La Cueva’s girls and boys are the staff leaders after Monday’s opening spherical of the Class 5A state golf event at Twin Warriors Golf Membership.

The boys maintain an eight-shot lead over Piedra Vista after the Bears shot a spherical of 313 on Monday. Volcano Vista (326) is 5 photographs behind Piedra Vista and 13 again of La Cueva.

The ladies’ lead is barely three photographs over second-place Centennial (323-326), with Piedra Vista (352) effectively again in third.

La Cueva junior Jake Yrene was the one participant underneath par Monda after a 3-under 69. He holds a four-shot lead over Matthew Ahlgrim of Piedra Vista, and Ahlgrim has a three-shot cushion over third-place Sebastian Massey, additionally of Piedra Vista.

Sophomore Annie Yost of Piedra Vista was the one lady to complete within the pink Monday. She, too, fired a 69, and carries a four-shot lead over Alex Armendariz of Centennial, the 2021 champion in 5A, into Tuesday’s ultimate spherical. Eleanor Warden of Organ Mountain, final yr’s medalist who beat Armendariz by three photographs at state, is in fourth place (75). Stephanie Romero of La Cueva was the low participant from the metro space in 5A ladies after a spherical of 76. She is fifth.

Subsequent door at Santa Ana Golf Membership, Deming’s boys and Belen’s ladies lead the Class 4A state event by means of 18 holes.

The Wildcats had been the one staff to complete underneath 300 as a staff on Monday, capturing 6-over 294. However St. Pius is looming in second place, eight strokes behind.

Belen’s ladies lead after a spherical of 341, however there are a number of groups proper on the Eagles’ heels. Albuquerque Academy and St. Pius are simply two photographs behind, and Deming is barely 5 photographs again in fourth place.

The 4A boys leaderboard is tightly bunched. Deming senior Tyler Jackson’s 71 is out entrance, with two-time defending state champion Grady Cox of Belen and Kirtland Central’s Ardell John a stroke again. There are eight gamers inside three photographs of the lead.

Sophomore Rylee Salome of Belen, the 2022 champion, leads following her 1-under spherical of 71 on Monday. Albuquerque metro champion, freshman Amara Montoya of St. Pius, shot 73 and is in second place, and she or he’s the one participant nearer than seven photographs to Salome.

The Class 1A-3A occasion is being performed Monday and Tuesday at The Canyon Membership in Albuquerque. Mesilla Valley’s boys take a commanding 40-shot lead into the ultimate spherical, and had 4 of the highest 5 particular person finishers, led by senior Logan Morris’ 2-over 74.

Socorro’s ladies have a equally giant lead, main Texico by 56 photographs by means of the primary spherical. Tivonne Anaya of Socorro has a four-shot lead within the particular person standings.

AGGIES OFFER TWO: New New Mexico State males’s basketball coach Jason Hooten has prolonged scholarship presents to 2 gamers who simply accomplished their sophomore seasons, 6-foot-7 ahead Kenyon Aguino of Volcano Vista and 6-4 guard Jalin Holland of Los Lunas.

It’s the first Division I supply for Aguino, who was New Mexico’s Gatorade Participant of the Yr final season.

That is technically the second time NMSU has provided Holland, who had a proposal from earlier Aggies coach Greg Heiar earlier than he was fired on February 14.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Boys volleyball is hoping to grow to be a sanctioned exercise inside the New Mexico Actions Affiliation.

There have been 16 groups that completed a full season ultimately week’s state event. Albuquerque Excessive defeated Sandia, 24-26, 25-19, 15-11 within the ultimate.

Sandia coach Greg Villareal stated an effort has been ongoing for a few years to be acknowledged as an exercise. That must happen earlier than boys volleyball may hope to sometime grow to be an formally sanctioned sport.

THIS AND THAT: Hope Christian senior guard Jett Wyckoff has dedicated to play basketball for New Mexico Navy Institute in Roswell. … Miranda Sanchez of Valley has signed to wrestle for Adams State in Alamosa, Colorado. Sanchez is the Vikings’ first feminine wrestler to position at state; she was third in February in her weight class. … Albuquerque Excessive’s Ryan Zamora has signed with Wagner School swimming and diving on New York’s Staten Island.