Game 11: NM Highlands at CSU Pueblo Radio: KMDZ (96.7 Sam FM) with Art Arbreu Television: Altitude Internet Stream: America One Live Stats: gothunderwolves.com This Week The Series New Mexico Highlands The New Mexico Highlands football team New Mexico Highlands trailes the all-time Sports Information (3-7, 3-5 Rocky Mountain Athletic Con- series with the Thunderwolves, 14-5. The Matthew Lofton, Director ference) will conclude the 2014 season Cowboys have not beaten CSU-Pueblo Saturday (Nov. 15) when it takes on the since the 1981 season, the only time the Email: [email protected] league-leading CSU-Pueblo Thunder- Cowboys won an outright RMAC title. In Work: (505) 426-2017 wolves (9-1, 7-1 RMAC). Kicko is sched- 2012, Highlands scored 14 straight in the Cell: (501) 442-7587 uled for 1 p.m. fourth quarter to lead CSU-Pueblo 17-10 with 10 minutes left in the game, but the The Coaches Thunderwolves ended the game with 21 Highlands head coach Eric Young is cur- unanswered to knock o Highlands, 31-17. rently in his fourth season and is 1726 overall. He is 03 against CSUPueblo. Coming Up Next QuickQuick FactsFact The Thunderwolves are coached by John Saturday (Nov. 15) marks the nal game Wristen, who is in his seventh season at of the 2014 season for New Mexico High School Information the helm of CSU-Pueblo (his eighth overall lands. The Cowboys have 10of11 games as he resurrected the program in 2007). He already scheduled in 2015, including an Name ....New Mexico Highlands Univ. is 63-16 overall and 6-0 against Highlands. other trip to Northern Arizona. Location ...........Las Vegas, NM 87701 Nickname ..............................Cowboys 2014 New Mexico Highlands Schedule Colors .......................Purple and White Date Opponent Site/Stadium Time/Result Affi liation ...............NCAA Division II 9/6 Eastern NM (6-4) Las Vegas, NM. L 21-44 President ......................Dr. James Fries Notes: Senior Jared Koster makes a career-best 20 tackles Director of Athletics ..........Jeff Falkner 9/13 @ N. Ariz. (7-3) Flagstaff, Ariz. L 23-62 SWA ............................Karin Gadberry Notes: Carney placed 5-of-8 punts inside the 20 Conference: .Rocky Mountain Athletic 9/20 Western NM (4-6) Las Vegas, NM W 59-38 Home Venue ...Perkins Stadium (4500) Notes: Cowboys move 700 yards in 100 plays Surface .................................Field Turf 9/27 @ Fort Lewis (3-7) Durango, Colo. W 45-10 Coaching Staff Notes: Outscored Fort Lewis last two games in Durango 95-10 Head Coach ........................Eric Young 10/4 Colorado Mines (9-1) Las Vegas, NM L 35-42 Alma Mater ................. Montana, 1995 Notes: Slavin had 14 catches, 279 yards and two TD’s Record at TU ............17-26/4th Season 10/11 @ Colorado Mesa (5-5) Grand Junction, Colo. L 19-31 Overall Record ............................Same Notes: Mesa scores 24 unanswered to begin game. Assistant Coaches: ............................... 