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Top Overall Athlete During the 2015/2016 School Year?

Who is it?

Poll: Biggest News Of 2016 So Far

What a year we've had already!!!

Famous Football Sayings, That Are True

What you got?

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Post Your District Predictions

How will the teams finish in district play?

Congratulations to Eric Roanhous on being inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Honor tonight. Also Ray Birmingham, Flo Valdez and others were inducted. Oh forgot Henry Tafoya was also inducted tonight.

Jim Bradley was inducted years ago as was Cooper Henderson and LG Henderson together. The Henry family has also been inducted in the past for the Track and Field accomplishments. Gary Sanchez and his father were inducted together also.

Voting for the next class starts soon. You can go to the New Mexico Sports hall of honor website and vote.

These seniors were selected, from the Northwest Region, to play in the NM vs AZ all star games on Thursday March 31st at 7:00 PM and Saturday April 2nd at 3:00 PM in Window Rock at the new (7,000 seated arena) Fighting Scouts Event Center. There will be a 3-point contest as well as a slam dunk contest.

# 4-Elijah Harry - Shiprock
# 5-Keegan Acosta - Piedra Vista
#10-Diego Corley - Farmington
#11-Mike Chambers - Grants
#12-Andre Joe - Shiprock
#13-Jacob Sanchez - Laguna Acoma
#20-Sean Martin - Laguna Acoma
#21-Berrett Bentley - Farmington
#23-Shawn Eskeets - Gallup
#24-Tyren King - Farmington
#25-Karlex Capitan - Tohatchi
#31-Richie Lucero - Grants
#32-Colton Lowley - Gallup
#33-Matthew Begay - Gallup
#35-Bradley Hatten - Grants

Head Coach - Joseph Sanchez-Grants

Let's go!!!!

Why is New Mexico Lobo Baseball Coach Ray Birmingham's approval rating so strong? I too find myself really drawn to his coaching style and just general demeanor. Birmingham will be inducted into the NM Sports Hall of Fame on April 3rd.

The University of the Southwest in Hobbs has just announced the addition of the 7th and 8th intercollegiate sports in just over one year. That will bring the total number of official sports at USW to 17. This makes that university one of the fastest growing sports colleges in the country. The newest team sports added are M&W Cross Country, M&W Track & Field, M&W Golf and now M&W Indoor Track and Field. It is anticipated that USW and NMJC will again increase their number of sports when the over $60M Health, Fitness and Wellness Center is completed. That center will include many aquatic features including an amazing natatorium and will be available for use by expected USW, NMJC & HHS swimming and diving teams for men and women. That center is an unheard of cooperative effort by the Maddox Foundation, the City of Hobbs, Lea County, USW, NMJC and Hobbs schools.

For the future, other facilities that might inspire additional sports expansion by USW is the announced indoor competition rodeo arena to be built adjacent to the new indoor practice rodeo arena at NMJC across from Zia Park Casino and Racetrack. USW M&W Rodeo teams would be a natural fit to go along with the NMJC rodeo teams. NMJC also recently completed one of the best outdoor track and field venues complete with a turf football field. Which brings us full circle...when can the EnergyPlex expect its colleges to add football programs? I expect that to be a number of years away but getting much closer. The major problem besides money was the low number of similar area football teams. However, nearby UTPB in Odessa has just added football. If NMJC were to also follow as they could be expected to then USW & NMJC would each have nearby college teams to play. So, IMO the possibility and probability of those things happening are getting stronger.

One last thing...another indication of how serious the University of the Southwest is getting about sports is they just hired Clayton Jones to be the Sports Information Director which is a new position for the Mustangs. Congratulations to Clayton and please welcome him back home to New Mexico.

How many of the schools still make Coaches drive a bus to games?

Onate Linebacker Matt Young has committed to New Mexico State.
https://nmpreps.n.rivals.com/news/onate-linebacker-matt-young-makes-commitment

Both played for Raton in 2014

Cam Baird, Sophomore @ TSJC has signed a letter of intent to play at Texas State University in San Marcos, Tx.

Caleb Wood a Sophomore @ New River Community College in Virginia has signed a letter of intent to play at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia. Bluefield is a NAIA school who participates in the Appalachian Athletic conference.

Poll: Would You Rather Have Speed Or Size for your team? Is a team with good speed better than a team with great size?

Revisit: What are your thoughts on the district alignment for next season?

We have some excellent baseball coaches in New Mexico. Let's highlight some.

For starters how many wins does Jim Johns and Ron Murphy have?

Santa Rosa Tournament

Poll: Which Record Won't Be Broken

Best Pure Hitters In New Mexico?

Who you got this year?

