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David Rocha Photo Goddard’s Sammy Zaragoza (9) makes a move as two Roswell defenders are ready to make the tackle on March 26 at the Wool Bowl.

David Rocha Photo Roswell’s Talon Sanders (21) runs by a diving Goddard defender during their March 26 game.

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Character, determination of both teams obvious

Roswell Daily Record

when quarterback Noah Reese pitched the ball right to Hector

There have already been a

Salvarrey, who powered his

couple of classic games played

way into the end zone for the

at the Wool Bowl this season.

game-winning touchdown. The

Will Friday night’s rivalry game

final: Goddard 30, Hobbs 27.

between the Roswell Coyotes

“In a game that saw the

and Goddard Rockets be an-

lead change hands multiple

other one?

times, Hobbs had taken a 27-

The odds are good. The two

23 lead with only 1:06 left in

rivals have a history of play-

the fourth, forcing the Rockets

ing some of their best ball of

to execute a “one-minute drill”

the year when they meet each

to put themselves in position

other in these annual regular-

for the win.

season-ending matchups.

“The crowd erupted when

And it’s a real rivalry, which

the

means a lot of things, among them that we can throw out records, history and most other

David Rocha Photo

Roswell’s Joel Renteria (7) runs through the Goddard defense in 2019.

last-minute

drive

was

capped by the touchdown run. “‘That was two pretty good

of meaningful games. Fans of

Both

But back to those two clas-

football in southeastern New

tests for the Coyotes and

sic games. They were be-

Mexico are a bit spoiled in that

Rockets were covered in the

tween the local teams and

way.

Daily Record under headlines

tough opponents but once this

But regardless of the time

that contained the word “thrill-

season is over, no matter how

and place or the stakes, some

er” — and not by accident.

it shakes out for Roswell and

games offer a glimpse of a

The Rockets’ game came

Goddard, those games are

team’s heart, character and

against Hobbs on Sept. 17.

ment is all that matters.

likely to fade into the histori-

determination — and maybe

From the Roswell Daily Re-

One team’s will and ability

cal record for most. After all,

give an indication of what to

cord reporting on that contest:

2021 Rockets, they know who

to come out a winner — their

there’s a lot of good football

expect when they’re tested

“The Rockets were down

they’re dealing with. That is

insistence upon it — in that

played in this part of the state

on one of the biggest stages

four points to Hobbs with 2.5

who the Goddard Rockets are.

short window of time beginning

and no shortage of games that

they’ll see all year, like a rivalry

seconds left in the contest,

The Coyotes’ come-from-

at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29, that’s all

leave fans wowed. Also a lot

game.

on the Eagles’ four yard-line,

behind win was more recent,

off Friday night. That stuff’s interesting to read about and a walk down memory lane is always fun (that’s why we publish this magazine).

But

realistically,

when real rivals play, that mo-

those

mid-season

football teams I’m thinking,’

that’s going to matter.

factors once the ball is kicked

coach Chris White said after the game. ‘Our kids just overcame a lot right there — ran a one-minute drill, ran it to win. That’s who we are. ...’” White was right. No matter what happened from that point forward, when fans or opponents contemplated the

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on Oct. 15, and against a dis-

good football team, preparing

trict opponent, Artesia. It was

to play another good football

two weeks from Halloween, a

team Friday night at 7 p.m.

team wearing uniforms orange

There are a lot of memo-

as any jack-o-lantern entered

ries in the Wool Bowl — like

the Wool Bowl, maybe a scary

we mentioned earlier, so many

scenario — but ultimately it

that even great games like

was the Coyotes who would

these just get added to a long

give them a fright. From the

list and eventually forgotten

RDR’s recap of the game:

about, more or less. But those

“With Artesia leading 29-

glimpses into the character of

22 with under a minute left in

our local teams are instructive.

the game, Coyotes quarter-

back Rich Arreola hit Josh Es-

season of football after a dis-

trada with a touchdown pass

ruptive year we’d all like to

to narrow the Bulldogs’ lead

forget. Football this season

to 29-28. A two-point conversion on a quarterback keeper

David Rocha Photo Goddard’s Sammy Zaragoza (9) holds on to the ball as Roswell defenders attempt to strip the ball March 26.

by Arreola then gave Roswell

This is New Mexico’s first

has helped provide Roswell with a return to something like normalcy. This regular season

the lead, 30-29, with only 40.2

the Coyotes to finish the game

cuses were over. It’s time to

just keep fighting.”

