Coyotes get third, Rockets consolation title at LA soccer tourney
Staff Report LOS ALAMOS — The Goddard and Roswell boys soccer teams both came out of the 2010 Louie Cernicek Memorial Soccer Tournament in Los Alamos with identical 2-1 tourney records, but because the losses came at different times, the Rockets won the consolation title while the Coyotes took third on the championship side. Goddard [...]
Goddard takes third, Roswell sixth in volleyball tourneys
Staff Report Both Roswell volleyball teams were on the road at tournaments this weekend, with the Coyotes in Las Cruces at the Sweet 16 Tourney and Goddard in Moriarty at the Moriarty Invitational. And while neither may have finished exactly where they’d hoped, both did bring home some hardware. Roswell LAS CRUCES — The Coyotes [...]
Coyote football gets big victory in Four Corners
Staff Report KIRTLAND — After a slow start Saturday, the Roswell football team broke a 10-game losing streak that extended back to last season’s opener with a 27-14 pounding of Kirtland Central. The game didn’t start out looking that fun for the Coyotes (1-1), however. “We made a long trip over here and we went [...]
Coyotes dominate pool play but fall to El Paso in bracket
Staff Report LAS CRUCES — Roswell started out the Las Cruces Sweet 16 Tournament in style Friday, sweeping by Las Cruces, Los Lunas and Santa Teresa to finish No. 1 in Pool A, just behind the host Bulldawgs. But when they were matched against Pool D runner up El Paso High, the Coyotes couldn’t maintain [...]
Coyotes win, Rockets split at LA soccer invite
Staff Report LOS ALAMOS — The Los Alamos Invitational soccer tournament is one of the toughest soccer tournaments outside of state, and after the first day of play, Roswell is one win away from the championship match, while Goddard could still finish as the consolation champion. After the host Hilltoppers crushed Aztec 10-0 in the [...]
Volleyball Roundup: Big comeback for Gateway Christian
Staff Report Anyone who left the Gateway Christian volleyball game early Tuesday missed an amazing comeback. After falling 25-18, 25-21 to Cloudcroft, the Warriors came back in the next three games, winning 25-13, 25-17, 15-7 to up their early-season record to 2-0. Both the first two games were close, with neither side able to gain [...]
Soccer roundup: Roswell boys, girls win; Goddard girls, NMMI fall
Staff Report After a solid effort at the Lady Rocket Soccer Invitational, Goddard took a step backwards Tuesday, falling 5-0 to Portales at Cielo Grande. Although she was laughing, coach Betty Elizondo seemed at a loss to explain what happened. “I don’t know,” she said. “We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on here. [...]
Lady Rockets top Coyotes, get second in tourney
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Soccoro came out on top of the Lady Rocket Soccer Invitational Saturday, but Goddard rebounded to finish second while the Coyotes took third. Roswell opened tourney play early in the morning with a 5-0 victory over Artesia, which went winless in the tourney. Mary Romero scored four goals for the Coyotes [...]
Coyote soccer still perfect; Colts still looking for win
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Roswell took it easy on NMMI Saturday, as the Coyote soccer team traveled just down the road to the Stapp Parade Field, where they downed the Colts 6-0. After losing star scorer Oscar Vela to a pulled hamstring in the first two minutes of the game, then going up 3-0 by [...]
Cavemen capitalize on Coyote mistakes
Mag Martinez CCSR writer It was not the best season opener for Roswell at the Wool Bowl Friday. On the fourth play of the game, a lost ball at the Coyote one-yard line was scooped up by Carlsbad lineman Zach Leyva for the first score of the night. Unfortunately for Roswell, the rest of the [...]