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Gadsden鈥檚 rise out of the ashes is truly one of the great prep football redemption stories in New Mexico.

Today, the Panthers are one of the state鈥檚 best Class 5A programs, a team that has reached the state semifinals the last two seasons.

Anyone who鈥檚 spent a minute or two watching this sport here understands just how inconceivable that might have seemed just a couple of decades ago, when Gadsden was one of the more downtrodden programs in the state.

The Panthers are coming off a 56-21, come-from-behind win Friday against Mayfield, a school that for decades was a nemesis for Gadsden. Gadsden has benefited greatly from its balanced running attack, led by senior Armando Ramirez, who is nearly at 500 yards already with six touchdowns, and sophomore Izaak Carreon. And sophomore quarterback Rosalie Gomez Jr. has been extremely effective this season.

Fully rejuvenated, the Panthers (4-0) turn their attention this week to one of the two schools 鈥� Roswell being the other 鈥� that has so far been an unclearable hurdle, the Artesia Bulldogs.

For as much progress as Gadsden has made in the last handful of years, the one thing the Panthers have yet to do is solve either Artesia or Roswell.

Gadsden is at Artesia on Friday night. And the Panthers, for the first time in the short history of this rivalry, come into this showdown as the higher ranked team (No. 3 vs. No. 5 for the Bulldogs).

鈥淭wo schools that have been in our way since we鈥檝e been on a historic run,鈥� Gadsden coach Dino Facio said. 鈥淲e have to be able to beat these guys. We talk about state championships all the time, we鈥檝e gotten close, but we haven鈥檛 gotten there. Why? Because of those two teams.鈥�

The Panthers have scored at least 51 points in each of their four victories, but Artesia presents by far the toughest test of the season thus far for Gadsden.

The Panthers will need an abundance of swagger if they are to find a way past Artesia this week.

SILVER LINING: Kelley Lee鈥檚 return to high school coaching was one of the top stories in the offseason. He is now coaching Silver, which is 3-1 following a tense 22-19 home win Friday night over Moriarty.

Lee most recently was coaching Eastern New Mexico (2023-25); his last prep job in New Mexico was at Valencia, where he was 26-9 from 2009-2011.

鈥淚鈥檓 not thrilled with the direction college football is going right now,鈥� Lee said.

But his return is a splashy one; his son, Kingston, is a stellar sophomore quarterback for the Colts, and the dual-threat QB has already accounted for almost 900 combined pass and rush yardage.

The most important of Silver鈥檚 three wins was this one, a matchup between two teams who could very easily meet again deep into the playoffs. Nobody had found a solution to the Fighting Pintos鈥� effective ground attack until this one.

鈥淲e definitely said to our kids before the game how important it was,鈥� Lee said. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 really downplay it after the fact.鈥�

Kingston Lee scored on a short touchdown run with 3陆 minutes left for the game-winning score in a thrilling game that featured five lead changes. Silver is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A by the coaches, behind only St. Michael鈥檚, Moriarty and Hope Christian. The Colts seem certain to bump ahead of Moriarty in the next poll.

Silver, Hope and Moriarty are all in the same district now; the Colts have a huge road game in Albuquerque to play the Huskies on Oct. 17.

Lee said when he came to Silver City, it was his intention to run the program 鈥渕uch like a college program.鈥�

鈥淓xpectations, meetings, film, workouts,鈥� he added. 鈥淎nd what we鈥檙e requiring of the kids.鈥�

KICKIN鈥� IT: I confess, I didn鈥檛 notice it in the season opener against Cibola. But it was hard to miss Aiden Maldonado鈥檚 shoe combination in Week 4.

As he stood at midfield, adorned in a robe and the crown that goes with being homecoming king, no way to miss Maldonado鈥檚 kicks 鈥� a green shoe on his right foot, a red shoe on his left foot. They鈥檙e 鈥� well, sort of bedazzled. You鈥檝e never in your life seen a homecoming king dressed quite like this.

I asked Maldonado, a senior linebacker at Sandia, to explain the shoes.

鈥淏efore every game,鈥� he said, 鈥淚 listen to Christmas music. It鈥檚 always been my thing.

鈥淎nd I decided this year to get red and green cleats to represent my Christmas music before every game.鈥�

STAR HUNTING: Those wanting to nominate a player for our Stars of the Week feature must let me know by mid-afternoon each Sunday. My contact info is here at the end of the column.鈥�

James Yodice covers prep sports for the Journal. You can reach him at jyodice@abqjournal.com or via X at .