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June 19th Update

Here is an updated list of New Mexico High School Football Players that hold current college scholarship offers.

Henry Hattis - Cleveland - Offensive Linemen
Offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Missouri, New Mexico, New Mexico State, San Diego State, Texas Tech, UCLA, and Washington State

Grant Hermanns - Rio Rancho - Offensive Linemen
Offers from Iowa State, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, San Diego State, Texas Tech, and Washington State

Teton Saltes - Valley - Defensive Linemen
Offers from: CAL, Iowa State, New Mexico, Oregon, San Diego State, Texas Tech, Washington, and Washington state

Kameron Miller - Las Cruces - Quarterback
Offer from: New Mexico State

Gabe Ortega - Cleveland - Quarterback
Offer from: New Mexico

Jordan Byrd - Manzano - Athlete
Offer from New Mexico

Isaiah Martinez - Eldorado - Safety
Offers from: Adams State and Western Colorado

Noah Sweitzer - Eldorado - Running Back
Offers from: Adams State and Wester State Colorado

Daulton Hatley - Clovis - Quarterback
Offers from: University of Central Oklahoma and Northwestern State University

Roland Chavez - Clovis - Tight End
Offers from: NMMI and Eastern New Mexico

Jake Harrelson - Ruidoso - Linebacker
Offer from: Eastern New Mexico

June 17th Update
A few quick hit recruiting updates or camp updates.

• The New Mexico Lobos have offered Class of 2018 Athlete Jordan Byrd out of Manzano
• I am hearing that Cleveland Linemen Henry Hattis is close to a Stanford offer
• Cleveland Quarterback Gabe Ortega was recently at a camp at Texas A&M
• Cleveland Receivers Marcus Williams and Adam Cook were camping at Texas Tech
• Rio Rancho's Josh Foley and Santiago Salazar were at a camp at Boise State
• Las Cruces Quarterback Kameron Miller attended the Texas Tech camp recently
• Las Cruces long snapper Adrian Campos tells us hearing from UNM, UNLV, and Jacksonville State
• Update on former Rio Rancho Quarterback Easton Bruere who is now at Butler County CC. He is likely going to be the starter for the 2015 season.
• Former Rio Rancho Linebacker Ikaika Waters is about to leave to Ft. Lewis.
• We hear that UNM likes what they see in Volcano Vista Receiver David Cromier out of the Class of 2017
• We hear that New Mexico State likes Clovis TE Rolando Chavez and could offer this weekend at their camp
• Clovis Quarterback Daulton Hatley attended the recent Texas Tech camp
• Mayfield running back Isaac Vance has been to ASU and Arizona football camps, we hear he ran very well at both camps
• Mayfield Defensive End Noah Pierce attended the Arizona and UTEP camp recently.

June 15th Update
Two prospects we have new updates on from this past weekend. 6-foot-2, 190 pound Quarterback Gabe Ortega at Cleveland was offered by the New Mexico Lobos over the weekend. His testing numbers read: 4.51 40-time and recorded a 33 inch vertical jump. Last year as a junior Ortega threw for 1,639-yards and 14 touchdowns. He also rushed for 729-yards and 7 touchdowns with 3 100-yard games. Ortega has the athleticism to play all over the field, but we are told the Lobos are recruiting him as a quarterback.
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Isaiah Martinez is a 6-foot-2, 182 pound safety that has been offered by Adams State and Western Colorado. Martinez missed last year with an injury, but contributed on varsity as a sophomore where he was named All-Metro.

June 12th Update

6-foot-1, 210 pound Eldorado Running Back Noah Sweitzer is a name to keep tabs on. The Class of 2016 prospect holds offers from Adam State University and Western State Colorado University. Last year Sweitzer had a standout junior season. As always, Eldorado is going to have some guys, Sweitzer is one of them.

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It's been a busy summer for Clovis Quarterback Daulton Hatley. The 6-foot-1, 185 pound quarterback who threw for 1,255-yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior has picked up two early offers. Schools which have offered him are: University of Central Oklahoma and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
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Teammate of Hatley, Roland Chavez shined last week during the Eastern New Mexico/NMMI Camp which was held at Clovis High School. The 6-foot-4, 210 pound Tight End picked up offers from both schools after the event.

