Rarely do I watch movies, my son can never sit to watch them, but we watched KongGodzilla and Mortal Kombat this month. Both were great!

What other movies have you see this Spring?

Covid cases ended their season

Cayden Walton, 2023 (Raton High School)
Line: 664-rushing yards and 7 touchdowns. 181.8 ypg/15.2 ypc

Jeston Webskowski, 2021 (Clovis High School)
Line: 740-yards in 5 games (7.7 ypc/148/ypg) for the Wildcats with 8 touchdowns. 10 receptions for 113 yards and 2 TDs.

Joey Reza, 2022 (Deming High School)
Line: 688-yards and 8 touchdowns in 4 games for the Wildcats.

Jake Barrera, 2022 (Artesia High School)
Line: 452 yards and 8 touchdowns.

Luke Padilla, 2021 (Capital High School)
Line: 686-yards and 12 touchdowns in 4 games this season (171.5 ypg).

Macen Alley, 2021 (Farmington High School)
Line: 535-yards rushing (107 ypg), with 4 TDs.

Ricardo Chavez, 2021 (Santa Rosa High School)
Line: 539-yards rushing (135 ypg), 6 touchdowns in 4 games.

Sean Hays, 2021, (Alamogordo High School)
Line: 584-yards rushing (116.8 per game) with 6 touchdowns.

Slayd Campos, 2021, (Cibola High School)
Line: 286 yards (2 games) - 143 yards per game - with 4 TDs

Terrell "TJ" Hocker, 2021 (Grants High School)
Line: 731-yards rushing (15.2 ypc), 8 touchdowns. 1 fumble return for TD on defense. 182.8 yards per game.

We will have the basketball brackets released late Saturday night. In Class 5A Girls, there is one game that will not finish until after 4:00 PM. Due to the fact that this game could affect Max Preps rankings in a few classifications, coaches input for the girls will not be due until 6:00 PM, and Max Preps rankings for the girls will not be updated until we have the score of this game. The boys coaches input will be due at 4:00 PM.

Days for the state tournament games:

Class A: Quarterfinals on Monday, Semifinals on Tuesday, and Finals on Thursday at the Pit
Class AA: Quarterfinals on Monday, Semifinals on Wednesday, and Finals on Friday at the Pit
Class 3A: Quarterfinals on Monday, Semifinals on Wednesday, and Finals on Friday at the Pit
Class 4A: Quarterfinals on Tuesday, Semifinals on Thursday, and Finals on Saturday at the Pit
Class 5A: Quarterfinals on Tuesday, Semifinals on Thursday, and Finals on Saturday at the Pit

Quarterfinal and Semifinal games will be at the higher seed or a neutral site depending on travel. Game times for the Finals will be determined by the teams playing and travel.

Once the brackets are released, I will contact the athletic directors to finalize the quarterfinal game times and locations.

From the NMAA

If we had a pro (NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL) team. What would be the perfect name and colors?

NMPreps Top of Class: Seniors (2021)

NMPreps Top of Class will look at the top players in each graduating class in New Mexico high school basketball. Today, we will list the top seniors from the 2021 class. #nmpreps

Also: NMPreps25: Top 25 New Mexico high school girls basketball players


More Seniors - High Honorable Mention

New Mexico Highlands Athletics has announced that they will be taking on Fort Lewis in a non-RMAC matchup that will be held on April 23rd at 5 pm at the Leveo & Patricia Sanchez Family Stadium in Las Vegas, NM.

NMPreps.com's Week 5 New Mexico High School Basketball Rankings

NMPreps New Mexico Top-20 Team Rankings is a ranking that considers all classification to determine the top-20 teams in the State.

