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Not bad for what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Tucumcari’s volleyball team finished its season with two victories at the Class 2A tournament in Rio Rancho, plus a school record for wins. The Lady Rattlers also finished its district schedule undefeated, the first time that’s happened. They won their third district title in four years. Fourth-seeded Tucumcari (21-6) ultimately finished sixth at the 2A tourney, falling to eventual state runner-up Mesilla Valley Christian 20-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 15-12 on Friday. The Lady Rattlers wer...
LOGAN - Logan now boasts a new sport where it's won a state championship. The top-seeded and undefeated Longhorns dominated No. 2-seeded Grady 54-14 Friday in the finals of the New Mexico six-man football tournament. Logan had captured state championships in volleyball, boys track, girls track and both boys and girls basketball. But its first title on the gridiron proved elusive until Friday. Longhorns senior running back Haden Judd ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns in 10 carries....
RIO RANCHO - Logan had conquered Gateway Christian, Roy-Mosquero and Pine Hill, and it didn't have to worry about facing longtime rival Melrose again at the Class 1A volleyball tournament. But Logan couldn't get past an upstart Quemado squad. The third-seeded Eagles stopped the top-seeded Lady Longhorns 25-20, 25-20, 25-18 in the 1A title game Saturday at the Rio Rancho Events Center. Quemado (24-4) rarely trailed in any of its sets, winning its first volleyball state championship since 1977....
Tucumcari’s volleyball team secured a berth in the Class 2A tournament but wouldn’t know of its next opponent until Monday night because a winter storm delayed a key district match. Brackets for the state’s volleyball tournaments traditionally are scheduled by the New Mexico Activities Association on Sunday before matches later that week. However, a severe winter storm postponed a key match in Tucumcari’s district between Raton and Santa Rosa until Monday night. The NMAA stated after the completion of the match, it would seed the teams and set...
Logan’s first-ever boys cross-country team finished seventh in the Class 1A-2A state championships Saturday at Albuquerque Academy. Two Tucumcari runners finished in the top 40 individually, as did a girl from San Jon, in 1A-2A. Devin Kotara was Logan’s top runner, finishing 39th individually in 18 minutes, 30.2 seconds. Other runners for the Longhorns were Bill DeLuca (55th, 19:02.0), Mitchell Wall (72nd, 19:31.9), Christopher Lucero (77th, 19:37.3), Connor Moore (92nd, 20:04.08), Kale Griffiths (105th, 20:22.4) and Kaden Bongers (139th, 21:...
Logan made a splashdown to the six-man football championship. Despite torrential rains and wet snow that made their home football field resemble a swamp, the top-seeded and undefeated Longhorns continued their season-long rampage with a 48-2 home victory Friday over fourth-seeded Elida in the semifinals. Logan (11-0) will host Grady in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Second-seeded Grady (10-1) defeated third-seeded Mountainair 36-18 in the other semifinal on Saturday. The title game...
Powered by their second straight district championship, the Logan volleyball squad on Sunday secured a No. 1 seed in this week’s Class 1A tournament. The Lady Longhorns (19-4), which earned a first-round bye, will play the winner of the Grady-Pine Hill matchup at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cleveland High School. Logan coach Glynna Strand said of her team’s district crown and high seed that she was “just proud of my team and their hard work.” Logan is in the same bracket as No. 4-seed and longtime area rival Melrose (17-6). In the other bracket is No....
LOGAN - After spotting eighth-seeded New Mexico School for the Deaf an opening-possession touchdown, No. 1-seeded Logan tallied eight unanswered scores during a 62-7 victory Friday in the quarterfinals of the six-man football state tournament. The game ended midway through the third quarter due the 50-point mercy rule. The Roadrunners, which lost to the Longhorns 54-0 the previous week in a regular-season game, ended their year with a 3-6 record. The Longhorns (10-0) will host fourth-seeded...
