Las Cruces, NM resident Tony Randazzo will be an Umpire for the World Series this year!!

Who would you take as a state champion. We know the favorites but could you see someone run the table and why.


6A
Rio Rancho

Cleveland

Onate

Las Cruces

Centennial

Manzano

Clovis

5A
Artesia

Belen

Roswell

St. Pius

Goddard

Alamogordo

Los Lunas

4A
Moriarty

Portales

Robertson

Hatch Valley

Oklahoma 66-Texas Tech 59 final, not a basketball game and no over times involved.

Countless records broke in this game like most combined yards for 2 teams in a game( some crazy number I can't remember know it was over 1700), most first downs in a game and Mehomes the TT QB broke the all time most yards by an individual with over 800 and Mayfield the OU QB threw 7 TD's with no interceptions.

Watched a lot of crazy games in my life but this one takes the cake. These 2 always put on a fireworks show when they get together but I'm beginning to wonder if the defensive coaches are just giving the defensive guys an extra by week.

What You Got???

Who are the contender teams in 2016/2017?

Week 9 Player of the Week Nominations

2016/2017 PRE-SEASON BASKETBALL HOMEPAGE

Rankings
Preseason Rankings (Fab 50 Rankings)
6A Rankings
5A Rankings
4A Rankings
3A Rankings
2A Rankings
1A Rankings

Players
Top 10 Players in 2016/2017
Pre-Season Mr. Basketball Candidates
Pre-Season All-State Team
Breakout Players This Season
Top Duos and Trios
Top 50 Players in New Mexico

Teams
5 Things on Opening Day
Most Improved Teams for 2016/2017
Top 10 Mystery Teams in 2016/2017
Top 10 Dark Horse Teams in 2016/2017
Grine's Picks in 2017
Pre-Season State Tournament Predictions
Pre-Season District Predictions

Districts
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2-6A Preview
3-6A Preview
4-6A Preview
1-5A Preview
2-5A Preview
3-5A Preview
4-5A Preview

Brackets are here (boys): http://www.maxpreps.com/playoffs/brackets.aspx?gendersport=boys,soccer&state=nm and here (girls): http://www.maxpreps.com/playoffs/brackets.aspx?gendersport=girls,soccer&state=nm

6A Boys:
1. La Cueva
2. Albuquerque High
3. Volcano Vista
4. Sandia
5. Cleveland
6. Hobbs
7. Valley
8. Gadsden
9. Atrisco Heritage
10. Cibola
11. Eldorado
12. Centennial

5A Boys:
1. Academy
2. Roswell
3. Capital
4. Chaparral
5. Los Alamos
6. Santa Teresa
7. St. Pius
8. Alamogordo
9. Los Lunas
10. Valencia
11. Farmington
12. Goddard

A-4A Boys:
1. Hope Christian
2. Santa Fe Prep
3. Socorro
4. Bosque
5. Portales
6. Monte del Sol
7. Sandia Prep
8. Hatch Valley
9. East Mountain
10. St. Michael’s
11. Bernalillo
12. Desert Academy

6A Girls:
1. La Cueva
2. Cibola
3. Cleveland
4. Hobbs
5. Eldorado
6. Rio Rancho
7. Carlsbad
8. Albuquerque High
9. Sandia
10. Clovis
11. Las Cruces
12. Volcano Vista

5A Girls:
1. St. Pius
2. Academy
3. Farmington
4. Los Alamos
5. Goddard
6. Roswell
7. Aztec
8. Los Lunas
9. Alamogordo
10. Valencia
11. Artesia
12. Bloomfield

A-4A Girls:
1. Sandia Prep
2. Hope Christian
3. St. Michael’s
4. Socorro
5. Bosque
6. Santa Fe Prep
7. Taos
8. Moriarty
9. Robertson
10. Hatch Valley
11. Bernalillo
12. Rehoboth Christian

How crazy is this VikingsEagles game. Dang

Rio Rancho is now 66th in the nation. They are getting some love on the national level. If they win out I think they can knock on the top 20. They are ranked higher than Cedar Hill 69th (a former top 10 team). Great job RR.

Can Cibola ever get over the hump?

They've had some
Serious talent but fall short at state. Can they reach the title game and win it all?

NM Preps can be a great place for professional development. I would like to start a weekly or bi weekly coaches topic about how do things around the state. we all try to pick up nuggets here and there to make our programs better. Hope nobody gets offended if we have different opinions, but I think discussions are how we become better.

Topic:Timing

When it comes to hitting I believe there are three components to be a great hitter. Swing mechanics, mental approach, and timing. I believe timing is the most important, yet the hardest to make an adjustment.

Question: What are some things you do to help players make timing adjustments?

I took a few kids to see West Texas play Midwestern State, who was ranked #4 in the Country. West Texas defeated Midwestern in a great game and I felt compelled to let everyone know that while we were there we spoke to Noah from Eldorado and Houghtaling from Artesia, we can be real proud of these two fine young gentleman. Both really respectful and a pleasure to visit with, Noah took time before kickoff to come and talk to us, even though he was playing and Houghtaling who is a redshirt spent a bit of time with us leading up to kickoff. What a great complement they are to their families, HS Programs, communities and to the rest of us from NM. Their passion for football and desire to be a respected young man was clearly apparent and I believe they should be recognized for that. In this day and age of smack talk, kids acting like punks and know it all's they were the furthest thing from that and really gave me hope for the future as well as pride in coming from the same state as these two young men.

Midwestern State has Frankie Morlock from Rio Rancho who I would add also was the same way as these two young men. He took time after the game to come say hello and visit, I know all of us in Rio Rancho are proud of Frankie.

What are they?

Top 25 Baseball Prospects to Watch in 2017?

