FINAL: St. Michael's 33, Robertson 27. No. 1 team in 4A is beaten at home.

Six days until selection Sunday, with much still to be determined. When I mention MaxPreps rankings below, note that those rankings are from last Friday and thus the Friday and Saturday games won’t have been factored into the rankings yet (although those games won't affect the rankings much). I have grouped the games together by district.

Tuesday:
Eldorado (9-5-2) vs. La Cueva (12-0-4)
Clovis (10-8) at Sandia (7-9)
La Cueva should be seeded first or second at state. Sandia is an interesting seeding question. They are No. 15 right now, which would seem to leave them out. But they are 5-3 in district, just behind Eldorado (5-2-1), and finish with Clovis and Manzano while Eldorado still has this game with La Cueva. Eldorado has the tiebreaker over Sandia on goal differential. If Sandia finishes ahead of Eldorado, they probably both get in, bumping another bubble team. If Sandia doesn't finish ahead of Eldorado, they are probably out.
Las Cruces (10-7-1) at Onate (12-6)
Mayfield (15-2-1) at Hobbs (11-4-2)
Gadsden (11-7) at Carlsbad (6-11)
3-6A has a lot left to decide. Here are the leaders with district records and MaxPreps rankings:
Mayfield 9-1 (4)
Hobbs 7-2-1 (8)
Las Cruces 5-4-1 (12)
Gadsden 6-5 (13)
Onate 5-5 (7)
Mayfield hasn’t quite clinched the district but one win this week or a Hobbs loss will do it. Hobbs already beat Mayfield once, in Las Cruces. Onate is the big question mark, because their MaxPreps ranking is high but right now they would have to be seeded behind four other teams, which might leave them out altogether. LC and Onate may not both make the tournament, so their game on Tuesday is big.
Albuquerque High (14-1-1) at Highland (10-5-1)
Atrisco Heritage (7-7-2) at Rio Grande (4-10-2)
AHS is playing for the No. 1 seed in 6A; Highland (ranked No. 11) is playing for a berth at state. Atrisco is also on the bubble. They are No. 10 in the rankings, but will have to be behind Highland and need to hold on to their one-game lead over Valley for third in the district.
Alamogordo (14-3-1) at Santa Teresa (9-6-1)
Deming (4-11-1) at Chaparral (10-8)
Here are the district records from 3-5A and MaxPreps rankings:
Alamogordo 4-0 (3)
Chaparral 2-2 (7)
Deming 1-2-1 (14)
Santa Teresa 0-3-1 (5)
Alamogordo is the district champ and has a shot at the No. 1 seed at state, but they have two road games this week. Santa Teresa needs to pass Deming in the standings (and Deming has the tiebreaker over them); if they don’t, Santa Teresa could miss state altogether despite their high MaxPreps ranking (or, more likely, be seeded No. 12) because they would have to be seeded behind Deming.
Artesia (8-8-2) at Roswell (12-5). Artesia has a mathematical chance to win this district, and they played Roswell tough in their first meeting. If they don’t win the district, they are on the bubble for state (No. 11 ranking right now). Roswell has a shot for the No. 4 seed.

Wednesday:
Hope Christian (17-1) at St. Pius (10-3-4). How’s this for a late-season non-district game? St. Pius, Academy and Alamogordo should be the top three 5A seeds, but the order is still up in the air. Hope has locked up No. 1 in A-4A.
Del Norte (3-12-2) at Academy (12-4-2). Del Norte has just three wins and is 0-5 in district, and yet at No. 12 in MaxPreps still has a chance at state. They have played the second toughest schedule in 5A, behind Academy, and have a win over Sandia. The Knights were competitive with Capital and Los Alamos and really are just the victim of being in a tough district.

Thursday:
Volcano Vista (11-4-1) at Piedra Vista (7-11)
Rio Rancho (12-4-2) at Cibola (5-10-2)
1-6A leaders’ district records and 6A rankings:
Cleveland 5-1-1 (6)
Rio Rancho 4-1-1 (3)
Volcano Vista 4-2 (5)
No other district has three teams this good. It will be interesting to see if the winner of this district gets seeded ahead of Mayfield, if Mayfield holds on and wins its district. The Volcano-Cleveland game on Saturday is the key remaining matchup. If Cleveland wins that, it will win the district; if Volcano wins, the champ will probably be Rio Rancho, which only has Cibola and PV left on its schedule.
Capital (12-5-1) at Los Alamos (13-6). Los Alamos will finish second in the district unless Capital wins this game by three goals. The Hilltoppers may be the No. 4 seed at state.
Valencia (8-9-1) at Los Lunas (9-9). Valencia is like Aztec last year – they are a solid second in a weak district, but also have a low ranking (No. 13) that puts them on the bubble. Los Lunas has a higher ranking (No. 10) but can’t catch Valencia unless they win by enough here to overcome the minus-two goal differential.

