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Wind up--the pitch! Laguna/Acoma baseball team is currently on a roll after winning out their last four games, currently they are 4-2. The Hawks will have a home game this Saturday at 3 pm against the Wingate Bears. Franklin Romero - CC
The Laguna Acoma Hawks baseball team is on a four-game winning streak after defeating Thoreau 19-1 and duplicating that score, 19-1, on Tuesday, March 2 in a double header hosted by the Thoreau Hawks (2-4). “We continue to work hard at our practices and our games to learn and grow each day – we are now starting to get a good rhythm with our defense and our pitching,” said L-A head coach Brandon Gonzales
They defeated Estancia (3-1) by a score of 8-6 on Thursday, March 24 in a close game. “On that game we relied on our defense quite a bit and knew that our team would battle,” said Gonzales
The Hawks went on to defeat Lordsburg in a tighter contest by a score of 12-11 on Saturday, March 26. “We were down by four in the bottom of the seventh against Lordsburg and we persevered and overcame that deficit—we can overcome tough times as long as we do it together,” said Gonzales of that game.
Next up for the Hawks will be a double at home against the Wingate Bears (0-2) on Tuesday, March 29.
Lady Hawk Softball
The Lady Hawks are 2-2 after getting the “W” in recent double header series against the Estancia Bears (0-5). They defeated Estancia 20-5 on Thursday, March 24 and then eked out a one run win against the Estancia Bears in the second game, 16-15. The lady Hawks scored eight runs in the fifth inning to catapult them for the win.
Next up for the Lady Hawks is a non-district home game against the Lady Lions of Santa Rosa High School (5-2) on Saturday, April 2.