Tucumcari ended its football season on a strong note with a 41-0 victory Saturday at Capitan, but it wasn’t enough for the Rattlers to earn a playoff spot. The Rattlers (3-7 overall, 2-3 in district) just missed nabbing one of the 12 postseason berths in Class 2A. THS had been ranked 13th by MaxPreps.com going into Saturday’s game, and its victory didn’t budge that rating. Laguna Acoma nabbed the 12th and final seed. Texico (9-0) landed the top seed, and Santa Rosa (7-3) was second. Against a winless Capitan squad, Tucumcari racked up more...
Tucumcari's volleyball team captured another district championship with a 25-19, 25-17, 25-23 victory Saturday over Raton during an often-emotional final home match for THS this season, especially its seniors. The Lady Rattlers (17-4 overall, 8-0 in district) won their second straight district title and third in four years. Tucumcari has won eight in a row and is ranked fourth in Class 2A by MaxPreps.com. Sophomore Cambree Benavidez's match-high 14 kills paced a THS attack that totaled 39 kills...
One of the most decorated players in Tucumcari High School volleyball history committed to playing next season at Lamar Community College in Colorado. Caylee Benavidez, a 5-foot-5 senior setter for the Lady Rattlers, signed a letter of commitment to play for the Runnin' Lopes during a ceremony Friday attended by about 40 fellow players, friends and family members - many wearing blue Lamar T-shirts. Benavidez later Friday signed the actual commitment letter electronically. Benavidez, a four-year...
LOGAN - The Longhorns completed an undefeated regular season, won a district title and nabbed the No. 1 seed in the six-man football playoffs with a 54-0 victory Friday over New Mexico School for the Deaf. The game ended in the third quarter due to the mercy rule. While pleased with the district crown and the top seed in the postseason, Logan coach Dwayne Roberts wasn't about to rest on his team's accomplishments. "It's been a great season, but we're still not where we want to be," he said....
Tucumcari proved to be no match to an unbeaten and No. 3-ranked Legacy Academy football squad during a 54-0 district loss Saturday afternoon in Bernalillo. The Silverbacks totaled nearly 400 yards in offense while holding the Rattlers to just 110 yards of offense. The game ended in the third quarter by the mercy rule. “They dominated us,” THS coach Doug South said. “It was obvious they were the No. 3 team in the state.” Tucumcari quarterback Nick Romero went 4-for-10 passing for 60 yards and one interception. Eighth-grade running back Robert...
Tucumcari's volleyball team dispatched of a depleted Estancia squad on Thursday by a score of 27-25, 25-14, 25-16, all but eliminating the Lady Bears from district contention. The Lady Rattlers dominated the Lady Bears 34-21 in kills during their annual Think Pink game where the players wore specially made black-and-pink jerseys. Sophomore Cambree Benavidez, celebrating her 16th birthday that day, led THS with 12 kills. July Lafferty, apparently recovered from an ankle injury in mid-September,...
Tucumcari senior Alex Bueno De La O finished fourth overall Saturday at the 21-team City of Natural Lakes invitational at Santa Rosa. Bueno De La O finished the 5,000-meter course on city parks near the Blue Hole in 18 minutes, 2 seconds, which was less than a minute behind the winner. As good as it sounds, Tucumcari coach Tim Clark said the senior can do better. “He had a bad start,” Clark said. “He wants to hang back so he can set up his pace. But he needs to figure out a way to get closer to the front.” Bueno De La O also was without...
Tucumcari's volleyball team vaulted into sole possession of first place in its district with victories last week over Clayton and Raton. The Lady Rattlers breezed to a 25-17, 25-14, 25-13 home victory Saturday over an overmatched Yellowjackets squad, which has only one victory this season. Tucumcari's win improved it to 13-4 overall and 4-0 in district play, with a one-match lead over runner-up Santa Rosa at 3-1. Raton and Estancia each were 2-2 in district play. The Lady Rattlers are ranked...
Logan captured no worse than a share for a district title during a 67-16 road victory Friday over defending state champion Roy-Mosquero in six-man football action. The Longhorns, undefeated at 8-0 and ranked No. 1 in New Mexico six-man football by MaxPreps.com, can win a district championship outright this Friday with a home victory over New Mexico School for the Deaf. Grady (8-1 overall) is in second place in its district with a 5-1 mark, its only loss a 32-26 decision in overtime against the Longhorns on Sept. 6. The Longhorns, which built a...
