NMMI Sports Press Brenham, Texas — The Bronco football team got back on the winning track Saturday, outlasting SWJCFC foe Blinn College 45 – 31, using five turnovers created by the NMMI defense – including four interceptions – and a strong offense to secure the win. The game started slowly, with the Buccaneers going up…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press On paper, Saturday’s soccer game between NMMI and East Mountain didn’t mean much: it was a non-district game near the end of the district season. But throughout the game, Timberwolf coach Frank Trusiano kept telling his players that because East Mountain was only a game behind the Colts in a…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press Former 5A powerhouse Moriarty (7-0, 1-0) may have gotten a win over the Colts (2-6, 0-2) in District 4-4A action Friday, but NMMI became only the third team this season to score a touchdown against the Pintos, and the first to score more than one. And it wasn’t just one…
NMMI Sports Press HOBBS — Sandra Szpott brought home another first-place cross country finish for the Broncos Friday, despite — or maybe because of — running against athletes from the No. 2 and No. 11 ranked teams in the country. “Sandra had a great race,” said coach Jan Olesinski. “She had to compete a little…
NMMI Sports Press HOBBS — It was another one-one finish for a pair of Lady Colt runners Thursday, as senior Sierra Walker won the girls varsity race at the Hobbs Cross Country Invitational, while sister Mia Walker, a freshmen, won the JV race. And they did it at a meet hosted by a 6A team…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press The Bronco volleyball team (14-16, 4-2) stayed tied for second place in the WJCAC with an easy 25-17, 25-23, 25-10 victory over Clarendon College Wednesday. And while coach Shelby Forchtner would have liked all three games to look like the third set, she said it’s hard when you’re playing a weaker…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press The NMMI soccer team got a big win over district foe Ruidoso Tuesday, pounding the winless Warriors 9-1 with nine different Colts putting balls in the back of the net. “We had some defenders getting on the goal sheet with loose balls coming out,” said coach John Barbour. “They put…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press The Broncos looked like they never got off the bus in Saturday’s home SWJCFC contest, and they were playing a home game. They fell 28-16 to Kilgore College and were never really in the game. “We were flat,” said coach Joe Forchtner. “The guys didn’t play with any emotion. Any…
NMMI Sports Press ALBUQUERQUE — The Colt soccer team had a better result against Hope Christian on the road Saturday than they did at home Sept. 17, but they still didn’t come out on top, falling 5-1 to the Huskies. Playing in Albuquerque after a three hour road trip and a lightning delay, “We just…
NMMI Sports Press WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The Bronco volleyball team won its last regular-season tournament match on the road Saturday, topping Navarro 23-25, 25-10, 25-12, 25-15, but as the line score shows, the problem that’s plagued NMMI all year didn’t go away. “We were very inconsistent in the first match against Navarro, then just…
