Alamogordo Tiger of the Week and Volleyball State Rankings

Daisha Savoy of Tiger Cheer was named the 11/8/24 Tiger Athlete of the Week hosted by 101.9 FM 1230 AM Sports and is sponsored by Tularosa Basin Telephone Company/Tularosa Communications, Inc. and The Winners' Circle.

Volleyball state tournament has No. 10 Cloudcroft facing No. 7 Tatum in the 2A State Tournament.  The Lady Bears will play Thursday at 12 PM at Rio Rancho HS.

Volleyball - Gadsden defeated Alamogordo in straight sets (27-25, 25-13, 25-19). The Lady Tigers finished the season at 1-22, 0-10 in district.

Brackets for all levels of state championships can be found at https://www.maxpreps.com/nm/volleyball/playoffs/

Here are the Sept. 30 coaches top 10 polls for high school volleyball teams in New Mexico. The number in parentheses is how many points the team received - and how many first-place votes, if any.

Class 5A

1. Las Cruces, 11-0 (196 - 17)

2. Cleveland, 10-2 (166 - 2)

3. La Cueva, 6-2 (147)

4. Los Lunas, 6-4 (110)

5. Albuquerque, 7-5 (89)

6. Santa Fe, 9-1 (85)

7. Centennial, 6-4 (71)

8. Rio Rancho, 7-4 (52)

9. Roswell, 12-1 (39)

10. Cibola, 7-4 (24)

Class 4A

1. St. Pius X, 7-2 (159 - 15)

2. Albuquerque Academy, 7-4 (131 - 1)

3. Hope Christian, 10-3 (113)

4. Silver, 11-1 (94)

5. Artesia, 6-3 (86)

6. Portales, 7-5 (60)

7. Valley, 9-4 (53 - 1)

8. Santa Teresa, 8-4 (43)

9. Goddard, 5-5 (35)

10. Valencia, 5-5 (33)

Class 3A

1. West Las Vegas, 11-1 (168 - 8)

2. St. Michael's, 7-4 (147 - 6)

3. Santa Fe Indian, 7-3 (103 - 1)

4. Robertson, 9-2 (79 - 1)

5. Santa Fe Prep, 11-2 (75)

6. Dexter, 11-1 (73 - 2)

7. Cottonwood Classical, 12-3 (68)

8. Cobre, 7-5 (67)

9. Sandia Prep, 5-8 (66)

10. Tohatchi, 8-2 (53)

Class 2A

1. Texico, 9-2 (166 - 9)

2. Legacy Academy, 9-2 (159 - 7)

3. Mesilla Valley, 10-2 (139 - 2)

4. Tucumcari, 9-4 (105)

5. Laguna Acoma, 5-3 (92)

6. Questa, 10-1 (62)

7. Raton, 7-3 (56)

8. Lordsburg, 6-4 (39)

9. Tatum, 6-5 (34)

10. Escalante, 7-4 (30)

Class 1A

1. Logan, 10-3 (152 - 12)

2. Melrose, 8-2 (127 - 3)

3. Fort Sumner/House, 7-5 (115)

T-4. Elida, 10-3 (107)

T-4. Gateway Christian, 8-2 (107)

6. Mosquero/Roy, 10-3 (71)

7. Grady, 10-3 (55)

8. Magdalena, 8-2 (50)

9. Pine Hill, 9-2 (33)

10. Quemado, 8-3 (30)

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