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Eldorado High School going to remote learning for two weeks is going to leave the Eagles boys and girls basketball teams the boys more than the girls precious little time coming out of the shutdown to become state tournament eligible.
Eldorado, in the wake of a small handful of positive COVID-19 cases, has had to suspend all athletics inclucing practices and competitions for the same two weeks, and it won’t be until April 28 that all students can return to campus or games can resume.
The boys basketball team has only played three games, the girls four. Both are going to have to play over 50 percent (minimum six) of their District 2-5A contests in order to be state tournament eligible.
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West Mesa’s Ja’Calvin Newsom (21) plows through Sandia defenders on his way to a big gain Friday night at Wilson Stadium. Defending on the play is Sandia’s Jordan Rael. (Roberto E. Rosales/Journal)
New Mexico went 66 weeks between high school football seasons, from the final championship game of 2019 to the March 5 start of this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 2021 spring campaign.
It’ll only be about 20 weeks fingers crossed from the end of this one until the first kickoffs in late August.
There were justifiable doubts that there would even be prep football this spring. The line had been moved so often, it was frustrating and infuriating.
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Steve Barela threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Spaulding with 5 seconds remaining, and Cibola came from behind to defeat Eldorado 29-22 in a spring football season finale on Saturday night at Nusenda Community Stadium.
It was Spaulding, with his third interception of the day, who gave the Cougars (2-0) unexpectedly great field position in the final 20 seconds, returning a pick inside the 10 of Eldorado (1-2).
Several plays later, Barela – subbing for injured sophomore starter Aden Chavez – connected with Spaulding for the game-winner.
Chavez, one of New Mexico’s most promising young quarterbacks, broke his collarbone in the first half when he was pushed out of bounds on a run.
The Rio Grande boys soccer team is in the state tournament.
The La Cueva girls, for the first time in school history, are not.
The New Mexico Activities Association announced the brackets for the postseason Saturday night, with the eight qualifiers in each division. (Click here for the boys brackets, here for the girls brackets.)
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Hobbs’ boys and Carlsbad’s girls are No. 1 seeds in Class 5A. As there were six districts in 5A soccer, all six district champions earned a spot, leaving only two at-large teams.
The Albuquerque High boys, in coach Lucien Starzynski’s final state tournament with the Bulldogs before he takes a job with New Mexico United, are the No. 4 seed as AHS looks to go back-to-back after winning in November 2019 at the most recent state event.