The document provides updates on several high school and college sports teams in the area. It discusses volleyball and football games for local high schools including wins and losses. It also summarizes recent soccer games for Trinidad State Junior College men's and women's teams, including results of out-of-state matches and their standings going into an upcoming playoff.

1. The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado “Weekend Edition” Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 17-19, 2014 Page 9 AREA SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL ACTION
Weekend Prep Roundup
By Adam Sperandio
The Chronicle-News
Volleyball
Hoehne Farmers
Record: 13-5 Overall, 11-4 League
Upcoming matches: Districts October
21-23
After losing a heartbreaking match to
Rye in five sets last Saturday, the Lady
Farmers bounced back by defeating Rocky
Ford and Swallows Charter Academy this
week. With an 11-4 league record the Farm-ers
have locked up the No. 3 seed going into
the district tournament October 21-23.
Trinidad Miners
Record: 5-12 Overall, 2-6 League
Upcoming Matches: @ Salida October
18, @ James Irwin October 21, Lamar Octo-ber
23
The Lady Miners struggles continue after
dropping three of their last four contests to
St. Mary’s, Colorado Springs Christian and
Raton. They hit the road to take on Salida
and James Irwin before wrapping up the sea-son
at home against Lamar on October 23.
Primero Bulldogs
Record: 5-12 Overall, 2-6 League
Upcoming Matches: @ Sangre De Cris-to
October 17, Des Moines October 18
The Lady Bulldogs have lost 21 out of
their last 22 sets while riding a seven game
losing streak that included Kim and An-tonito
next week. The schedule doesn’t get
much easier for them as they hit the road to
take on the No. 16 Sangre De Cristo T-Birds
tonight before wrapping up the regular sea-son
against Des Moines tomorrow. Primero
defeated the Demons in their last meeting
on September 19.
Aguilar Wildcats
Record: 1-12 Overall, 1-9 League
Upcoming Matches: Districts Oc-tober
21-23
The Lady Wildcats wrapped up the
regular season with a loss to the No.
10 ranked La Veta Redskins on Tues-day.
The Lady Cats will prepare for
districts October 21-23.
Football
Hoehne Farmers
Record: 6-1 Overall, 4-0 League
Friday Night Opponent: @ Simla
7 p.m.
The Farmers continue to roll, de-feating
Kiowa in blowout fashion last
Friday night. The No. 10 team in the
land will have their hands full Friday
night as they hit the road to take on
the No. 6 Simla Cubs in a contest that
will determine the Southern Confer-ence
Championship.
Trinidad Miners
Record: 3-4 Overall, 0-3 League
Friday Night Opponent: @ Manitou
Springs 7 p.m.
The Miners loss to St. Mary’s pretty
much sealed their post-season fate for the
second year in a row. With two games left
on the schedule, the Miners travel to Mani-tou
Friday night to take on a Mustang team
who has lost their last five in a row by a
Clockwise from above, AJ Ortivez, #32 above, and Cody Simpson, #8 below, will lead the Aguilar
Wildcats against the Primero Bulldogs when the two teams hit the gridiron against each other
for the first time in over 10 years Saturday afternoon in Primero. Jordan Trujillo, #7, and the Lady
Farmers locked up the No. 3 seed in the district tourney that will start next weekend.
combined score of 96-14. A win Friday night
and on the road against La Junta next week
combined with some outside help could
definitely improve their case for one of five
wildcard spots left.
Primero Bulldogs
Record: 1-6 Overall, 1-3 League
Saturday Afternoon Opponent: Agui-lar
3 p.m.
The Dogs were able to avenge their open-ing
day loss to Antonito by defeating the
Trojans last Saturday on the road by a final
score of 70-24. The Dogs offense has been on
a tear as of late, averaging over 600 yards
a game in their last three contests. They’ll
have a chance to improve those numbers
when the Aguilar Wildcats come to town to
renew a rivalry that is over 50 years old.
Aguilar Wildcats
Record: 0-6 Overall 0-4 League
Saturday Afternoon Opponent: @
Primero 3 p.m.
The Cats were able to move the ball last
week pretty well against the Southwest
Photos by Adam Sperandio/The Chronicle-News
Conference Champion Mountain Valley
Indians, however they failed to reach the
end zone for the fourth game of the season.
Coach Porter and his squad will wrap up
their season Saturday afternoon when they
renew their long standing rivalry against
the Primero Bulldogs.
TRINIDAD STATE
By Mike Salbato
Correspondent
The Chronicle-News
It has been an injury
plagued season for Coach
Miller’s Lady Trojans, but
despite the losses of many of
the sophomores, including
two All-Region defenders,
they have fought their way
into playoff contention. Now,
with only a pair of important
Region IX matchups to go, it is
crunch time for the Trojans.
