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The penultimate Tuesday of prep baseball鈥檚 regular season created slightly more anarchy than clarity.

Grants in District 5-4A avoided some of this tumult with a huge road win at St. Pius. Hope Christian earned an important victory over 6-4A-leading Albuquerque Academy. District 1-5A continues to be a headache to predict, and Tuesday鈥檚 results further fueled the confusion.

Cibola鈥檚 10-7, come-from-behind upset win over No. 1-ranked Piedra Vista on the West Side was the Cougars鈥� second consecutive victory over Class 5A鈥檚 top-ranked team. They beat the previous No. 1, Cleveland, last Friday.

All this is even more surprising when you consider that these are Cibola鈥檚 only two league wins.

鈥淚t has been 鈥� a rollercoaster of a season,鈥� Cougars coach Robert Puentes said. 鈥淲e knew we had a good team, I just don鈥檛 think we lived up to our expectations to this point.鈥�

The unpredictable Cougars 鈥� who need all the wins they can stack just to ensure they qualify for the playoffs 鈥� started Tuesday tied for last place in the district. But they鈥檝e shown flashes of good baseball; this team also has nondistrict victories over fourth-ranked La Cueva and sixth-ranked Eldorado this season.

Senior catcher Isaac Brito belted a pair of two-run home runs for Cibola on Tuesday.

Cibola (10-13, 2-5 in 1-5A) trailed 5-1 headed to the bottom of the fourth. It later scored three in the bottom of the fifth, sparked by Brito鈥檚 first homer which tied the Panthers (20-3, 5-2) at 5-all. The Cougars then scored five in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by Tyler Wright鈥檚 two-RBI double and Brito鈥檚 second bomb of the day, over the left-field fence.

Wright drove in three runs in Cibola鈥檚 win.

鈥淭hat has been the discussion the last week and a half,鈥� Puentes said, 鈥渢hat we need to do something with these last five games. That鈥檚 the nightmare of our district. But in our situation, it also provides us with some golden opportunities. We鈥檒l see if we can play our way in.鈥�

Piedra Vista鈥檚 loss allowed third-ranked Rio Rancho (19-4, 6-1) to take over solo first place in 1-5A. The Rams pounded 近距离内射合集 Vista 18-3 in six innings on Tuesday.

Cleveland (21-2, 5-2) won big, 16-10 at Farmington on Tuesday. Anthony Del Angel hit a fourth-inning grand slam for the Storm who had 20 hits.

In 4A action Tuesday, No. 8-ranked Grants rolled into Albuquerque and beat No. 7 St. Pius 4-2, and the Pirates (15-8, 6-0), who have won 10 games in a row, all but clinched the District 5-4A title .

Senior Estevan Barela was outstanding for the Pirates, pitching a complete-game three-hitter; both the runs he gave up to the Sartans (11-12, 3-3) were unearned.

鈥淗e pitched amazing,鈥� Grants coach Mike Furbee said. 

And he was clutch. St. Pius loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth in a game that was then 2-1 for Grants, and escaped having just given up one game-tying run on a double play.

The Pirates, whose lineup is comprised mostly of underclassmen (just two seniors), broke that 2-2 tie in the top of the sixth with a pair of runs.

The go-ahead run scored on a passed ball. Barela added an RBI single right on top of that to plate Zeth Villasana for a 4-2 lead.

鈥淲e still do things to kind of hurt ourselves,鈥� Furbee said of his young group, 鈥渂ut we鈥檙e able to work through them and that is a huge part (of why we鈥檝e won 10 in a row).鈥�

In another important 4A matchup Tuesday, fourth-ranked Albuquerque Academy had a chance to lock up the 6-4A title, but the Chargers鈥� 8-5 loss to No. 6-ranked Hope Christian will delay Academy鈥檚 plans.

鈥淭hat was important to us,鈥� Huskies coach Fernando Salinas said. 鈥淲e had been up and down all season 鈥� today was a good win for us, it really was.鈥�

Academy (16-7, 5-1) led 5-2 in the third when Hope (17-6, 4-2) erupted for five runs.

Brandon Wiles delivered the key swing for the Huskies. Trailing 5-4, he lashed a triple to left, scoring a pair of runs, giving Hope the lead. He scored moments later on a sacrifice fly for a 7-5 edge.

The Huskies added an insurance run in the sixth. Hope is angling for a first-round home series for the upcoming 4A playoffs; the Huskies face a crucial matchup with third-place Valley (6-15, 3-2) on Friday, and the Vikings have already beaten Hope once, in a 10-inning game on April 7.

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