NMJC Baseball Wins Seven Games during Spring Break

April 3 -- Hobbs, NM. During Spring Break, most college students go somewhere other than college, but for the NMJC baseball team, it was business as usual as they played eight games in four days.

They had a 4-game sweep over NMMI in Roswell (Drew Jackson threw a no-hitter in Game 4), 2-game sweep over McMurry University JV in Abilene, TX and 1-1 split with Hardin Simmons JV in Abilene, TX.

However, the break seemed to be literal for the Thunderbirds, because for the second time this year the ball team faced adversity again. “John Henry Marquardt was injured in a play at the plate, he’s out for the season. Mitch Goins can’t play against Claredon College this weekend because of a release rule (he played for CC previously). And Luis Dejesus who is possibly the best second baseman in NMJC history, had to be released from the team because excessive absences in a class,” said coach Ray Birmingham.

The odds seemed to be stacked against the first place thunderbirds for the rest of the season, but the team has already faced adversity once this year and they keep winning.