First round action.

Hope Christian defeated Mayfield to hand the Lady Trojans their first loss of the season. Final score was 56-45.

Up next, Cibola and Los Alamos tip off with the winner facing Hope Christian tomorrow @ 3pm. Loser to face Mayfield @ 8am.

Over/Under: Expectations Too Soon

The season is just started but through three weeks maybe the expectations have shown some color to this point on the season. Some will say it's too early to tell - truth.

Over: Centennial, Mayfield, West Las Vegas, Goddard, Highland, West Mesa

Under: Los Alamos, Aztec, Belen, St. Pius X, Atrisco Heritage Academy, Farmington

In the over group the biggest of the falls is Centennial who was ranked 13th from week 1 to 3. The Hawks are clearly in a rebuild season as they lost several to graduation and big margins of losses. Mayfield has dropped some early games. Highland a three game skid with losses to the score of 82-44, 70-35 and 67-52.

Los Alamos has our interest with a quick 4-0 start, granted no ranked wins but a win over St. Mike's is a high quality win. Aztec was terrible last season losing 27 of 28 games., we have to show some love after a 3-0 start. Farmington did lose but a close game with the top ranked Bulldogs (Albuquerque) and you take notice.

Champions have been Crowned, Fans have made it Home, Players are back in School! What are you going to do for the next 8-9 months before 2017 Football Season starts?

We've been here before:

Klinsman out or Klinsman stay?

From the ABQ Journal a couple of days ago (https://www.abqjournal.com/902798/prep-soccer-st-pius-limon-an-all-american.html):

"St. Pius senior forward Tatiana Limon has been named to the 2016 National Soccer Coaches Association of America High School All-American team.

Limon, who will graduate as St. Pius’ all-team leading goal scorer and point earner, had 32 goals this season for the Sartans and helped them into the Class 5A state championship game.

Limon and Cibola junior forward Lexi Baca, the Class 6A player of the year for two straight seasons and instrumental in the Cougars winning state in 2015 and 2016, both were selected to the NSCAA All-West Region Team.

Over the weekend, Albuquerque Academy senior forward Charles Touche, arguably the state’s best player, competed in the sixth annual All-American Game in Raleigh, N.C. Only 40 players were selected to participate in the game. Touche had two assists."

New6A teams losing starting their QB's to graduation
Albuquerque
Centennial
Cibola
Clovis
Eldorado
La Cueva
Piedra Vista
Rio Rancho
Sandia
Volcano Vista
Valley
West Mesa


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Cool to look at.. who else in other classifications. Who are the replacements?

This year's clinic will be this weekend in ABQ at the MCM Elegante Hotel in ABQ. It starts Friday evening at 7pm and runs all day Saturday. It's a great event that shows the commitment that the high school baseball coaches of New Mexico have to their sport and their state. Anybody can register and attend even if they aren't a high school coach.

Speakers this year are :

Scott Crampton- Lamar JC
Andy Powers- Texas Pitching Institute
Mike Marshall- LA Dodgers/NM Highlands
Buddy Gouldsmith- UNM
Brandon Claussen- Goddard HS/Yankees/Reds
Josh Simpson- Rangers scout

TUESDAY

Games to watch:

Playoff Implications:

Under-the-Radar Games:

Unknown Game:

Upset Watch: .

Coaching Match-Up to Watch:

Starting Five Tonight:

Only a hand full of teams have won the state title over the last 15 years.

Which team (except for the top 5) will be the first to get back to the title game and/or win it?

Team-------------------------Last Championship-------------------Last title game appearance
Rio Rancho--------------------------2016------------------------------------------2016
Cleveland----------------------------2015------------------------------------------2015
Las Cruces--------------------------2013------------------------------------------2016
Mayfield------------------------------2010------------------------------------------2014
La Cueva----------------------------2009------------------------------------------2009
Oñate---------------------------------2002------------------------------------------2002
Clovis---------------------------------2001------------------------------------------2007
Highland-----------------------------1989------------------------------------------1989
Eldorado-----------------------------1980------------------------------------------2015
Santa Fe-----------------------------1979------------------------------------------1979
Sandia--------------------------------1976------------------------------------------2012
Hobbs---------------------------------1972-----------------------------------------1974
Carlsbad-----------------------------1962-----------------------------------------2000
Gadsden-----------------------------1962-----------------------------------------1966
Albuquerque------------------------Never---------------------------------------1967
Centennial---------------------------Never---------------------------------------2015
Manzano-----------------------------Never---------------------------------------2010
Piedra Vista-------------------------Never--------------------------------------2000
West Mesa--------------------------Never--------------------------------------1971
Atrisco Heritage------------------Never--------------------------------------Never
Cibola----------------------------------Never--------------------------------------Never
Rio Grande--------------------------Never---------------------------------------Never
Valley----------------------------------Never---------------------------------------Never
Volcano Vista----------------------Never--------------------------------------Never

What is your choices?

