Tucumcari loses; Logan stays unbeaten

Roundup: Tucumcari suffered its first loss of the season on Friday night. The Rattlers were beaten by Capitan, 42-34. House rolled to a 48-12 win against Vaughan on Friday night. Logan stayed unbeaten Saturday night with a 52-30 victory against Bataan Military Academy. San Jon’s game against Hondo Valley was canceled.

Stars: Tucumcari quarterback Alex Hutchins ran for two touchdowns and threw for another in the loss to Capitan. Rattlers running back Angelo Montano had touchdown runs of 62 and 26 yards. ... Logan quarterback Truitt Frost ran for two touchdowns and running back Josh Ruda helped balance the running game. ... House quarterback Dustin Provencio threw four touchdowns and receivers Bobby Lee and Cody Poncho caught two apiece.

Just sayin’: “We had a couple of mishaps that hurt us in the game,” Rattlers quarterback Alex Hutchins said.

• “We ran the ball well. We dominated the first half,” Logan coach Billy Burns said.

• “We hit some people,” House coach Lyndel Bonds said.

As it stands: Logan is 4-0. Tucumcari and House are 3-1. San Jon is 1-1.

Must improve: Tucumcari jumped to an early 14-point lead but lost steam as Capitan scored the next 34 points. “We will be working on conditioning this week,” Hutchins said.

What’s next: Tucumcari looks to get back on track at Loving at 7 p.m. Friday.

• Logan will look to stay unbeaten as it heads to Tatum at 7 p.m. Friday. “We have to eliminate our turnovers and make them turn the ball over and then capitalize,” Burns said.

• House hosts Evangel Christian Academy at 4 p.m. Friday. “We want to run the ball better this week. We won by 36 points but that came from our passing game,” Bonds said.

• San Jon is off.

-QCS staff