NMPreps Power-20 (All Classes) - August 19th

1. Hobbs Eagles (9-0 overall, 4-0 district): 3-0 last week.
2. Volcano Vista Hawks (8-0 overall, 6-0 district) 1-0 last week.
3. Centennial Hawks (9-0 overall, 9-0 district) 1-0 last week.
4. Los Lunas Tigers (8-1 overall, 8-0 district) 2-0 last week.
5. La Cueva Bears (6-1 overall, 6-1 district) 2-0 last week.
6. Sandia Matadors (4-3 overall, 4-3 district) 0-1 last week.
7. Farmington Scorpions (7-2 overall, 5-2 district) 1-0 last week.
8. Highland Hornets (7-1 overall, 6-0 district) 2-0 last week.
9. Cleveland Storm (8-2 overall, 4-2 district) 2-0 last week.
10. Kirtland Central Broncos (6-1 overall, 5-1 district) 3-0 last week.
11. Gallup Bengals (7-1 overall, 5-1 district) Went 1-1 last week.
12. Eldorado (3-1 overall, 3-1 district) --
13. Onate Knights (7-2 overall, 7-2 district) 2-1 last week.
14. Albuquerque Bulldogs (5-1 overall, 5-1 district) 1-0 last week.
15. Portales Rams (7-1 overall, 4-0 district) 3-0 last week
16. Espanola Valley Sundevils (9-1 overall, 6-0 district) 2-0 last week.
17. Navajo Prep Eagles (9-0 overall, 8-0 district) went 1-0 last week
18. Hope Christian Huskies (7-2 overall, 5-1 district) went 1-1 last week.
19. Bernalillo Spartans (9-1 overall, 5-1 district) went 2-0 last week.
20. Dexter Demons (8-0 overall, 3-0 district) went 3-0 last week

Dropped: Mayfield
Next: Las Cruces, Cibola,

5A BASKETBALL

1. Hobbs Eagles
2. Volcano Vista Hawks
3. Centennial Hawks
4. La Cueva Bears
5. Farmington Scorpions
6. Cleveland Storm
7. Eldorado Eagles
8. Onate Knights
9. Albuquerque Bulldogs
10. Las Cruces Bulldawgs

4A BASKETBALL

1. Highland Hornets
2. Kirtland Central Broncos
3. Gallup Bengals
4. Portales Rams
5. Espanola Valley Sundevils
6. Hope Christian Huskies
7. Bernalillo Spartans
8. Goddard Rockets
9. St. Pius X Sartans
10. Miyamura Patriots

NMPreps New Mexico Top-20 Team Rankings

The Power-20 is a week-to-week team ranking. This is not a resume watch (Road to the PIT). This is a weekly progression of how a team is doing. There is not a better feel and ranking of teams based on the eye test and the what have you done lately.

POWER 20 (ALL CLASSES - WEEK 6)

1. Las Cruces Bulldawgs (9-0 overall, 9-0 district): Wins: Onate, Gadsden. (Last Week: 1; #1 all 6 weeks)

2. Atrisco Heritage Jaguars (7-2 overall, 7-2 district): Win: Valley, Rio Rancho (LW: 5)

3. Cleveland Storm (9-1 overall, 5-1 district): Loss: Atrisco Heritage (LW: 2)

4. Alamogordo Tigers (9-1 overall, 9-1 district): Wins: Mayfield, Deming, Onate. (LW: 4)

5. Sandia Matadors (5-1 overall, 5-1 district): Win over La Cueva (LW: 9)

6. La Cueva Bears (6-1 overall, 6-1 district): Wins: Piedra Vista, West Mesa. Loss: Sandia (LW: 3)

7. Roswell Coyotes (9-1 overall, 4-0 district): Wins: Hobbs, Clovis (LW: 8)

8. Rio Rancho Rams (6-4 overall, 2-4 district): Win: Cibola. Loss: Atrisco Heritage (LW: 8)

9. Volcano Vista Hawks (4-4 overall, 2-4 district): Win Cibola (LW: 7)

10. Capital Jaguars (5-2 overall, 5-2 district): Win: Los Lunas (LW: 14)

11. Los Lunas Tigers (6-2 overall, 6-2 district): Win: Santa Fe. Loss: Capital (LW: 12)

12. Santa Fe Demons (7-3 overall, 6-2 district): Win: Manzano. Loss: Los Lunas. (LW: 11)

13. Del Norte Knights (7-1 overall, 6-1 district): Wins: Bernalillo, Academy, Valley (LW: 17)

14. Gallup Bengals (7-1 overall, 6-1 district): Wins: Aztec, Kirtland Central, Miyamura (LW: 19)

15. Carlsbad Cavemen (6-3 overall, 2-2 district): Wins: Hobbs, Clovis, Lovington. (LW: NR)

16. Bernalillo Spartans (8-2 overall, 5-1 district): Win: Academy. Loss: Del Norte (LW: 16)

17. Sandia Prep Sundevils (6-1 overall, 4-0 district): Wins: Bosque, Cottonwood (LW: 20)

18. Hobbs Eagles (5-3 overall, 1-3 district): Losses: Carlsbad, Roswell (LW: 10)

19. Kirtland Central Broncos (6-1 overall, 4-1 district): Loss: Gallup (LW: 18)

20. Highland Hornets (5-3 overall, 5-1 district): Win: Belen. Loss: St. Pius X (LW: 15)

Out: Cibola (13)

