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The Fall has generally been a pretty good time of the year for the Mayfield Trojans, with frequent state title success in football. These aren’t just some autumn warriors, however.
Check out Mayfield’s illustrious tournament history in the Roll Call of State Championships…
Football
2007…Three straight 5A titles for Mayfield as the Trojans win a 49-48 double-overtime thriller at Clovis
2006…Like father like son when Michael Bradley takes over coaching reigns from dad Jim and leads Mayfield to a 31-7 title game victory over Alamogordo
2005…Coach Jim Bradley gets his fifth state title with the Trojans and seventh overall thanks to a 17-7 championship win against Clovis
1998…For third time in four years, Mayfield captures Class 4A crown and finishes season with 14-1 record. Final: Mayfield 24, Goddard 12
1996…Trojans shut out Manzano 14-0 in championship game to go back-to-back
1995..First title in 24 years as Mayfield, which culminates a 13-1 campaign, nips Clovis 13-12 in 4A finale
1971…There’s a new state football champion in town as Las Cruces Mayfield beats West Mesa 24-20 to claim Class 4A honors under coach Jim Bradley
Volleyball
2008…Seeded only seventh entering the state tournament, Mayfield stuns 5A field by dumping three-time defending champ Rio Rancho in a five-game finale
2004…First state volleyball championship comes Trojans’ way as Mayfield ends two-year reign of Rio Rancho – beating the Rams in four games
Girls Basketball
2007…A sparkling 28-1 season culminates for Mayfield and standout Madison Spence with a 61-42 title game victory over Clovis
2004…Trojans drop only one game during the year, and it’s not in the Class 5A final. Mayfield 57, Clovis 49
Baseball
1981…Only school title on the diamond takes place when Mayfield edges Hobbs 2-1 in the Class 4A championship
Tennis
2005…Jenny Moscato picks up where older sister Margaret left off by winning the Class 5A girls singles championship
2000…First tennis individual championship for a Trojan in over ten years when Margaret Moscato grabs the girls 4A crown
1988-89…Tom Easterling picks up back-to-back girls Class 4A singles titles for Mayfield’s first such titles in tennis
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“Ole!” greets drive-through customers from the speaker box.
If that’s the case, it can only be one business: Taco Box.
From frijole burritos to Spanish fries to pig-in-a-panchos, and quite nearly everything in-between, the restaurant has been serving up its eclectic menu for 40 years.
According to owner Tom Martin, the number one seller is the simple-and-tasty frijole burrito while tacos, chalupas and cheese sticks follow closely in popularity.
A popular side item are Spanish fries, a Taco Box-invented title for another potato-based munchie (any guesses?). Martin says his restaurant has only occasionally ventured into making regular french fries and the attempts have ultimately always been futile with the Taco Box customer base.
“I always joke that I don’t make french fries so I can help keep McDonald’s in business,” Martin says.
Other items also remain popular to an extent even though not officially on the menu board anymore – a testament to the loyalty of the typical Taco Box consumer.
The Mexi-Burger was on the menu back in the early 1980s and still gets ordered today. By those in the know, at any rate.
“There’s probably at least a dozen different items over the years like that,” Martin says. “We took it off, just because of space, but we still make ‘em. We probably sell as many as we did when they were on the menu.”
Martin lists breakfast tacos, frijole tacos, guacamole tacos as other such “underground” items. And that’s not to mention the vast array of drink combinations, utilizing the different soft drinks and flavorings, that have actually never been listed on the big board at Taco Box.
Martin, raised in Cleveland and a graduate from Cornell University in New York, ventured west after college and tried his hand with the Taco Box brand. He took over Taco Box on June 1, 1970.
Remembering his first foray into Mexican food, Martin has an oft-repeated story with some variation or another.
“I never had a taco until I was 21. I remember having a mild green chile taco and I thought I was going to die,” Martin recalls.
After having a tastebud-adjustment and following countless tacos served to his customers at Taco Box, it’s safe to say one thing about the guy who originally thought he’d be in the Land of Enchantment for “a couple of years.”
Well Tom, you’re a New Mexican now.