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Cleveland High School sent 4 prospects to the Oklahoma Football Camp this past week: 6-foot-7, 265 pound Henry Hattis, 6-foot-4, 200 pound Marcus Williams, 6-foot-4, 210 pound Adam Cook, and 6-foot-2, 175 pound Gabe Ortega. Hattis one of the top offensive tackles in the West holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Missouri, New Mexico, New Mexico State, San Diego State, Tech Tech, UCLA, and Washington. Williams is one of the top receivers in New Mexico and we're told he's close to landing an in-state offer from New Mexico. Adam Cook is in the Class of 2017, however he caught for over 400-yards last year as a sophomore and has a lot of natural physicality that college coaches want in a prospect. Ortega will be a three year starter at Cleveland and a two-year starter at quarterback. His playmaking skills are what sets him apart. So far, only Hattis holds an offer out of the four mentioned.
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6-foot-6, 255 pound Grant Hermanns out of Rio Rancho (NM) has had a busy summer and recently just returned form the Oklahoma Football Camp and the Showtyme Elite Event in Dallas, Texas. Hermanns impressed at both events. From Rivals Mid-South Recruiting Analyst Jason Howell " Rio Rancho (N.M.) offensive tackle Grant Hermanns holds offers from Iowa State, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, San Diego State, Texas Tech, and Washington State, and he was at the Dallas Showtyme Elite Camp hoping to turn a few heads with coaches from Michigan and USC in attendance. Next up for Hermanns is a trip to Oklahoma for the Sooners camp and he hopes to visit Texas A&M. He has already visited Florida and he continues to hear from the Gators, along with Oregon, Oklahoma, and Michigan. Even though Oregon, Oklahoma, and Florida have not offered, they are each high on his list. The schools showing the most interest right now are Texas Tech, Iowa State, and Oregon. He plans to make his decision in September and the big factor for him is going to be the coaching staff. Assistant coach Lee Hays and head coach Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech have already made a strong impression. Florida assistant Mike Summers and Oregon assistant Joe Bernardi, plus coaches from Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Kansas have all caught his attention.
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Goddard Athlete Lukas Gutierrez has impressed over the summer standing out at both the Eastern New Mexico/NMMI camp in Roswell and at the New Mexico Highlands' camp in Ruidoso. Gutierrez will likely take over for Cody French at running back this year for now 2nd Year Head Coach Mike Whalen and Goddard Rockets.
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Centennial duo Jerry Gurrola and Cameron Burkley each were among the top performers at the recent New Mexico Highlands camp held in Las Cruces. Burkley is a 6-foot-0, 260 pound offensive guard Gurrola is a 6-foot-0, 240 pound defensive end, each will be 4-year starters at Centennial during the start of the season.
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So what is the recruiting scoop with Artesia Quarterback Justin Houghtaling? The 6-foot-5, 175 pound quarterback attended the Dallas Rivals Camp, Oakland Elite 11 and is planning to visit Norther Arizona, NMSU, Texas Tech, and possibly even a USC camp (he has been invited to all of these events). His stats from his junior year are as followed: Houghtaling threw for 3,436-yards (4th all-time at Artesia) and 38 touchdowns (Only Landry Jones and Paul Maupin threw more in a season).

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6-foot-1, 186 pound Kameron Miller out of Las Cruces (NM) has an early offer from New Mexico State. Miller will attend the following camps this summer: San Diego, Texas Tech, NMSU, Nevada, UNM, and Air Force. We're also told that Miller will attend the 2015 NMPreps Elite Combine to defend his 2014 Mr. Combine Performance.
https://twitter.com/kameronm01/status/598916306306367488

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Mayfield trio Kristian Rodriguez, Colton Evans, and Noah Pierce were among top performers at the recent New Mexico Highlands event which took place in Las Cruces.

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Who would be on your Top-25 regardless of classification?

What would your classification rankings look like?

Campus stop no. 3 of my high school football summer tour features the Volcano Vista Hawks. Premium subscribers of NMPreps.com click here to access the complete in-depth video/story feature.


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Due to Academy going to an independent schedule Grants is looking for a game on October 16/17th or 23/24th. If you are interested please contact coach Rio Thompson at rio.thompson@gmail.com. Thank You

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Interesting thoughts on an early signing day from different coaches around the country.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/r...4642/what-coaches-saying-early-signing-period

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Who would make your preseason team for each region. Any classification or combine them.


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The New Mexico High School gym Draft was fun and cool to see folks responses. Maybe we can keep this going on Thursdays.

Concession Food Draft for New Mexico: If you had one pick what would you take as the must have or best thing to get at the concession stand. If you knew me from my three years at NMP when I covered games I always had a short pick of items I got at the concession stand.

