Editing Las Cruces, New Mexico (section)

==Sports==
[[File:NMSU AggiesFootballGame.JPG|thumb|left|The [[New Mexico State Aggies]] play at [[Aggie Memorial Stadium]]]]
Las Cruces is the home of Vado Speedway Park, a 3/8th-mile dirt track that hosts the annual Wild West Shootout.

At the university level, the [[New Mexico State Aggies]] compete in [[Conference USA]] for various sports, such as men's and women's basketball, as well as football. Aggies men's basketball has had a rich history of success. Between 2010 and 2019, the Aggies made the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] eight times. The team also reached the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Final Four|Final Four]] of the tournament in 1970. The 2014-15 NMSU women's basketball team reached the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1988, when it won both the WAC regular season and tournament championships.

The Las Cruces Kings have been a long running semiprofessional football team in the city.

Beginning in the 2010 season, the [[Las Cruces Vaqueros]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lascrucesvaqueros.com/ |title=Welcome to Las Cruces Vaqueros Professional Baseball Team |publisher=Lascrucesvaqueros.com |access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> were the first professional sports team in Las Cruces. In the 2011 season, the Vaqueros joined the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pecosleague.com/ |title=Welcome to the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs! |publisher=Pecosleague.com |access-date=November 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827075702/http://www.pecosleague.com/ |archive-date=August 27, 2010 }}</ref> against the White Sands Pupfish, Roswell Invaders, Ruidoso Osos, Alpine Cowboys and Carlsbad Bats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_13548629?source=most_viewed |title=City 'very close' to pro ball agreement – Las Cruces Sun-News |publisher=Lcsun-news.com |access-date=November 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015083840/http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_13548629?source=most_viewed |archive-date=October 15, 2009 }}</ref> The Vaqueros played in the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs for the 2011–2013 seasons. The team returned for the 2015 season, but structural damage to their home ballpark in January 2016 forced them to sit out the 2016 season. They planned to return for the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pecosleague.com/pecosleague.asp?page=28&article_id=2462|title=The Las Cruces Vaqueros will return to the Pecos League for the 2017 Season|date=July 29, 2016|access-date=August 11, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820225627/http://www.pecosleague.com/pecosleague.asp?page=28&article_id=2462|archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>