TSJC is 8-6-1 overall and
5-4-1 in the region and will
host Northwest College and
Sheridan this Friday and
Saturday at Central Park. A
pair of wins should put the
team squarely into the playoff
picture, while a pair of losses
may leave them on the out-side
looking in.
The past ten days have
seen the Trojans on the road
for five games, four of them
against conference foes. On
October 3, they faced Western
Nebraska earning redemp-tion
from an earlier season
loss and a huge road win.
Late goals from Braelah Mc-
Ginnis and Erica Briseno,
both on assists from Hilda
Romo, sealed the 2-0 victory.
The next day the Trojans fell
to No. 11 Laramie County
3-0. The biggest setback from
the game in Cheyenne might
have been the loss of Briseno
to a collarbone injury.
The following Wednesday,
the Trojans were in La Junta
to face the No. 5 Rattlers.
Otero caught the Trojan back-line
off guard and took an ear-ly
lead from a Megan Chan-dler
long range shot. Otero
added one in the second half,
but Manuela Porras picked
up a short pass from Romo
inside the six and found the
net to cut the deficit 2-1. Otero
scored again late to seal the
3-1 win.
This past weekend the
Lady Trojans got a key Re-gion
IX win in Rock Springs
defeating Western Wyoming
3-2. The momentum in the
contest shifted back and forth
throughout the first half as
Trinidad scored first when
Porras again found the net
on an assist from Daisy Per-ez.
Western answered at the
10-minute mark to tie it at 1-1.
Jennifer Hastings, tradition-ally
a goal keeper, scored her
first collegiate goal for TSJC
at the 30-minute mark on an
assist from Romo and Sierra
Valerio to reclaim the lead.
Western tied it up again just
prior to the half to send the
squads to the locker room
knotted at 2-2. “My girl’s
played very tough throughout
the second half, knowing that
a win was necessary, they
played bravely and proved
they are a good team.” stated
Coach Miller. The score re-mained
tied until the 72nd
minute when Romo found
Perez for the game winner.
The Trojans finally
wrapped up the long road
series with a non-conference
game against No. 18 Utah
State University - College of
Eastern Utah in Price, Utah.
Despite a good first 15 min-utes
of play, with several
attacking opportunities the
Trojans could not find the net.
Playing their first home game
of the season, and with a large
and loud crowd CEU scored
off a miscommunication in
the defense. The worn down
squad fell 1-0 to the Eagles.
This weekend the Trojans
will host Northwest College,
in a game to potentially de-termine
the Region IX third
place squad in the standings,
on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
The date will also feature the
annual Pink Game. Wear
pink to the game to support
Breast Cancer Awareness.
The American Cancer Soci-ety
will be on hand accept-ing
donations. On Saturday
evening the Sophomores will
be honored prior to the 6 p.m.
kickoff against Sheridan Col-lege
of Sheridan, Wyoming.
The Lady Trojans will then
wrap up their regular season
next Friday with a non-region
game against Dodge City at 6
p.m. at Central Park.
City of Trinidad’s Main St.
Program will be sponsoring:
Trinidad Conversations
e public is invited to attend and
join in the conversation. Each
week will feature a new topic.
Monday, October 20th
8:00 am to 9:30 am
City Council Chambers
Topic: Social Media
Mike Salbato / The Chronicle-News
Hilda Romo winds up to fire a shot against Otero in La Junta. The sophomore midfielder has been
keeping the Trojan offense in gear with nine assists and three goals on the season.
Lady Trojans hunting playoff spot

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Ricardo Zacarias, above, attempts to head the ball in on a set play against Otero. The sophomore
is one of the top goal scorers in the nation with 14 goals scored this year. Alan Garcia Pena, left,
drills a free kick toward the Otero goal. The Trojan Midfielder has 11 assists this season.
NEW WIRELESS STORE
Photos by Mike Salbato / The Chronicle-News
Cricket makes debut in Trinidad
Special to The Chronicle News
The first Cricket Wireless store in Trini-dad
answers the call for a reliable nationwide
wireless network. Cricket Wireless invites
area residents to the grand opening of its first
store in Trinidad. The company brings a first-class
wireless experience to the area, giving
Trinidad’s value-conscious customers more
4G LTE coverage than Sprint, T-Mobile, Boost
Mobile or Metro PCS.
The grand opening will be this weekend,
Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
each day. The new store is located at 2118 Free-dom
Rd. in Trinidad.
