NMMI Sports Press For the fifth time in six years, the Colt football team made the state playoffs. Under eighth-year head coach Randy Montoya, NMMI ended the regular season with a 6-4 overall record and earned the No. 10 seed, before being upended on the road in the first round of the Class 3A State…
NMMI Sports Press The NMMI football team put up 21 points in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a slow start, as the Hatch Valley Bears bested the Colts in the opening round of the NMAA’s Class 3A State Playoffs, 44-21. The Bears posted touchdown drives on their first two offensive possessions,…
NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Lady Colt and Colt Cross Country teams competed in the State Championships at Rio Rancho High School. Both the Lady Colt and Colt teams earned an automatic bid to state by winning their district meets. The winner of the 3A boys meet was Epherem Zerai of Sandia Prep who clocked in…
Who: No. 10 NMMI (6-4) at No. 7 Hatch Valley (5-5) What: Opening round football game of the NMAA Class 3A State Playoffs Where: Hatch Valley Bear Stadium When: Kickoff at 1:00 PM on Saturday, Nov. 10 Coaches: NMMI head coach Randy Montoya, eighth year (35-49); Hatch head coach Louis Howell, second year (13-10) Last…
NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt soccer team saw their season come to a close as they were defeated by the number one seed Sandia Prep Sun Devils 3-0 at Bernalillo Soccer Complex during the second round of the state tournament. Sandia Prep scored one goal in the first half and two…
NMMI Sports Press It’s been several years since the Colts qualified a full cross country team for the state meet, but this year they’ll be bringing both a boys’ and a girls’ squad, and head coach Jan Olesinski is excited about the teams he has. “I think we have a good team,” he said. “If…
NMMI Sports Press The Colts will have a good showing at the NMAA fall state tournaments this week, with all teams eligible to compete in post-season play — soccer, boys’ and girls’ cross country and football — getting a chance to square off against the best of the best. Colt soccer advanced to the quarterfinals…
NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt soccer team defeated the Socorro Warriors 4-2 in penalty kicks after neither team could score in regulation or in overtime. Head Colt soccer coach John Barbour credited his defense for the victory. “We played well defensively and kept another clean sheet; unfortunately we could not counter…
NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt football team defeated the Tucumcari Rattlers 43-14 on Friday at Rattler Stadium in Tucumcari, NM. The Colts started the game by stopping the Rattlers in their own territory and forcing them to punt. The next play after the punt the Colts scored on a 52 yard…
NMMI Sports Press The New Mexico Military Institute Colt soccer team dropped a match against Hatch Valley 5-2 on the campus of NMMI on Friday. The first goal was by the Colts Francisco Perez on a penalty kick during the ninth minute of play to give them a 1-0 lead. The rest of the half was…