Tucumcari's air attack might have enabled it to keep up in a shootout Friday with district foe Santa Rosa, but center-snap problems short-circuited that possibility during a 55-7 loss. Bad snaps in the shotgun formation repeatedly lost yardage or threw off the rhythm of quarterback Nick Goen. One snap that sailed over his head led to a Santa Rosa defensive touchdown as the Lions staked a 28-0 lead during the Rattlers' last home game of the season. Goen went 14-for-28 passing for 125 yards and...
Tucumcari’s top two cross-country runners ran fast. But they discovered during the massive Academy Extravaganza meet on Saturday at Albuquerque Academy they’ll need to run faster. Top Rattlers runner Alex Bueno De La O, a senior, ran the 5,000-meter course — which also hosts the sport’s state championships — in 17 minutes, 50.59 seconds. His teammate, Fernando Ureste, ran it in 18:32.79. However, Bueno De La O and Ureste finished only 16th and 24th overall in the Class 1A/2A race, respectively. The top runner, Oak Grove Classical’s Joshua Marq...
Tucumcari's volleyball team won its district opener Thursday against Santa Rosa in part because of the return of a starter from an injury and the emergence of another starter as a hitter. Sophomore Serenity Savala registered eight kills as the Lady Rattlers (10-4) commanded a 34-16 advantage in that over the Lady Lions (3-11) during a 25-22, 25-21, 25-15 victory at a raucous Rattler Gymnasium. Savala had been used primarily as a blocker this season. During the team's nearly two-week break, THS...
The Logan boys cross-country team finished a respectable eighth of 15 teams Saturday at the Los Lunas Invitational. Nearly all of the teams the Longhorns, in their inaugural season, competed against were schools with much higher enrollments. Logan finished with 240 team points. Organ Mountain won the team title with 24 points, while host team Los Lunas was runner-up with 71 points. Taos finished third with 76 points. Kale Griffiths was Logan’s top runner, finishing 46th in 20 minutes, 21.34 seconds on the 5,000-meter course at the Los Lunas H...
Only one Mesalands Community College athlete advanced to compete in Saturday's final of the 16th annual Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeo at the Quay County Fairgrounds arena. That finalist, bareback bronc rider Logan Carpenter of Alamogordo, quickly was bucked off Saturday for no score. MCC's Rachel Sova of Newell, South Carolina, on Friday finished just one spot out of Saturday's finals. She finished 13th in the standings in breakaway roping; only the top 12 advanced. Mesalands...
Raton made sure Tucumcari’s potent passing didn’t go wild as it did the previous week. The Tigers stifled the Rattlers’ air attack for most of the game and seized a three-touchdown lead that stood up during a 51-25 district victory Friday at Raton’s Homecoming. Tucumcari quarterback Nick Goen, who amassed more than 350 yards passing and six touchdowns during the previous week against Estancia, managed just 101 yards on 15-of-29 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions against Raton. Tigers defense flooded the deep zones and kept th...
After spotting Holy Cross an early 8-0 lead, Logan scored seven unanswered touchdowns in a 53-8 non-district victory in Midland, Texas, in six-man football. The undefeated Longhorns ended the contest by the mercy rule early in the fourth quarter. In Texas six-man football, games are halted when the margin reaches 45 points. Aydin Kotara threw three touchdowns passes for Logan. Running back Haden Judd scored three TDs and Stratton Schoonover tallied two. The Longhorns’ defense frustrated the Crusaders for much of the game, forcing two t...
The Bears kept scoring points. The Rattlers kept coming back. Tucumcari quarterback Nick Goen scored the game-tying touchdown on a 14-yard run with 1:02 left, then kicked the go-ahead extra point to power the Rattlers to a thrilling 48-47 comeback victory over winless district foe Estancia on Friday at Rattler Stadium. In a career day, Goen went 17-for-35 passing for 352 yards and six touchdowns and one interception. In addition to his rushing TD, he recovered two of his own onside kicks that...