NMMI Sports Press LAS CRUCES — The Colt tennis team earned the District 4A-AAAA title Saturday, topping Portales 9-0 and defending champ Mesilla Valley Christian School 6-1 in a tough but abbreviated championship match. “There’s no doubt Mesilla Valley has a good team,” said NMMI coach Will Cavin. “We won five out of the six…
NMMI Sports Press LOVINGTON — Lady Colt track got their first relay team qualified for State on Friday at the Ross Black Relays in Lovington, while Colt Christian Padilla qualified in this third event, winning the 400-meter dash. Alexandra Rivera, Grace Tompkins, eighth grader Mia Walker and her sister, junior Sierra Walker, won the 1,600-meter…
NMMI Sports Press LAS CRUCES — To no one’s surprise, Colt Farid Yunes won the District 4A-AAAA tennis title Friday in the flighted singles tournament played on the New Mexico State tennis courts. Yunes only lost one game in sweeping by Silver and Portales athletes, then faced teammate Francisco Saracho in the championship match, winning 6-1,…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press The Colt golf team closed out their regular season with a pair of victories Thursday. Playing at the Last Chance Open on their home course, NMMI won both the team title with a 298 — edging 6A Clovis by one stroke — and the individual title. Sergio Amieiro won his…
NMMI Sports Press The Colt baseball team came close, but despite playing better against No. 3-ranked Portales — 10-0 in District 4AAAA — small mistakes and a lack of timely hitting led to a 4-2 and 10-4 pair of losses in the last NMMI home games of the season. “You gotta give Portales all the…
NMMI Sports Press The Colt tennis teams wrapped up regular-season play Tuesday with a dual match vs. Portales, and there really weren’t many surprises, with the boys sweeping 9-0 and the girls falling 7-2. Playing without Megan Lynch — who won’t return for district or state — the Lady Colts got wins from No. 2…
NMMI Sports Press HOBBS — Three Colt golfers battled heavy winds at the Rockwind Golf Course in Hobbs Tuesday, with Sergio Amieiro tying for third after a playoff. Colt coach Crae Fields said not only were the winds gusting to more than 45 mph, but the redesigned course was tough and new to all his…
NMMI Sports Press SANDIA PARK — The Colt baseball team got back on the winning side of the ledger Saturday, sweeping East Mountain in two mercy-rule games, 12-2 and 13-2. “They played well,” said coach Charlie Ward. “They pitched well. We did some good things in there. Eli (Aguilar) pitched well. (Michel) Hinojos pitched well.…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press ARTESIA — NMMI runners waited until late into the Artesia Invitational track meet to make their mark, but when they did, they did it with a vengeance. The boys 1,600-meter sprint medley only finished third, but that third-place finish included personal bests for three of the four runners, a state…
Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press The Colt tennis team got a bit of an education from the defending champion Robertson Cardinals Wednesday, falling 7-2 in a boys-only dual match, but that’s what the day was all about, said NMMI coach Will Cavin. “I can’t take anything away from (Robertson), and I give my kids a…