Friday:
Atrisco Heritage vs. Albuquerque High
Highland vs. Valley (7-9)

Saturday:
Piedra Vista at Rio Rancho
Volcano Vista at Cleveland
Las Cruces at Mayfield
Onate at Centennial
Carlsbad at Hobbs
La Cueva at Clovis
Academy at St. Pius. How’s THIS for a late-season non-district game? Academy will likely be the No. 1 seed in 5A if they win this. SPX is the likely No. 1 seed if they beat both Hope and AA this week, which is a tough task. Academy has been very stingy of late, giving up only two goals in its last six matches, and both of those were on penalty kicks.
Capital at Farmington (11-4-2). Another interesting non-district game. A loss here could put Farmington in the same situation it was in last year -- a district champ sent on the road for the first round.
Santa Teresa at Chaparral
Alamogordo at Deming

FRIDAY
Animas 52, Fort Hancock 0 - F
Artesia 42, Roswell 7 - F
Belen 63, Grants 30 - F
Bloomfield 45, Gallup 0 - F
Capital 46, Espaola Valley 12
Chaparral 43, Alamogordo 17 - F
Cibola 28, Volcano Vista 27 - F
Cleveland 49, Piedra Vista 14 - F
Clovis 42, Santa Fe 6
Deming 20, Santa Teresa 12 - F
Dexter 48, Loving 6 - F
Dora 54, Logan 26 - F
Estancia 59, Dulce 0 - F
Eunice 37, Tularosa 0 - F
Farmington 61, Aztec 18
Grady 37, Floyd 36 - F
Hatch Valley 36, Socorro 19 - F
Hobbs 77, Onate 35 -F
Jal 32, Hagerman 12 - F
La Cueva 49, Sandia 13 - F
Las Cruces 42, Centennial 13 - F
Lovington 35, Goddard 28 - F
Mesilla Valley 54, Mescalero 0 - F
Miyamura 46, Kirtland Central 23 - F
Newcomb 40, Cobre 20 - F
Portales 24, Ruidoso 15 - F
San Jon 37, Floyd 26 - F
Santa Rosa 21, Raton 15 - F
Silver 66, Hot Springs 28 - F
St. Mikes 33, Robertson 27 - F
St. Pius X 50, Valencia 0 - F
Tucumcari 27, Clayton 0 - F
Valley 34, Rio Grande 0 - F
West Las Vegas 35, Taos 27 - F
Zuni 40, Tohatchi 20 - F

Listen and watch games from Artesia, Goddard and Roswell each Friday night. Also, the after show with Gene Dow from 10pm-10:30pm.

Most of the teams at the top of our Top 25 poll cruised to wins.

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/fri...-roswell-la-cueva-cleveland-las-cruces-cruise

Baeza has been on fire during Las Cruces' 4-game winning streak

https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/bae...e-to-byrd-for-title-of-most-versatile-player-

Want to hear from coaches on here about ARod breakdowns of swings on the MLB network. I find myself questioning a Future Hall of famer, who is one of the best hitters to play the game.

Thoughts

MANZANO 63 ELDORADO 21
ATRISCO 50 HIGHLAND 0
FOOTHILL 54 MAGDALENA 0
BERNALILLO 19 SFIS 16

42 POINT AVERAGE FOR WINNERS DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE

It was halted by lightning with just over 4 min left in 2nd qtr. Teams never returned to the field.

Game will resume Fri. at 3 p.m. at Gadsden High School. Mayfield leads 14-0.

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What game are you going to this week?

Who can go 3-0 with Predictions. Make three predictions as we head into the weekend. Can be game Predictions or saying a player will have several touchdowns, ints or high stat.

Week # 9 picks we have around 60 picks for this week


Cent/Las Cruces 100% for Las Cruces
Sandia/LaCueva 100% forLaCueva
Raton/SR 87% for Santa Rosa
Onate/Hobbs 98% for Hobbs
WLV/Taos 77% for Taos
STM/Rob 75% for Robertson
Lov/Godd 52% for Lovington
Farm/Aztec 75% for Farmington
Ruid/Port 97% for Portales
Ros/Art 90% for Artesia

Good luck to all

*****WEEK 9 PICK 'EM CHALLENGE***** SWING WEEK

How it works. Pick the winner of the 10 games listed, we keep track of the points, and provide weekly standings, and have an end of the year tournament, and pass out prizes. Get your picks in as soon as possible.

