Cibola, Antelope lose on road
Brawley 35, Cibola 25
Cibola shot itself in the foot too many times to be able to win at Brawley on Friday.
The Raiders fell 35-25 after a couple of penalties came back to haunt the team.
At one instance Cibola drove the length of the field down to the one-yard line, only for three penalties to keep points off of the board. The Raiders trailed 28-25 at this point, and that left the g-ahead points out there.
Senior quarterback Ethan Arvizo had a touchdown run called back on a holding call.
“We made some little mistakes, and when you
BRW: 4-1 overall CHS: 2-3 overall
play a good team it usually comes down to the team that makes the least mistakes,” Cibola coach Lucky Arvizo said. “We made mistakes and that was the outcome.”
Brawley scouted the Raiders’ aerial attack from early in the season and stopped the passing game from taking over again. Cibola had to do most of its work on the ground behind
PAR: 2-2 overall ANT: 3-2 overall
the legs of Zeke Rios, who finished with 175 yards and three touchdowns, kept his team in the game.
“They stayed back to cover the pass. We had some success running the ball,” coach Arvizo said.
Cibola (2-3) will be back on Friday Sept. 28 at home against Copper Canyon.
Parker 30, Antelope 18
For three quarters Antelope put last week’s loss to Tombstone in the rear view mirror, but the final 12 minutes snowballed on them as the Rams fell to Parker.
Antelope led 18-14 going into the fourth quarter, but ultimately lost 30-18 to fall to 3-2 overall, 2-2 AIA.
“We gave up 14 points in three quarters and in the last quarter we gave up 16,” Antelope coach Gary Mauldin said.
“We need to start owning the fourth quarter. That needs to be ours. We train and workout in one of the hottest places in the nation from 3 to 5:30. We need to take that to heart that we work harder than anybody else.”
Antelope will be back on Friday at home against San Carlos.