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October 23, 2012
Lady Eagles get payback in Lake Arthur By Paul Lessard For the Ruidoso Free Press LAKE ARTHUR – The Hondo Lady Eagles rode a strong serving performance to solidify second place in the wild world of District 3B volleyball Thursday after a straight sets win over Lake Arthur. The Lady Eagles got their district record to 4-2 with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-16 win over the Lady Panthers, who fell to 3-3 in district. “Pretty happy with what we did tonight,” stated coach Dwayne Morris of his team (8-8 overall). “Lake Arthur’s a good team – they got some good sets on us. We were out for a little payback after last time (a Lady Panther win). “What can you say, we played hard,” he added. “We had a good game with Corona the other night. We knew coming into this one that it would be a difficult game, but nothing we couldn’t handle if we played our game.” Hondo and the Lady Panthers (5-10 overall) battled on pretty even terms in game one until the mid-way point. An ace serve by senior captain Selena Chavez and a nice dig by Valeria Lerma got the Lady Eagles off to an early 4-2 lead. Lake
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Hondo’s Alyssa Gomez sets the ball to the back court, Thursday, at Lake Arthur.
Arthur rattled off four straight to take a 6-4 lead and the game was a roller-coaster for awhile with numerous long, tiring rallies. Hondo got to within one after a big kill by Montana Prudencio and then stretched the lead to two. A diving return
Capitan swept again in district By Karen Boehler For the Ruidoso Free Press HAGERMAN – Hagerman celebrated its Dig Pink night and its District 7-1A home volleyball opener Thursday with their second easy victory in a row. Hagerman downed Capitan in a quick 25-13, 25-16, 25-8 match. After some pre-game ceremonies to raise funds to combat breast cancer, the Lady ‘Cats (9-5, 2-0 in district) got right to work, going up 3-0 and never trailing. The Lady Tigers (1-14, 0-2) kept it close briefly – trailing 5-3 – but then Jessica Rodriguez ran off Photo by Karen Boehler six straight serves to make it 11-3, Capitan’s Teyna Montoya hits the and although Regan Pruett, Teyna ball across the net during Thursday’s Montoya and Cheyenne Eldridge District 7-1A match at Hagerman. each managed a few offensive points for Capitan, it wasn’t nearly enough. cat coach Monica Morales said isn’t The Bobcats had their big serving untypical. run early in Game 2, with Jamie Warf “We’re kind of roller coaster a little putting Hagerman up 6-1. For the next bit on that,” she said. “We serve really few servers, the teams pretty much well, then if we’re off, we’re off.” traded side outs, with service errors As for the four-point run by Capiplaguing both teams. Lori Gossett and tan late in Game 2, Morales said she Rodriguez each had short runs. Then, gave everyone on the bench time to see with the game still somewhat close at action. 18-11, Gossett served five straight and a “I think it was just getting kids rotation error on Capitan made it 24-11. in and out,” she said. “Not our usual But a lift kept the Lady ‘Cats from serve-receivers the whole time. They getting the final point, and Eldridge served well, I think.” served four straight for Capitan before a Capitan coach Rebecca Gonzales lift call gave that final point to Hagersaid her team is young but is slowly man. improving. Tori Douglas opened Game 3 with “It’s just little mistakes here and six straight and the rout was on, as the there that we’re trying to sharpen up, Tigers only managed one offensive and that’s what we’ve been doing all point in the game, from Destini Tayseason long, which is fundamentals and lor on a big Capitan block. Shayanna different skills and talent of each of the Eubanks added five serves for the ‘Cats girls and trying to make that all mesh late in the game, with the winning point together as one,” she said. “But this coming on a kill by Leslie Trevizo. game was definitely a show of a couple The match might have been over more blocks than we’ve had in the past. even quicker but for nine service errors So that’s good. We’re making improveby Hagerman, something Lady Bobments.”
