Another no-hitter for La Cueva as Blomker Ks 11 against Sandia; state brackets due Sunday

The La Cueva Bears closed the 2026 prep baseball season in near perfect fashion. The fourth-ranked Bears were already the District 2-5A champions, but as the regular season came to a close Saturday, they went into Sandia and double-bageled the Matadors, 6-0 and 16-0, La Cueva’s last bit of business before the Class 5A state tournament brackets are revealed on Sunday. La Cueva senior right-hander Dylan Blomker was magnificent in the opener Saturday, striking out 11 and walking three in a no-hitter of the rival Matadors.

“I felt good. This was one of those days when everything was working,” said Blomker (7-0). He was part of a combined no-hitter, he and Luke Watkins, last week against Santa Fe.

Two weeks ago, Luke Feist threw a perfect game against Capital. “You know, a power pitcher like that who can throw the slider and spin it like he does … it’s a pretty good combination,” La Cueva coach Gerard Pineda said. The Bears’ other two front-line starters, Everett Burdett (Oregon State) and Feist (New Mexico) combined to three-hit Sandia in the second game on Saturday.

“We’ve been playing really good baseball the last couple of weeks,” said Blomker, who has signed with LSU but most certainly is going to be a strong candidate to earn a high pick in this summer’s amateur draft. Burdett doubled, tripled and scored four runs in support of Blomker’s no-hitter. And in keeping with tradition, none of his Bear teammates were brave enough to break with tradition and speak to him about it in the dugout.