Football Friday Night: Five Points Ahead of Week 6

The high school football season is already in week six as teams gear up to try and polish their records for playoff pushes and district title fights. Week six brings some excellent in-town matchups across the Sun City.

Follow 600 ESPN El Paso all evening for live scoring updates of all the scheduled games. Listen in to our alternate stream—600 ESPN 2—to listen to the newest edition of Football Friday Night, hosted by Beau Bagley and Paul MacKinnon. All of the photos following the game are provided by Prep 1.

Standings in El Paso

1-6A	District	*Pct.	*PF	*PA	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Coronado	1-0	1.000	14	0	1-3	0.250	28	85	1 W
Eastlake	1-0	1.000	23	14	4-0	1.000	144	55	4 W
Pebble Hills	1-0	1.000	29	28	2-2	0.500	109	115	2 W
Franklin	1-0	1.000	49	45	2-2	0.500	142	152	2 W
Americas	1-1	0.500	40	23	1-4	0.200	90	158	1 W
Eastwood	0-1	0.000	28	29	2-2	0.500	152	118	2 L
Socorro	0-2	0.000	0	40	1-4	0.200	86	119	2 L
Montwood	0-1	0.000	45	49	1-3	0.250	127	137	1 L

5A-2	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Canutillo	4-1	0.800	168	100	3 W
Ysleta	3-2	0.600	145	205	1 L
Horizon	2-3	0.400	203	166	1 W
Hanks	1-4	0.200	97	274	2 L
Parkland	1-5	0.167	156	172	2 L

5a-1	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Del Valle	4-1	0.800	176	115	1 W
Chapin	3-2	0.600	164	110	2 W
El Dorado	3-3	0.500	183	193	3 W
Bel Air	2-3	0.400	146	166	1 L

2-5a-2	dISTRICT	*Pct.	*PF	*PA	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Andress	1-0	1.000	52	22	3-1	0.750	139	96	1 W
Burges	1-0	1.000	28	22	3-2	0.600	188	124	2 W
El Paso	1-0	1.000	41	35	1-3	0.250	102	183	1 W
Jefferson	0-1	0.000	22	28	3-2	0.600	180	111	2 L
Irvin	0-1	0.000	35	41	2-3	0.400	166	152	2 L
Bowie	0-1	0.000	22	52	0-5	0.000	89	216	5 L
Austin	0-0	0.000	0	0	2-2	0.500	83	114	2 L

1-4a	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Riverside	4-1	0.800	236	117	1 L
Mountain View	3-2	0.600	147	112	1 L
Clint	2-3	0.400	127	153	2 L
Fabens	1-4	0.200	116	87	3 L
San Elizario	0-5	0.000	35	216	5 L

OCTOBER 1 Schedule

Pebble Hills (2-2, 1-0) at Eastlake (4-0, 1-0) Brandon Cohn
Franklin (2-2, 1-0) at Eastwood (2-2, 0-1) Adrian Broaddus
Austin (2-2, 0-0) at Andress (4-1, 1-0) Jaime Chavez
Jefferson (3-2, 0-1) at Irvin (2-3, 0-1) Alex Nicholas
Canutillo (4-1) at Bel Air (2-3) Steve Escajeda
Chapin (3-2) at Clint (2-3) Joey Penisi
Ysleta (3-2) at El Paso (1-3, 1-0) Ray Adauto
Bowie (0-5, 0-1) at Burges (3-2, 1-0) Jeremy Carranco
Hanks (1-4) at Del Valle (4-1) JD Sursely
Alpine (1-4) at Riverside (4-1)
Pecos (3-2) at Mt. View (3-2)
Tornillo (0-5) at San Elizario (0-5)
St Michael’s (4-1) at Cathedral (4-1) Austin
Cobre (1-5) at Anthony (2-3)
Fabens (1-4) at Lakeview (1-4)

Here are Five Points before kickoff

Thursday Night Rundown

El Dorado 50 - Parkland 46
Americas 26 - Socorro 0

Hello El Dorado! The Aztecs continued the streak of wild finishes at the SAC for Thursday games with a game-winning kickoff return for a touchdown. This comes on the heels of last week's insane Pebble Hills finish over Eastwood (29-28), where the Spartans won the game by a late two-point conversion.

