We have a busy weekend at NMHSSN. Tonight we are headed to Volcano Vista High School to check out their Hawks Football Clinic. Tomorrow, we're visiting Sandia HS to check out their Youth Football Camp. It is great to see the players and coaching staffs giving their time and energy for the young kids to learn about football. Tomorrow we're going to watch a little volleyball at Del Norte HS. We published our article on Coach Bill Godsil of Gallup High School. Coach Godsil arrived in Gallup on June 1st from Miami, AZ and is enthusiastic about the potential at Gallup HS. Finally, we interviewed Sandia HS girls basketball coach Susan Kubala. We really enjoyed our visit with the veteran coach who talked about everything from Rocky Long to Abraham Lincoln! We'll publish our interview as we get closer to basketball season.For now, c'est tous!RonNM High School Sports News
We enjoyed our day of football today at Rio Rancho High. We spent most of the day watching the 7 on 7 passing tourney and meeting coaches we haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet. I certainly can't claim to be any type of talent evaluator, but those who caught my eye were WR Collin Knee of La Cueva who seem to catch any ball within five yards of him, RB James Morehead of Sandia who looked super fast, LB Seth McVey of Sandia was looked intense, and lastly LB Omar Luna of Bernalillo who really looked like a leader on and off the field. Again, I am NO talent evaluator! The day ended with attending the A/AA North vs South All Star game which the South dominated 34-7! Check our website for details of the game.I look forward to more 7 on 7 passing tomorrow but more importantly, watching the big men of the O Line battle it out in the Lineman Challenge!Only one month till two-a-days for football teams across the state!
Well, we have a few high school sports activities this weekend. Friday and Saturday is the NM High School Coaches Association 7 on 7 Passing Tournament and Lineman Challenge at Rio Rancho High School. Friday evening at Rio Rancho High School Football Stadium is the A/AA All Star Football game.Up in Las Vegas, NM on Friday is the AAA Girls & Boys All Star basketball game at Wilson Gym on the NM Highlands University campus.Finally, on Saturday night at NM Highland University is the AAA All Star Football game.We'll be spending both days at the 7 on 7 tournament as well as both football games. You can follow the score of Friday nights game in real time on the football section of our website:NM High School Sports News FootballWe will post recaps from both the football games as well as some stories from the 7 on 7 Tourney!
We just posted more details about the NM High School Coaches Association 7 on 7 Passing Tournament and Lineman Challenge. This will be the first 7 on 7 tourney we attend since the website has been live. There will be over 20 schools from across the state that will be taking part in the tournament. We look forward to seeing some footballs flying around, even if the players aren't wearing pads. Check out the football home page of our website for more info. NM High School Sports News
We have posted our interview with Volcano Vista head coach Chad Wallin. We thank him for taking time out of his day to visit with us. If you haven't been to their school, it is quite a site. The interview is posted on NM High School Sports News.We have a few more interviews completed that will be posted on the website during July.
Hobbs Coach Bruce DollarRuidoso Coach Kief JohnsonEldorado Coach Charlie DotsonGallup Coach Bill GodsilWe have been adding schedules as they come available to us. We have had a few girls basketball schedules added as well as football, girls soccer, and volleyball.
High schools across the state are starting to release their fall schedules. We have been entering football, girls soccer, and volleyball schedules as they become available to us. We'll start on boys soccer this week as well. Los Alamos football article is going to live tonight, and I have pushed both girls soccer articles back to a later undetermined date. We had some unexpect technical issues which have put me behind, but hope to have those ironed out as we continue to expand the site. We have a few request for more interviews in football and volleyball, so we'll post those as we finish the interviews.This whole summer has been a learning experience for me and starting New Mexico High School Sports News. One thing I have I have learned is how open all coaches have been to being interviewed and eager to help us give their teams more exposure in the internet. When we started contacting coaches, I just didn't know what to expect their reaction to be to a new website with little or no information on it. I am deeply grateful to those coaches who have taken time out of their busy schedule to visit with us. It has been very rewarding to me to meet these coaches whether it is in person or on the phone. As the school year approaches and the fall sports seasons draws closer, we'll start interviewing kids. Our goal is to not only provide scores and game stories, but stories about the players themselves. We want to be a story driven website first and foremost. I have enjoyed using this blog to talk about the challenges of starting a website that covers New Mexico high school sports. We appreciate those who have visited New Mexico High School Sports News over the past couple of months and look forward to expand as the sports season approaches.A few other notes:I did not make it to UNM yesterday for the 7 on 7 tournament, but I read on NMpreps.com that Rio Rancho was the tournament winner. We look foward to covering the NM High School Coaches Association 7 on 7 tournament in Rio Rancho on July 10th and 11th. There are a quite a few All Star Games being held next month for both girls and boys sports. Check our website for more information and rosters.
Our week has been a busy one and we're a little behind. We hope to have our story on Rio Rancho girls basketball coach Pat Puentes up on Friday evening and pushing back Carlsbad Cavemen girls soccer back to Sunday. Monday we'll have the third installment for our "Schools out for Summer" series on high school football with an article about Coach Bob Scott and the Los Alamos Hilltoppers. After 20 years of coaching, Coach Scott is enjoying himself and is optimistic about next season.Yesterday, we visited Volcano Vista head football Coach Chad Wallin at his office. Our story on Coach's Wallin's Hawks will be live on Monday June 22nd. We posted on our site information on Coach Wallin's "Hawk Football Clinic" being held July 17-18th.We also talked to La Cueva head girls soccer Coach Amber Ashcraft. After a disappointing early exit from last years playoffs, Coach Ashcroft has high expectations which La Cueva girls soccer typically achieves.On Wednesday June 3rd, the New Mexico Activities Association released the board approved realignment beginning 2010-2011 season through 2012-2013. Click HERE to view the new classifications.