has already been a fun one.

seconds remaining.

in the victory formation. ...

win the game and that’s what

Indeed they do — part of

“An Artesia fumble would

Coach Jeff Lynn said after

we did. ...” He added later of

the Coyotes’ narrative much of

each of these teams is any in-

end the Bulldogs’ attempt to

the game: “Our kids, we chal-

his team, “They’re resilient,

the year has been their youth.

dication, it ain’t over, and we’re

retake the lead and allowed

lenged them all week. The ex-

they don’t get down and they

But that’s over. This is just a

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COYOTES

# Name

Position Class

35 Peyton Kennard

QB, K

2 Sebastian Mendoza

SB, CB

40 Jorge Gomez

41 Vernon Molinar

RB, OLB

3 Adrian Anaya

Jr.

CB, FS, WR Jr.

ROCKETS

So. Jr. So.

4 Christian Hernandez RB

Jr.

42 Bryce Sanchez

FB, RB

So.

5 Marcos Tarin

Sr.

50 Aldo Matta

Sr.

6 Kelvin Alarcon

Jr.

52 Dylan Ross

DE, C

Sr.

7 Jorge Chavez

OLB, RB

Jr.

53 Salvardo Lozoya

DT, G

Jr.

8 Jovanny Reyes

Jr.

60 Lucius Moore

Jr.

9 Jonah Gamboa

Sr.

62 Lorenzo Barraza

Jr.

10 Gonzalo Garcia

DE, TE

Sr.

64 Jeff Irish

Sr.

11 Sabino Lazos

Sr.

66 Nathaniel Saverance G

Sr.

14 Aray Lucero

Sr.

72 Joseph Renteria

Sr.

74 Reeco Lujan

So.

15 Jordan Weathersby

So.

16 Donovan Morales

Jr.

75 Sylvester Lomeli

Jr.

17 Richard Arreola

QB, CB

Sr.

76 Remi Villa

Jr.

Sr.

20 Ishmal Galvan

G, T, DE

Sr.

77 Gabriel Nail

21 Miguel Garcia

Jr.

79 Jesus Campos

Jr.

22 Miguel Cabrales

DE, FB, MLB Sr.

73 Juan Carlos Alvarez

Sr.

23 Kaiden George

Jr.

25 Jeremiah Monriel

So.

30 Josh Estrada

So.

31 Connor Nichols

So.

32 Wesley Gallegos

So.

33 Eli Lynn

TE, DE

So.

34 Isaac Loya

OLB, RB

So.

# Name

Position Class

50 Landon Victor

1 Adrian Vega

QB, WR, CB Sr.

51 Blaze Dean

3 Jon Silva

RB, OLB, FS So.

52 Christian Dacanay

Jr.

53 Pablo Zaragoza

Sr.

2 Javyn Morales 4 Domonic Ramirez 5 Elijah Quiroz

6 Carter Munson 7 Landon Jones

Jr.

So.

DE, TE

So.

8 Dylan Kermode

9 Jeremiah Sanchez

Sr. Jr.

19 Luis Ortiz

WR G

20 Jameel Cannon 21 Elijah Romero

WR, SS

23 Manuel Venzor

WR, FS

25 Drew Keelin

22 Noah Reese 24 Josiah Arellano 26 David Renteria

Jr.

64 Adam Cameron

G, DT

Jr.

67 Fabian Segovia

Sr.

Jr.

Jr. Jr.

So.

C, DT

Sr.

80 Logan Martinez

Jr.

So.

82 Cesar Fierro

Jr.

83 Elias Armendariz

WR, CB

Sr.

84 Erik Lopez

So.

Sr.

85 Deshon Young

TE, DE

So.

87 Sterling Panebouf

G, DT

Sr.

Jr.

88 Erik Palma

T, DT

Sr.

Sr. Sr. Jr.

Jr.

36 Moises Jimenez

37 Colton Franzoy

Jr.

CB WR, CB

Sr.

81 John Whann

33 Caleb Carrasco 35 Sebastian Bills

Jr.

79 Josh Torres

Sr.

34 Hector Salvarrey

Sr.

T, DT, DE TE

72 Jose Martinez

G, DT, NG So.

31 Caleb Burrell

32 Layton Victor

Jr.

75 Anthony Arellano

Sr.

30 Brandon Robinson

70 Saul Gonzalez

Sr.

29 Gabriel Santiago Chavez DE

Jr.