New: Carlsbad (15)

Next Three: Artesia, Espanola, Robertson

Scoop:

5A Basketball - Top 12

1. Las Cruces
2. Atrisco Heritage
3. Cleveland
4. Alamogordo
5. Sandia
6. La Cueva
7. Roswell
8. Rio Rancho
9. Volcano Vista
10. Capital
11. Los Lunas
12. Santa Fe

4A Basketball - Top 12

1. Del Norte
2. Gallup
3. Bernalillo
4. Kirtland Central
5. Highland
6. Artesia
7. Espanola Valley
8. St. Pius X
9. Los Alamos
10. Valley
11. Taos
12. Silver

3A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Sandia Prep (6-1 overall)
2. Robertson (10-0 overall)
3. Bosque (4-1 overall)
4. Hot Springs (5-1 overall)
5. St. Michael's (6-2 overall)
6. Cobre (7-1 overall)
7. Socorro (4-2 overall)
8. West Las Vegas (5-5 overall)
9. NMMI (6-3 overall)
10. Navajo Prep (9-1 overall)
11. Thoreau (8-3 overall)
12. Crownpoint (5-4 overall)

2A BASKETBALL
1. Texico (7-2 overall): Went 3-0 last week.
2. Pecos (7-2 overall): Went 3-0 last week. v
3. Jal (10-0 overall): Went 4-0 last week.
4. Mescalero Apache (8-1 overall, 5-1 district): Went 3-0 last week.
5. Tularosa (7-2 overall): Went 1-2 last week.
6. Rehoboth Christian (9-0 overall): Went 3-0 last week.
7. Santa Rosa (7-3 overall): Went 0-2 last week.
8. Escalante (8-1 overall): Went 3-0 last week.
9. Estancia (5-1 overall): Went 2-0 last week.
10. McCurdy (5-2 overall): Went 2-1 last week.
11. Monte Del Sol (4-1 overall): Went 1-1 last week.
12. Clayton (3-5 overall): Went 0-2 last week.

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WEEK OF APRIL 19th - April 24th

District Standings
D1-3A
Navajo Prep (7-0, 6-0) 1.000
Thoreau (6-2, 5-1) .750
Zuni (4-3, 3-2) .571
Crownpoint (2-4, 1-4) .333
Tohatchi (1-5, 1-5) .167
Newcomb (1-5, 1-5) .167

D2-3A
Robertson 6-0 .1000
St. Mikes 4-1 .800
West 4-3 .571
Raton 2-5 .286
SF Prep 2-4 .333

D3-3A
Hot Springs 5-1 .833
Cobre 5-1 .833
Socorro 2-1 .667
Hatch 1-4 .200

D4-3A
NMMI 4-3 .571
Dexter 2-3 .400
Tucumcari 0-7 .000

D5-3A
Bosque 3-0 .1000
Sandia Prep 3-1 .750
East Mountain 1-4 .200
Cuba 1-5 .167
CC Prep 0-2 .000


Coach Poll
1. Sandia Prep
2. Robertson
3. Bosque
4. Hot Springs
5. St. Mikes
6. Cobre
7. Navajo Prep
8. West Las Vegas
9. NMMI
10. Socorro
11. Thoreau
12. Tohatchi
13. Crownpoint
14. Raton
15. DExter

Freeman Rankings
1. Robertson
2. Navajo Prep
3. St. Michael's
4. Hot Springs
5. Cobre
6. Thoreau
7. West Las Vegas
8. Sandia Prep
9. Zuni
10. NMMI
11. Raton
12. Crownpoint
13. Santa Fe Prep
14. Tohatchi
15. Dexter

3A BRACKET
No. 1 Robertson vs No. 8 NMMI
No. 2 Navajo Prep No. 7 Cobre
No. 3 Hot Springs vs No. 6 Sandia Prep
No. 4 Bosque vs No. 5 St. MIkes

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WEEK OF APRIL 19TH - 24TH

NMPREPS AWARDS THIS WEEK

Player of the Week: Duece Benjamin of Las Cruces takes home player of the week honors with back-to-back dominating performances. Early in the week Benjamin went for 28 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists against Onate. He then followed that up with a 30 point, 6 assists, and 6 steal night against Gadsden.

Top Performer of the Week: Jonah Lopez (Rio Grande) dropped 40 points for the struggling Ravens of Rio Grande.

