Rio Rancho 2020 Baseball Media Guide

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WELCOME

RAMS FANS

TO THE 2020 BASEBALL SEASON

A NOTE FROM THE RRHS PRINCIPAL: Welcome to Rio Rancho High School! Baseball season and home games are always exciting events, and our student athletes and coaching staff have worked hard to prepare for another exciting season. We are proud of our traditions and strong athletic teams here at RRHS. I would like to personally thank our coaches, sponsors, and parents for all they do to support our athletic programs -- your contributions are greatly appreciated. We also appreciate the fans and community support for our teams.

I hope you have a great experience when you are on our campus, and encourage you to attend as many games as possible. So that everyone can have a good experience while attending games, we expect our participants to practice good sportsmanship at all times and show respect for our coaches and players, the opponents and their fans, and the game officials.

GOOD LUCK, SAFE TRAVELS, AND GO RAMS!

Sherri Carver PRINCIPAL - RRHS

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“We are constantly "CHASING GREATNESS" in everything we do.”

- Coach Murphy

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2020 Rams Baseball

VARSITY SCHEDULE 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

VARSITY SCHEDULE 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

2/27-29

Socorro ISD Tourney

El Paso, TX

TBA

3/3

Manzano HS

Manzano High School

4:00 PM

3/5

Rio Grande HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/10

Sandia HS

Sandia High School

4:00 PM

3/12-14

NM Invite

Las Cruces, NM

TBA

3/16, 17, 19-21

APS Metro Tourney

TBA

TBA

3/26-28

Sal Puentes Tourney

Rio Rancho High School

TBA

3/31

Atrisco Heritage Academy

Rio Rancho High School

6:00 PM

4/07

Cibola HS

Rio Rancho High School

6:00 PM

4/10

Cleveland HS

Cleveland High School

6:00 PM

4/14

Volcano Vista HS

Rio Rancho High School

6:00 PM

4/17

Atrisco Heritage Academy

Atrisco Heritage Academy

4:00 PM

4/24

Cibola HS

Cibola High School

4:00 PM

4/28

Cleveland HS

Rio Rancho High School

6:00 PM

5/1

Volcano Vista HS

Volcano Vista High School

4:00 PM

5/8-9

1st Round State Tourney

TBA

TBA

5/14-16

5A State Championship

University of New Mexico

TBA

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR UPDATES VISIT: RIORANCHOATHLETICS.COM

HEADCOACH A MESSAGE FROM THE

On behalf of the Rio Rancho High School Baseball Staff, I would like to welcome you to the 2020 baseball season. The staff and players are very excited about this season and are looking forward to building on the foundation and traditions set by those who have come before us. It is our goal to make everyone associated with Rio Rancho baseball proud not only of our accomplishments on the field, but also of what we accomplish in the classroom and in our community.

We are constantly “CHASING GREATNESS” in everything we do. Every practice, every pitch, every play and every day on and off the field. Looking forward to our season, we are playing a strong non-league schedule before we enter the always tough district. We hope our preparation, dedication and determination will help us compete at our highest level every game.

To those who have supported us in the past and to those who are supporting us now, to our sponsors, our community, our administration, our families and friends, we say thank you!

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU.

Ron Murphy Varsity Head Coach

COACHING STAFF 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

Ron Murphy >> VARSITY HEAD COACH Brooklyn-born, lifelong New York Mets fan, Ron Murphy is never far from a baseball diamond. He graduated from Newfield HS in NY when he then moved to NM and enrolled at the University of New Mexico.

Coach Murphy was the JV baseball coach for Sandia HS from 1985-1988. He then was JV Coach for one year at Highland HS in 1989. From 1990-1997, Coach Murphy got his first head coaching job at St. Pius HS in Albuquerque. He led the Spartans to many district championships and state title games. His final record at SPX was 117 wins and 42 losses. In 1997, he was hired to be the first ever baseball coach at Rio Rancho HS. Since being at RRHS he has led the Rams to many district championships as well as 3 state championships in 2007, 2009 and 2013. His current record at Rio Rancho HS is 445 wins and 167 losses. His overall record as a head coach is currently 562-209. He is currently 2nd in the State of New Mexico in total overall wins in the history of baseball head coaches. (Overall State record is 582 wins). On his resume, he has also coached 17 years of HS football at Sandia, SPX and RRHS. He also has 2 years of coaching girls basketball at Sandia HS as an assistant.

