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Prep notes: Huge wrestling tournament in Rio Rancho this weekend
Sandia sophomore Jaden Meadows competes against Svea Robinson of Piedra Vista during girls 152 pound championship match during the NMAA state wrestling championship finals at the Rio Rancho Events Center In Rio Rancho, N.M., on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Meadows won the title match.
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The best prep tournament of the 2024-25 school year can be found at the Rio Rancho Events Center.
But it’s not February’s New Mexico’s state tournament.
The 2025 Conflict at Cleveland, which features over 70 teams from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and California, begins on Friday at the RREC. It is an event for boys and girls.
All of New Mexico’s top programs, led by defending Class 5A state champion Volcano Vista, is entered. There are three rounds scheduled on Friday, and the final three rounds, including the finals, are Saturday.
The championship finals are expected to begin at approximately 1 p.m. Saturday, but that time is not definite as the tournament will be running fairly continuously on both days. Action begins at 10 a.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
CHANGE IN LOS LUNAS: Wilson Holland is retiring as the Los Lunas district athletic director after 15 years.
William “Bill” Hays will take over on an interim basis, the Valencia County News-Bulletin reports. Hays has been a teacher, administrator and coach, among other jobs, in the district for the last decade-plus.
