PHOTOS: Goddard Rockets volleyball wins Zia Classic Tournament Gold Bracket Championship

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Liv Flores (8) attempts a kill in a Pool Play game Friday, Sept. 11, at Goddard High School. | Shawn Naranjo

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By Marshall Mecham
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The Goddard Rockets volleyball team won the Zia Classic Tournament Gold Bracket Championship Saturday, Sept. 12, at Goddard High School.

In their opening match against the Organ Mountain Knights (4-5), the Rockets (6-1) won in three sets (25-15, 25-15, 25-23). In the championship game against the Artesia Bulldogs (7-4), Goddard won in three sets again (25-18, 25-22, 25-23).

The Rockets return to action against crosstown rival Roswell (2-7) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at home.

Check out the Roswell Tribune’s best photos from Goddard’s weekend playing in the Zia Classic Tournament.

Olivia Riffell (2) attempts to block. | Shawn Naranjo
Liv Flores (8) attempts a kill. | Shawn Naranjo
Payton Abalos (1) goes for the dig. | Shawn Naranjo
Tatum Boone (15) goes for the kill. | Shawn Naranjo
Tatum Boone (15) attempts to block. | Shawn Naranjo
Tatum Boone (15) in action for the Rockets. | Shawn Naranjo
Harley Bowles (3) and Tatum Boone (15) attempt to block. | Shawn Naranjo
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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