Sports

Prep Redzone National Combine Series Comes to Grants High School

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Thats right! For the 1st time ever, Prep Redzone, a National High School Football platform brings its top ranked national football combine to New Mexico! More importantly, to Grants High School! Any high school football player, nationwide is welcome to attend the combine and begin the recruitment process by displaying their skills and abilities in front of collegiate coaches and recruiters! This is a HUGE opportunity for NM high school athletes, but even more, for our Pirates! This combine is an invite combine with limited spaces for players that want to sign up. The best competition at every position from all around NM and the surrounding states will be here! Grants High School, Head Football Coach, Steve Brown said, 'This is a very exciting opportunity for GHS, as it gives us a chance to see what the best competition out there looks like and to see how our kids measure up. It's also an opportunity for us to showoff our beautiful field and scenic Mt. Taylor backdrop'. 'I'm very excited for some of our players to take advantage of this opportunity and start the process of building on our resume of getting kids an opportunity to play college football and continue to build their academic resume'. 'I would like to invite any Pirate athlete that is looking to play football at the collegiate level to register and if you're planning to attend the PRZ Combine at Grants High School on April 13, use the coupon code HoodCombine24 at checkout and get a discount'. This is a great opportunity to be seen by college coaches and recruiters and I hope to see you there!

Athlete of the Week

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GHS Boys Basketball Team for having a very successful season and making it to quarter finals at the Nusenda Credit Union state boys basketball tournament at 'The Pit.' The Pirate finished with a 18-12 and 4-4 record..

New Mexico United Announces Signing of Kris Shakes

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM – New Mexico United is excited to announce the signing of goalkeeper Kris Shakes ahead of the 2024 season, pending league and federation approval. Shakes comes to the Black & Yellow following a terrific collegiate career at Pennsylvania State University, where he earned all-Big Ten honors and 21 career shutouts.

New Mexicans to the Next Level! New Mexico United Announces Academy Contracts of Jace Sais, Jackson Dubois, and Yuto Oketani

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM - New Mexico United is thrilled to announce that three New Mexicans and United Academy players Yuto Oketani, Jace Sais, and Jackson DuBois have signed Academy Contracts, allowing them to play first-team matches, while maintaining their amateur eligibility. These three players have earned this opportunity through their hard work and talent, and have been participating in first-team training and preseason matches.

Pirates Over Silver—Pit Bound

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If there is a perennial goal of any high school basketball team in the state of New Mexico it is to make it to “The Pit”—-the New Mexico prep basketball holy land. “The Pit” at the University of New Mexico is where the Nusenda Credit Union state boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments are held every March.

Athlete of the Week

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This week’s Athletes of the Week are Cody Melonas (gray shirt) and Tristin Fernandez (black shirt) of the Grants High School Boys’ Basketball Team. Melonas went five for six on the free throw line in the crucial 4th quarter and Fernandez had seven points in that quarter as well in the 59-54 win over Silver High School last Saturday in the first round of the state basketball tournament..

New Mexico Ice Wolves Capture South Division Regular Season Championship Assuring all Divisional Playoff Games will be at Home

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The New Mexico Ice Wolves NA3HL team today announced that as the NA3HL South Division Champions, all divisional playoff games will be at home. Fans can witness the start of their quest for the 2024 NA3HL Fraser Cup National Championship as tickets are now available for its South Division Semifinals Playoff series which begins Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Outpost Ice Arenas in Albuquerque.

‘Thrilling Match Up’---Pirates to Face Silver

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Pirates Ahoy! The Grants High School Pirate boys basketball team have hit some Pirate treasure in a “thrilling match up” as they land an 8 seed at the Nusenda Credit Union boys state basketball tournament which entitles them to host a home game. They will play against the 9th seeded Silver High School, the district champ from district 3 4-A, in the first round of the state tournament.

Pirates Poised for District Tournament

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Franklin Romero, Sports Correspondent “We know the challenge of beating a team three times,” said GHS boys basketball head coach Landon Chavez. They will face off at home against the Belen Eagles for a third time in the district tournament.