Football, volleyball coaches polls

So Darren is covering the Avalanche in Denver tonight while I go through the daily routine. He's shadowing one of the Denver Post's beat writers for the Avalanche. Regardless, I hate him. No, no I don't.

Should be a good time, though, especially considering Darren's affinity for all things Denver. And he's promised plenty of good blogging from the press box and following the game. By the way, he may or may not have a man crush on Joe Sakic. I'm just sayin'.

Let's move on to this week's coaches polls for prep football and volleyball. On second thought, because my computer is of the 1960s variety and is trying to load one of those pesky Word documents, here's an additional thought: The Twins won last night! They're now a game and a half back of the Black .... I mean White .... Sox.

OK, here's the polls.

Coaches Association Top 10 Polls
* Last week's ranking in parentheses
Football

Class 5A
1.    Mayfield (2)
2.    Las Cruces (1)
3.    Eldorado (3)
4.    Clovis (5)
5.    La Cueva (4)
6.    Sandia (6)
7.    Manzano (8)
8.    Rio Rancho (7)
9.    Oñate (9)
10.   Cibola (10)
Others receiving votes: Hobbs 11, Rio Grande 10, Carlsbad 7, Valley 2.

Class 4A
1.    Goddard (1)
2.    Artesia (2)
3.    Aztec (3)
4.    Moriarty (4)
5.    Belen (6)
6.    Piedra Vista (9)
7.    Silver (10)
8.    St. Pius (8)
9.    Kirtland Central (7)
10.   Los Alamos (5)
Others receiving votes:  Roswell 12, Del Norte 9, Volcano Vista 8, Farmington 7, Bernalillo 6, Capital 2, Santa Teresa 2, Atrisco Heritage 1.

Class 3A
1.    Portales (1)
2.    St. Mikes (3)
3.    Lovington (1)
4.    Socorro (4)
5.    Bloomfield (7)
6.    Cobre (5)
7.    Ruidoso (6)
8.    Hatch (not ranked)
9.    Raton (9)
10.   Hot Springs (8)
Others receiving votes:  Academy 15, W. Las Vegas 7, Robertson 3, Crownpoint 1.

Class 2A
1.    Santa Rosa (1)
2.    Lordsburg  (2)
3.    Texico (4)
4.    Dexter (3)
5.    Tularosa (5)
6.    Estancia (6)
7.    Capitan (8)
8.    Cloudcroft (7)
9.    Tucumcari (10)
10.   Eunice (9)
Others receiving votes:  Laguna Acoma 12, Loving 4, Ramah 4, NMMI 2.

Volleyball
Class 5A
1.    Rio Rancho (1)
2.    La Cueva (3)
3.    Las Cruces (2)
4.    Mayfield (4)
5.    Gadsden (5)
6.    Eldorado (6)
7.    Clovis (7)
8.    Cibola (7)
9.    Sandia (7)
10.   Manzano (10)
Others receiving votes: Los Lunas 11, Hobbs 6, Alamogordo 5, Oñate 2, and Gallup 1.

Class 4A
Not enough coaches voted.  Only schools to vote were Artesia, Goddard, Roswell, Academy, Moriarty and Volcano Vista.

Class 3A
1.    Pojoaque (1)
2.    Ruidoso (3)
3.    Robertson (6)
4.    Portales (4)
5.    St. Michael's (5)
6.    Hope Christian (9)
7.    Santa Fe Indian (not ranked)
8.    Bloomfield (10)\
9.    Hatch (not ranked)
10.   Crownpoint (not ranked)
Others receiving votes:  Wingate 9, Dexter 8, W. Las Vegas 4, Socorro 4, Raton 2, Laguna-Acoma 2, Hot Springs 1, Lovington 1.

Class 2A
1.    Texico (1)
2.    Estancia (2)
3.    Mesilla Valle (3)
4.    Navajo Prep (4)
5.    Tularosa (6)
6.    Jal (5)
7.    Mora (7)
8.    Clayton (9)
9.    Santa Rosa (not ranked)
10.   Rehoboth (not ranked)
Others receiving votes:  Jemez Valley 11, Capitan 11, Penasco 9, Navajo Pine 7, Escalante 7, Santa Fe Prep 7, Eunice 7, McCurdy 6, Coronado 2, Hagerman 2, Questa 1, Lordsburg 1.