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May 8, 2008
Sports
Sundevils Out?
(SUNfoto by George Morse)
Española Valley’s Mike Torrez gets by Bernalillo catcher Cory Kraft to score a run during the second game of a double-header May 3 at Bernalillo. The Spartans swept the Sundevils 13-0 and 10-2. Española fell to 4-5 in district play.
Española forfeits second-place status,
battles to win berth at state tournament
By George Morse
SUN Staff Writer
After three straight losses in district play, the Española Valley baseball team will now have to fight for runner-up status and an automatic berth in the state baseball tournament.
“We’ve got to win out if we want any chance of being seeded at state,” Española coach Anthony Alarid said.
The Sundevils lost to Los Alamos 13-2 April 30, and the Bernalillo Spartans swept a double-header 13-0, 10-2 May 3 in Bernalillo. Española fell to 4-5 in District 2AAAA, while the Spartans strengthened their hold on first place, improving to 8-1 in district play.
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Class Leader Excels on the Links
By George Morse
SUN Staff Writer
Alicia Salazar’s hands tell the story of why she has became the first golfer in Española Valley High School history to qualify for the New Mexico State High School Golf Championships.
“You get blisters on your hands from the work you put in, and she had plenty of blisters,” Española coach Tom Velarde said. “It takes thousands of balls to reach her goals, and she was never afraid of hitting balls.”
A golfer needs three state-qualifying rounds to qualify as an individual for the state tournament. Salazar bagged her first state-qualifying round March 31 when she shot a 96 at Black Mesa Golf Club — Española’s practice ground.
“It was exhilarating,” Salazar said.
Salazar still needed two more rounds, but now she had confidence.
“I knew I could do it,” she said.
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Trojans Seize District Track Title
(SUNfoto by George Morse)
Mesa Vista’s Jason Gallegos winds up to toss the discus 111 feet, 8 inches at the District 3AA track meet May 2 in Peñasco. Gallegos finished second in the event and earned five points for the Trojans. Mesa Vista won the boys team title with 117 points. Gallegos won the shot put with a toss of 41 feet, 5 inches.
Mesa Vista sends 13 athletes to state;
McCurdy qualifies two boys, two girls
By George Morse
SUN Staff Writer
The Mesa Vista High School boys track team sealed a district title May 2 with a victory in the final event of the day, the 1600-meter relay. The team of Andres Coronado, Kris Buzzard, Zack Woolems and Adrian Coronado finished first with a time of 3:58, earning Mesa Vista 10 points.
The Trojans edged out the Peñasco Panthers 117 -107 to take the District 3AA boys team title.
Jaime Cruz played a key role in Mesa Vista’s victory, earning 28 points with first-place finishes in the javelin, 100-meter, 200-meter and 800-meter runs. Cruz was the high-point athlete for the meet.
Woolems contributed first-place finishes in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles, while Coronado took first in the pole vault and 400-meter runs.
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Escalante Coach
Gets Second Chance
By George Morse
SUN Staff Writer
It took two years, but Peg Boucher finally got the job she wanted.
Boucher has been hired as the Escalante girls head basketball coach for the 2008-09 season, Principal Fred Trujillo said.
Boucher, an assistant volleyball coach at Escalante, was passed over for the head basketball job last year in favor of Tara Terrazas. Terrazas was selected after four Chama School Board members publicly endorsed her and expressed their wish to help Chama Valley natives succeed, past SUN reports state.
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Games On Tap
Wednesday, 5/7
• Española baseball at Capital, 4 p.m.
• Española softball at Capital, 4 p.m.
Friday, 5/9
• Mesa Vista, Escalante, Dulce and McCurdy track and field at Class A-AA state meet at University of New Mexico
• Española track and field at District 2AAAA meet in Los Alamos
Saturday, 5/10
• Española track and field at District 2AAAA meet in Los Alamos, 9 a.m.
• Pojoaque track and field at District 2AAA meet at Santa Fe Indian School, 9 a.m.
• Española baseball at Taos, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Española softball at Taos, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Pojoaque baseball at St. Michaels, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Pojoaque softball at St. Michaels, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Sunday, 5/11 to Tuesday, 5/13
• Española golf at state tournament in Albuquerque
For more information:
Dulce High School 759-3282
Coronado High School 638-5549
Escalante High School 588-7201
Española Valley High School 753-7357
McCurdy High School 753-7221
Mesa Vista High School 583-2275
Pojoaque High School 455-2234
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