Goddard volleyball earns No. 3 seed in Class 4A state playoffs

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Olivia Riffell (2) jumps up to hit the ball in a match against Artesia at Goddard High School on Oct. 20. Shawn Naranjo | Roswell Tribune

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By Marshall Mecham
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The Goddard Rockets volleyball team earned the No. 3 seed in the Class 4A state playoffs after the New Mexico Activities Association announced the bracket on Sunday.

Goddard (20-3, 6-0 District 4-4A) received a first-round bye as a top four seed in the tournament. The Rockets will face the winner of the No. 6 Artesia-No. 11 Santa Teresa matchup in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Rio Rancho Convention Center.

Marshall Mecham
Marshall Mecham
I am a sports reporter for the Roswell Tribune and serve with the New Mexico Local News Fellowship, which places emerging journalists in newsrooms across the state. My role is to cover all athletic programs at Goddard and Roswell high schools. The primary types of stories I write are season and game previews, season and game reviews, and feature stories. Prior to the Roswell Tribune, I interned for the Artesia Daily Press as a reporter from June to August 2025, and I am glad to be back working with El Rito Media. I am a 2026 graduate of New Mexico State University, where I obtained my bachelor's degree in journalism, with minors in strategic communications and social media management.

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