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Markos Garcia, a senior, pitches away as teammate and third baseman Caleb McDaugale looks on intensely at recent home game. The Pirates, who received a four seed in the state baseball tournament, will host the 13 seeded Bloomfield Bobcats (14-11, 5-5) over the weekend. Franklin Romero - CC
The Pirates slugged their way this season to an 18-8, 6-2 record that allowed them to garner a fourth seed in the New Mexico Activates Association state baseball tournament. They will host the Bloomfield Bobcats (14-11, 5-5) this weekend, starting Friday, May 6 at 5 pm.
“It’s hard work, and that hard work got us here,” said Grants High School Head Baseball Coach Walter Sarracino. “I’m pretty happy with the fourth seed.”
The Pirates, earlier in the season, played a double-header and defeated the Bobcats by a score of 11-7 and 14-3 back on April 2. “We have to prepare for Bloomfield – [Everbody] is there for a reason in the tournament,” said Sarracino of the upcoming rematch with Bloomfield.
The Bobcats were third in district 1 just behind Aztec (9-1) and Miyamura (8-2), they split in their last two games: A 5- 2 win over Miyamura on April 26 and 6-5 loss to Kirtland Central April 28. The Pirates most recent game was last Friday, when they ably defeated district rival, the Belen Eagles, by a score of 12- 2.
“We can’t afford any mistakes – Bloomfield is a good team,” said Sarracino as the Pirates practice this week for what could be a total of three games. “We need to play mistake free baseball – that is what will make the difference in the outcome.”
The Pirates were second in their district just behind St. Pius (18-4, 7-1) who received the number two seed and will play Ruidoso High School (11- 10, 5-4).
GHS Sports Wrap-Up
Pirate Track and Field
The Lady Pirates Track and Field team burned up the track last Friday, April 29 at the Bloomfield High School’s 63rd Bloomfield Invitational. They set a record for Grants High School in a new race, the 4x800, with a time of 11:19:20. Participating in the relay: Iyessa Arriaga, Mia Apodaca, Skylar Charlie and Marina Lucero.
Iyessa Arriaga placed first in the girls 1600 meter run with a time of 6:12, and first in the girl’s 800 meter run with a time of 2:35.
Mia Apodaca placed second in the girl’s 200- meter dash with a time of 32.03. Apodaca also placed third in the girl’s 300-meter hurdles with a time of 57.14. Skylar Charlie placed second in the girls 3200 meter run with a time of 12:55. Marina Lucero placed fourth in the girl’s triple jump.
The track and field teams will be back in action this weekend as they compete in their district track and field meet this upcoming weekend.
Pirate Tennis
The Lady Pirate Tennis Team will send three players to the state tennis tournament this coming weekend after competing in the district tournament last weekend. Karsyn Cash and Alexia Munson placed third in districts and Chloe Rychener placed fourth.
Softball
The Lady Pirate Softball Team finished the season 4-17, 2-6 and lost their last two games.
On April 28 they lost to Belen High School by a score of 18-2; then, on Saturday, April 20, they lost to Valencia High School by a score of 22-0. The Lady Pirates fielded three seniors, Kylie Nodman, Aubrey Trujillo and Cadence Clark.