Paris Chee rates high on the list of reasons for Piedra Vista to take an optimistic outlook into the fall. Photo by Alan Versaw.
As New Mexico high schools go, Piedra Vista is on the younger side of things. The school opened in 1998 but already has an impressive list of state championships, to include three in baseball, eight (consecutive) in softball, two in golf, three in wrestling, and, just this spring, one in track and field.
In addition to being overloaded in state championships, the Panthers are overloaded in school colors. You can wear black, silver, or navy, or any combination thereof, to the game or meet and still be repping the school. The school, of course, is located in the northwest corner of the state in Farmington. The approximate enrollment of the school is about 1300 students.
It so happens that, in addition to all of their success in other sports, Piedra Vista is coming along very nicely in cross country as well. Sampson Sage, who ran about a dec...