Lady Dons down Lady Braves in opening round of District 2AAA tournament

The records indicated Tuesday's District 2AAA volleyball tournament match was a win-or-go-home proposition. Just don't tell that to Brian Gurule or Seatha Chavez. "I'm sorry, but I believe all six teams (in 2AAA) deserve to go to state," said Gurule, the head coach at West Las Vegas after his sixth-seeded Lady Dons pulled out an emotional 24-26, 25-23, 26-24, 25-20 opening-round win over No. 5 Santa Fe Indian School at Francis L. Abeyta Memorial Gymnasium. "We are the strongest di ...

Lady Jaguars advance to 2AAAA semifinal

Que sera, sera Whatever will be for the Capital High volleyball team, will be. All that matters to the Lady Jaguars is what they do on the court, and they survived and advanced to the District 2AAAA semifinal after a 17-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17, 15-10 win over Bernalillo in Edward A. Ortiz Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday. Capital, the third seed, needed a couple of games before finding its rhythm, and the No. 4 Lady Spartans never mounted a serious challenge after that. "Part of ...

Las Vegas Robertson stifles, shocks the Horsemen in key district matchup

The exuberant hooting and hollering coming from the Las Vegas Robertson locker room after Saturday's dominant 26-0 win over St. Michael's was as much about a program announcing its return to state prominence as it was about a group of kids turning the page on the past. The Cardinals dominated every facet of Saturday's game — gaining 217 yards of offense while holding the Horsemen to minus-14 total yards, gaining 12 first downs while allowing two, shutting out the Horsemen for the first time ...

Quarterback fights off injury to lift McCurdy over Lobos, to playoff berth

ESPAÑOLA — The pain of a heated rivalry shot up Louie Martinez's left leg Saturday. It was the leg of a sophomore quarterback in charge of McCurdy School's offense. It was a leg that worked in concert with the right one to help Martinez rush for 92 yards and throw for another 135 yards to help the Bobcats to a crucial 35-18 win over District 1A foe and long-standing adversary Escalante at Martinez Field. It was a leg that wasn't good for much of anything as he lay on the traine ...

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Volleyball roundup: Lady Horsemen get past Lady Dons in three-game sweep

Aimee Geyer wears her emotions on her face. But looks wouldn't suffice Saturday for the St. Michael's High School senior volleyball standout. During a timeout, Geyer turned to Chela Butler, her head coach, and asked, "Can't they just let the ball fall?" Geyer's right arm was a perpetual pendulum Saturday because the West Las Vegas defense was the pong to Geyer's ping in a District 2AAA match in Perez-Shelley Gymnasium. "They were digging her constantly," Butler said. "She kep ...

Boys state soccer: Dragons downed by Lynx

Mazatl Galindo, Monte del Sol head coach, isn't sure his full side would still have been enough to defeat Rehoboth Christian, which pinned a 9-0 loss on the Dragons in the first round of the Class A-AAA Boys State Soccer Tournament on Saturday in Gallup. "We'll never know," Galindo said. "As a coach, I make no excuses. Still, I just wish I had all my guys." Three Monte del Sol starters were sidelined by a culmination of yellow cards that resulted in a one-match suspension for each. Ano ...

Aztecs edge winless Lobos in Long’s first game against UNM

SAN DIEGO — Ryan Lindley threw three touchdown passes to lift the Aztecs to a 23-20 win over New Mexico on Saturday, the 12th straight loss for the Lobos. Lindley threw a pair of TD passes to DeMarco Sampson, including the go-ahead score on a 4-yard pass with 7 minutes, 54 seconds to go in the game. Lindley, who was 22 of 38 for 253 yards, also had scoring passes of 18 yards to Alston Umuolo and a 7-yarder to Sampson. Donovan Porterie threw for one touchdown and ran for another f ...

NCAA football: No. 17 Ohio State steamrolls NMSU

COLUMBUS, Ohio — New Mexico State didn't offer much of what No. 17 Ohio State will see the next three weeks. It just filled up an open date on the schedule. Dane Sanzenbacher caught two touchdown passes and Terrelle Pryor threw for a score and ran for another in the Buckeyes' 45-0 victory on Saturday. "I think we're ready for the last three games," Sanzenbacher said. "Today helped because it builds confidence. Everyone's excited about the fact that our goals are still intact." ...

Bobcats earn No. 4 seed as Escalante grabs No. 6

Beating a rival never felt so good. McCurdy School's 35-18 home win over Escalante on Saturday secured the Bobcats a No. 4 seed and another home game next week in the Class A quarterfinals. The tournamnet bracket was announced Saturday night by the New Mexico Activitiees Association. McCurdy (6-3) will host No. 5 Jal (5-4) on Saturday, a team McCurdy beat in the 2008 quarterfinals. For Escalante, despite boasting a better overall record than McCurdy, Saturday's loss dropped ...