Last night, the Aztecs found themselves down 46-43 after Parkland wideout DJ Crest hauled in a touchdown with less than a minute in regulation. Amid four lead changes in a back-and-forth fourth quarter, El Dorado wanted to continue the madness. Aztecs kickoff return specialist Andre Thomas was the savior for El Dorado, returning the kick for a touchdown to win 50-46 in the final seconds.

Suddenly El Dorado is 3-3 heading into league play, while Parkland is probably one of the toughest five-loss team that you'll see in the state.

Game of the Week: Eastlake vs. Pebble Hills

I just mentioned the significant win the Spartans had last week, playing spoiler to an Eastwood squad that had high expectations heading into this district slate. Can Pebble Hills play spoiler two weeks in a row?

They are young, but fiesty. Sophomore quarterback Gael Ochoa has thrown for 669 yards and rushed for 288 with 12 total touchdowns. He's a game-changer. Junior ATH Jacob Ledesma is another difference-maker, totaling 109 rushing yards, 62 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns on the year. Defensively, linebacker Robert Deal (30 total tackles) leads the Spartans. But they will face their biggest test yet.

Eastlake showed their mortality last week as they scraped past Americas (23-14). The Falcons looked virtually unstoppable all the way up to last week, when they appeared more one-dimensional offensively than before. Senior ATH Elijah Uribe took over at quarterback late in the game against Americas and pounded it on the ground for 150 rushing yards. He averages a whopping 200 yards of total offense per game (802 total this year).

Prediction: Eastlake 30 - Pebble Hills 20

Dark Horse Game of the Week: Franklin at Eastwood

Franklin's Cameron Byrd versus Eastwood's Andrew Martinez. This might be the battle of the two best gunslingers in El Paso. The two quarterbacks combine for 2,519 passing yards on the year so far, with Martinez (1,488 yards, 12 touchdowns, five interceptions) edging Byrd (1,031 yards, 11 touchdowns, two interceptions).

This should be a touchdown fest on both sides.

The Cougars are coming off an impressive 49-45 Homecoming win against Montwood to start district play, in which the score looked a lot closer than the game actually was. Eastwood hopes to rebound after their one-point loss to Pebble Hills last week.

Eastwood averages 558 yards per game, while Franklin puts up 457 yards per game. We might see well over 1,000 yards of offense from both of these teams tonight. Turnovers will be key to look at. Eastwood averages one turnover per game and 1.8 takeaways. Franklin hasn't had a fumble this year and only two interceptions, while their defense averages 2.25 takeaways per contest.

Get ready for a lengthy one in east El Paso tonight!

Prediction: Franklin 63 - Eastwood 56

5A Showdown: Austin vs. Andress

Andress boasts the top record in 2-5A-2, but their squad has been hit by the injury bug lately. Iowa State commit ATH Jeremiah Cooper was held out last week due to an ankle injury. Running back Malachi Do is dealing with an injury.

This might mean a mix group of impact players for the Eagles on Friday night. Quarterback Elias Duncan will be asked to do more tonight following his 242 passing, four touchdown performance against Bowie last week (52-22).

The Panthers rely on their physical ground-and-pound game. Junior running back/linebacker Jayden Wilson (564 rushing yards, five touchdowns, 10.8 tackles per game, 13 QB hurries) leads them on both sides of the ball.

Austin is coming off a disgruntling loss to Chapin last week (43-13). The Eagles handled the Huskies earlier this year (42-13). Maybe that means well for Andress in this one. Still, if this is a close game and if the Panthers are able to pull off an upset, this district could be flipped upside down.

Prediction: Andress 20 - Austin 7

Potential playoff contenders? Jefferson at Irvin

The 2020 tri-champs Irvin Rockets laid an egg in a shocking 41-35 double-overtime loss to El Paso High last week. Now Irvin sits at 2-3 with their backs against the wall, needing some wins under their belt in order to be in contention for a playoff spot.

Jefferson has been a pleasant contender in this district thus far. They fought back against Burges last week and ultimately lost, 28-22. The Silver Foxes want to make the playoffs this year and they have talented enough squad to do it. Their stellar quarterback Nathan Alcala has passed for 1,022 yards,13 touchdowns and zero interceptions. Running back Miguel Rubio has 546 on the ground with five touchdowns.

Prediction: Jefferson 28 - Irvin 13