Cricket offers consumers easy and afford-able
unlimited wireless plans starting at $35
a month after a $5 credit for using Auto Pay.
They also have a great lineup of phones, a loy-alty
rewards program and a fresh, friendly
experience in stores and online. Now through
November 2, Cricket is offering T-Mobile and
Metro PCS customers a $100 bill credit at
Cricket stores nationwide and online. There
is no limit on the number of lines a customer
can switch to Cricket, receiving a $100 bill
credit for each line transferred.
The company’s family-friendly stores cre-ate
a warm environment designed to put cus-tomers
at ease. Dealer employees are ready to
greet customers and help them select the best
device and plan to suit their individual needs.
There are even dog water bowls for customers’
canine friends.
Cricket is a subsidiary of ATT Inc. To
learn more about Cricket visit www.crick-etwireless.
com and connect with them on Face-book
at facebook.com/cricketnation and Twit-ter
at twitter.com/Cricketnation.
TRINIDAD STATE
No. 9 Trojans
wrap up regular
soccer season
By Mike Salbato
Correspondent
The Chronicle-News
The Trojan Soccer team has worked their
way into the top 10 of the NJCAA National
rankings. But, the real work is ready to start
as the No. 9 squad will wrap up regular season
play this weekend and prepare for the play-offs.
The team now holds a record of 13-1-1 on
the year, with home games against Northwest
College and Sheridan this weekend.
The Trojans were undefeated before head-ing
into a five-game road swing, but fell to
Western Nebraska in an overtime match 0-1.
They then tied a tough Laramie County CC
club in Cheyenne by a score of 1-1. Against
the WNCC Cougars the Trojans had 15 shots
on goal but were unable to find the back of the
net. In the first overtime WNCC’s David Her-nandez
capitalized on a header, placing the
shot into the lower left corner, beating two de-fenders
and the TSJC goalkeeper for the win.
The next day the Trojans starting the scor-ing
with a goal from Ricardo Zacarias in the
35th minute on an assist from Aleksa Blago-jevic,
LCCC then evened it up in the second
half and the teams played to a 1-1 draw.
Last Wednesday TSJC headed to La Junta
to take on Region IX – South rivals Otero JC.
The Trojans struck early when Blagojevic
tapped in a rebound off a free kick from Alan
Garcia Pena. Twenty minutes later Jose Mar-tinez
crossed a beautiful ball through the box
and Oscar Rivero headed it into the net for the
2-0 lead. In the 60th minute Rivero took a pass
on the edge of the box from Payton Reynolds,
and fired it across the box to Zacarias who
blasted it into the back of the net. Zacarias
would get his second of the game fighting his
way through three defenders to score off a long
pass from Brayan Molina. After an Otero goal
Shawn Rusk would finish out the scoring tak-ing
an assist from Joseph Leal and driving it
past the keeper. The final in La Junta was 5-1
in favor of the Trojans.
This past weekend the Trojans took on
Western Wyoming in Rock Springs. TSJC
got three goals early from Zacarias, Marti-nez
and Wesley Padgett, and then a late goal
from Lukas Smith to claim the 4-0 region win.
Saad Hissien had a pair of assists in the con-test.
TSJC wrapped up the long road trip in
Price, Utah with a hard fought 1-0 win over
the College of Eastern Utah. CEU, a first-year
program, was hosting its first home game of
the season before a very loud and vocal crowd.
Julian Padilla scored a very smart goal from a
set play served in by Molina for the only goal
of the contest.
“The boys really showed some resiliency
on the road. Playing five games in nine days,
while covering a lot of miles, is a challenge for
any program. It is important to learn from the
loss and tie, and even in the winning games
where we are not playing as cleanly as we
should be… It is time to become polished for
playoffs. Every day we are refining what we
do, making things occur automatically, and
learning more about our group. The hours
have been committed… We watch film, make
adjustments in trainings, focus on fitness,
utilize scouting reports to better understand
our opponents, and have been mentally train-ing
ourselves for the task at hand. There is
no doubt we are playing with a target on our
back. It is going to be interesting to see how we
respond in pressure situations,” stated third-year
Head Coach Aaron Miller.
This weekend the Trojans will host North-west
College on Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. dur-ing
the annual Pink Game. On Saturday after-noon
the Sophomores will be honored prior to
the 3 p.m. game against Sheridan. These two
games will wrap up regular season play for
the Trojans. Having secured the No. 1 spot in
the Region IX South division, the Trojans gain
home-field advantage for a quarterfinal game
scheduled October 25th against the No. 4 team
from the North division. Kickoff time and op-ponent
to be announced.
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