Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - Sports

Sports

Carlsbad High School is classified as a AAAAA school, the highest classification in the NMAA. Carlsbad is situated in District 4 of AAAAA, with the Clovis High School Wildcats and Hobbs High School Eagles. Carlsbad High School has a total of 68 state titles, which makes it fourth place for most state titles across all of the divisions. Carlsbad High School competes in a wide variety of sports as the Cavemen and Cavegirls:

• Tennis - Cavemen and Cavegirl tennis both compete. New tennis courts were opened in the 2009-2010 academic school year. The cavegirls were district and state champions 5 years in a row, beginning in 2006. The Cavemen won the State Championship in Tennis in 2012.
• Volleyball - Cavegirl volleyball won the 2010 district championship.
• Football - The Cavemen football team has a total of eight state championships, but their most recent one was in 1962. The team plays at Ralph Bowyer Cavemen Stadium (which is named after a former Cavemen football player and later coach in 1962) on campus with a capacity of nearly 7000 fans. The team wears silver helmets with a single blue stripe and a blue wishbone "C"; the jerseys and pants are both solid blue. The away jerseys and pants are white. Throughout the 1980s into 2005, in addition to the traditional blue home uniforms with silver helmets, the team wore silver visiting jerseys and pants. During their 2010 season, the Cavemen went 7-3 in the regular season, and won the District 4 AAAAA title by defeating the Clovis Wildcats 14-13. The Cavemen then defeated the West Mesa High School Mustangs 35-19 in their first home playoff game since 2002. However, the Cavemen fell next week to the Manzano High School Monarchs 39-29. This season marked a major turnaround for head coach Ron Arrington. In 2011, the Cavemen finished the regular season 8-2, as well as defeating the Artesia Bulldogs and the Mayfield Trojans, the latter of whom Carlsbad had not defeated since 1992.

• Basketball - The Cavemen basketball team has three state championships, the most recent of which occurred in 1955.
• Baseball and Softball - The Carlsbad High School baseball and softball teams have many state championships each. The Cavemen play at the Caveman Corral and the Cavegirls at Cavegirl Park. The Cavemen and Cavegirls both won the district championship in 2010, and the Cavegirls won the state championship over Rio Rancho High School 7-6. The Cavemen were able to claim the 2012 Baseball title over Sandia High School, which earned them their first title since 2002.
• Men's and Women's Soccer - The Cavemen and Cavegirl soccer teams both play their varsity soccer games at Ralph Bowyer Cavemen Stadium.
• Swimming and Diving - The Carlsbad High School swim team have been around for many years. They were successfully able to create an additional dive team in the 2009-2010 academic year.
• Wrestling - The Cavemen wrestlers have been frequent participants in the state championships, winning nine state championships (the most state championships of any Cavemen sport). In addition to multiple one, two, three, and four time individual state champions, the Cavemen also boast the first 5 time individual state champion; there have only been 2 in New Mexico history.