73 Aidan Werts

So.

28 Jorge Beltran

69 Devin Spicer Lucero

So.

MLB, RB

27 Ricardo Quinones

So.

62 Gabriel R. Chavez

Jr.

18 Vance Atkinson

Sr.

RB, OLB

16 Starrett Huntsman

56 Aiden Martin

Sr.

MLB

Jr.

61 Julian Morando

RB, SS

15 Ethan Morro

SB, C, DT

So.

14 James Torrez

55 Albert Montoya

60 Wyatt Northcutt

OLB WR

Jr.

12 Flavio Garcia

13 Leonardo Mendoza

54 Corey Nguyen

So.

QB, RB FS, SS

So.

57 Martin Castaneda

So.

10 Adrian Solis

11 Diego Nunez

C, DT

Jr.

Sr. Jr.

So. So. Jr.

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Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Rion Lee (27) runs down the sideline against Roswell at the Wool Bowl in 2019.

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David Rocha Photo Roswell’s Alonzo Acosta (3) makes a touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone March 26.

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re d v s b l u e m o men ts 2010 GAME RECAP They ran, they passed and they scored on defense. The Goddard Rockets essentially did it all, including beating crosstown rival Roswell for the 10th straight time. Goddard ran for 311 yards, passed for 117 yards, and scored 21 points in each half to cruise to a 42-0 win over the Coyotes in front of a Wool Bowl filled to nearly 90% capacity.

2011 GAME RECAP It was billed as the game that would re-invigorate a rivalry that had lacked appeal and the “it” factor it once carried in New Mexico. It didn’t live up to the hype, though. Goddard scored at least once in every quarter and twice in the second and third quarters en route to a 41-0 win over archrival Roswell at the Wool Bowl. Sophomore Cody French was thrust into the starting quarterback role right before the game. For the second time in the previous three weeks, it was French who stole the show. He threw for 157 yards and a touchdown on 6-of-11 passing, ran for 76 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries and picked off a pass to set up a Rocket score.

2012 GAME RECAP Roswell’s own coach might have summed it up best after this game when then-head coach Robert Arreola said there was no doubt the opposing Rockets “overmatched” his Coyotes on that particular night. The win capped off an impressive third consecutive

Roswell and Goddard players shake hands before the game.

undefeated season (33 straight wins) for the Rockets, who eventually went on to win the Class 4A state title over Los Lunas. Dean McDaniel led the way offensively for Goddard that night, piling up 183 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 30 carries. The Rockets’ Anthony Ornelas also reached the century mark on the night with 112 yards on 11 carries with a pair of touchdowns, while also completing 5 of 8 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown. Roswell’s Stephen Lucero threw for 95 yards and a touchdown.

2013 GAME RECAP For the second straight year, in

what was also now-Roswell head coach Jeff Lynn’s first year at he helm of the Coyotes, Roswell again got a heavy dose of Goddard running back Dean McDaniel. McDaniel, who was again filling in for the injured Cody French, just as he was in the game in 2012, bulldozed his way to 201 yards on the ground to go with a pair of touchdowns on 26 carries. He also caught a 4-yard touchdown in the eighth shutout for Goddard in the Rockets/Coyote series (19th overall). Roswell, who was stymied yet again on offense by the Rockets, was led by J.J. Fiero with 29 rushing yards on eight carries. The Coyotes still made the state playoffs in Lynn’s

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inaugural season, although they fell at Deming in the first round. Goddard eventually lost to Farmington in the state championship game.

2014 GAME RECAP In the closest game of the series in over a decade, Goddard again found a way to get a win, its 14th straight against rival the Coyotes. Roswell actually led at the half and even played the entire game without a turnover, but ultimately just couldn’t find a way to move the ball in the second half against the Rockets. Meanwhile, in this year’s matchup, Goddard was offensively led by

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re d v s b l u e m o men ts quarterback Cameron Neff, who accounted for over 300 yards of total offense. Roswell quarterback Dominic Anaya made several big plays on offense for the Coyotes on the night, including scoring the lone touchdown and setting up the only other score, a field goal, with a 25-yard run up the middle.

