Mustangs Fall to Cowboys in La Batalla Bowl

SILVER CITY, N.M. — Western NM lost to N.M. Highlands 55-32 on Thursday at Ben Altamirano Field. Western NM moved the ball with 30 first downs, 317 passing yards and 261 rushing yards, but N.M. Highlands rushed for 454 yards. Western NM erased an early deficit with two takeaway-backed touchdown drives in the first quarter. After N.M. Highlands went ahead 7-0, Masumbe Netongo (Albuquerque, NM/West Mesa High School) intercepted a third-down pass and Western NM drove 68 yards, with Jase Ashley’s (Phoenix, AZ/Horizon High School) 2-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Abeyta (Las Cruces, NM/Centennial High School) and Karsten Dombrovski’s (Peoria,…