As the season has come to a close, I would like to make an appeal to all coaches to talk to their seniors about staying with the game and becoming an official. As the problems with officiating continue to grow, the number of officials continue to dwindle and as the state is growing old, the shortage is real. The outlying areas away from Albq. will get shorter next year.
For some of the graduating seniors, a great way to stay with the game and make a little extra money as they do it. Officiating isn't for everyone, but if each school had one senior that started officiating, that would give our state about 100 extra officials. In all reality its all of our responsibility to recruit.
Any help will surely be appreciated. They can contact the NMAA or get on line at NMACT.org for more information.

Valencia High School is looking for a JV for the 2017 Season. Please contact Carlos Carrasco at ccarrasco@llschools.net

Week 3 Recap
Wow! What a weekend of tournament hoops and double-headers! We saw more 6A prowess represented by the south, more statement wins, and a few question marks early for some teams. Here’s your weekly recap.

Opening Tip
Tournaments on tournaments on tournaments! It was the name of the game this weekend and it wasn’t without it’s drama and surprises. First up, we saw 5A Espanola Valley take Capital’s Al Armendariz tournament with a win over the host. Then we saw dominance from the Cavegirls of Carlsbad as they took the Gallup John Lomasney Invitational championship. In 4A, the Santa Fe Indian Lady Brave Classic featured the rising Robertson Lady Cardinals taking the tourney title over Navajo Prep.

In the small school tournaments we saw 2A and 1A schools get the better of their higher class counterparts. Fort Sumner/House won the Lady Lion Classic out in Santa Rosa after defeating the host in the championship as well as Tularosa and Dulce. At Melrose’s American Heritage tournament, 1A Elida claimed the title after defeating a quality Escalante team. Rounding out the small school tournaments 4A Hatch Valley won Magdalena tournament, 2A Tatum won the Dora tournament, and 2A Logan claimed the Menaul tournament.

In the midst of all these tournaments some non-tournament results do deserve attention. Mayfield defeated Cibola and Valley after a 4-game road stretch. Las Cruces moved to 4-0 after defeating Highland and Volcano Vista on the road. Highland got a W over Onate, West Mesa added another quality win with one over Los Lunas, Portales opened up their season with a win over defending 3A champ Texico, and Bloomfield got two big wins against Los Lunas and Shiprock.

Early Timeout
Gallup no longer has Coach Turner at the helm and of course graduated a number of seniors including all-state Ni’asia Mcintosh. Their early season struggles were on display when they faced off against 3A state contender Tohatchi and lost 84-75 and then lost the 3rd Place game against Cleveland where they struggled offensively. They’re definitely a different team without their interior presence. They’re 2-3 with their two win margins combining for 4 points.

Fast Break
Who found themselves out in open space this week?

Mayfield and Carlsbad are both 6-0 heading into another week of tournament play.
Tucumcari looked very good despite losing a first round tourney game against Tularosa.
Mesa Vista stunned Aztec for a 3rd Place win at Capital’s tournament.
Fort Sumner/House caught fire and stunned Tularosa in the Santa Rosa tournament then won it.
Bloomfield won big games against Shiprock at home and then Los Lunas on the road.
Robertson won the SFIS tournament in dominate fashion to go 5-0.

Quick Top 4 Rankings
With three weeks down and a number of tournament matchups to measure teams, here are the new Top-4 rankings after Week 3.

