New Mexico
Jax State cruises past New Mexico State for third straight victory
Jacksonville State showed no signs of slowing down in its second game in five days.
The Gamecocks scored their third straight victory and another huge offensive performance with a 54-13 thrashing of Conference USA foe New Mexico State on Wednesday, rebounding from an 0-3 start to the season.
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The victory is the third straight Jax State has totaled at least six touchdowns, with the Gamecocks scoring a 44-7 win over Southern Miss on Sept. 21 and a 63-24 victory over Kennesaw State just five days ahead of Wednesday’s win in Jacksonville.
The victory was the first time Jax State has scored back-to-back 50-point wins since 2015 when the team had two huge victories in the FCS playoffs.
“I thought our defense was really outstanding in the first half,” Jax State coach Rich Rodriguez said. “Got some turnovers, and offensively, we had some plays and made some plays, but we had missed a couple too, and some wide-open touchdowns that maybe could have put the game up a little bit more early, but guys played hard.
“They continue to try to get better and better.”
Jax State had piled up a 33-6 lead at halftime after running back Tre Stewart totaled three touchdowns in the first half alone; he ran for two of 10 and 48 yards while taking a pass from Tyler Huff 32 yards for a touchdown.
The Limestone transfer finished with a season-high 150 total yards and three touchdowns in the win, now sitting at 11 total touchdowns.
Rodriguez has been incredibly impressed with how Stewart, who leads CUSA in rushing touchdowns, has improved in each game.
“We thought he had a chance to have the biggest upside than maybe even some of the freshmen,” Rodriguez said. “He’s an extremely hard worker, and he’s getting a great feel for what we do. Even catching a touchdown pass, I mean, that’s a hard catch. You’re wide open and all that kind of stuff.
“He and Tyler Huff are two guys that weren’t here in the spring, that just got here in the summer, and really just had to camp to work. So I’d expect them to keep getting better.”
Huff had another strong game for the Gamecocks at quarterback, finishing his night 11-for-18 with 196 passing yards and two touchdowns, racking up 58 yards and a touchdown on the ground; he didn’t play in the fourth quarter.
Jax State also got into the end zone on a 28-yard rushing touchdown from Georgia transfer Andrew Paul, a 5-yard touchdown reception from Brock Rechsteiner and a 72-yard rushing touchdown from quarterback Logan Smothers.
The defense saw 25 different players finish with at least one tackle, with Jawaun Campbell totaling 1.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a sack, which forced a safety.
Four different players had a pass breakup, while sophomore Travis Franklin, Jr. capped off the defense’s efforts with an interception as time expired.
“They work really hard and they’re slowly understanding a little bit better,” Rodriguez said. “I think as the season goes along, we’re finding out, at least I am, too, what our guys do best and what we can tell in practice. When you get in a game and a quarterback is live and everything is live, I get better ‘Okay, these are the plays that our guys do the best.’ We’re figuring that out every week as well.”
Jax State (3-3, 2-0 CUSA) will have a bye week before hosting Middle Tennessee State on Oct. 23.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – An EMT student will get more than $287,000 over an injury he received during a training course. In March 2024, an employee with Wellness Studios Inc. took a group of EMS corps students, including Alejandro Guillen, on a hike to Embudo Canyon as part of the wellness portion for the class.
According to the lawsuit, a boulder came down at one point on the hike, hitting Guillen and pinning him underneath. Guillen suffered life-threatening and permanent injuries. He sued the state, claiming the employee leading the hike was not trained in first aid and organizing a hike. The lawsuit was settled for $287,500.
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s caves attract hundreds of explorers each year, but those adventures can lead to dangerous situations requiring emergency rescues, and local first responders are learning how to do them. The National Cave Rescue Commission held a two-day rescue course in the Malpais National Monument this past weekend. The instructor told KRQE News 13 that participants learned how to provide first aid in one of the most difficult environments.
“Cave rescues are particularly difficult because of the limited resources available in those environments. Caves themselves are often very large underground spaces with extended travel times, so you may not be able to get resources that you request for many hours,” said Sarah Truebe, Regional Coordinator for the National Cave Rescue Commission.
Albuquerque Fire and Rescue was one of the agencies participating in the two-day weekend training, alongside other emergency responders, volunteer search and rescue personnel, and members of New Mexico’s caving community. The training included first aid, communication skills, proper transportation of injured patients, and technical rescue. Instructor Sarah Truebe says aside from first aid, participants also learn to be mindful of the environment and how fragile the ecosystem is.
“It is very easy to get really mission-focused and to just go straight to that patient and not think a lot about the environment around you, but because these resources are so fragile and rare, we really want to take care of that resources as well, while we’re doing the rescue response,” said Truebe.
In all, 14 instructors hosted a group of 31 participants. Truebe said that between Arizona and New Mexico, there are usually one to two cave rescues a year, but said that last year they conducted six rescues. Truebe said their next training course will be held in October in central New Mexico. She said the date will be posted online once that training is scheduled.
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