Prep football: Veteran Belen seeks 5A title
(WorldNews Mexico)

The Eagles, the Journal’s No. 5 pick in our preseason metro countdown, will soar into the 2017 season still in search of that elusive first football state title. “Expectations are pretty high,” said senior quarterback Zach Halterman. “We just need to put in the work and do the job.” This is a senior-dominated group for Belen, with nearly 20 of them on the roster. Will these Eagles blossom into a legitimate Class 5A contender? Nondistrict games against Farmington and (especially) Roswell, and in November a showdown with Los Lunas, should fill in some, if not all, of those blanks. But Belen, with 13 starters returning, including all of its offense skill-position...