Baseball Recap: Cibola Sets Scoring Season-High Against Del Norte

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 vs West Mesa	11
02/25/25 @ Manzano	11
03/25/25 vs Del Norte	10
03/19/25 vs Atrisco Heritage Academy	10
03/06/25 vs Rio Grande	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cibola). They blew past the Del Norte Knights 17-7 on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.

Aiden Harrison looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. Those 11 strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

On the hitting side, Cibola let Derrick Chee and Elijah Vigil run wild. Chee scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Vigil fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Vigil a new career-high in runs (two). Daniel Kean was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI and one double.

Cibola always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .658. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Cibola is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. Del Norte is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8-1.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cibola will challenge Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Valley has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.79 runs per game on average), something Cibola will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Del Norte, they will face off against Manzano at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Manzano has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.77 runs per game on average), something Del Norte will no doubt try to take advantage of.