Former La Cueva/UNM player leaves the Syracuse job he had for about a week to become Mike Leach's defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

In 2013 Zach was a grad assistant at a Mountain West school -- now he's a coordinator in the SEC.

Tuesday, January 21st

5A
Las Cruces (No. 2) over No. 9 Onate to stay perfect during district play. Centennial (No. 12) with a win over Deming, 52-51, stays in second place at 4-1 in district play. Gadsden (No. 14) beat Mayfield to stay tied with Alamogordo at 2-2 in third place.

4A
Highland (No. 3) with a huge program win over Hope Christian (No. 2) to open district play. Valley (No. 1) over No. 9 Bernalillo and Del Norte (No. 8) over No. 12 Albuquerque Academy in the other openers of this district.

3A
Robertson with an impressive 66-30 win over Santa Fe Indian - maybe the best least talked about team in 3A . Could be the dark horse. Top ranked Hot Springs fumbles against Chaparral, 47-41. Tularosa protects home court with a win over Socorro.

What do you have?

This weekend at Manzano High School.

Sessions: Fri. Jan 17, 12:00pm-3 championship/consolation rounds. Sat. Jan. 18, 8:30am continuous-Finals approximately3:30pm.



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Ranking Games to Watch

1. Hope Christian (8-7) at Highland (8-5)
   
2. Artesia (12-6) at Roswell (13-5)
3. Las Cruces (16-1) at Onate (15-3)
4. Valley (9-5) at Bernalillo (8-7)
5. Kirtland Central (8-7) at Gallup (11-5)
6. Grants (8-8) at St. Pius X (6-7)
7. Robertson (12-3) at Santa Fe Indian (10-6)
8. Hobbs (12-7) vs Lovington (11-5)

Scoop: District play starts for many districts in New Mexico. The district that we will all have our eye on is the Hope vs Highland district. Top three teams going into the district are ranked in the top three spots (1,2,3). Hope (No. 2) and Highland (No. 3) square off tonight with Valley (No. 1) taking on the other top ten ranked team Bernalillo.

What do you have tonight?

Predictions?

4 New Mexico Kickers/Long Snappers competed on the national stage this weekend at the Chris Sailer Vegas XXXV Showcase in Las Vegas, NV. Brett Money (Alamogordo), Jacob Wieser (Goddard), Jorge Figueroa (Las Cruces), and long snapper Connor Villalpando (Goddard) were all in attendance. Pictured below are the three 2020 athletes; Brett, Connor, and Jacob. Jorge was in the 2021 group and we missed him. It sounded like they all competed well. Brett Money finished 2nd out of the 62 kickers in the 2020/JUCO/Grad Transfer division and made the finals. He was perfect on his 6 kick charting session and recieced 3 extra points for 3 balls down the middle and an extra point for a perfect chart. New national rankings will be announced by March.

VC Grinders is looking for graduated players who are not on a college roster. We have room on our roster for spring/summer schedule. Contact Carlos Carrasco at 505-440-3420

5A BASKETBALL POWER 16

No. 1 CLEVELAND STORM
Record: 17-0 overall
Notes: Went 1-0 last week.
Wins: Manzano (71-59)
Losses: --
Movement (Last Week): Even

No. 2 LAS CRUCES BULLDAWGS
Record: 16-1 overall, 3-0 district
Notes: Went 1-0 last week.
Wins: Centennial (63-43)
Losses: --
Movement (LW): +1 (3)

No. 3 CAPITAL JAGUARS
Record: 13-2 overall
Notes: Went 2-0 last week.
Wins: Valencia (68-25), Espanola Valley (71-35)
Losses: --
Movement (LW): +1 (4)

No. 4 VOLCANO VISTA HAWKS
Record: 14-2 overall
Notes: Went 1-1 last week.
Wins: Albuquerque (76-61)
Losses: Clovis (58-48)
Movement (LW): -2 (2)

No. 5 SANTA FE DEMONS
Record: 12-3 overall
Notes: Open last week.
Wins: --
Losses: --
Movement (LW): Even

No. 6 ELDORADO EAGLES
Record: 13-2 overall
Notes: Went 2-0 last week.
Wins: Atrisco Heritage (56-54), Rio Grande (72-30)
Losses: --
Movement (LW): Even

No. 7 CLOVIS WILDCATS
Record: 13-5 overall
Notes: Went 2-0 last week.
Wins: Volcano Vista (58-48), Canyon (TX) (73-54)
Losses: --
Movement (LW): +3 (10)

No. 8 HOBBS EAGLES
Record: 12-7 overall
Notes: Went 1-1 last week.
Wins: Gallup (109-73)
Losses: Trinity Christian (TX) (64-48)
Movement (LW): +1 (9)

Back Eight

No. 9 Onate Knights (15-3 overall, 2-2 district)
No. 10 Carlsbad Cavemen (11-6 overall)
No. 11 Roswell Coyotes (13-5 overall)
No. 12 Centennial Hawks (8-10 overall, 3-1 district)
No. 13 Alamogordo Tigers (13-5 overall, 2-2 district)
No. 14 Gadsden Panthers (9-7 overall, 1-2 district)
No. 15 Rio Rancho Rams (10-7 overall)
No. 16 La Cueva Bears (8-6 overall)

Movement:
Out: N/A | New: N/A

Scoop: Clovis is up into the top-8, Onate and Carlsbad fall out. Hobbs slid up to the 8th spot. Volcano Vista dropped from second to fourth. Capital and Las Cruces moved up, Capital with two impressive wins. The back nine is a mess! We could almost put any team in any order at this point. Finish in district will play a huge factor come seed debate.

