Guillen Scores Late To Lift Rio Rancho Over Los Alamos
Rams’ Pribble Wins AHA Invitational
The last three times the Rio Rancho boys soccer team played Los Alamos, the Rams and Hilltoppers needed overtime.
They were one minute away from a fourth straight OT on Wednesday until Sergio Guillen’s rocket blast from about 20 yards out.
That was the game-winner in the Rams’ 2-1 victory at Rio Rancho.
Guillen received a touch pass from Zach Jeffery in the 79th minute and put the shot home.
Nathaniel Trujillo had a first-half goal for the Rams, who improved to 6-2.
Los Alamos had played five straight overtime games this season prior to Wednesday.
The Rams are home for Gadsden at 1 p.m. Saturday, then travel to Bosque School on Tuesday afternoon. Rio Rancho has rescheduled a game with Sandia for next Wednesday, in Rio Rancho at 4 p.m.
The Rio Rancho’s girls soccer team lost Wednesday night at Los Alamos, 2-1.
The Hilltoppers overcame a 1-0 deficit after Brittany Shrader’s early goal.
Late last week, the Rams (6-3) had a 10-0 shutout of Belen. Imani Morlock and Shrader each scored a pair of goals in the rout for Rio Rancho. Makenna Johnson and Brianna Hemmert each added a goal and two assists.
The Rams are at Sandia Prep on Friday afternoon at 3. They play host to Gadsden at 1 p.m. Saturday. On Tuesday, the Rams are home again, to Bosque School, at 4 p.m.
CLEVELAND: The Storm’s boys and girls were at the Albuquerque Academy Invitational last weekend. The girls finished sixth, the boys eighth.
The girls fell 3-1 in the tournament opener to Sandia Prep, with Audriana Chavez getting the lone Cleveland goal.
Cleveland (6-4) rebounded to beat Las Cruces 4-1 in the second round behind a pair of goals from Lucy Chalgren. The Storm lost 2-1 to the host Chargers in overtime in the fifth-place game. Chalgren had the regulation goal for the Storm, in the 70th minute.
Cleveland is off until Tuesday, when it travels to Farmington.
The boys lost a pair of 1-0 games to open the Academy tournament — first to Oñate, the eventual tournament champion, and then to Hope Christian in the second round.
David Duran had a goal in Saturday’s seventh-place game against Los Alamos, but the Hilltoppers eventually won 5-4 in a penalty-kick shootout.
Cleveland (4-6 overall, but 1-6 since a 3-0 start) visit Clovis on Saturday.
Cross-Country
Rio Rancho sophomore Brianna Pribble on Saturday captured first place at the Atrisco Heritage Academy Invitational.
Pribble ran a time of 20 minutes, 53 seconds.
The Rams finished third as a team, with 91 points, following La Cueva (57) and Volcano Vista (68).
Also for Rio Rancho, freshman Joana Fernandez was ninth (22:21), junior Dottie Smith was 20th (23:05), senior Carolyn Warner was 26th (23:39) and senior Celina Cordova was 35th (24:54).
The boys placed fourth with 81 points. The top three were Eldorado (48), Volcano Vista (55) and La Cueva (67).
Volcano Vista’s Zac Castillo was the individual winner.
The Rams rested their top two runners, Ryan Betty and Preston Charlie.
For Rio Rancho, the top finisher was junior Caleb Epps, in fourth place with a time of 18:09. Also, freshman Mike Goke was ninth (18:24), junior Fernando Lucero was 18th (18:38), junior Abran Ramos was 22nd (18:42) and senior Adrian Dominguez was 28th (19:02).
Cleveland had the week off. The Storm will join Rio Rancho — and Los Alamos — at the Socorro Stampede on Friday. The varsity races begin in the late afternoon.
Volleyball
Rio Rancho finished second in the Albuquerque Metro Championships last weekend to Cleveland.
The Rams beat Volcano Vista in the quarterfinals and Cibola in the semifinals to advance to meet the Storm.
In the win over the Storm, Erika Bolling had 14 kills, Haley Ng recorded 31 assists and Aimee Molina had 12 digs.
Against Cibola, Bolling ripped off 15 kills, with teammate Melissa Beck adding six kills.
Ng doled out 33 assists, and Molina dug 16 shots from the Hawks.
The Rams play St. Pius tonight, then take on both Las Cruces and Mayfield on Saturday in Rio Rancho. The Trojans are up first at noon, followed at 3 p.m. by the Bulldawgs.