Coach Murphy is married to Minerva Murphy and has 3 kids. His daughters, Valerie and Amber, have both graduated from RRHS and helped the volleyball team win several state championships. They both went on and played college volleyball. He has a 17 year old son named Tyler Murphy who currently plays in the Rio Rancho baseball program.

Tyler is currently carrying an overall 3.91 GPA in HS. Lastly, he has two grandsons and a granddaughter. (Jaedyn, Jaxon and Brooklyn) Jaedyn is 9 and plays baseball for the Hooligans. Jaxon is 4 and plays T Ball for Cibola LL. Brooklyn is 1 and throws the ball hard already.

Coach Murphy has coached current Texas Rangers catcher Blake Swihart who has won a World Series with the Red Sox. Coach Murphy has also coached Brendan Donnelly who has won a world series with the Angels and Red Sox. He also got the win in the 2003 All-Star Game. Coach and his wife are the proud godparents of Brendans and Rhonda's daughter Ariana. Coach Murphy's two fondest memories are being in the stands to watch Blake Swihart's first ever major league HR and also in the stands to see Brendan win two World Series rings and pitch for the American League in the 2003 All Star Game.

GO RAMS!

COACHING STAFF 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

Josh LaCombe

Mario Tafoya

Gino Satriana

Blake Walden

JV HEAD COACH

C-TEAM HEAD COACH

VARSITY ASSISTANT

PITCHING COACH

Rich Chavez

Ethan Gill

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER

ROVING HITTING INST

SENIORS

VARSITY TEAM

2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

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VARSITY ROSTER

2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

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NAME

YR

POS

ERIC ROMERO

JR

OF

GARRET REDE

JR

INF

DEVON ALVARADO

SO

P

CLAYTON KEMPSKI

SR

C

ETHAN SILCOX

SR

OF, INF, P

NOAH BREWER

SR

INF, P

DOMINICK PRIDDY

SO

C, OF

ALEC STANFIELD

SR

INF, P

ELIJAH CASTANEDA

SO

OF, P

ELIJAH SMITH

JR

OF

TYLER MURPHY

JR

INF

JACOB BRAUNSCHWEIGER

SR

INF

STUART SMITH

JR

P

EMILIANO SCOTT-BALDERAS

JR

P

PAYNE KENT

JR

P

RYAN CASADOS

SO

INF, P

TYLER SUNSTROM

JR

INF, P

VARSITY SENIORS 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

5 Clayton Kempski

6 Ethan Silcox

SR C

SR

10 Alec Stanfield SR

INF, P

7 Noah Brewer SR

OF, INF, P

INF, P

14 Jacob Braunschweiger

SR INF

GO RAMS!