Sandia Prep Sundevils take undefeated record to Coach Bob Invite in Arizona

Link
https://nmpreps.n.rivals.com/news/s...-undefeated-record-to-coach-bob-tourney-in-az

NMPreps.com's Baseball Rankings - March 28th Update

6A

1. Sandia 9-2
W West Mesa
W Valley

2. Volcano Vista 10-3
L Valley
W Los Lunas
L Rio Grande

3. Eldorado 7-3-1
W St. Pius X
W Mayfield
L Mayfield

4. Rio Rancho 13-4
L Artesia
W Santa Fe
W Goddard

5. Hobbs 8-1
W Lovington

6. Clovis 8-3
W Santa Fe
W Artesia
W La Cueva

7. La Cueva 6-5
W Carlsbad
W Cleveland
L Clovis

8. Carlsbad 8-2
L Goddard
L La Cueva

9. Cleveland 12-4
W Goddard
L La Cueva
W Artesia

10. Rio Grande 7-5
W Hope
W Manzano
W Volcano Vista

11. Cibola 7-5-1
W West Mesa
L Alamogordo
W Alamogordo

12. Valley 5-7-1
W Volcano Vista
W Valencia
L Sandia

13. Atrisco 8-5
L Los Lunas
W Onate
W Onate

14. Las Cruces 7-6
W Gadsden
W Gadsden

15. Gadsden 9-6
W EP Cathedral
L Las Cruces
L Las Cruces

5A

1. Goddard 6-2
L Cleveland
L Rio Rancho
W Carlsbad

2. Piedra Vista 10-5
L Tolleson AZ
W Conifer CO
L Heritage CO
L Pinnacle AZ
W Bend OR

3. Centennial 11-5
W Artesia
W Artesia

4. Moriarty 8-3
W Los Alamos
W Pojoaque
W Pojoaque

5. Los Alamos 7-7
L Moriarty
W Miyamura
W Miyamura

6. Academy 3-5-1
W Manzano

7. St. Pius X 5-5
W West Mesa

8. Belen 9-5
W Aztec
L Aztec
L Albuquerque

9. Santa Teresa 7-7
Did not Play

10. Valencia 6-8
L Valley
W Lovington

4A

1. Sandia Prep 10-0
W Portales
W Eunice
W Robertson

2. Hope 6-4
W Robertson
W Eunice

3. Silver 7-7
L Deming
L Deming
L Morenci AZ
W Morenci AR

4. Robertson 7-3
L Hope
L Sandia Prep

5. NMMI 4-5
W Gateway
L Capitan
L Dexter

6. St. Mike’s 6-7
Did Not Play

7. Taos 5-3
Did Not Play

8. Hatch 7-6
L Tularosa
L Dexter
W Santa Rosa

9. Shiprock 7-1
Did Not Play

10. West LV 7-4
W Socorro
W Socorro

3A

1. Texico 5-1
W Tularosa
W Dexter
W Capitan

2. Capitan 4-1
W Santa Rosa
W NMMI
L Texico

3. Dexter 7-2
W Hatch
L Texico
W NMMI

4. Lordsburg 2-2
Did Not Play

5. Pecos 3-4
W Wingate
W Laguna
W Estancia

6. Estancia 4-1
W Questa
W McCurdy
L Pecos

7. Tularosa 2-3
L Texico
L Dexter
W Gateway

8. Eunice 3-5
L Sandia Prep
W Raton
L Hope

9. Mesilla Valley 4-4
Did Not Play

10. Loving 1-2
Did Not Play


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Name 5 Incoming Sophomores (Class of 2019) To Watch This Season

JJ Granados RB from las cruces hs and glendale cc has signed to play at ENMU

Today, I take a list of players that are unsigned at the moment and I still don't know why they are left on the board.

1. Johnny McCants, F, Onate HS
Level: Division-1/JUCO
Skinny: It's unknown why McCants is on the board still. There are rumors floating on why but nothing said at this moment. Surely the only division one basketball talent at the moment so it's a bit hard to see him unsigned still or uncommitted.

2. Holt Shelley, F, Cliff HS
Level: JC/D2/NAIA
Skinny: The biggest diamond in the rough in the state is Shelley. How any team (ESPECIALLY WESTERN NM) could pass on him seems insane. If you seen him warm up his range goes well beyond the three point line, powerful off the block and can dribble. Oh yeah could be a 6'8 wing at the college level.

3. Richie Lucero, W, Grants HS
Level: JUCO/D-2/NAIA
Skinny: Another prospect that it's strange to see on the board still. A lefty wing that can penetrate, shoot and has basketball instinct. Could spend time at a JC and who knows be like Jacob Holland as a D-1 signee after a year or two at the JC level.

4. Daniel Amador, W, Roswell HS
Level: D2/NAIA
Skinny: Much like many on this list he could head the JC route or D2 route but Amador is a player who should be playing someplace next season. If I'm NMMI or Eastern, especially Western I take him.

5. Eric Coca, G, Capital HS
Level: D2/NAIA
Skinny: Any D2 team in the state or surrounding state would get a steal in Coca. Also, a JC in the surrounding area might take a look at him and who knows what he could develop into.