New Mexico Mr. Basketball Award Candidate: Shane Douma-Sanchez (2023), Del Norte, continues to excel with a 28 point, 25 point and 15 point performance this week. All three were near double-doubles or triple-doubles.

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Monday, April 20th
Atrisco Heritage 66, Valley 45
Fort Sumner 93, Carrizozo 7
Rehoboth Christian 78, Pine Hill 38
Roy 52, JV Team 44
Sandia Prep 69, Bosque 58
Tularosa 57, Capitan 36

Tuesday, April 21st
Alamogordo 70, Mayfield 39
Artesia 58, Goddard 52 OT
ATATC 50, Coronado 37
Carlsbad 58, Hobbs 51
Cobre 56, Hatch Valley 39
Deming 66, Gadsden 59
Estancia 66, Monte Del Sol 48
EGAOGCA 86, Legacy Academy 61
Elida 52, Gateway Christian 42
Farmington 41, West Mesa 38
Floyd 49, Dora 37
Grants 57, St. Pius X 51
Hope Christian 58, Albuquerque Academy 45
Kirtland Central 61, Bloomfield 48
Jal 82, Loving 31
La Cueva 77, Piedra Vista 34
Las Cruces 72, Onate 52
Los Alamos 48, Pojoaque Valley 45
Lovington 66, Portales 50
Magdalena 80, Quemado 38
Melrose 88, San Jon 26
Mescalero Apache 53, Tularosa 51
Miyamura 56, Shiprock 50
Pecos 67, Santa Fe Prep 58
Penasco 56, Mora 47
Roswell 70, Clovis 57
Springer 72, Cimarron 60
Taos 68, Moriarty 31
Thoreau 68, Tohatchi 48
Valencia 47, Belen 34

Wednesday, April 22
Atrisco Heritage 58, Rio Rancho 54
Bosque 81, Cuba 47
Crownpoint 62, Zuni 48
Farmington 53, Piedra Vista 31
Hondo Valley 58, Alamo Navajo 40
Los Lunas 67, Santa Fe 51
Manzano 69, Rio Grande 59
Rehoboth Christian 68, Navajo Pine 29
Robertson 65, Raton 44
Santa Teresa 73, Ruidoso 60
St. Michael's 56, West Mesa 55
Volcano Vista 54, Cibola 46

Thursday, April 23
Alamo Navajo 73, Vaughn 34
Alamogordo 62, Deming 34
Bloomfield 89, Shiprock 55
Del Norte 63, Albuquerque Academy 54
Elida 99, Lake Arthur 37
Escalante 70, Mesa Vista 21
Espanola Valley 59, Los Alamos 54
Gallup 78, Kirtland Central 52
Highland 60, Belen 24
La Cueva 59, West Mesa 37
Legacy Academy 40, Pine Hill 38
Miyamura 65, Aztec 45
Monte Del Sol 59, Tierra Encantada 33
Navajo Prep 72, Zuni 31
NMMI 46, Tularosa 44
Pecos 80, Clayton 58
Questa 49, Mora 41
Reserve 34, Cliff 25
Socorro 64, Hatch Valley 58
St. Pius X 56, Valencia 44
Taos 67, Pojoaque Valley 56
Texico 50, Santa Rosa 38
Valley 68, Hope Christian 53

Committed to Hiram College, in Ohio

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Not a football item, but any time a New Mexico prep coach with 41 state titles retires, it's worth mentioning. Barney is the Albuquerque Academy swim coach. Amazingly, he has worked at Academy either as a teacher or coach since 1967.


New Mexicans in the NFHS Hall of Fame: Ralph Tasker, Dave Barney, Jim Hulsman, Pete Shock, Bill Gentry, Tommy McDonald, Ralph Bowyer, and Mel Otero.

Hearing that Artesia head coach Rex Henderson has resigned and it is more than true. Waiting on confirmation from school.

Cleveland (9-0) at Atrisco Heritage (6-2): The Storm is trying to lock up the 1-seed at the state tournament. Atrisco Heritage is trying to stay above water on a very active bubble. A win here will only get either closer to locking up a playoff bid. Also, a DC is on the line tonight. Cleveland 5-0 and Atrisco 5-1 both have a chance at claiming or becoming Co-DCs.

La Cueva (6-0) at Sandia (4-1): La Cueva like Cleveland is another undefeated district favorite in the driver's seat of locking up a top seed at state. Sandia a bubble-out team is in need of a win here to get back into the conversation and also make it a conversation as a DC.