2015 GAME RECAP The Coyotes ended a 14-year skid against their cross-town rival, scoring 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat the Rockets for the first time since 2001. The teams traded touchdowns through the first 16 minutes of the game, stalemated at 14-all, until Goddard’s defense stepped up, causing fumbles on consecutive Roswell offensive plays. The Rockets took advantage of the Coyotes miscues, scoring twice to take a 28-14 lead into halftime. In the second half each team scored, putting the Goddard lead at 35-21 with 10 minutes left in the contest. But the Coyotes kept fighting, as quarterback Dominic Anaya connected with Jacob Miley for a 27-yard touchdown on fourth and 12 to get within a touchdown of the Rockets. The Coyote defense forced a punt, marched down the field for the tying score, then forced another punt before Anaya led his team into the Goddard red zone once again to set up Isaiah De La Rosa’s game-winning touchdown.

2016 GAME RECAP The Roswell Coyotes scored a go-ahead touchdown with 3:39

left in the fourth quarter, and held off a charging Goddard offense, to defeat the Rockets 22-14 at the Wool Bowl. This was the second year in a row Goddard lost to Roswell after a 14-year string of Goddard wins in the cross-town rivalry. Knotted at 14-all early in the fourth quarter, the Rockets marched into Coyote territory, but a string of false start penalties had Goddard taking one step forward and two steps back. On fourthand-long at the Roswell 37-yard line, the Coyotes stopped Goddard senior running back Devon Quiroz to take over on downs. The Coyotes used a steady dose of rushes from junior tailback Gabe Najar and sweep plays to junior running back Michael Ponce to move the ball into Goddard territory. Facing a fourth-and-short at the Goddard 35-yard line, senior quarterback Bear Kyser tossed to Najar for a big first down and then some. On third-and-goal at the 3-yard line, junior slotback Daniel Sosa took the handoff on the sweep and willed his way into the end zone. Najar bullied his way in for the 2-point conversion to give the Coyotes a 22-14 lead and eventual win. The Coyotes had 274 yards on the ground, including 127 yards on 25 carries from Najar, who scored one of the three Roswell touchdowns on the night.

2017 GAME RECAP For Roswell on this night it was the Gabe Najar show. Najar took an 8-yard handoff and scored as he cut back to his left and went in untouched. It was his third TD of the night to go along with 95

yards with 3:46 left in the game. Najar’s score was enough to give the Coyotes a 33-21 victory. Goddard managed to tie the score at 7-7 when Tyler Hoover scored on a 52-yard screen pass after a Roswell tackler missed him at the line of scrimmage with 6:19 left in the second quarter. Roswell’s Daniel Sosa capped an 11-play scoring drive when he ran the ball in from the right side and Joel Sanchez added the PAT to give the Coyotes a 14-7 lead with 2:12 to play in the second quarter. On Goddard’s next possession senior standout Diego Miranda took the ball on the left side and made a tackler miss in the backfield and hit the jets, going 62 yards for a touchdown as Jacob Wieser added the PAT to tie the game

at 14-14 heading into halftime. Coming out of the break, Najar ran over his right tackle Victor Bolanos for the score. Sanchez added the PAT to give RHS a 2114 lead with 8:30 to play in the third quarter. Goddard was not to be denied, as quarterback Robert Aragon ran a sneak from the 9-yard line to score and Wieser made the PAT to tie the score at 21-21 with 5:25 to play in the third quarter. Roswell was not finished scoring as Najar went over the left tackle to score with 2:05 left in the third quarter as the PAT was blocked. Roswell led 27-21. Goddard would not be able to score as the Coyotes would win the game.

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This game had all the high drama of a state playoff game instead of a rivalry game. This was the first time that Roswell and Goddard had been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively with Goddard being the No. 1 team. There were player of the year candidates in Goddard’s Dalton Bowles and Roswell’s Justin Carrasco. The game was tied deep into the fourth quarter. Roswell made a fourth-andinches stop at their 12-yard line. Roswell controlled the ball and drove the length of the field and had Joel Sanchez kick a field goal with 1:50 left to play. Goddard received the ball back and was driving when a Goddard receiver was hit in the back and fumbled the ball. Roswell recovered with 1:07 left as Roswell forced Goddard to use their timeouts. Roswell would win the game 24-21.

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Roswell was undefeated and ranked No. 1. GHS entered the contest at 8-1 and ranked No. 2 in 5A. With a fourth down and 9 yards to go at the Rockets’ 20-yard line, Roswell coach Jeff Lynn called a timeout and sent in Joel “Mr. Everything” Sanchez and he nailed a 31-yard field goal to put the Coyotes up 24-14 with 2:15 to play in the game. This game was marred by flags as each team committed over 10 penalties in the game. This game would propel Roswell to its second championship, as they went undefeated en route to a perfect season, going 13-0.

