Artesia football coach Jeremy Maupin welcomes Layton Whitmire and another Bulldog to the field for warm-ups prior to the Carlsbad football game on Friday.
The Pride of the Pecos Valley, the Artesia band, comes to the stadium with drums blazing.The drum line was thumping as it came into Bulldog Stadium for the football game on Friday.The whole band was bringing it on Friday night.Anyone need a trombone player? Here they come.Coach Maupin is welcoming the rest of the team to the pregame warm-ups ahead of the game against Carlsbad.Defensive lineman Deion Loya goes through pregame drills before the Carlsbad game at the Bulldog Bowl.Another position group goes through drills before the game.Look at Number 23 looking out for the offensive lineman before the game.The Artesia offensive line coaches talk to the team before the Carlsbad game.Artesia defensive lineman John Rodriguez before the game.Coach Maupin meets with the referees before the game.The Artesia position group huddles together and prays before the game.Team captain Ivan Chavez, Elijah Carrasco, Cristian Pando, and Lucas Atkins walk out to meet Carlsbad for the coin toss.The referee tosses the coin to see who wins possession of the ball. Carlsbad wins the toss and takes the ball to start the game.Artesia quarterback Lucas Atkins tells the referee that Artesia will kick that way.Fans line up for the Dog Pile.An Artesia cheerleader gets ready for the Dog Pile.A Bulldog fan is excited to start the season and waits for the team to come onto the field.Artesia football fans are excited to begin the season at the Bulldog Bowl.Fans are excited for the Bulldogs to come onto the field and do the Dog Pile.Here come the Bulldogs as they begin the Bulldog slide.Ivan Chavez begins his slide into the Dog Pile.Here comes the rest of the team.The Dog Pile.Look at the happy players’ smiles as they do the Dog Pile.The defense huddles up before taking the field to start the game.The defense closes in on Carlsbad running backBrock Wright during Friday night action at the Bulldog Bowl.Elijah Carrasco brings down Brock Wright for no gain.Elijah Carrasco brings down Brock Wright with a head tackle during first-quarter action.Carlsbad turns the ball over on downs with a bad snap.Artesia quarterback Lucas Atkins gains a first down and slides during action on Friday night.Pass interference is called on Carlsbad for hitting the Artesia receiver before the ball arrives.Artesia defensive back Colt Moziejko is stride for stride with the Carlsbad receiver as the pass is incomplete.Artesia running back Cristian Pando breaks loose against Carlsbad.Cristian Pando scores on a 5-yard touchdown run aginst Carlsbad at teh Bulldog Bowl.Pando is about to be hit in the end zone.Cristian Pando takes a hit after scoring the touchdown.Cristian Pando goes airborne after scoring.Touchdown.Cristian Pando celebrates after scoring the touchdown.Artesia quarterback Chance Hocker looks to take the snap after the Bulldogs scored a touchdown.Destin Pacheco makes a catch against Carlsbad to move the chains.The Bulldogs start on their with the ball on its 1-yard line.A look at what Lucas Atkins sees from the end zone.Look at the release of Lucas Atkins throwing the ball from his 2-yard line.Look at his release.
