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Gateway Christian, Estancia Seek Three-Peats
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Things haven't gone according to plan for Gateway Christian this
school year -- not the plan based upon last year's success, at any
rate.
But the athletes at the Class 1A Roswell private school will have
one more chance to do once what they did three times in 2006-07: Win
a state championship.
After piling up blue firstplace trophies in football, basketball
and baseball a year ago, Gateway Christian was stymied on the turf
and the hardwood.
But on the diamond, the Warri...
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Gateway Christian Triumphs Warriors Will Face Dora for State Title
Albuquerque Journal
; RIO RANCHO -- Gateway Christian, behind an athletic defense that caused Cimarron difficulty, earned its first berth in a state championship. The Warriors will face Dora in Saturday's 6:30 p.m. Class 1A boys basketball championship in the Pit. GATEWAY CHRISTIAN 60, CIMARRON 45: Jevvon Hunter scored
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Gateway Christian Pulls Away From Dora To Earn Crown
Albuquerque Journal
; When Gateway Christian won state titles in baseball last spring and in eight-man football a few months ago, one thing's for sure -- there wasn't anything close to the crowd that was around when the Warriors won in basketball Saturday night. At the Pit, just as the crowd for the 5A championship game
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Texico Punishes Steers
Albuquerque Journal
; Gateway Christian To Offer Opposition in Final CLASS 1A Two baseball programs still in their infancy will meet for the Class 1A state title at 9 a.m. today at Isotopes Park. Texico, in its fourth year of baseball, blew by Magdalena in one semifinal at St. Pius to earn a final berth. Gateway
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Elida Upsets No. 1 Cliff Rams, Warriors Reach Semifinals
Albuquerque Journal
; RIO RANCHO -- Cimarron and Gateway Christian, seeded second and third in the Class 1A boys state playoffs, won but No. 1 Cliff fell to Elida. The second-seeded Rams rolled past Animas while Gateway Christian had only slightly more difficulty with Carrizozo. "That (Jevvon) Hunter kid is good," said
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Baseball Championships Will Start Monday
Albuquerque Journal
; ALBUQUERQUE -- All was quiet at Lobo Field Saturday morning. By high noon Monday, Capital's upstart baseball team hopes to change all that by celebrating the program's biggest upset ever. Making their first appearance at the state tournament in 13 years, the Jaguars will take on preseason favorite
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Cimarron Boys Fall in Semifinals Careless play finally catches up to Rams in loss to Gateway Christian
Albuquerque Journal
; RIO RANCHO -- Some in the Cimarron contingent insisted that the Rams boys basketball team didn't play very well in a victory over Animas in the opening round of the Class 1A state tournament. Needless to say, after a 60-45 loss to Gateway Christian in the semifinals on Thursday at the Santa Ana
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SOMETHING NEW Eight-man football's launch will either help or kill the six-man game
Albuquerque Journal
; Eight-man's introduction to the state's high school football scene means there are two certainties in store for the prep game this fall. First, no one is really sure what to expect in what should be a wide-open race for the inaugural eight-man title. Second, eight-man will either be the death or
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IN THE END, TALENT NETS SCHOLARSHIPS.(SPORTS)
The Virginian Pilot
; Byline: Paul White If you've got enough game, college recruiters will find a way to know your name. It's a simple truth, but one that is often lost on athletes, and especially their parents, in their misguided zeal to make a connection between media coverage and their child's college prospects.
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Gateway Outslugs Texico
Albuquerque Journal
; This time around, Gateway Christian wasn't going to be denied. In a game in which there were six lead changes and 10 errors, the No. 1-seeded Warriors beat Texico 17-13 at Isotopes Park on Friday morning for their first Class 1A state baseball championship. In the process, Gateway Christian avenged
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Top-Seeded Gateway Christian Avoids Upset Gallup Catholic KOs No. 2 Elida
Albuquerque Journal
; LOS LUNAS -- Wednesday's early quarterfinal games in the Class 1A state baseball tourney didn't go off without an upset. And there were almost two. In the opener, top-seeded Gateway Christian survived a scare from Magdalena, but in the final game of the night, No. 2 Elida fell to Gallup Catholic.
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