been an all out dog fight in Tatum, but the outcome wasn’t what Dora head coach Mason McBee was hoping for.

Dora added the first six points of the game midway into the first quarter as Hayden Skinner found Kaull Burton for a 15-yard touchdown completion.

Tatum answered back with little under a minute and taking the lead 8-6 going into the second quarter. Hayden Skinner found Slade Hamann on a 40 yard touchdown completion with little under a minute to go in the second, creating a 14-12 lead before half-time, but after half-time it was all Tatum. “Tatum played really well, we gotta give them credit,” said Dora coach Mason McBee. “We drove the ball on them pretty well, and nothing really changed in the second half, but we just had a lot of penalties that hurt us and kept their drives alive on third down situations.”

Dora finished the season 6-4.

Tatum (7-3) hosts Melrose on Friday at 7 p.m. The Buffs topped Cloudcroft 58-0.

Bovina 47, Sudan 19

Bovina had the No. 1 seed at stake in its game against Sudan and if it lost it would have been involved in a three way tie. Instead, the Mustangs went home as district champs.

Bovina (7-2) took a quick 13-0 lead before the Hornets (4-6) decided to put up seven with under a minute to go in the opening quarter. The Mustangs extended their lead 21-7 with two minutes gone in the second, but Sudan’s defense held them at that for the remainder of the half.

“We just didn’t execute like we should have in the second,” Bovina head coach Jonathan Lambright said. “They were playing better defense than we were playing offense.”

The Mustangs came into the second half pushing the ball to make up for the second quarter, and according to Lambright the Mustangs went on to have 300 yards rushing and 180 yards passing. “We didn’t really change much in the second half,” Lambright said. “We came out executing better and kept positive.” The Mustangs had a 12-6 third quarter deficit, and a 14-6 fourth quarter as they cruised to a 47-19 victory.

Tahoka (4-6) looks to visit No. 1 seed Bovina on Friday at 6:30 p.m. MST.

Shallowater 35, Muleshoe 0

After Muleshoe’s close 24-19 loss to Littlefield last week, they were looking for some redemption against Shallowater (9-1), but the Mules (4-6) just couldn’t break down the Mustangs’ defense this past Friday.

Throughout the first quarter both teams seemed to have played some aggressive defense, but at the same time mistakes got in the way.

With just two minutes into the first quarter, Muleshoe’s Michael Lozano intercepted a pass from Shallowater, but two minutes later the Mustangs decided to do the same at their own 20 yard line. Some minor mistakes prevented either team from getting anything done in the first quarter, but Shallowater scored off of a 4-yard run early in the second which was one of their three touchdowns before the half came to an end.

Muleshoe still has a shot in the playoffs as the Mules host Crane on Friday at 6 p.m. MST.

Dexter 36, Texico 13

After Texico’s big win over Tucumcari that carried it into the playoffs, the Wolverines couldn’t carry the momentum, but they carried the heart.

Texico had a hard season with injuries being the main issue, but the players showed heart throughout.

“These kids made up their minds at the beginning of the season to listen to what I had to preach,” said Texico head coach Pat Crowley. “They realized we have a tradition here at Texico and that is to give everything they have and get a state championship.”

In the game against Dexter this past Friday the Wolverines didn’t give up on their season and according to Crowley they played some good football.

“We prepared for their offense this past week at practice and tried the best we could to mimic their offense,” Crowley said. “What got us was our penalties and we dug a hole for ourselves early on, but we moved the ball pretty well and had some stops to where they didn’t throw any deep balls past our secondary.”

 
 
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