Prep baseball: St. Michael's clinches District 2AAA title

Horsemen defeat Dons for 17th straight victory

The New Mexican |

5/6/2008 - 5/7/08

The Horsemen of St. Michael's have a list of priorities.

Some are to be expected, but one big one that might be didn't even make the list.

The first goal was accomplished Tuesday when St. Michael's beat West Las Vegas 12-2 in five innings to clinch the District 2AAA title for the first time since 2004.

Up next is to gain the No. 1 seed in the Class AAA State Baseball Tournament. But what the Horsemen are not making a big deal of is their 17-game win streak.

"We try not to think about that," said St. Michael's head coach Ken Duran. "We've talked about all year it's one game at a time, stay hungry. How do you want to be remembered?

"We've got some goals left. We achieved one."

St. Michael's shortstop Jordan Duran went 2-for-3 with five RBIs.

Five other Horsemen drove in at least one run. St. Michael's recorded 14 hits with an error. The Horsemen (21-3 overall, 13-0 2AAA) were also 10-for-10 on stolen base attempts.

The Dons (0-21, 0-13) picked up two runs on two hits.