VARSITY UNDERCLASS 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

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2 Garret Rede

Eric Romero

JR OF

11 Elijah Castaneda

SO

12 Elijah Smith

OF, P

JR OF

17 Emiliano S.-Balderas 18 Payne Kent

JR P

JR INF

JR P

4 Devon Alvarado SO P

13 Tyler Murphy

SO

INF, P

8 Dominick Priddy SO

C, OF

16 Stuart Smith

JR INF

19 Ryan Casados

JR P

21 Tyler Sunstrom JR

INF, P

JUNIOR VARSITY 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

3/3

Manzano HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/5

Rio Grande HS

Rio Grande High School

4:00 PM

3/6-7

Farmington Tourney

Farmington High School

TBA

3/10

Sandia HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/12-14

Los Lunas Tourney

Los Lunas High School

TBA

3/17

Eldorado HS

Eldorado High School

4:00 PM

3/19

Los Alamos HS/MS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/23

Albuquerque HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/24

La Cueva HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/25

West Mesa HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/31

Atrisco Heritage Academy

Atrisco Heritage Academy

4:00 PM

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NAME

YR

1

Devin Espinoza

SO

Josiah Gonzalez

JR

Racer Beckett

JR

Seth Lee

FR

Jason Duran

SO

Ryan Casados

SO

Andrew Carriaga

SO

Tyler Sunstrom

JR

Isiah Tafoya

SO

Bryan Vasquez

SO

Jacob Chavez

SO

Nathan Sandoval

SO

Jack Molner

SO

Trevon Kent

SO

Eli Caswell

SO

Marcus Chavez

JR

Colt Uphold

JR

Elijah Smith

JR

Gage Dain

SO

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9

10 11

12 13

14 17

18

19 21

23 23

24 24

MG

Zach Herman

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

4/2

St. Pius X HS

St. Pius High School

4:00 PM

4/7

Cibola HS

Cibola High School

4:00 PM

4/10

Cleveland HS

Cleveland High School

3:30 PM

4/14

Volcano Vista HS

Volcano Vista High School

4:00 PM

4/17

Atrisco Heritage Academy

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

4/24

Cibola HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

4/28

Cleveland HS

Rio Rancho High School

3:30 PM

5/1

Volcano Vista HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR UPDATES VISIT: RIORANCHOATHLETICS.COM

C-TEAM

2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

2/29

Cleveland HS

Cleveland High School

10:00 AM

2/29

Cleveland HS

Cleveland High School

12:30 PM

3/4

Valencia HS

Valencia High School

4:00 PM

3/7

Los Lunas HS

Los Lunas High School

10:00 AM

3/9

Sandia HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/11

La Cueva HS

La Cueva High School

4:00 PM

3/16

Valencia HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/23

Rio Grande HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/25

St. Pius X HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

3/30

Hope Christian HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

4/1

Albuquerque HS

Albuquerque High School

4:00 PM

4/3

St. Pius X HS

St. Pius High School

4:00 PM

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NAME

YR

1

Alex Pacheco

JR

2

Isiah Sanchez

JR

4

Noah Braunschweiger

JR

10

Jason Parker

JR

11

Josh Boyer

JR

13

Jason Gordon

JR

14

Cooper Jennings

JR

16

Kai Fitak

JR

17

Nikolas Alcala

JR

18

Vascon Smith

JR

19

Jase Smith

JR

20

Dylan Tinker

JR

21

Tyler Griego

JR

22

Seth Lee

JR

27

Xanth Vigil

JR

28

Jacob Cummings

JR

38

Kannen Smith

JR

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

4/06

Cibola HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

4/16

Atrisco Heritage Academy

Atrisco Heritage Academy

4:00 PM

4/18

Cleveland HS

Rio Rancho High School

10:00 AM

4/18

Cleveland HS

Rio Rancho High School

12:30 PM

4/20

Eldorado HS

Rio Rancho High School

4:00 PM

4/22

Volcano Vista HS

Volcano Vista High School

4:00 PM

4/25

Belen Middle & HS

Belen High School

10:00 AM

4/25

Belen Middle & HS

Belen High School

12:30 PM

4/30-5/2

RRHS JV/C Tourney

Rio Rancho High School

TBA

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR UPDATES VISIT: RIORANCHOATHLETICS.COM

RETIRED NUMBERS

2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

GRADUATE

2008

R E M E M B E R I N G P A S T P L AY E R S

15 ANTHONY HAASE - 24

GRADUATE

2002

A promising young police officer, gone too soon, but not forgotten, October 26, 2014.

3 SALVADOR JOSHUA PUENTES - 23 A resident of Bayard entered eternal rest Friday, September 28, 2007.

FORMER COACH 2020 RIO RANCHO BASEBALL

rio rancho

coach ray

R E M E M B E R I N G R AY C H AV E Z

rr COACH RAY CHAVEZ We will miss you Coach Ray. You are forever in our thoughts.

Rio Rancho 2020 Rams Baseball