Gary Herron

1 week ago | rrobserver.com | Gary Herron

RIO RANCHO — When the New Mexico Activities Association released its bracket for the Nusenda Credit Union State Baseball Tournament, seeing the Cleveland and Rio Rancho high school baseball teams awarded home field advantage for the best-of-three series this weekend wouldn’t have surprised anyone. Both city teams have appeared in the last two state championship games: The Storm (18-8 and 10-2 at home) lost last May’s battle with La Cueva.

1 week ago | rrobserver.com | Gary Herron

RIO RANCHO — It’s been a good run, no doubt about it, for Steve Mackie and his partners — wife Dana Miller-Mackie and her brother, Mike Miller — and their Tenpins & More bowling center. “We purchased Fun Lanes in December 1999,” Mackie pointed out in a letter to his customers, some new and some loyalists since the end of the 20th century.

1 week ago | rrobserver.com | Gary Herron

RIO RANCHO — Among the myriad sports clichés is this one: You want to finish the season strong. That’s not exactly how the regular season ended for the Rio Rancho High School softball team, which ended its three-game skid Friday, May 2, with a 5-3 win over Cleveland at the Shock Yards. Last week, the evening after a loss to visiting Piedra Vista, dropping the Rams from second to third place, came another double-digit loss to No. 2 La Cueva, which racked up its 17th win in a row.

2 weeks ago | rrobserver.com | Gary Herron

RIO RANCHO — Rio Rancho High School senior Adan Bustos didn’t pitch like he was sick on April 22, Senior Day for the Rams baseball team. He pitched the final five innings, scattering three hits and striking out five — and twice got out of jams when the visiting Volcano Vista Hawks had a runner at third base. The Rams’ shutout over the Hawks, combined with Cleveland’s loss that same afternoon, put Rio Rancho back atop the District 1-5A standings.

2 weeks ago | rrobserver.com | Gary Herron

RIO RANCHO — There’s not a lot of the proverbial “wiggle room” these days in high school baseball. It's the last week of the regular season, and the City of Vision’s two teams, probably all but assured of home field advantage for the first round’s two-of-three series May 9-10, are battling to finish first in District 1-5A.