Upsets continue to rock Class 5A in state softball tournament
Las Cruces High's Zaysha Hawkins drove in two runs in the top of the fifth inning on Saturday to lead No. 10 Las Cruces to a 3-1 road win over No. 2 Alamogordo to complete an upset-heavy first weekend of the Class 5A State Softball Tournament.
No. 1 Mayfield is the only top-four seed to make it to Thursday's 5A winner's bracket quarterfinals, which start at 9:30 a. m.
Thursday at Cleveland High School — home, coincidentally, to the Trojans' 5th-seeded opponent on Thursday morning. Most of the first weekend’s Class 5A games were completed on Friday. The other 5A winner's bracket quarterfinal in the double-elimination tournament will be the Bulldawgs (16-12), who had been swept in three games by Alamogordo in the regular season, playing No.
6 Piedra Vista. In elimination games on Thursday at Cleveland starting at noon will be No. 4 Los Lunas vs.
No. 9 Centennial and No. 2 Alamogordo vs.