Only one pick.

FIRST ROUND
1. Navajo Taco - J Grine: I almost took my go-to of the frito pie (only at certain places - Up North) but when the school has the Navajo Taco I go with that as my pick.
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From Orangebloods.com (Texas Rivals Site)

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was on Charlie Strong’s turf this week.

Harbaugh held two of his popular satellite camps in Texas to increase the notoriety of Michigan in this state. The Michigan coach held a camp in Houston on Monday, and another one in Grand Prairie on Tuesday. So far, there have been no pictures of a shirtless Harbaugh running around the football fields in Texas on the internet this week (thank God).

However, Michigan is not the only program actively pursuing kids from Texas.

Notre Dame will hold a one-day camp at Cedar Hill High School on June 16. Oklahoma State has been a part of satellite camps in Texas for several years. According to NCAA rules, school are allowed to hold camps on campus or within a 50-mile radius of their school. In addition, coaches can be a “guest coach” at a camp organized by another school, which is how they are able to conduct these satellite camps.

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How cool would it be if Texas Tech held a camp in Albuquerque or Las Cruces for example

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Who and why?

How does football practice differ from HS to college?

Very good

Link above takes you to the Seahawks website. Pete Carroll walks you through.

Checked out Cleveland today. Wow, what a great group of linemen they have. Become a premium subscriber today to check out our in-depth team preview!!!!

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Shiprock High is hosting it's 1st Annual Chieftain 7 on 7 passing tourney on Saturday, June 27th, 2015, at Chieftain Stadium. Cost is only $100 per team. You can bring two teams. Teams can pay on the day of the tourney. We will begin at 10:00 AM.
We will give t-shirts to all paid teams, coaches. We will also feed all players and coaches of respective teams.
Teams confirmed thus far include Chinle, Arizona, Bloomfield, Navajo Prep and Shiprock High.
We plan to host a middle school passing tourney as well if enough teams sign up.
Any questions, contact Coach Eric Stovall of SHS at (505)-860-4535, or email at ecraiderstovall@yahoo.com
Kyle, can you please post this info.

Kicked off my high school football tour with a stop at Rio Rancho today. While they graduate a ton of big time talent, their program continues to produce top talent.

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I've been holding a summer Q and A session regarding the upcoming high school football season. Check that out or ask me a question here I have received quite a bit of questions regarding my preseason high school football rankings. I will start to travel the state of New Mexico next week to better gage the teams, but as of today here you go. All feedback is welcomed and wanted.

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6A Preseason (this will change)
I compose my rankings based off who is returning, not who won it last year or 10 years ago.
1. Cleveland
2. Rio Rancho
3. Las Cruces
4. Mayfield
5. Clovis
6. Volcano Vista
7. Onate
8. La Cueva
9. Sandia
10. Cibola
11. Eldorado
12. Manzano
13. Hobbs
14. Alamogordo
15. Valley
16. Atrisco
17. Albuquerque
18. Carlsbad
19. West Mesa
20. Gadsden
21. Deming
22. Highland
23. Santa Fe
24. Rio Grande

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The NMPreps.com official preseason rankings will be posted as we move forward, but if I am ranking the teams based off returners, who graduated, past season success here is my 5A rankings.

5A Right Now Rankings (This will change as I see teams over the summer)
1. Centennial (loaded, new quarterback, Boston is off team)
2. Artesia (loaded, could they be even better, Houghtaling returns)
3. Goddard (same ole Rockets)
4. Belen (Lose a ton of talent, Lerma is incredible though, great program)
5. St. Pius X (Return some very good talent, skills are legit)
6. Miyamura (returning AJ Starkovich at RB)
7. Los Lunas (return O'Maury Samules/Hunter Wisneski)
8. Piedra Vista (Young and good last year, district front runners???)
9. Farmington (New coach, what does that mean?)
10. Valencia (New Coach, lose a grip of talent)
11. Aztec (Lose three year starter at quarterback)
12. Del Norte (Lose two-year starter at qb, return Avery See FB/LB
13. Roswell (These guys are slowly on the come up)
14. Lovington (It's Lovington, you know they are going to win)
15. Capital (Keep an eye on this team, watch for RB Kevin Brown)
16. Moriarty (Head Coach Joe Anaya will keep them in them mix)
17. Grants (Return two year starter Brandon Hernandez at QB)
18. Espanola (Could this be a district tile year!!!!???)
19. Los Alamos (Not sure what is up in Los Alamos lately)
20. Santa Teresa (Not sure)
21. Bernalillo (Not sure)
22. Gallup (Another new coach)
23. Chaparral (Not sure)
*Academy is independent this year I believe

