Artesia knocks out Santa Teresa in district road contest

By Mike Smith
Artesia Daily Press
msmith@currentargus.com

The Artesia Bulldogs traveled nearly four hours Thursday night and had no trouble picking up its fourth straight District 5-2A win with a 57-0 shutout of the Santa Teresa Warriors.

Ethan Conn’s 49-yard touchdown run early in the opening period set the tone for the Bulldogs in the contest against Santa Teresa.

Artesia made the 2-point conversion as Derrick Warren completed a pass to Ayden Huffman as the Bulldogs led 8-0.

The Bulldogs offense continued the scoring barrage in the first quarter as quarterback Izac Cazares capped a five-play drive with 2:01 left in the opening quarter with a 28-yard pass to Conn.

Gael Ruiz converted the extra point kick as Artesia extended the lead 36-0.

The win ups Artesia’s overall record to 5-2 and 4-2 in league play.

Find out more about the game, plus statistics by picking up a copy of the Artesia Daily Press on Oct. 10.