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Alamogordo Daily Digest Sunday, May 17, 2026

Ty McDuffey

17 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Alamogordo High's softball team made the state tournament on heart and timing, which is about all you can ask of kids who've been grinding since February. They came up short this week—that's how tournaments work—and somebody's ankle paid the price, which is the part that stings longer than any scoreboard ever will. You watch a season like that and you remember why small-town sports matter: it's not about the wins that make the paper, it's about the ones who showed up every day knowing the odds weren't in their favor anyway. That's the kind of grit this town understands, military kid or rancher's daughter or both.

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Three games and an injured ankle too much for Alamogordo softball team at state

The Alamogordo High School softball team's Class 5A state tournament run came to an end in Rio Rancho when an ankle injury sidelined a key player during their matchup against Centennial on May 15. The Tigers were unable to overcome the setback as their season ended in the regional rounds.

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