Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press ARTESIA — For a successful season, the baseball saying goes, you want to win at home and split on the road. So, even though the Broncos lost the last game of the four-game series vs. Otero Sunday, they had a successful 3-1 weekend. But because they had a tough opening…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press ARTESIA — It was like night and day at Brainard Baseball Field in Artesia Saturday. After a rough start to the season a week ago, the Broncos swept by Otero Junior College 8-2 and 3-1 on the strength of pitching and power hitting. “We pitched really well today,” said coach…
NMMI Sports Press SNYDER, Texas — Monday, the Bronco basketball team played Western Texas close early in the game, but the Westerners slowly stretched the lead late in the first half, then “came out like gangbusters” to open the second, and that made the big difference in a 99-82 loss in Snyder, Texas. After trailing…
NMMI Sports Press EL PASO — The Bronco golfers didn’t make much of a move in the standings after the second day competing in the Edward Jones Cactus Thaw in El Paso Monday. NMMI finished Day 1 of the Western New Mexico University-hosted tourney in fifth, and that’s exactly where they were after the second…
NMMI Sports Press EL PASO — The Bronco men’s golf team opened the season with an up and down round at the Edward Jones Cactus Thaw in El Paso Sunday. NMMI shot an 18-over 302 to finish fifth in the Western New Mexico University hosted tournament. “It was like a roller coaster today,” said Bronco…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press ARTESIA — The Bronco bats were stronger Sunday in the second doubleheader of the young season, but it still wasn’t enough to get a win as NMMI fell twice to Colby Community College, 4-3 and 18-10. “We started to hit better today,” said coach Chris Cook. “We saw some good…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press ARTESIA — It wasn’t be best of season starts for the Bronco baseball team Saturday. Playing at Brainard Field in Artesia — because the NMMI baseball field is under renovation — the Institute fell to Colby Community College 14-2 and 3-2 in a seven and nine inning doubleheader. The reason…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press Five freshmen will be taking to the links for the Bronco golf team this season, but while that means youth, it doesn’t necessarily mean inexperience. “My guys are solid,” said NMMI coach Skip Gooch. “They can get better and I’m sure as the season progresses they will do that. They’ll…