Class 6A
1. Carlsbad
2. Eldorado
3. Las Cruces
4. Mayfield

Class 5A
1. Roswell
2. Espanola Valley
3. Bloomfield
4. Valencia

Class 4A
1. Hope Christian
2. Robertson
3. Moriarty
4. West Las Vegas

Class 3A
1. Eunice
2. Tohatchi
3. Tucumcari
4. Tularosa

Class 2A
1. Fort Sumner/House
2. Tatum
3. Escalante
4. Logan

Class 1A
1. Elida
2. Roy/Mosquero
3. Melrose
4. Grady

Off-The-Bench
Albuquerque Academy has started off their season 4-1 with their only loss coming against St. Michael’s by 2 points. Led by senior Sophie Long, the Chargers picked up wins against Highland, Sandia Prep, and Belen. So far, Long has carried the scoring load averaging 23.6 points per game and pulling in 7.2 rebounds per game. Alli Leggott, a senior guard, has helped pitch in 2.4 points per game while also dishing out a team leading 4.8 assist per game. The Chargers will look to continue their winning ways in their home tournament, Goddard’s tourney, and Sandia Prep’s tournament. Keep an eye on Academy.

Last week: 4A Robertson won the SFIS tourney. 2A Escalante took runner-up in Melrose tourney.

Outlet Pass (Looking Ahead)

Tuesday
· Los Lunas at Goddard
· Volcano Vista at West Mesa
· Tohatchi at Aztec

Thursday
· Hope Christian vs. Mayfield (Joe Armijo tourney)
· Onate vs. La Cueva (Joe Armijo tourney)
· Cleveland vs. Academy (Joe Armijo tourney)
· Eldorado vs. Roswell (Mel Otero tourney)
· Rio Rancho vs. Valencia (Mel Otero tourney)
· Espanola Valley vs. Las Cruces (Mel Otero tourney)
· Gallup vs. Goddard (City of Champions tourney)

Saturday
· Fort Sumner/House at Logan

Tournaments will again be in full force this upcoming weekend. Please post any information regarding participating teams, brackets, and/or schedules you may know of in the “Upcoming Tournaments Info”


Top Players from Week 3
· Esperanza Varoz (West Mesa) vs. Rio Rancho – 28 points; vs. Hope Christian – 29 points

· Sophie Long (ALBQ Academy) vs. Sandia Prep - 35 points

· Kalian Mitchell (Tohatchi) vs. Gallup - 41 points

· Aaliyah Quintana (Taos) vs. Zuni - 34 points

· Brooklyn Calderazzo (Centennial) vs. Valley - 26 points

· Cassie Vickery (Tularosa) vs. Mora - 33 points

· Taylor Mitchell (Hatch Valley) vs. Magdalena - 27 points

E-mail or post if you have the information

Please post all updates and scores here for this week.

Tuesday
Alamo-Navajo 91, Evangel Christian 59
Alamogordo 72, Gadsden 41
Albuquerque High 73, Rio Rancho 57
Bloomfield 69, Shiprock 51
Capital 51, Valencia 37
Carlsbad 58, Goddard 41
Centennial 58, Deming 56
Clovis 58, Dumas, Texas 37
Escalante 72, Santa Fe Prep 68
Grants 81, Piedra Vista 58
Hondo 64, Carrizozo 61
Hope Christian 66, Cibola 55
Las Cruces 48, EP Cathedral, Texas 41
Los Alamos 62, Moriarty 37
Los Lunas 54, Kirtland Central 51
McCurdy 54, Native American Community Academy 28
Mesilla Valley Christian 49, Cobre 40
Mora 65, West Las Vegas 60
Navajo Prep 72, Monument Valley, Utah 31
Odessa Permian, Texas 74, Hobbs 73
Pojoaque 62, East Mountain 53
Rehoboth 42, Thoreau 35
Santa Fe 61, Albuquerque Academy 29
Santa Teresa 48, Mayfield 43
St. Michael's 71, Bosque School 21
Texico 65, Farwell, Texas 50
Tohajilee 66, Mountainair 47
Tularosa 68, NMMI 23

Perryton, TX, a 4A Div 2 school in the panhandle, is looking for a game 8 Sep or 22 Sep, 2017. Perryton is willing to travel, meet at a neutral site, or host. If interested or need more info, contact HC Steven Coursey at (806) 671-2654.

Las Cruces High School Football in terms of talent and program prestige.

10 Top Players to Watch in 2016/2017

Today, we highlight the ten must see players in New Mexico High School basketball this season. These are our pre-season Top-10 Player Rankings but will have updateed monthly rankings this season.