Hobbs (5-2) at Roswell (8-1); Clovis (5-4) at Carlsbad (4-3): All four are still technically in a position to earn a bid but tonight should create some separation in that conversation. Hobbs, Clovis, and Carlsbad are all 1-2 in district play with Roswell sitting at 3-0 through the first-round district games. The second slate starts tonight and it's a must-win every night until we eliminate. Roswell and Hobbs both hold bids, right now, but a lot could change here.

Game #1
Grants 14
Gallup 1

Game #2 (called in 6th - Daylight)
Grants 7
Gallup 8

5A BASKETBALL

Based on4 of the 6 criteria points.
1. District Finish - Placement Form (tiebreaker)
2. Record (They go by Pct)
3. Maxprep Rank
4. Coach Poll
5. Head to Head
6. Wins vs DC

AUTOMATICS

1. Cleveland (DC), (1.000), (Max #1), (Coach #1)
2. Las Cruces (DC), (1.000), (Max #5), (Coach 2 )
3. La Cueva (DC), (1.000), (Max #7), (Coach 3)
4. Roswell (DC), (.889), (Max #2), (Coach 5)
5. Los Lunas (DC), (.857), (Max #8 )(Coach #11)

BEST AT-LARGE

1. Hobbs (DRUP) (.714) (Max #3), (Coach #7) *2 DC wins
2. Atrisco Heritage (DRUP), (.750), (Max #4), (Coach 4)
3. Alamogordo (DRUP), (.889), (Max #9), (Coach 8)
4. Sandia (DRUP), (.800), (Max #10), (Coach 9)
5. Santa Fe (DRUP), (.667), (Max #11), (Coach #6)
6. Carlsbad (DRUP) (.571) (Max #6) (#16)
7. Clovis (DRUP) (.556) (Max #12) (Coach #14)
8. Volcano Vista (DTP), (.500), (Max #13), (Coach 11)
9. Capital (DTP), (.667) (Max #15)(Coach #15)

BRACKET (4/23 6:45AM)

No. 1 Cleveland vs No. 8 Alamogordo
No. 2 Las Cruces No. 7 Los Lunas
No. 3 La Cueva vs No. 6 Atrisco Heritage
No. 4 Roswell vs No. 5 Hobbs

*Coach Poll is going to play a huge part in the 5-8 seeds.
*Hobbs with possible DC wins over Artesia and Silver will help.


4A BASKETBALL

Based on4 of the 6 criteria points.
1. District Finish - Placement Form (tiebreaker)
2. Record (They go by Pct)
3. Maxprep Rank
4. Coach Poll
5. Head to Head
6. Wins vs DC

Automatics (District Champs)

1. Del Norte .833 (Rank Max: #3) (Coach #3)
2. Artesia .667 (Rank Max: #2) (Coach #5)
3. Gallup .857, (Rank Max: #6) (Coach #6)
4. Highland .714 (Rank Max #12) (Coach #4)
5. Espanola Valley .667 (Rank Max: #4) (Coach #7)
6. Silver .667 (Rank Max: 9) (Coach #17)

At-Large - District Runner Up/Third Place

1. Kirtland Central .875 (Rank Max: #1) (Coach #2)
2. Taos .778 (District Third) (Max #5 ) (Coach: #8)
3. Bernalillo .778 (District Runner Up), (Rank Max #7) (Coach: #1)
4. Los Alamos .667 (District Runner Up) (Rank Max #8) (Coach #9)
5. Goddard .333 (District Runner Up) (Rank Max #11) (Coach #11)
6. Valley .429 (3rd)(Max Rank: #16) (Coach #10)
7. St. Pius X .500 (District Runner Up) (Rank Max #18) (Coach #13)

ROAD TO THE PIT: BRACKET AS OF TODAY (6/24)
No. 1 Kirtland Central vs No. 8 Silver
No. 2 Del Norte vs No. 7 Taos
No. 3 Artesia vs No. 6 Espanola Valley
No. 4 Gallup vs No. 5 Highland

First Two Bubble Out: Bernalillo, Los Alamos
What's Changed: Bernalillo is now out; Taos and Los Alamos now tied pushing Taos back into the bracket. Bernalillo and Taos tied and the seed tiebreaker goes to Freeman ranking and Taos has it 5 to 7. Criteria. KC and Gallup are still technically tied and according to a statement from NMAA either can be picked.




3A BASKETBALL

2A BASKETBALL

Just an FYI for those who put in. I drew for Deer in the NE this year but missed out on Elk, Antelope, and Oryx.

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