Numbers deceiving at Rio Rancho By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com The Rio Rancho Jamboree is more than a cross country meet, it’s an event, with almost every team in the state making the trek to the home of the Rams in what amounts to a preview of this year’s state meet. The state meet will also be held at Rio Rancho, which is why Ruidoso coach Trevor Rabourn decided his team needed to be in the mix
last week. The Warriors have been running well this year, but the Jamboree was a reality check, as the boys finished 10th in the small school division, while the girls were a distant 14th. However, Rabourn said the numbers can be a little deceiving. “We ran pretty well, although we’re not training for this meet, it’s just another stepping stone to state,” Rabourn said. “We’re still in the midst
of wrapping up some of the hardest training weeks of the year. To do that and have a stellar performance is difficult.” Among 3A competition, the boys were actually seventh behind powerhouses like Pojoaque, St. Michael’s and Shiprock. The Lady Warriors were ninth in 3A schools. This Saturday, the Warriors will be at home as they host the annual Warrior Invite at 10 a.m. at Ruidoso High School.
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by Abby Castillo fell for a point to cut the lead to one, but then Lerma went on a strong serving run to get the lead up to 16-11. Castillo had another great return for a winner, but then Selene Medina went on her own serving run getting the lead to 21-12. Cristina Caro got a big kill to stop the run which led to a mini-run by the Lady Panthers. The slow comeback got to 2218, but then Prudencio got another kill and the run ended. Ashley Chavez got in one last good serve to end game one 25-19 in favor of the Eagles. Morris was pleased with the play of his squad. “We were having some serving issues and with some other little things, but overall I’m really pleased with what we did,” Morris said. “We had a good game. We played in control and we played our game.” Game two saw the Lady Eagles ride the game one momentum to an early lead. After a kill by Prudencio, Hondo was up 4-0. The Lady Eagles then stretched the lead to 8-4 after a great tip by Chavez and then went up 10-4 after Lake Arthur hitting errors.
The Lady Panthers’ net play was finally rewarded with a big block by Caro to trim the lead to 13-7 and then LA slowly cut the lead to 13-9. Despite the fine setting by Myra Davila and the hitting by Caro, the Lady Eagles still got the lead to 17-11. Lake Arthur went on one last run getting the lead down to 19-14. Two errors late gave the game to Hondo again at 25-19. The Lady Panthers refused to die and continued to fight in game three, but Hondo continued to play inspired ball, especially at the service line. Medina began with some bombs from the service line to go up 4-1, but Lake Arthur got the benefit of a net violation and found the score tied at 4-all. Castillo got in some good serves herself as the Lady Panthers led briefly 6-5. The teams went back and forth and, after a kill by Chavez, the game was tied at 9-all. Hondo continued their relentless attach and stretched the lead to 14-9. They continued to place the ball where Lake Arthur could not return and the lead got out of control at 18-10. One last run by the Lady Panthers was not enough and the game ended on an error at 25-16.
Grizzlies gearing up for district rivals By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Carrizozo didn’t break much of a sweat in its 64-0 football thrashing at Alamo Navajo on Saturday. In fact, there were a few Grizzlies who didn’t suit out at all. That suited ’Zozo coach Kevin Sheehan just fine.
“We got to rest a number of key players, and there were some younger kids who stepped up to get some needed experience,” Sheehan said. “We had some injuries from the week before, so they needed to be benched.” With a pair of big games against District 2 rivals Tatum and Gateway Christian looming, the
Grizzlies (7-1) got a lot of output from players they’ll probably need to rely on in the season finale. Seniors Tavi Nash and Carl Barela did get to play, and put up big numbers in the game. Nash ran for 105 yards on just 15 carries and returned two punts for touchdowns. Barela carried the ball three times for 76 yards and two scores.
