Rio Rancho baseball, Mayfield softball awarded No. 1 seeds in 5A state brackets
The champion of New Mexico’s most competitive district earned Class 5A’s No. 1 baseball seed on Sunday. The Rio Rancho Rams emerged from a fiercely fought five-week battle in 1-5A to be the champion, and the Rams sit on the top line in the 5A postseason bracket, which was revealed Sunday by the New Mexico Activities Association.
Cleveland, La Cueva and Piedra Vista are 2-4, with Centennial, ...
The champion of New Mexico’s most competitive district earned Class 5A’s No. 1 baseball seed on Sunday. The Rio Rancho Rams emerged from a fiercely fought five-week battle in 1-5A to be the champion, and the Rams sit on the top line in the 5A postseason bracket, which was revealed Sunday by the New Mexico Activities Association.
Cleveland, La Cueva and Piedra Vista are 2-4, with Centennial, Carlsbad, Eldorado and Mayfield closing out the top eight. Each of the top eight seeds will host first-round, best-of-3 series next weekend. From a travel standpoint, half of the traveling teams didn’t get it too bad.
Rio Grande is at Eldorado, Sandia (the defending state champion which struggled to a 13-13 mark this season) is at Cleveland, Centennial plays Las Cruces, and Atrisco Heritage, the last team in, faces Rio Rancho. Sandia, Cibola and Atrisco Heritage were determined by the NMAA to be identical in criteria. Atrisco Heritage had an edge on Cibola, which had an edge on Sandia, and Sandia had an edge on Atrisco.
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