10/18 Western St. (4-6) Las Vegas, N.M. W 46-43 Dir. of Ops/RB ..................Tony Pavlic Notes: Cowboys rally for 10 points in fi nal minute for win Off. Coordinator/QB ..Chase Holbrook Def. Coordinator ............Ivan Cordova 10/25 @ Adams St. (4-6) Alamosa, Colo. L 34-41 ST Coordinator/WR .... Kenny Jackson Notes: Koster makes fi rst career pick six. Linebackers ....................Art Abreu, Jr. 11/1 Chadron State (7-3) Las Vegas, N.M. L 38-52 Offensive Line...........Clayton Johnson Notes: Cowboys jumped out to a 14-0 lead for 2nd straight game Defensive Backs ............Pat Rodriguez 11/8 @ Black Hills St. (0-1) Spearfi sh, S.D. L 27-30 Asst. Line Coach .......Chris Ferragamo 14-point rally in 4th comes up short. 11/15 @ CSU-Pueblo (9-1) Pueblo, Colo. 2 p.m. Notes: Highlands Trails 5-14 2014 New MexicoQuick Highlands Fact Roster # Name Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 73 Andres Blea Fr. OL 65 300 Santa Fe, N.M. 1 CJ Grice Sr. WR 60 170 Burlington, N.C. 74 Anthony Gordon Jr. DL 63 310 Beumont, Calif. 2 Kennis Lewis Sr. DB 60 185 Houston, Texas 75 Jermiah Wilder Jr. DL 63 360 West Palm Beach, Fla. 3 Travon Payne Jr. WR 62 200 Inglewood, Calif. 78 Brent Walker Sr. OL 66 340 Akron, Ohio 4 Harold SmithMobley Jr. WR 64 230 Corona, Calif. 81 Jalen Adkins So. WR 64 225 Dallas, Texas 5 Tyler Slavin Sr. WR 62 215 Corona, Calif. 82 Austin Jones Fr. WR 61 195 Laguna, N.M. 6 John Paul Sr. DE/TE 65 260 Immokalee, Fla. 83 Jared Womack Sr. WR 60 175 Clovis, N.M. 7 Lance Orender Sr. QB 65 235 Clovis, Calif. 86 Sean Vasquez Fr. P 511 195 Beaumont, Calif. 8 Don Carter So. LB 62 235 Bel Air, Mass. 10 Kirt Terry-Springs Jr. WR 5-9 185 White Center, Wash. HEAD COACH: 11 Ken Spigner Sr. DB 510 185 Miami, Fla. Eric Young, Fourth Season (Montana, 1995) 12 Cory Lockman So. QB 63 238 El Cajon, Calif. 13 Tanner Wright Fr. QB 62 220 Stratford, Texas ASSISTANT COACHES: 14 Zach Tapia Sr. K/P 510 175 Roseville, Calif. Tony Pavlic (Director of Football Operations/Running Backs 15 Jimmy Victorian Fr. WR 511 195 Immokalee, Fla. Coach, Fourth Season), Chase Holbrook (O ensive Coordina 16 Geno Hall Jr. WR 59 175 Los Angeles, Calif. tor/Quarterbacks Coach, First Season), Ivan Cordova (Defensive 17 James Foster Fr. WR 510 165 West Palm Beach, Fla. Coordinator, Fourth Season), Kenny Jackson (Special Teams 19 Patrick Carney Sr. K/P 60 215 Chico, Calif. Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach, First Season), Art Abreu 20 Eugene Palmer Jr. DB 59 180 Pasadena, Calif. Jr. (Linebackers Coach, Sixth Season), Clayton Johnson (O en 21 Nigel Simmons Jr. RB 60 225 Clovis, Calif. sive Line Coach, First Season), Pat Rodriguez (Defensive Backs 22 Taj Mathis Jr. DB 511 175 Gardena, Calif. Coach, Third Season) and Chris Ferragamo (Volunteer Assistant 23 Vincent Venegas So. WR 510 175 West Covina, Calif. O ensive Line Coach, Fifth Season). 24 Christian Johnson Jr. RB 510 185 San Diego, Calif. 25 Jerrod Moton Jr. DB 511 180 Carson, Calif. 27 Justin Stallworth Jr. DB 58 175 Tucson, Ariz. Pronunciation Guide 28 David Ramos Fr. WR/DB 60 225 Pico Rivera, Calif. 29 Dominique Scott Jr. DB 62 185 Los Angeles, Calif. 3 Travon Payne – Tray-von Pain 30 Brandon Youngblood So. LB 510 205 Roswell, N.M. 7 Lance Orender – Lance Ore-endder 31 Eric Smith Jr. DB 60 185 Vacaville, Calif. 