Stan McKeever
La Cueva High School
Impact Statement
McKeever led La Cueva’s Bears to multiple state championships over the course of his career.
Biography
In addition to going unbeaten and winning back-to-back Class 5A state titles in 2003 and 2004, McKeever’s La Cueva team set a national high school record by winning 70 consecutive games – a streak that began in 2002 and ended this spring.
When they beat Albuquerque Highland High 15-1 in the first game of a doubleheader April 2 before a crowd of more than 1,000, they eclipsed New York (NY) Archbishop Molloy High’s 68-game winning streak, set from 1963-66.
The 2003 team earned a No. 8 final ranking from USA Today, with the 2004 team finishing No. 6. The streak was ended in a 17-8 loss to Albuquerque Rio Grande High April 4, but the Bears were still alive to win a third straight state title at press time, which they did.
McKeever and the La Cueva’s Bears continued to win two additional state championships and finished second in 2009, which was McKeever’s last season at the school.
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