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Marion Sena claims grid contest title

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Marion Sena of Fort Sumner used a 15-2 record for the week and captured the first-place prize in the De Baca County News football contest for the third week of the season.

Sena was the lone contestant to reach the .882 winning percentage for the week and earned the $25 first prize without a tie-breaker challenge. He did have the Foxes winning against Capitan in the tiebreaker, 34-18, putting him 12 points from the actual score.

The next two holes in the contest were the result of tiebreaker comparisons, however. Four contestants went 14-3 for the week; Richard Keever of Santa Fe, and Ezra Sena, Tommy Roybal and Grace Roybal, all of Fort Sumner.

All four also correctly predicted that the Foxes would defeat Capitan in the tie-breaker, forcing judges to consider point totals to break the deadlock.

Keever's 35-14 prediction was a mere seven points from the actual score, landing him the $15 second prize. Both Tommy and Grace Roybal

had 20-point tie-breaker differentials, however, forcing them to split the $10 third prize. Tommy picked the Foxes 21-13, while Grace chose Fort Sumner, 27-7.

Sena was just a point out of the money with a 21-14 prediction and a 21 -point tie-breaker differential.

Four contestants received honorable mention for the week with 13-4 records. They were Ben Segura of Raton, Helen Stinnett of Portales, Wynell Richards of Roswell and Sam Sena of Fort Sumner.



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