4A BASKETBALL POWER 16

No. 1 VALLEY VIKINGS
Record: 9-5 overall
Notes: Went 1-0 last week.
Wins: Los Lunas (50-43)
Losses: --
Movement: --

No. 2 HOPE CHRISTIAN HUSKIES
Record: 8-7 overall
Notes: Went 3-0 last week; Won Hope tournament.
Wins: Hot Springs (68-54), Cobre (73-52), Cuba (79-32)
Losses: --
Movement: --

No. 3 HIGHLAND HORNETS
Record: 8-5 overall
Notes: Went 1-0 last week.
Wins: Belen (39-37)
Losses: --
Movement: --

No. 4 LOS LUNAS TIGERS
Record: 9-8 overall
Notes: Went 1-1 last week.
Wins: Silver (54-29)
Losses: Valley (50-43)
Movement: --

No. 5 GALLUP BENGALS
Record: 11-5 overall
Notes: Went 1-2 last week.
Wins: Lovington (77-64)
Losses: Rio Rancho (68-60), Hobbs (109-73)
Movement: --

No. 6 ARTESIA BULLDOGS
Record: 12-6 overall
Notes: Went 3-0 last week.
Wins: Chaparral (61-46), Carlsbad (57-51 OT), Santa Teresa (67-47)
Losses: --
Movement: --

No. 7 BERNALILLO SPARTANS
Record: 8-7 overall
Note: Open last week
Wins: --
Losses: --
Movement: --

No. 8 DEL NORTE KNIGHTS
Record: 6-7 overall
Notes: Went 0-2 last week.
Wins: --
Losses: West Mesa (54-52), Manzano (54-49)
Movement: --

Back Eight

No. 9 Espanola Valley (10-7 overall)
No. 10 Valencia (10-8 overall)
No. 11 Lovington (11-5 overall)
No. 12 Albuquerque Academy (9-4 overall)
No. 13 Taos (13-5 overall)
No. 14 St. Pius X (6-7 overall)
No. 15 Kirtland Central (8-7 overall)
No. 16 Grants (8-8 overall)

Out: N/A | In: N/A

Scoop: Not much movement in 4A basketball again this week but that could mean that any team could make a case for any of the rankings. This is the most unknown year and much like the state tournament last season, any team could win it all.

What do you have?

Way Too Early Rankings: 5A 2020 Rankings

5A FOOTBALL (December 10th, 2019)

1. Roswell (13-0)
2. Goddard (9-3)
3. Mayfield (7-4)*
4. Artesia (6-6)
5. Farmington (9-2)
   
6. Los Lunas (10-3)
7. Alamogordo (4-7)
   
8. Piedra Vista (8-4)
9. Capital (6-4)
10. Belen (3-8)
    
11. Deming (10-3)
12. Del Norte (4-6)
13. Highland (6-5)
14. Santa Teresa (7-3)
15. Los Alamos (3-7)
    
16. Valley (0-10)
    
17. Miyamura (2-8)
18. Chaparral (0-9)

NOTES
*Valencia has moved down to 4A.
*Santa Fe has moved up to 6A.
*Mayfield will play in 5A for the 2020/2021-2021/2022 block

2019 MR. Football
Feature: Dorian Lewis (Cleveland) Wins

2019 Award Winners
Feature: Lynn and Lewis are Back-to-Back Winners


VOTING
2019 Quarterback of the Year
2019 Running Back of the Year
2019 Wide Receiver of the Year
2019 Offensive Lineman of the Year
2019 Defensive Lineman of the Year
2019 Linebacker of the Year
2019 Defensive Back of the Year
2019 Kicker/Punter of the Year
2019 Coach of the Year
*Ends December 31st

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Who do you have?

Who do you have

Proud to announce that former Valencia Jaguar, Robert Carrasco, has been named Interim Head Coach at Lamar Community College.

WEEK 8 (JANUARY 13TH-20TH)

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Monday, January 13th
Cimarron 64, Mesa Vista 54
Clovis 73, Canyon (TX) 54
Santa Rosa 57, Pojoaque Valley 45

Tuesday, January 14th
Alamogordo 63, Gadsden 49
Albuquerque Academy 55, Los Alamos 50
Artesia 61, Chaparral 46
Capital 68, Valencia 25
Chinle (AZ) 79, Wingate 35
Cibola 60, Albuquerque 55
Cleveland 71, Manzano 59
Clovis Christian 57, Floyd 43
Coronado 50, Tierra Encantada 27
Deming 49, Onate 46
Eldorado 56, Atrisco Heritage 54
Elida 75, Roy 42
Espanola Valley 80, Grants 74
Grady 57, Dora 51
Highland 39, Belen 37
Hot Springs 56, Lordsburg 47
Las Cruces 63, Centennial 43
Legacy Academy 71, Walatowa 36
Los Lunas 54, Silver 29
Lovington 57, Carlsbad 52
Menaul 50, Mesa Vista 32
Mesilla 66, Cobre 62
Miyamura 52, Farmington 49
NACA 70, Vaughn 39
Navajo Prep 58, Aztec 45
Newcomb 85, Northwest 26
NMMI 52, Hagerman 47
NMSD 71, To'hajiilee 64
Pecos 80, Pojoaaque Valley 44
Rehboth Christian 54, Tse' Yi' Gai 34
Rio Rancho 68, Gallup 60
West Las Vegas 56, McCurdy 51
West Mesa 54, Del Norte 52

Wednesday, January 15th
Sandia Prep 61, Santa Fe Indian 42

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