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By Arnie Leshin
In pursuit of its first district soccer championship in five years, St. Michael’s did what it had to Saturday afternoon, turning back first-place Robertson, 2-1, to take over the top spot in 2-1A/3A.
Head coach Mike Feldewert was overjoyed that his Horsemen took care of business.
“Unlike last year,” said the coach now in his fourth season, “when Robertson’s top player, midfielder (Musah) Dumbia, got behind us, found the seams and got behind us, it made him a scoring threat, but this time we stretched him out and made him move side-to-side. We continued to play well at this part of the season.”
Now 12-5-1 overall and 7-2 in district, St. Michael’s needs a win over Albuquerque Sandia Prep on Tuesday to wrap up first place.
As for the high-scoring Dumbia, he did score the lone Cardinal goal, but the Horsemen found the goal two minutes into the match when senior Justice Johnson took a pass from Esteban Rigales and brought a 1-0 lead.
In the 35th minute, Eric Nunez assisted on a boot to Wesley Sage Graham at the top of the penalty box, with Graham scoring on a shot just under the crossbar. That made it 2-0, Dumbia cut the lead in half in the 72nd minute, but St. Michael’s maintained the advantage.
In District 5-5A at Santa Fe High, the boy’s game hadn’t reported a result against Albuquerque Manzano, but the Demonttes were handed a 2-0 setback to fall to 8-7-1 overall and 2-5-1 in district following the doubleheader.
Manzano scored both goals in the second half, and Santa Fe High, without scoring, now has only eight goals in district and 23 overall. The goals came from sophomores Janell Martinez and Blakley Edgar, with freshman Frieda Anderson minding the goal.
Then there was Capital High’s boys taking the road to Albuquerque Sandia and returning with a 1-0 zip to even their district mark at 4-4 and advance to 11-7 overall. .The girl’s match was a mismatch as the Jaguars were whooped 11-0, and in the previous meeting between the two, it was 11-1.
Capital’s girls are now 5-11 overall and have lost all eight district matches.
Wednesday, the Jags get a visit from district and city rival Santa Fe High.
Wednesday, Manzano plays at the Demonettes in district play.
Monte del Sol, which made the state quarterfinals in 2014, are within one victory of clinching itss first-ever district title in its 9-1 rout of Questa at the Municipal Recreation Complex Saturday. The Dragons can wrap up first place by defeating Desert Academy Tuesday.
In volleyball, Santa Fe Indian School swept visiting West Las Vegas, 3-0, on scores of 25-13, 25-9 and 25-10 in District 2-3A. The Braves play Tuesday at first-place Robertson Tuesday. They stand in third place behind the Cardinals and St. Michael’s.
It was also a a sweep for Desert Academy over Monte del Sol, 25-16, 25-13, 25-16, in 2-2A at American Indian Fitness Arts Center in Santa Fe
The Wildcats broke a first-place tie with the Dragons are 3-0 in district and 8-8 overall. Monte del Sol dropped to 4-11 overall and 2-0 in district,
