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RIO RANCHO 鈥� One of the great bounce-back stories in Class 5A softball this year has been the plight of the Cleveland Storm.

The program missed the 2025 playoffs, which is actually fairly difficult to do since roughly 75 percent of teams in the division qualify. But here Cleveland is, fresh off a tense 11-10 victory over visiting Rio Rancho on Tuesday night, suddenly two games clear of everyone else in District 1-5A and well on its way toward making sure there won鈥檛 be another playoff-less May.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just a year of maturity,鈥� Storm coach Angel Castillo said. 鈥淭hey were put in positions (last season) they weren鈥檛 familiar with, and couldn鈥檛 rise to the occasion. A year older now, and I think they really just put in a really good summer.鈥�

Cleveland is 15-6 overall and 5-0 in league play, with just five games left in the regular season. Piedra Vista and 近距离内射合集 Vista both are 3-2 in district.

The seventh-ranked Storm needed every bit of an early offensive surge, because Rio Rancho (10-10, 2-3) put together a seventh-inning rally and had the tying run at third base 鈥� and the go-ahead run at second base 鈥� when reliever Lilly Gomez, a freshman who had actually started the game, re-entered and got a strikeout to end the Rams rally.

鈥淭hey swing it really well and you know you have to put up runs against them,鈥� Castillo said. 鈥淲e did enough to win.鈥�

The Rams had the first three runs, in the first.

Julia Montoya鈥檚 two-RBI single for Cleveland helped the Storm answer three three of its own.

Cleveland tacked on four runs in the second. Montoya singled down the left-field line on her two-run basehit. This followed Danika Jaime鈥檚 two-RBI double.

With three insurance runs, the lead swelled to 11-5 in the bottom of the fourth for the Storm, and then they were in hold-on mode over the final three at-bats for Rio Rancho. The Rams plated two in the fifth, another in the sixth and two more in the seventh to nearly force extra innings.

鈥淎 little bit of pressure there (at the end), but I knew the girls behind me would back me up,鈥� said senior centerfielder Montoya, who relieved Gomez before leaving the circle at the end of the game so Gomez could finish it out. 鈥淎nd Lilli came in and did great closing it out.鈥�

Montoya had three hits and four RBIs for Cleveland in the win. 

鈥淚n this district, all you need to do is get wins, because anybody can beat anybody,鈥� Castillo said.

Montoya said the Storm has developed a toughness this season that maybe wasn鈥檛 there a season ago.

鈥淥ur coaches teach us the importance of answering back early in the game, or getting big leads,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e knew what we had to do and we fought hard to do it.鈥�

And with each win, this Cleveland dugout gains momentum.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just been our confidence and our mindset,鈥� Montoya said. 鈥淚 think we鈥檝e always had the potential there, the girls with the talent, but this year, we know we can do it.鈥�

One unique note: Rio Rancho鈥檚 Kianna Lambert scored four runs in this game without a single official at-bat. She was walked five times.

BASEBALL: Rio Rancho handed No. 1 Cleveland its first loss of the season on Tuesday, 3-2 at Rio Rancho.

The Rams鈥� Matthew Cook pitched four shutout innings and struck out six. Rio Rancho (17-4, 4-1), leading 3-0 into the seventh, held off a Storm (20-1, 4-1) rally to take the 1-5A matchup.

It is Rio Rancho鈥檚 first win over Cleveland in three meetings this season.

James Yodice covers prep sports for the Journal. You can reach him at jyodice@abqjournal.com or via X at .