Roswell Invaders
Offense powers Las Cruces past Invaders
Staff Report
LAS CRUCES — It was another hitters paradise in the Pecos League Friday, as Roswell fell to Las Cruces 21-13 in the Invaders first road game of the season.
There actually weren’t as many hits as the night before in Roswell, but the combined 31 hits included eight doubles (four for each team); three triples (Las Cruces) and five home runs (three Invaders, two Vaqueros.)
“The balls were flying out of there,” said Invader manager Simon Walters. “The pitching’s got to get ahead. The pitching’s got to get better. We didn’t get ahead tonight and the ball was flying out tonight. Flying.”
Early on, both teams were teeing off on the opposing pitcher and scoring runs.
The Invaders went up 3-0 in the top on the first on one of Bryan Ramirez’ two doubles and a Las Cruces error, but the Vaqueros came back to make it 3-2 in the bottom of the stanza on a single, triple and sac fly.
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Palacios competes in NJCAA track nationals
Staff Report
LEVELLAND, Texas — NMMI runner Karla Palacios achieved one of her goals for the 2012 track season Wednesday — to run at the NJCAA National Track and Field Meet at South Plains College.
Running in the third qualifying heat of the 400-meter hurdles, she placed fourth. Although her time was slightly slower than her best time of the season, she ran a good competitive race, said Bronco coach Jack Batson.
When you put all the heats together in the 400 meter hurdles, she placed 15th overall. She didn’t qualify for the finals, but as a freshman, will have until next track season to achieve that goal.
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NMMI athletes honored at awards banquet
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The NMMI athletic department was pleased to honor their top athletes at its awards banquet May 11.
Six athletes were honored in both the high school and junior college. These athletes were awarded for their performance both on and off the field/court. Congratulations to each of these athletes for their hard work this year.
Bronco Scholar Athlete of the Year
Sage Cunningham
Classification: Freshman
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Mountain View takes city championships with PKs
Karen Boehler
CCSR writer/editor
While the closest — and most surprising — girls middle school soccer tournament game came in the semifinals — with Sierra upsetting Mountain View — the boys final lived up to everything a tournament championship should be.
It also featured Mountain View and Sierra, and this time, the Mustangs came out on top, but not before a 1-1 tie in regulation was decided by penalty kicks.
“That’s the way you want it to end there,” said Mountain View coach Derrick Gomez. “That’s as good as it gets there. Both teams played their hearts out. Unfortunately only one team wins. Luckily it was us.”
But for the first 50 minutes and through eight penalty kicks, the game could have gone either way.
Although Mountain View had more offensive chances early, it was Sierra that broke through first, when, with 8:30 left in the half, Sergio Carbajal scored on a free kick that saw some misdirection with who was kicking, and the ball went in just over Mustang keeper Dominic Anaya’s outstretched hands.
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Offense powers Las Cruces past Invaders
Staff Report
LAS CRUCES — It was another hitters paradise in the Pecos League Friday, as Roswell fell to Las Cruces 21-13 in the Invaders first road game of the season.
There actually weren’t as many hits as the night before in Roswell, but the combined 31 hits included eight doubles (four for each team); three triples (Las Cruces) and five home runs (three Invaders, two Vaqueros.)
“The balls were flying out of there,” said Invader manager Simon Walters. “The pitching’s got to get ahead. The pitching’s got to get better. We didn’t get ahead tonight and the ball was flying out tonight. Flying.”
Early on, both teams were teeing off on the opposing pitcher and scoring runs.
The Invaders went up 3-0 in the top on the first on one of Bryan Ramirez’ two doubles and a Las Cruces error, but the Vaqueros came back to make it 3-2 in the bottom of the stanza on a single, triple and sac fly.
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Local Senior Olympic athletes compete at state volleyball tourney
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Two Senior Olympians from Roswell competed in the New Mexico State Volleyball tournament in Rio Rancho Friday and Saturday.
Don “Skip” Clark played on a men’s 75-plus team, The Afterburners, and came home with a gold medal.
Sara Hall played on a woman’s 50-plus team, Diggin’ Life, and came home with a fourth-place ribbon.
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Karen Boehler
CCSR writer/editor
While the closest — and most surprising — girls middle school soccer tournament game came in the semifinals — with Sierra upsetting Mountain View — the boys final lived up to everything a tournament championship should be.
It also featured Mountain View and Sierra, and this time, the Mustangs came out on top, but not before a 1-1 tie in regulation was decided by penalty kicks.
“That’s the way you want it to end there,” said Mountain View coach Derrick Gomez. “That’s as good as it gets there. Both teams played their hearts out. Unfortunately only one team wins. Luckily it was us.”
But for the first 50 minutes and through eight penalty kicks, the game could have gone either way.
Although Mountain View had more offensive chances early, it was Sierra that broke through first, when, with 8:30 left in the half, Sergio Carbajal scored on a free kick that saw some misdirection with who was kicking, and the ball went in just over Mustang keeper Dominic Anaya’s outstretched hands.
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Karen Boehler
CCSR writer/editor
The Lady Bulldogs did what they were expected to do Thursday — win the mid school city soccer championship. But not before Sierra — which wasn’t even supposed to be in the title game — gave them a battle.
“They always give us a good game,” said Berrendo coach John Masterson. “I was a little surprised at the outcome of the game. I thought it was going to be a little closer than that. The girls came out, they were focused. My girls were just ready to win a championship. They really wanted it. They worked hard all year long for it and it was well deserved. They played a beautiful game. Their passing game, today, for me, was probably better than it’s been all season long. And that’s what I wanted. I wanted to see a passing game. They really gave it to me today.”
And they didn’t wait long.
Less than minute into the game, Sierra Purcell got what would be the first of her three goals. Three minutes later, Caitlyn Schmidt made it 2-0 Bulldogs.
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NMMI
Staff Report
LEVELLAND, Texas — NMMI runner Karla Palacios achieved one of her goals for the 2012 track season Wednesday — to run at the NJCAA National Track and Field Meet at South Plains College.
Running in the third qualifying heat of the 400-meter hurdles, she placed fourth. Although her time was slightly slower than her best time of the season, she ran a good competitive race, said Bronco coach Jack Batson.
When you put all the heats together in the 400 meter hurdles, she placed 15th overall. She didn’t qualify for the finals, but as a freshman, will have until next track season to achieve that goal.
Staff Report
PLANO, Texas — It’s now a waiting game for the Bronco men’s tennis team to see where they finish after the NJCAA national championships wind down Thursday.
The final NMMI player still in the running, Tony O'Connell, fell to Joe Owen of Pima Community College 6-1, 6-4 Wednesday, dropping the Broncos to 16th place as a team with 14 points.
But with the 17th place team 5-1/2 points behind NMMI, unless something surprising happens, the Broncos should finish in that 16th spot as the only teams still in the running to get points are the top five teams, which have only a three-point spread between them.
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Golf
May King of the Month tournament results
Two golfers tied for the May King of the Month tournament title at Spring River Golf Course Wednesday.
In Flight 1, Larry Reeves and the anonymous “RT” each shot a gross 78 to tie for the title.
Rich Jolly won Flight 2 with a 76, two strokes better than Will Diaz.
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