Bowling RUIDOSO BOWLING CENTER Tuesday Seniors team standings, week 6 of 32 Name Won Lost Just Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16½ 7½ Spud & the Tater Tots . . . . . . . . 14½ 9½ Smokey Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 10 The Who?`. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 10 Ageless Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 This week’s high scores Scratch series – Smokey Bear 2,627, The Who? 2.422, Spud & the Tater Tots 2,258 Scratch game – Ageless Wonders 883, Just Us 799 Men’s handicap series – Gene Nitz 744, Larry Caywood 643, Hubert Lee 628 Men’s handicap game – Harry Allwein 242, Jim Clements 230, Bob McCann 217 Women’s handicap series – Linda Mitchum 718, Linda Clements 612, Martha Chavez 598 Women’s handicap game – Ursula Eckersley 225, Rose Bivens 220, Gloria Wheeler 219 ––– Tuesday Mixed team standings, week 6 of 16 Name Won Lost Ruidoso Bowl 16 8 Rhino Rose 16 8 Team 7 16 8 No Pin Zone 12 12 Living On A Spare 10 14 Homies 10 14 Ebowla 10 14 Energy 2 Spare 6 18 This week’s high scores Scratch series – Rhino Rose 2,034, Homies 1,642 Scratch game – Ruidoso Bowl 637, Ebowla 505 Handicap series – No Pin Zone 2,628, Living On A Spare 2,449 Handicap game – Team 7 888, Energy 2 Spare 813 Men’s scratch series – Gene Nitz 642, Spud Mitchum 548, Etienne Turner 485 Men’s scratch game – J.R. Mitchell 205, Ronnie Wright 195, Tom Rheingans 173 Men’s handicap series – Curtis Williamson 704, Alan Kirgen 649, T.J. Sanders 630 Men’s handicap game – Max Cimarron 248, Keith Elkins 247, Rocky Solis 236 Women’s scratch series – Pam Bernard 426, Millie Cimarron 346, Patty Kim 336 Women’s scratch game – Ginger Williamson 175, Diane Killingsworth 132, Linda Mitchum 121 Women’s handicap series – Misty Goss 625, Sam McAlister 605, Rachel Weber 595 Women’s handicap game – Di 237, Dena Mitchell 210, Mary Gillett 196 ––– Wednesday Mixed team standings, week 6 of 32 Name Won Lost Team 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16½ 7½
Ruidoso U-Haul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Western Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14½ Living Energies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13½ Ruidoso Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10½ No Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Team 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Team 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 9½ 10½ 13½ 14 16 17
This week’s high scores Scratch series – Western Auto 2,160, Ruidoso U-Haul 2,781 Scratch game – Living Energies 753, No Doubt 583 Handicap series – Team 7 2,717, Team 8, 2,520 Handicap game – Ruidoso Bowl 910, Team 6 876 Men’s scratch series – Hans Dubay 663, Jim McGarvey 662, Floyd Ganaway 566 Men’s scratch game – Weldon Ganaway 236, Tom Douglas 229, Joe Shafer 212 Men’s handicap series – Phil Fannings 703, Chris Carter 667, Bob Layher 650 Men’s handicap game – Ken Brower 255, Ronnie Wright 247, Sid Thomas 222 Women’s scratch series – Pam Bernard 496, Kathy Kiefer 387, Irene Pawlowski 384 Women’s scratch game – Jean Fanning 168, Gloria Wheeler 147, Trina Thomas 136 Women’s handicap series – Michelle Lopez 662, Gail Bailey 660, Vivian Mowdy 645 Women’s handicap game – Sharla Ganaway 249, Nancy Seidel 237, Laura Flynn, Sonia Younis 217 ––– Thursday Men’s team standings, week 6 of 32 Name Won Lost Good Ole Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 Insidhers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 Buckner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 Western Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 GSV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10½ 13½ Down’s U-Haul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 Ruidoso Septic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4½ 19½ This week’s high scores Scratch series – Western Auto 2,990, Insidhers 2,612 Scratch game – Down’s U-Haul 890, GSV 831 Handicap series – Good Ole Boys 3,379, Buckner Electric 3,176 Handicap game – Ruidoso Bowl 1,128, Ruidoso Septic 1,109 Scratch series – Hans Dubay 726, Richard Guevara 645, Jim McGarvey 631 Scratch game – Keith Brower 240, Darryl Bagley 239, David Hoffer 236 Handicap series – Jim Clements 740, Hubert Lee 722, John Cardone 711 Handicap game – Rudy Lugo 263, Gene Nitz 253, Keith Eickholt 244