New Mexico high school baseball and softball teams ranked (April 15)
East Mountain junior Charles Birdwell (left) slides into Sandia Prep sophomore Logan Lemons (right) as Birdwell gets a run at Sandia Prep on Sunday.
Here are the April 15 Coaches Top 10 polls for high school baseball and softball teams in New Mexico. The number in parentheses is how many points the team received - and how many first-place votes, if any.
BASEBALL
Class 5A
1. La Cueva, 16-3 (188-14)
2. Sandia, 16-3 (169-3)
3. Rio Rancho, 16-4 (146-1)
4. Cleveland, 14-6 (152-2)
5. Carlsbad, 15-5 (109)
6. Cibola, 14-6 (75)
7. Eldorado, 12-7 (91)
8. Las Cruces, 14-3 (49)
9. Volcano Vista, 12-8 (37)
10. Los Lunas, 12-7 (28)
Class 4A
1. Artesia, 11-6 (129-12)
2. Grants, 11-5 (102)
3. Valley, 10-10 (83)
4. Bloomfield, 15-4 (80-1)
5. St. Pius, 10-11 (79)
6. Hope Christian, 12-6 (77)
7. Abq. Academy, 11-9 (52)
8. Belen, 13-7 (44)
9. Saint Teresa, 11-5 (15)
10. Chaparral, 11-6 (14)
Class 3A
1. West Las Vegas, 12-1 (120-7)
2. East Mountain, 14-5 (115-6)
3. NMMI, 9-6 (97)
4. Robertson, 9-5-1 (74)
5. Santa Fe Indian, 12-4 (73)
6. St. Michael’s, 12-7 (71)
7. Cobre, 11-5 (50)
8. Tularosa, 9-5 (29)
9. Sandia Prep, 6-8 (25)
10. Ruidoso, 7-10-1 (21)
Class 2A
1. Eunice, 9-3 (128-11)
2. Santa Rosa, 11-3 (110)
3. Hozho Academy, 10-4 (91-1)
4. Rehoboth, 6-7 (66)
5. Mesilla Valley, 6-3 (65-1)
6. Loving, 5-3 (58)
7. Clayton, 6-5 (42-1)
8. McCurdy, 9-4 (41)
9. Texico, 1-5 (34)
10. Tucumcari, 5-6 (28)
Class A
1. Magdalena, 8-3 (56-3)
2. Gateway Christian, 6-3 (49)
3. Melrose, 7-4 (49-2)
4. Logan, 5-3 (39)
5. Grady, 5-3 (35-1)
SOFTBALL
Class 5A
1. Centennial, 16-0 (146-12)
2. La Cueva, 16-3 (137-3)
3. Mayfield, 12-4 (104)
4. Cibola, 16-4 (81)
5. Alamogordo, 10-7 (76)
6. Piedra Vista, 13-6-1 (51)
7. Hobbs, 7-6 (47)
8. Las Cruces, 13-3 (45)
9. Organ Mountain, 11-4-1 (41)
10. Atrisco Heritage, 14-5 (27)
Class 4A
1. Silver, 13-4 (129-12)
2. Artesia, 11-6 (102-1)
3. Lovington, 12-5 (102)
4. Aztec, 12-10 (86)
5. Goddard, 11-6 (62)
6. Gallup, 9-7 (55)
7. St. Pius, 8-12 (42)
8. Kirtland Central, 9-12 (35)
9. Belen, 10-10 (31)
10. Bloomfield, 6-12 (12)
Class 3A
1. Dexter, 13-1 (91-6)
2. Cobre, 8-6 (86-3)
3. West Las Vegas, 11-3 (82-1)
4. St. Michael’s, 12-1 (57)
5. Ruidoso, 16-2 (54)
6. Santa Fe Indian, 11-5 (53)
7. Tularosa, 7-5 (47)
8. Robertson, 4-9 (31)
9. Navajo Prep, 9-4 (17)
10. Sandia Prep, 3-13 (10)
Class 2A-A
1. Loving, 10-6 (128-7)
2. Estancia, 10-2 (119-4)
3. Eunice, 7-7 (103-1)
4. Raton, 6-9 (78)
5. Mesilla Valley, 6-2 (76)
6. Hozho Academy, 12-2 (55-1)
7. Rehoboth, 7-8 (55)
8. Capitan/Carizzozo, 4-4 (40-1)
9. Mora, 10-4 (32)
10. Laguna Acoma, 9-3 (28)