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4A Top 10
(this will change as I start to speak with coaches, etc.)
Thoughts: Looking over 4A, this will be a wide open year at least that is what I think for now. Cannot wait to see what unfolds in this classification.
1. Cobre (Return some very good talent)
2. Silver (Likely around the same as last year)
3. Ruidoso (Johnson and Patterson are gone. Can Mayville carry the torch)
4. Hatch Valley (Return a ton, sleeper team)
5. Bloomfield (Another strong Allcorn lead team)
6. St. Mike's (Good this year, great next year)
7. Portales (Bronte returns...)
8. Robertson (Lose some big hitters, return some good talent though)
9. Kirtland Central (Question mark team)
10. Hot Springs (Surprise team)

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3A Top 10
(this will change as I start to speak with coaches, etc.)
Thoughts: If I had to make a prediction today on who will play for the 3A title, it would be Estancia vs. Lordsburg. These two teams are the clear cut front runners.
1. Estancia (very strong again. Maybe even better?)
2. Lordsburg (watch out now)
3. Clayton (New coach, still very good)
4. Dexter (Return a three year starter at QB)
5. Texico (Mason Golden is a stud RB. Young, young last year)
6. Eunice (New Coach, lose some talent, good though)
7. Santa Rosa (It's Santa Rosa...)
8. Tularosa (Return some guys, surprise team)
9. Laguna Acoma (will take a drop losing McGee)
10. Tucumcari (Return some good players)

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Which teams will be there?

How does 6A/5A Baseball differ from 4A-1A Baseball?

Any big differences?

Should New Mexico High School Baseball Teams use Wood or Aluminum Bats

I want to say how well the event went, from the play on the field by the players, the coaches getting all players in and out of line ups. The attendance was great by our community, I hope the kids and coaches had as much fun as I did running this event. I hope to keep the baseball portion here in Bayard NM.

Summerville High School Football Coach John McKissick has retired at the age of 89. He coached for more than 60-years and won 620 games. All-time winningest high school football coach in the country. McKissick won 10-state titles since the 1952 season.

1st Base
1st Team
Josue Ruiz - Valencia
2nd Team
Tray Franks - Piedra Vista
Honorable Mention
Jharis Granger - Artesia
2nd Base
1st Team
Jared Mang - Los Alamos
2nd Team
David Saldivar - Farmington
Honorable Mention
Ty Erramospe - Santa Teresa
3rd Base
1st Team
Logan Klunder - Piedra Vista
2nd Team
Garret Garcia - Valencia
Honorable Mention
Seth Jones - Academy
Short Stop
1st Team
Gunner Archuleta - Piedra Vista
2nd Team
Carlos Ramirez - Valencia
Honorable Mention
Conner Mang - Piedra Vista
Catcher
1st Team
Joe Sava - Academy
2nd Team
Andrew Caliendo - Piedra Vista
3rd Team
Cedric Reynauld - Centennial
Outfield
1st Team
Cade Guthrie - Valencia
Cal Villareal - Goddard
Mitch DiLorenzo - St. Pius
2nd Team
Ian Russell - Academy
Tyler Archuleta - Piedra Vista
Wyatt Weaver - Piedra Vista
Honorable Mention
Ricky Roybal - Goddard
Carlos Carrasco - Artesia
Lunk Fink - Goddard
Pitcher
1st Team
Conner Mang - Los Alamos
Zeke Long - Academy
Jared Mang - Los Alamos
2nd Team
Cal Villareal - Goddard
Gunner Archuleta - Piedra Vista
Landon Moya - Valencia
Honorable Mention
Wyatt Weaver - Piedra Vista
Ricky Roybal - Goddard
Carlos Ortiz - Santa Teresa
Utility Player
1st Team
Miles Hilton - St. Pius
2nd Team
Philip Archuleta - Piedra Vista
Honorable Mention
Chris Peralta - Belen
DH
1st Team
Miles Hilton - St. Pius
2nd Team
Taylor Null - Artesia
Honorable Mention
Tyler Williamson - Piedra Vista

Coach of the Year
Andy Wiliams - Academy
Player of the Year
Jared Mang - Los Alamos

Dominic Romero taking a principal job at Thoreau?