14 Zach Tapia – Zach Tap-ea 33 Alex Dantzler Jr. DB 62 180 Lancaster, Calif. 23 Vincent Venegas Vincent Venay-gas 34 Tarik Embrack Jr. WR/DB 56 165 Winter Park, Fla. 25 Jerrod Moton – Jarod Moetin 35 Joaquin Medina Fr. DB 59 175 Taos, N.M. 34 Tarik Embrack – Tareek EmBrack 36 Edger Flores Fr. DB 57 160 Lovelock, N.V. 35 Joaquin Medina – Wakeem Mehdeana 37 Peyton Lott Fr. DB 60 175 Clovis, N.M. 42 Jared Koster Jared Costter 38 Khadeem Campbell So. RB 59 195 New York, N.Y. 43 Ponepate Faleofa – Pone-ehpottay Falee-ohfa 39 Ryan Araujo Fr. WR/DB 59 160 Los Angeles, Calif. 44 Yusuf Mohammed – Yousu Moehahmmed 40 Brandon Brown Jr. LB 64 255 Corona, Calif. 50 Michael Schuhe – Michael Shoe-e 41 Larry Martinez Fr. WR 59 185 Taos, N.M. 58 Jesus Verduzco – Haysues Vair-duze-co 42 Jared Koster Sr. LB 61 210 Corona, Calif. 59 Kyle Papendorf – Kyle Pap-endorf 43 Pone Faleofa Jr. DL 63 240 Antioch, Calif. 68 Amadeo Maestas Ahhmuhday-oh My-estes 44 Yusuf Mohammed Jr. LB 511 220 Chicago, Ill. 69 Omar Colon – O mar Cologne 46 Kendall White Fr. OL 59 210 Pasadena, Calif. 71 Celso Lopez Sellso Lopez 49 Javier Carrillo Fr. LB 57 160 Pico Rivera, Calif. 73 Andres Blea – Ondrays Blaya 50 Michael Schuhe Sr. DL 63 245 Santa Cruz, Calif. 51 Marty Robinson So. LB 511 230 Long Beach, Calif. 54 Jack Ivers Sr. OL 60 265 Plano, Texas 56 Alfred Rowe Jr. LB 511 235 Los Angeles, Calif. 57 Mathew Garcia Fr. DL/LS 511 225 San Diego, Calif. 58 Jesus Verduzco Fr. LB/LS 59 225 Pico Rivera, Calif. 59 Kyle Papendorf Jr. OL 64 285 Clovis, Calif. 63 Jonathan Chavarillo Fr. OL 5-11 220 San Felipe Pueblo, N.M. 64 Carlos Perez Fr. OL/DL 511 250 Albuquerque, N.M. 66 Cody Burkett So. OL 62 300 The Woodlands, Texas 68 Amadeo Maestas Fr. OL/DL 61 270 Anton Chico, Calif. 69 Omar Colon Jr. DL 63 240 Lorain, Ohio 71 Celso Lopez Sr. OL 68 340 Corona, Calif. 72 Robert Gomez Fr. DE/TE 64 190 Cerro, N.M. Give it Up for the Punter Orender to Slavin... OpponentQuick Quick Fact Facts Senior punter Patrick Carney took Arguably, there has not been a more a small hit to his season average (by potent combination in NCAA football General Information 0.1 yards) against Black Hills State, this season. Name ................................CSU-Pueblo but continues his small lead on the Since the start of conference play, se- Location ...................Pueblo, Colorado nation in punting. Carney, who was nior Lance Orender is 280-416 (67.3 Chancellor ............. Michael V. Martin named a Preseason All-American percent) with 28 touchdowns. Just Athletics Director .................Joe Folda slightly less than half of those touch- as a punter by both Lindy’s and the Nickname ....................Thunderwolves downs (13) have been to senior Ty- Sporting News , is the leading return- Colors .............................Red and Blue ler Slavin . Since RMAC play began, Affi liation ...............NCAA Division II ing punter from 2013 in all of NCAA Slavin has caught 85 passes for 1,180 Conference: .Rocky Mountain Athletic Division II.