Any word on who was finally hired as the new HFC?

Email I got

I heard the final three for boys job are, Herron from Valcano Vista, Piel from Laguna, and Story from Valencia. They will announce the coach this week.

Who are the coaches for each All-Star game (A/AA,3A/4A,5A/6A)? And which players will not play in the All-Star games due to scholarships? Thought this would be interesting.

Although it feels like many teams have a real chance at the title every year, in fact only a few elite programs have made it all the way to the top. In the big school classification, four schools (Eldorado, La Cueva, Carlsbad and Rio Rancho) have combined to win every title since 1996.

The last time there was a big-school final game without one of these four schools: 1991, when Farmington beat Mayfield.

At the next classification (5A, formerly 4A), the big four have been Piedra Vista, Farmington, Academy and St. Pius. Those four have won 14 of the last 15 titles.

The Big Three: Football/Basketball/Baseball - State Champs

Football
6A - Rio Rancho (13-0) defeated Mayfield (11-2) 33-31
5A - Artesia (12-1) defeated Belen (11-2) 49-21
4A - Ruidoso (12-1) defeated Cobre (10-4) 35-28
3A - Estancia (11-3) defeated Clayton (11-1) 14-6
2A - Escalante (12-0) defeated Hagerman (10-2) 34-30
8Man - Melrose (11-1) defeated Logan (13-1) 76-37
6Man - Hondo Valley (10-0) defeated Lake Arthur (9-3) 72-33

Basketball
6A - Hobbs (30-2) defeated Cleveland (28-3) 60-56
5A - Centennial (28-4) defeated Gallup (29-2) 52-38
4A - Hope Christian (27-4) defeated West LV (24-6) 69-57
3A - Mesilla Valley (27-2) defeated Laguna Acoma (26-4) 64-49
2A - Magdalena (31-0) defeated Logan (24-7) 61-60
1A - Cliff (28-2) defeated Hondo Valley (28-3) 48-36

Baseball
6A - Eldorado (22-8) defeated Volcano Vista (21-8) 9-0
5A - Academy (23-6) defeated Goddard (26-5) 5-4
4A - Sandia Prep (29-1) defeated Ruidoso (21-9) 5-0
3A - Eunice (17-9) defeated Lordsburg (16-4) 8-4
2A/1A - Melrose (14-1) defeated McCurdy (18-6) 12-0

Any records going down? Who are the favorites?

Clayton boys won Class 3A this past weekend.

For or Against Adding Double Elimination

By Class here

Good Morning!

What a baseball tournament. Really enjoyed this particular year for some reason, maybe my brain is still frozen, but it was a great ending. I'm resting up today, playing with my kids, mowing the lawn, cleaning my truck, making my wife dinner!!! Etc.

This coming week, we'll push out post season awards

• Top 100 countdown
• All-State
• All-Tournament
• Players of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Final Top 25 Team rankings

Have a great Sunday

If we had to build a New Mexico All-Star Team Right now to go play in a round robin against a Colorado All-Star Team, AZ All-Star Team, and a Nevada All-Star team, who's on your roster and who's on the mound in game one!

Most Likely To Repeat In 2016?

Along what is one of the nation's most prolific energy corridors (Eunice to Hobbs to Lovington to Artesia), all of those neighboring towns share a bizarre situation where each town has a program with a prolific number of state championships. Celebrating Eunice...the Cardinals just won their 17th state baseball title. They also have the most prolific string of championships out of the money sports of football or basketball or baseball. From 1960 to 1975 Eunice won the state baseball title 13 out of those 16 seasons . They lost only in '61, '66 and '73. If the Cardinals had won in 1966 then they would have won 11 titles in a row.

Artesia has by far the most state titles with 28 in football. Lovington has the second most with 18 in football and of course Hobbs now has 17 basketball titles to go along with Eunice's 17 baseball titles. Those four programs along the energy corridor have a combined 80 state titles. In football, Artesia and Lovington both won state titles in the same year seven times. ('57, '68, '69, '87, '01, '04 and '10) In 1987 Artesia and Lovington actually shared that state title as neither team scored in the championship game! Anyway, congratulations to the Eunice Cardinals for their latest title along the energy corridor. And congratulations to the Hobbs basketball and the Artesia football programs as they are also the current state title holders to make all of this even more amazing.

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Schedule for Saturday!!

11AM - No. 2 Cobre vs. No. 3 Ruidoso - Lobo Field
1PM - TBA vs. Sandia Prep - Lobo Field
4PM - No. 2 Goddard vs. No. 5 Academy - Lobo Field
63PM - No. 5 Volcano vs. No. 6 Eldorado - Lobo Field

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More Coverage Coming Throughout The Week!

Class 6A Bracket

Class 5A Bracket

Class 4A Bracket


Class 3A Bracket


Class 2A/1A Bracket

Lost today 9-6 to Artesia

How many no hitters in the state championships game ? Joe Martinez had 15 K for Sandia Prep today I haven't heard of any others that's done that just wanted to know how many have been thrown in the championship games in any class

POLL: Who Wins The 5A Title Game? Goddard vs. Academy

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