SantaFeToday.com Santa Fe’s Hometown News
By Arnie Leshin
The state tournament baseball seedings are in, but the softball also scheduled for Sunday still haven’t been announced.
St. Michael’s was chosen as the 3rd-seed in Class 3A, gets a bye, and takes on the No. 6 West Las Vegas-No. 11 East Mountain survivor,
The Horsemen have won their second straight District 2 championship and on a five-game win streak and sporting a 16-7 overall record under head coach Augustin Ruiz.
On top of 3A at No. 1 is Albuquerque Sandia Prep, which hung a 21-0 football score shellacking Saturday over Dexter, and will next meet up with the No. 8 Hatch Valley-No. 9 Zuni.
No. 2 is New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) and it awaits the No. 10 Ruidoso-No. 7 Santa Fe Indian School winners, with the Braves playing host in the opening round contest.
No. 4 is Cobre and it goes against the No. 12 Navajo Prep-No. 5 Robertson survivor.
The higher seeds are home for game number one.
Class 5A has Rio Rancho on top followed by
Albuquerque Valley, Carlsbad, and No. 4 Albuquerque Volcano Vista.
In Class 4A, it’s Grants on top of the heap, with Albuquerque St. Pius X next, then No. 3 Albuquerque Academy and Albuquerque La Cueva.
Santa Rosa is No. 1 in 2A and next comes Albuquerque Menaul, No. 3 Eunice, and No. 4 Rehoboth Christian, while Logan is on-top 1A, second is Magdalena, Melrose is No. 3, and No. 4 is Mesqulla Valley.
Albuquerque Rio Grande, the 6th seed, split a doubleheader Saturday at Santa Fe High, taking the 5A opener 11-10, and dropping the closer, 8-7.
The Ravens won the District 5 title and Santa Fe High figured a split would gain a spot in the 16-field state tournament, but no dice, the Demons didn’t make it and wound up at 17-8overall and 5-5 in district.
So from the Santa Fe area only St. Michael’s made it to state in baseball. There’s also Pojoaque Valley getting into 4A as the 15th seed.
