La Cueva’s boys claim Class 5A golf title one year after stinging loss

LAS CRUCES — Organ Mountain’s girls won in their hometown, if not their home course.

And La Cueva’s boys wrote a happier ending for themselves.

The Knights and Bears won Class 5A state golf championships on a scorching Tuesday afternoon at New Mexico State University Golf Course. La Cueva, with diminutive but immensely talented freshman Nixon Knee continuing his late-season heater, won by 22 shots over Alamogordo.

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The Bears shot 20-over par 596 over 36 holes, with the Tigers at 618.

Organ Mountain, whose home course is nearby Red Hawk Golf Club — but who are nevertheless quite familiar with NMSU’s layout — won

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