Centennial at Las Cruces, +6,000 (Centennial is the upset +7, 000)
Sandia vs La Cueva, +6,000 (Sandia is the upset +7,000)
Raton at Santa Rosa, +6,000 (Raton is the upset +7,000)
Onate at Hobbs, +6,200 (Onate is the upset +7,200)
West Las Vegas vs Taos, +6,500 (West is the upset +7,500)
St. Michael's at Robertons, +6,000 (St. Mikes is the upset +7,000)

Lovington vs Goddard, +7,300 either way
Farmington vs Aztec, +7,500 either way
Ruidoso at Portales, +7,000 either way

The Kicker: Roswell vs Artesia, +8,000 (Roswell is the upset +8,500)

How To Post Your Picks (These are not my picks)
Centennial
Sandia
Raton
Onate
West Las Vegas
St. Mikes
Lovington
Farmington
Ruidoso
Roswell

Keep this thread to picks only so other users don’t get confused.

Last week of the regular season for pick 'em.

These aren't really the final rankings, because there are two days to go in the season and MaxPreps will update the rankings one more time before the seeds are announced. But they won't change much between now and then.

6A:
1. Albuquerque High
2. La Cueva
3. Mayfield
4. Rio Rancho
5. Volcano Vista
6. Cleveland
7. Onate
8. Eldorado
9. Hobbs
10. Highland
11. Atrisco Heritage
12. Gadsden
13. Valley
14. Las Cruces
15. Sandia
16. West Mesa
17. Clovis
18. Cibola
19. Centennial
20. Santa Fe
21. Rio Grande
22. Carlsbad
23. Manzano
24. Piedra Vista

I think the top four seeds will be La Cueva, AHS, Mayfield, and the 1-6A champ, in that order, although you could make a pretty good argument for AHS as No. 1. As for the field, I think the top nine listed here get in, plus Sandia, Gadsden, and either Highland or AHA (whichever finishes higher in district).

5A:
1. Academy
2. Alamogordo
3. St. Pius
4. Los Alamos
5. Roswell
6. Santa Teresa
7. Chaparral
8. Farmington
9. Capital
10. Los Lunas
11. Del Norte
12. Deming
13. Valencia
14. Artesia
15. Aztec
16. Lovington
17. Goddard
18. Belen
19. Miyamura
20. Bloomfield
21. Kirtland Central
22. Gallup
23. Grants

I think the AA/SPX winner tomorrow will be No. 1 and the loser No. 2. It will be a playoff-like atmosphere for that game, especially because it is senior day for St. Pius. Alamo might sneak in at No. 2, but I think they will be third and Los Alamos fourth. The bottom of the bracket is interesting. Santa Teresa right now hasn't won a district game, but is No. 6 in these rankings. I think they end up near the bottom of the seeds, and if they get in, Deming has to get in above them. That leaves Los Lunas, Del Norte, Valencia, Artesia and Aztec in the running for the other two slots. Los Lunas has to be behind Valencia. I think it will be Valencia and Los Lunas, but who knows.

4A-A:
1. Hope Christian
2. Sandia Prep
3. Moriarty
4. Santa Fe Prep
5. Hatch Valley
6. Robertson
7. Socorro
8. Portales
9. Bernalillo
10. Bosque
11. Rehoboth Christian
12. NMMI
13. Taos
14. East Mountain
15. St. Michael's
16. Tierra Encantada
17. Monte del Sol
18. Silver
19. Ruidoso
20. Pojoaque Valley
21. Desert Academy
22. Questa

Want to hear from coaches on here about ARod breakdowns of swings on the MLB network. I find myself questioning a Future Hall of famer, who is one of the best hitters to play the game.

Thoughts

Matt Kadek of McKinney rushed for 592 yards last night against Plano East. It is a new single game rushing record for Texas

What do you have this week? Calling any upsets?

Artesia-Roswell, Manzano-Eldorado and St. Michael's-Robertson headline the list.

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/baker-s-dozen-showdowns-in-class-5a-4a-headline-week-9-slate

Who is in and who is out? Where do we seed?

What has been out there this season?

Rio Grande has lost 30 in a row and Santa Fe 28, but both schools have new coaches, and a new energy around the program. Who steps up first?

Remaining 2017 games:

Rio Grande
Los Lunas
Del Norte
Albuquerque
Highland
Valley
West Mesa

Santa Fe
Goddard
Los Alamos
Roswell
Escalante
Clovis

TexMex02 stil sits at the top of the standings with 101650 points.

There were 11 with perfect scores for this past week, They are all highlighted in the weekly standings, really helped many move up in the standings.

(60) We had a nice large attendance for week #8 for Pick 'Em with 60-players! This is another nice number and if you didn't play last week there is always time to catch up during the season.

32 or 64 team tournament will take place at the conclusion of the final weeks. STARTS NEXT WEEK. Top-64 going to the tournament.