2021 Team Preview: Portales Rams
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Portales 2021 Preview Head Coach: Jaime Ramirez Mascot: Rams Twitter: @PHS_RamFootball; @phsramathletics (AD) Colors: Red, Black, White Enrollment: 762 Spring Record: 4-1 Key Players: RB Ethan Conrow Ethan Conrow RB Portales | 2022 State NM , OLB Brandon Blidi Brandon…
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Head Coach: Jaime Ramirez
Mascot: Rams
Twitter: @PHS_RamFootball; @phsramathletics (AD)
Colors: Red, Black, White
Enrollment: 762
Spring Record: 4-1
Key Players: RB Ethan Conrow Ethan Conrow RB Portales | 2022 State NM , OLB Brandon Blidi Brandon Blidi 5'11" | 200 lbs | DL Portales | 2022 State NM , OL/DL Dylan Looney Dylan Looney 6'1" | OL Portaless | 2022 State NM , OL/OLB Braydon Mignard Braydon Mignard 6'2" | 190 lbs | DL Portales | 2022 State NM , DB Hagen Rains Hagen Rains 6'1" | 160 lbs | DB Portales | 2022 State NM .
Breakout Star: RB Ethan Conrow Ethan Conrow RB Portales | 2022 State NM .
Overview: The most important question facing Portales in the preseason was finding a replacement for dynamic dual threat quarterback Baylor Diaz, who threw for 467 yards and rushed for 445 yards in the four-game spring schedule. His successor” Possibly his younger brother, Devin Diaz. His primary competition has been sophomore Zane Mayberry. Portales returns its second leading RB in the spring, senior Ethan Conrow Ethan Conrow RB Portales | 2022 State NM . He was the starter in the spring, but has had to fight off several competitors in preseason camp, including senior Brandon Blidi Brandon Blidi 5'11" | 200 lbs | DL Portales | 2022 State NM , among others. Youth dominates the wide receiver corps, meaning the Rams are inexperienced catching the football. All the starters return in the trenches, both O-Line and D-Line. Dylan Looney Dylan Looney 6'1" | OL Portaless | 2022 State NM and Braydon Mignard Braydon Mignard 6'2" | 190 lbs | DL Portales | 2022 State NM anchor the O-Line. OLB Cade Cameron spearheads the second level of the Portales defense. Conrow also plays OLB. Looney, Blidi and Mignard, all two-way players, return to bolster the D-Line. Hagen Rains Hagen Rains 6'1" | 160 lbs | DB Portales | 2022 State NM is the top name in the secondary.
Schedule: Portales has three straight home games in September before a stretch of four straight road games. The Oct. 29 showdown with Lovington could be for the district title.
Aug. 21 at Hope Christian (Sat.)
Aug. 27 Bye
Sept. 3 WEST LAS VEGAS
Sept. 10 VALENCIA
Sept. 17 ST. PIUS X
Sept. 25 at Rio Grande (Sat.)
Oct. 1 at Dexter
Oct. 9 at Hatch Valley (Sat.)
Oct. 15 at Ruidoso
Oct. 22 SILVER
Oct. 29 at Lovington
Top Storyline: Can Portales continue its run of excellence in Class 4A?
Final Thoughts: Portales won the Class 4A state championship in 2019 in dominating fashion, winning its three playoff games by an average margin of 26 points. Over the past six seasons (2015-2020), Portales has compiled an impressive 57-10 record. The Rams aren’t the favorites this season but they’ll still contend for a bye in November. Portales should have a solid running game, but with a new quarterback and an entirely new wide receiver corps, the passing game is a question mark. Portales lost some talent from the spring, but the Rams aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Coach’s Comments: “We used the summer to get back into the weight room and get stronger and learn our schemes. We have a bunch of new guys coming in, sophomore we’re trying to prepare for this next season. . .We return a running back who’s played the last couple of years, but he has a bunch of guys nipping at his heels that want to be the starter too. . . .Along the O-Line and D-Line, we return everybody.” – Jaime Rodriguez.
Hearing a lot of good things about #TexasTech second year defensive lineman @62philip.
The former Portales, NM standout played 155 snaps as a true freshman + put on significant strength and weight this offseason in @coachscholz’ program @RedRaiderSportspic.twitter.com/0lgTMuMo4F
— Ben Golan (@BenjaminGolan) July 19, 2021
45-10 It’s a great day to be a ram! We are blessed! @PHS_RamFootball pic.twitter.com/iyeGcxH7gQ
— Braydon Mignard (@BraydonMignard) March 21, 2021