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For the third time this season, the Duke City Gladiators will play the Northern Arizona Wranglers when the Indoor Football League rivals meet Saturday in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. MDT. The game can be viewed at goifl.com and a watch party is scheduled for Dave & Buster’s at 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE.
Quarterback Nate Davis leads the Gladiators (3-5) with a league-high 44 TD passes. The Wranglers are 1-7, having lost twice to Duke City, including two weeks ago at the Rio Rancho Events Center, 52-38.
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The Duke City Gladiators will visit one of their Arizona neighbors Saturday night when they play the Tucson Sugars Skulls in Indoor Football League action. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:05 MDT.
The Gladiators (3-4) are coming off a 52-38 home victory over the Northern Arizona Wranglers. The Sugar Skulls (1-6) have lost five straight games since beating Duke City 55-35 at the Rio Rancho Events Center on May 30.
The game can be viewed at goifl.com. A watch party is scheduled for Dave & Buster’s on 2100 Louisiana NE.
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The Duke City Gladiators (3-4) broke a three-game losing streak with a 52-38 victory over the Northern Arizona Wranglers (1-6) in Indoor Football League play at the Rio Rancho Events Center on Saturday night.
The game was the debut of Gladiators coach Robert Kent Jr., who replaced Martino Theus after last week’s home loss to Frisco.
The Gladiators will be on the road the next two weeks, against the Tucson Sugar Skulls and then the Wranglers again, before returning home to face the Spokane Shock on July 24.
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k Robert Kent, right, hands off to running back Romello Brown during a 2019 game at Tingley Coliseum. Kent has been named the team’s coach. ( Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Journal)
Robert Kent Jr., a former Duke City Gladiators quarterback and assistant coach, has been named to replace Martino Theus as coach of the Indoor Football League squad.
“I am thrilled to welcome Robert back to the Gladiators,” said owner Gina Prieskorn-Thomas in a release. “He has the championship mentality, skills, and vision to lead us.”
Kent Jr. joins the Gladiators (2-4) after leading the North Texas Bulls to the 2021 American Arena League Championship as their QB.
Belen, Los Lunas claim team district wrestling titles
The Los Lunas Tigers and Belen Eagles both secured boys wrestling district titles last weekend during their march to the state championships, which began on Thursday.
Valencia also earned an individual district championship to complement nine-state qualifiers.
Belen dominated the district 4A-5 meet, finishing with a team score of 241.5 to take the district title.
Valencia, the host school, finished in second place with a score of 107.
In total, the Eagles took home 11 individual district titles, winning in all but three weight classes.
BHS didn’t have a wrestler finish outside of the top two. Marcus Rimorin, Julian Sisneros, Josiah Pemble, Peter Duran, Diego Avila, Ely Gutierrez, Damien Wood, Coleton Gonzalez, Gabriel Tharnish, Bobby Orona and Tregg Johnson all earned district titles for their efforts in their respective weight classes.