1. Brenden Boatwright - Carlsbad High School
2. Clay Patterson - Rio Rancho High School
3. Marlon Cunningham - Albuquerque High School (2017)
4. DJ Bustos - West Las Vegas High School
5. David Cormier - Volcano Vista High School
6. Anthony Chavez - Valley High School (2018)
7. Desmond Carpenter - Cibola High School
8. Juan Hurt - Rio Rancho High School
9. Segun Oyeku - Valley High School
10. Cameron Dixon - Cibola High School

Grine on the Group: Boatwright is one of my favorite "bigs" with a soft shooting touch and could be a four at the division one level.

Cunningham is solid back to the basket big man with the attitude to take the Bulldogs to the title.

Guards are solid this year - best I've seen it. Yes, we know the year with Cullen and Bryce, two D-1 guards was phenomenal but the depth in this years backcourt will be non-stop amazing to watch.

Portales 43, Robertson 13

The Portales Rams win the 4A state championship, 43-14 over the 1-seed Robertson Cardinals. Portales finishes the season 12-1.

Portales Scores
Mark Lovato - scored from 10-yards out. 43-14
Darion Ontiveros - Score makes it 36-14.
Junior Ramirez - 15-yards to the house. 29-14.
Junior Ramirez - 20 yards out Ramirez scores. 22-14.
Dario Ontiveros - 4 yard TD. 14-7.
Junior Ramirez - 53-yard TD run. 7-0

Portales Season At-a-Glance
8/27 - Texico (W 24-0)
9/2 - Lovington (W 34-24)
9/9 - West Las Vegas (W 54-12)
9/16 - St. Michael's (W 38-12)
9/23 - Dexter (L 24-13)
9/30 - Espanola Valley (W 52-0)
10/7 - Hope Christian (W 48-10)
10/21 - Ruidoso (W 58-23)
10/28 - Moriarty (W 21-13)
11/4 - NMMI (W 40-16)
11/19 - Silver (W 47-6) - Quarterfinal
11/26 - St. Michael's (W 38-0) - Semi-Final
12/3 - Robertson (W 43-14) - State CHampionship

Hobbs graduate and UTEP freshman Kelvin Jones will be playing at WisePies Arena - The Pit (obligated to say it that way as a UNM athletic dept. employee!) Wednesday against the Lobos at 7 p.m. I'll be there working (I usually help out with the TV broadcast being a stats person) but am excited to see the big fella!

He's getting around 12 minutes per game (and got a start not long ago - here are the team's stats) and starting to find his groove. Easy to forget he really didn't start playing basketball until his sophomore year in high school!

Post top performances from around the state in girls hoops here from November 21st to the 27th.

Monday, November 28th
Kim Best (Carlsbad) vs. Lovington - 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals
Carsyn Boswell (Carlsbad) vs. Lovington - 12 points and 1 steal
Myra McCaskill (Aztec) vs. Capital - 16 points
Sol Vigil (Coronado) vs. Dulce - 11 points

Tuesday, November 29th
Esperanza Varoz (West Mesa) vs. Rio Rancho - 28pts, 4 rebs , 4 Steals, 5 assists. 4-4 3pt, 8-8 ft.
Annalysse Lucero (West Las Vegas) vs. Santa Fe Indian - 24 points
Alyssa Adams (Moriarty) vs. Manzano -22 points and 4 assists
Kim Best (Carlsbad) vs. Goddard - 21 points, 11 boards
Carsyn Boswell (Carlsbad) vs. Goddard - 16 points
Jayce Gorzeman (Mayfield) vs. El Paso Franklin - 21 points
Rylee Meloy (Centennial) vs. Deming - 24 points
Brooklyn Calderazzo (Centennial) vs. Deming - 12 points
Camaryn Villalpando (Goddard) vs. Carlsbad - 13 points, 2 boards, 2 steals
Gracie Tesillo (Artesia) vs. Santa Teresa - 13 points
Faith Silva (Alamogordo) vs. Gadsden - 17 points
Destiny Walther (Bloomfield) vs. Shiprock - 17 points
Brandi Alcantar (Bloomfield) vs. Shiprock - 15 points
Martinique Larvingo (Navajo Prep) vs. Monument Valley (UT) - 19 points, 5 assists, 8 steals.
Fallon Velasquez (Hondo Valley) vs. Carrizozo - 21 points
Chase Detson (Hondo Valley) vs. Carrizozo - 16 points
Hannah Ventura (Carrizozo) vs. Hondo Valley - 15 points

Poll: Which No. 1 Goes Down This Weekend?

Won the Nevada State Championship 84-8

2018 Nicholas Silcox is a going to be a Lobo. High projection RHP.