If you said, "Monte del Sol," you would be correct. And leave it to Monte del Sol head boys basketball coach Jonathan Haack to set me straight on the matter.
"It's the second time we've been ranked," Haack said, alluding to the team's appearance two weeks ago.
Amazing when you consider that the Dragons have nary a win over a Class AA opponent in their 5-11 mark. But Haack believes the ranking goes beyond the record his team has posted.
"I think this is good for them that people recognize their hard work," Haack added. "I mean, I don't keep a young team home that's in a rebuilding year. We take them on the road to the tough teams down south and the ones up here in the North.
"I'd like to think we're getting nods for our hard work, if not for our results."
The arts charter schools also seems to be a team favorite for other programs. While at Santa Rosa's Lion Classic, Monte del Sol could count on crowd support from Mesilla Valley and New Mexico Military Institute, which was refreshing for Haack to see.
"I think maybe we inspired the schools down there," Haack said. "First they might be thinking, 'Hey, they're taking a really young team.' They saw us going out there and playing as has as everybody else, and they realize that it's all basketball."
Other notes and observations from the recent coaches' poll.
- Capital and Los Alamos apparently have new coaches, according to the voting list. Gone is Ray Henderson with the Lady Jaguars. Enter "Raynee" Henderson. Lady Hilltoppers head coach "Taran" Logan superceded Tarah Logan as well. At least Los Alamos got something out of the new rankings - it moved up to No. 5 in the latest rankings. Capital tied with Aztec at No. 11 - four votes shy of the Top 10.
- Abby Letz, meet Abbie Letz. Now the question is which Letz gets credit for Albuquerque La Cueva's girls basketball wins and which one gets the losses?
- What happened to the lone brave soul who voted for Espanola No. in the boys poll? Apparently, even he has been converted to the Roswell Coyotes' camp. Now if the Coyotes could have pulled a certain 6-foot-11 post to go with that change of heart ...
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Let's see, two victories over JV teams, 3 victories over sub-par 1A teams(Desert Academy twice and Santa Fe Waldorf), 9 losses to 2A opponents and one to a 1A opponent (Wagon Mound), and not even a close loss to a quality team. Go figure, they have lost 7 games to unranked 2A teams; closest margin was ten points (East Mountain). WHAT THE .....!!!!!! I think I am in the twilight zone.
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