Artesia wins 4A championship
Artesia, a team with a mission, showed up in Rio Rancho, and executed their game almost perfectly. After a slow start and losing the first set, the Bulldogs starting clicking, beating the St. Pius Sartans, … Read more
Gadsden State Champs
Congrats to Gadsden for pulling off the big win over Cleveland on Saturday night, 23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-19, in a hard fought battle in front of a great crowd. Al Rosen, Gadsden’s head coach, went … Read more
Tournament Updates
Make sure to check out the regularly updated tweets (at the bottom of the page) or follow me on Twitter at nmvolleyball. Some amazing games last night, including the both 5A semis, both going five … Read more
Storm stirs up a 1-5A title
In their second year in existence, the Storm collected the first District Championship in the school’s history by defeating the defending state champs , Rio Rancho, the fourth time in four tries this year. Marissa … Read more
Tourney matches to be broadcast
NMAA Volleyball State Championships will be broadcast on KDEF AM 1150 Albuquerque, beginning this Thursday morning. Here is the broadcast schedule: LIVE! from the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Thurs. 7:00pm-11:00pm Game coverage … Read more
Gadsden smokes Cruces for 3-5A title
Given the walloping Cruces put on Mayfield last Thursday, I was a little surprised at the outcome of this game. As many fans in the 3-5A region know, Mayfield, Cruces and Gadsden all have strengths … Read more
St. Pius wins 5-4A Championship
Photo and story courtesy of Joe Weber St Pius tramples Albuquerque Academy for the third time to win the district 5-4A Championship, 25-16, 25-17, 25-23. St Pius simply over-powered the Chargers in the first 2 … Read more
State Brackets Set
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (like me), you may have not seen the brackets released Sunday. Comments? Class 1B Pool A Pool B #1 Elida #2 Carrizozo #4 Hondo Valley #3 Grady #5 … Read more
Rio Rancho Bash…so far
Quick updates from pool play: Cleveland splits with Gadsden, drops two to Rio Rancho 25-23, 25-23 Artesia beats Moriarty 25-18, 25-21, and defeats St. Pius 25-18, 25-22 Gadsden splits with Cleveland 25-21, 21-25, splits with … Read more
2010 Sweet 16 quick notes
Some quick observations on the teams I saw during this years Sweet 16 tournament. Gadsden Panthers Gadsden played like the number one team in the state. There’s no official tournament MVP, but Nathalie Castellanos could … Read more