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The crosstown rivalry contest between the Goddard Rockets and Roswell Coyotes came down to which team could best execute its game plan on Friday night (March 26). The Coyotes, 2-1, used a healthy balance of running and passing the ball and came away with a 26-14 win at the Wool Bowl. The Coyotes’ game plan was to control the clock and stay away from any turnovers — they did both. The Rockets ran the ball well, but they just couldn’t find their vibe like they had in games against Lovington and Artesia, when they were unstoppable. Trailing 8-6, Roswell scored right before the end of the first half when Zeke Gonzales found Alonzo Acosta on a fade route in the front corner of the end zone. The Coyotes missed the two-point conversion and went into the locker room with a 12-8 lead. Roswell also scored 14 unanswered points in the second half. Goddard made things interesting though. In the fourth quarter, trailing 26-8, a long touchdown run capped a 62-yard drive. The extra point failed with 9:35 left in the game, rounding out the final score of 26-14.

Goddard’s Javyn Morales (2) runs the ball against Roswell March 26.

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— The 1980s —

ROSWELL 34-6 ROSWELL 47-6 ROSWELL 20-17 ROSWELL 38-0 GODDARD 20-14 ROSWELL 12-0 ROSWELL 13-0 ROSWELL 35-12 ROSWELL 7-0 ROSWELL 21-7 ROSWELL 35-0 ROSWELL 10-3

1980 GODDARD 6-2 1980 ROSWELL 16-14 1981 ROSWELL 21-0 1981 ROSWELL 26-9 1982 ROSWELL 20-0 1983 ROSWELL 34-0 1984 ROSWELL 35-13 1985 ROSWELL 32-14 1986 ROSWELL 41-6 1987 ROSWELL 48-0 1988 ROSWELL 36-15 1989 ROSWELL 28-6

Roswell Wins the Decade

11 - 1

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ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD

Roswell.............................................36 Goddard...........................................22 Ties......................................................3 TOTAL POINTS SCORED

Roswell........................................1,175 Goddard......................................1,085 LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY

Roswell................................. 48 (1987) Goddard............................... 48 (2007) LONGEST WINNING STREAKS

— The 1990s — 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

GODDARD ROSWELL ROSWELL ROSWELL GODDARD ROSWELL GODDARD GODDARD GODDARD GODDARD

16-14 14-0 10-7 20-15 23-0 31-6 26-18 29-6 35-13 34-31

Goddard Wins the Decade

6-4

— The 2000s — 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

ROSWELL 51-6 ROSWELL 13-7 GODDARD 41-0 GODDARD 20-7 GODDARD 42-0 GODDARD 42-16 GODDARD 49-27 GODDARD 35-0 GODDARD 54-6 GODDARD 42-0 GODDARD 54-7

Goddard Wins the Decade

9-2

— The 2010s — 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020*

GODDARD GODDARD GODDARD GODDARD GODDARD ROSWELL ROSWELL ROSWELL ROSWELL ROSWELL ROSWELL

42-0 41-0 52-6 35-0 21-10 42-35 22-14 33-21 24-21 24-14 26-14

*Game played spring 2021

Roswell........................11 (1980-1989) Goddard......................14 (2002-2014) SHUTOUTS

Roswell.............................................11 Goddard.............................................8 MOST POINTS SCORED

Roswell................................. 52 (2012) Goddard..................54 (2007 & 2009)

Roswell Wins the Decade

6-5

AVERAGE SCORE

Roswell........................................19.26 Goddard......................................17.79

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Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Ray Downs (12) turns the corner on a Coyote defender at the Wool Bowl in 2019.

Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Jojo Freman (23) stops to make a juke move on a Coyote defender in 2019.

Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Sammy Zaragoza (9) runs down the field against Roswell on March 26.

Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Adrian Vega (1) makes a move on a pair of Roswell defenders at the Wool Bowl on March 26.

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Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Sammy Zaragoza (9) runs down the field against Roswell on March 26.

Roswell’s Jonah Gamboa (41) makes a catch against Goddard March 26.

Steve Notz Photo Goddard’s Sammy Zaragoza (9) and James Torrez (16) combine to make a tackle during their 2019 game against Roswell.

David Rocha Photo Roswell’s Zeke Gonzales (10) makes a move on a Goddard defender during their March 26 game at the Wool Bowl.

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