What a day for Cleveland baseball: a metro title, a shutout of its rival, and, best of all, a no-hitter

2026 APS Metro Baseball Championships 1st-place: (1) Cleveland 7, (2) Rio Rancho 0 3rd-place: (3) Eldorado 13, (4) Sandia 9 5th-place: (9) Volcano Vista 7, (7) Los Lunas 6 7th-place: (11) Albuquerque Academy 5, (12) Albuquerque High 4 9th-place: (5) Cibola 4, (6) Rio Grande 2 11th-place: (8) St. Pius 5, (15) Valley 3 13th-place: (10) Atrisco Heritage 5, (13) Hope Christian 1 15th-place: (16) West Mesa 18, (14) Manzano 8 RIO RANCHO – A victory in the final of the Albuquerque Metro Championships. A shutout over their biggest rival.

A record that improved to 13-0. A no-hitter. The Cleveland Storm baseball team could have accomplished any one of those things individually on Saturday and the day would have qualified as a smashing success.

Cleveland accomplished all four of them simultaneously during a sensational two hours, as the Storm’s 7-0 win over Rio Rancho capped a brilliant week at metros, and extended Cleveland’s undefeated season. But the most unexpected element to all of this was senior right-hander Treven Polanco, who twirled an 87-pitch no-hitter Saturday on the biggest stage so far this regular season. “It felt really great.

Amazing. My first no-hitter,” said the 6-foot-2, 185-pound Polanco, who is signed to play at Chandler-Gilbert College in Arizona. “(I just wanted to) attack the zone, I knew I could beat them and trust my defense.