Category Archives: Colt Baseball

Colts advance to semis with win over T-Wolves

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the NMAA Class 3A State Championship tournament, downing the second-seeded East Mountain Timberwolves, 14-5, at the Cleveland High School ballpark on Thursday. NMMI plated four runs in the top of the first, with senior Alejandro Lopez collecting three of…

Early graduation for five Colts

Five members of the New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team participated in early graduation on Wednesday at Mabee Hall in Toles Learning Center. The Colt baseball team will be playing in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 10:00 AM at Cleveland High School. The five graduates are: Master Sergeant Jasper Lynn Best from Roswell, NM.…

Colt baseball advances to the second round of State with two wins on Saturday against Sandia Prep

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute baseball team needed all off the three games to advance to the quarterfinals in the 2019 New Mexico State Championships. The Colts lost Game 1 on Friday 9-6, but came back to take a doubleheader on Saturday Game 2 final 10-0 in 5 innings and a 10-7…

Colts defeat Rattlers in district contest

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team defeated the Tucumcari Rattlers 10-0 in five innings at NMMI Ballpark on Tuesday. The Colts scored two runs in the first and second innings, four in the third, and two in the fifth. The final run came in off of a Jasper Best single…

Colts sweep Dexter in district double

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team took both games of a district double-header against Dexter on Tuesday, downing the Demons 16-6 in the opener, then winning the nightcap 9-6. Dexter had early leads in both contests, but NMMI got and kept the lead late in the Game 1. After a…

Colts drop first district contest to T’Wolves

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team lost a close contest against East Mountain, dropping their district opener at home, 5-4. East Mountain got on the scoreboard first, plating a trio of runs in the top of the third off NMMI starting pitcher Andres Bleizeffer. Only two of those were earned,…

Colts can’t contain Capitan, fall in semis of Roswell Sertoma Classic

NMMI Sports Press After a Day 1 win on Thursday in the 25th Annual Roswell Sertoma-Colt Classic baseball tournament, the New Mexico Military Institute Colts dropped their semifinal match on Friday against the Capitan Tigers, 6-0. The Colts defeated the Hatch Valley Bears 10-0 in the opening round of the tournament, earning the mercy-rule win in…

Colts capture first-round win in Classic with walk-off balk

NMMI Sports Press Day 1 of the 25th Annual Roswell Sertoma Colt Classic is complete, with the NMMI Colts moving on in the winner’s bracket. The Colts defeated the Hatch Valley Bears 10-0 in the nightcap of the tournament, earning the mercy-rule win via a walk-off balk. The other teams moving on in the winner’s bracket…

Colts win day one of Hal Bogle Tournament

NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt baseball team defeated the Tularosa Wildcats 19-0 in the first round of the Hal Bogle Tournament in Dexter, NM. NMMI got it started in the top of the first as Jasper Best hit a rocket to third and Alejandro Barcenas scored on the ensuing throwing error…

Colts take two from Bears in baseball season opener

NMMI Sports Press The Colt varsity baseball team swept their season-opening doubleheader against visiting Hatch Valley on Friday at the NMMI Ballpark. Game 1 was a close affair, with the Institute holding on to an early lead for the 6-3 win. All of NMMI’s runs came in the first three innings, with a quartet crossing…