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Runyon Sports Complex

Azteca Softball Teams

Early College Commitments Ink Letters of Intent at Runyon

The Runyon Sports Complex (RSC) was the site for seven area high school baseball and softball players who put their names on national letters of intent during the early signing period. The event took place on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 in the conference room at the RSC.

All seven signees will stay in Colorado. Five will travel south on I-25 to attend Trinidad State Junior College (TSJC), two will be going to Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-P) and one heading north to Northeastern Junior College (NJC) in Sterling, CO.

There were two signees from Pueblo Centennial and Pueblo County while Pueblo Central, Pueblo East and Pueblo South each had one.  Below is the names of the signees, their current high school and where they intend to play ball in college. 

Baseball Signees:

Mike Casillas (Pueblo East): Attending CSU-Pueblo

Jordon West (Centennial): Attending TSJC

Braxton Vail (Pueblo County): Attending TSJC

Joey Cardinal (Centennial): Attending NJC

Softball Signees:

Emily Abraham (Pueblo South):  Attending CSU-Pueblo

Mikayla Cruz (Central): Attending TSJC

Amaya Valdilles (Pueblo County): Attending TSJC

Teams Share Use Of Runyon Field

The Runyon Sports Complex (RSC) sponsors teams of their own -- The Pueblo Azteca Baseball Club (16U, 17U and 18U) and the Azteca Softball teams (16U, 17U and 18U). These squads play during the summer in various tournaments at the complex, in Colorado and surrounding states.

Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-P) baseball team plays it annual "Pack The Park" game at RSC in the spring and the Thunderwolves softball team uses the complex if the CSU-P campus field is unplayable due to inclement weather.

In addition to the youth baseball and softball teams that invade to play at the RSC, the complex also plays host to area high school baseball (in the spring) and softball (in the fall).