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26 NM Players saw action during ENMU's 62-0 route of Bacone College


Wyat Strand (Logan, QB) 3-5 Passing for 111 yards and 2 TD’s, 6-67 Rushing and 2 TD’s

Kamal Cass (Clovis, RB) 11-47 Rushing and 1 TD

JJ Granados (Las Cruces, RB) 3-24 Rushing and 1 TD

Daryl Wiggins (Del Norte, RB) 2-24 Rushing

Adam Lucero (Aztec, QB) 3-14 Rushing

Ismael Garret (Deming, RB) 2-8 Rushing

Russel Montoya (Valley, WR) 1-31 Receiving

Eric Osbourne (Lovington, LB) 6 Tackles

Kolter West (Ft. Sumner, LB) 6 Tackles, 1 Sack

Q. Branch (Manzano, DB) 1 Tackle, 1 Int.

Conner Gaskins (Aztec, LB) 4 Tackles

Matt Cook (Cleveland, LB) 2 Tackles

Michael Dunlap (Clevleand, LB) 2 Tackles

Matt Car (Ruidosa, LB) 2 Tackles

Dakota Montoya (Clayton, DL) 1 Tackle, 1 Sack

Charles Countee (Manzano, DB) 1 PBU

Todd Countee (Manzano, DB) 1 PBU

Lane Cummings (C, Las Cruces) Started at Center

Rudy Guerra (G, Las Cruces) Started at Guard

Mister Birdo (T, Albq. High) Rotated at Tackle

Rick Ornelas (C, Cibola) Rotated at Center

Justin Slavey (T, Aztec) Rotated at Tackle

Austin Patterson (WR, Rio Rancho) Rotated at WR

Justin Segura (WR, Capital) Rotated at WR

Cody Miller (WR, Grants) Rotated at WR

Miguel Rubio (RB, Lake Arthur) Played on Special Teams

Top Plays & Performances from Week 9
Text in stats, text in video of touchdown drives - 505-414-4313


Thursday
Josh Woisin - La Cueva - Rushed for 164-yards vs Sandia.
Daryl Aimes - Valley - 35-yard pick six vs Rio Grande.

Manzano catching some fire?

Artesia gets scare from Roswell

St. Pius X drubs Los Lunas

Onate survives Hobbs

Estancia and Hatch keep rollin

Landry Jones starting for Pittsburgh against New England this weekend!!

ENMU beat Bacone 62-0 ENMU is 5-3
NMMI lost to #10 Tyler 64-42 NMMI is 5-3
UNM beat ULM 59-17 UNM is 4-3
NMSU lost to GA Southern 22-19 NMSU is 2-5
WNMU lost to Ft. Lewis 52-14 WNMU is 2-6
NMHU lost to Western St. 58-0 NMHU is 0-7

Rio Rancho Hoops star Clay Patterson has committed to play at Ft. Lewis

Who are the favorites in each class?

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How would this sit with you as a coach, athlete, or just a supporter?

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Week 9: Staff Picks

Each week the staff at NMPreps.com shares their picks for the week of games. Today, we share our week 9 picks of the football season.

Centennial 7-1 vs. Las Cruces 6-1 +2,000 Either Way
Grine's Pick: Centennial
Last week I wrote "I wanted to go Centennial, I like Centennial" Well, I didn't pick them. Maybe, the Hawks faithful is glad that I didn't. Well, I'm sorry (?) I'm going Centennial this week.

St. Pius X 7-1 vs. Los Lunas 5-2 +2,000 Either Way
Grine's Pick: St. Pius X
Question marks on and off the field for Los Lunas St. Pius X is flying and if I had to pick the dark horse to win it all, the Sartans are my pick to run the table.

Eldorado 4-3 vs. Manzano 5-2 +100 (Upset is Eldorado +1,500)
Grine's Pick: Eldorado
I had to take an upset pick and the point differential was too hard to pass up. The gamble is worth the pick, even if I like Manzano a lot. I'm playing the points more than who I think wins. The playoffs for pick 'em starts in two weeks!

Hobbs 2-5 vs. Onate 4-3 +1,000 (Upset is Hobbs +2,500)
Grine's Pick: Onate
I almost took the bait on this pick with a 1,500 point difference. I go Onate though because they are took good on both sides of the ball now. My PTP this week is Sal Yanez to break free to the zone a few times.

Robertson 7-0 vs. St. Mike’s 5-2 +700 (Upset is St. Mike's +2,000)
Grine's Pick: Robertson
The Cardinals are solid on defense and I don't see St. Mike's getting many holes on this defense.

Hatch 6-1 vs. Silver 3-5 +500 (Upset is Silver +2,000)
Grine's Pick: Hatch Valley
Not much to explain here. Money in the bank - 500!

Piedra Vista 5-2 vs. Cleveland 7-1 +500 (Upset is PV +4,000)
Grine's Pick: Cleveland
Another 500 pick even though the points would be worth it, I just can't leave 500 on the table on a sure thing.

Portales 6-1 vs. Ruidoso 5-3 +500 (Upset is Ruidoso +1,000)
Grine's Pick: Portales
The Rams even on the road. Why? Just because...

Roswell 6-1 vs. Artesia 6-1 +500 (Upset is Roswell +2,000)
Grine's Pick: Artesia
Roswell is playing well... Artesia is Artesia.

Volcano Vista 5-2 vs. Cibola 3-5 +500 (Upset is Cibola +1,500)
Grine's Pick: Volcano Vista
Volcano Vista rebounds well with this game. Maybe, outside the one pick I am playing conservative today. I need to make sure I'm in the Top-32 to make the playoffs.

GRINE'S RECORD
Last Week: 8-3
Overall Record: 62-29