Serving the High Plains
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Simply put, Tucumcari didn't have an answer for Logan's big guys. The Longhorns' big men of 6-foot-7 Hayden Bruhn and 6-foot-5 Mason Wallin combined for 39 points and a truckload of rebounds during a 73-44 victory Saturday in the annual Quay County bragging rights battle at Rattler Gymnasium. Wallin scored many of his game-high 22 points after offensive rebounds. In addition to being another big presence inside, Bruhn made two 3-point shots and slammed home a dunk during a fastbreak during the...
For the second time in less than a week, Tucumcari senior Caylee Benavidez's free-throw shooting helped preserve a victory - this time, a 42-39 nail-biter over Quay County rival Logan on Saturday at Rattler Gymnasium. With the Lady Rattlers clinging to a 40-39 lead, Benavidez made both foul-shot attempts with 10.8 seconds left to give her team more of a cushion. In the final seconds, the Lady Longhorns attempted two shots - including what would have been a game-tying 3-pointer - but both...
State-champion Logan corralled a total of 11 positions in first-team all-state voting for six-man football. The Longhorns also collected four more positions for second-team all-state. The selections were announced Thursday by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. On the first team from Logan were: - Aydin Kotara, quarterback and outside linebacker - Haden Judd, running back and defensive secondary - Mason Wallin, offensive line, tight end and defensive end - Payson Nials, inside...
Tucumcari High School wrestler Josh Pacheco, competing at 152 pounds, won all six of his matches at the Hiroshi Memorial Battle for Honor tournament Friday at Gallup. Pacheco, who hasn’t lost a bout this season, defeated five opponents by pin less than two minutes into the match. His sixth victory was by forfeit. Teammates Fernando Ureste, at 139 pounds, and Josiah Sanchez, at 145, won all four of the matches they competed in Friday. THS coach Tim Clark said Ureste looked “really good” against tough competition from New Mexico and Arizo...
The Logan boys basketball team breezed to the championship of the J.P. Stone Tournament in Dora with three victories, including a 72-29 blasting of Roy-Mosquero on Saturday in the final. The Longhorns (3-0) jumped to a 15-1 lead against the Blue and led 46-8 at halftime. Logan’s superior size — namely 6-foot-7 Hayden Bruhn and 6-foot-5 Mason Wallin — made Roy-Mosquero change its shots near the basket, hampering its offense. Bruhn scored 28 points to lead the Longhorns, including a dunk in the second quarter. Wallin added 17 points. Jace Jacks...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team captured the consolation bracket title with a 59-36 victory Saturday over Cottonwood Classical Prep at the West Las Vegas Brian Gallegos Memorial tournament. Luis Archuleta scored 36 points to lead the Rattlers (2-1), whose only loss during the tourney was a 59-53 decision to Thoreau in the opening round Thursday. Archuleta and Daymion Urioste each were named to the all-tournament team for THS. Tucumcari, leading only 25-22 at intermission, seized control with a 34-14 second half. Jermy Jones added eight...
The Logan girls basketball team made it to the finals Saturday of the J.P. Stone Tournament at Dora, only to find a perennially tough Roy-Mosquero squad standing in its way. The Lady Blue used a 16-1 scoring run in the first and second periods to seize control over the Lady Longhorns during a 58-39 victory. Logan had trailed 11-10 late in the first period when Roy-Mosquero began its big run. The Lady Blue led 36-21 at halftime. Logan never got closer than 12 points the rest of the way. Desta Rose led the Lady Longhorns (2-1) with 12 points....
The Tucumcari girls basketball squad stormed to a 56-21 victory Saturday over Academy for Technology and the Classics to secure a fifth-place finish and consolation bracket title at the West Las Vegas Brian Gallegos Memorial tournament. The Lady Rattlers (2-1) jumped out to an 18-4 lead after one quarter, 35-13 at halftime and 53-14 after three quarters. Caylee Benavidez scored 24 points to lead the Lady Rattlers, while younger sister Cambree added 10 points. Kyla Lopez totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds. “We had a strong first two quarters, a...
Tucumcari wrestler Josh Pacheco won all five his matches during a rugged season-opening Tom Torres Duals on Saturday at Los Lunas. The Rattlers squad won two of five dual matches during the 14-team event. In early pool play, Tucumcari lost to Atrisco Heritage 58-12 and was edged by Organ Mountain 35-34. In seeded matches, Tucumcari downed Sandia 36-33, swamped Bernalillo 60-17 and lost to Valencia 48-30 to secure second place in its bracket. Former Tucumcari wrestling coach Eddie Encinias came out of semi-retirement to guide the boys squad...
How is Tucumcari High School boys basketball coach John Span feeling? He's fine, thank you very much. Inquiries about Span's health aren't just for pleasantries. He missed about 1 1/2 seasons due to life-threatening cancer in his liver and bile ducts that required major surgery in August 2023. Though he was declared cancer-free since the operation, he'd lost at least 60 pounds and admitted he was too weak for the rigors of coaching during the 2023-2024 season. Assistant coach Gary Hittson...
Tucumcari High School boys wrestling coach Tim Clark thinks his team will have a pretty good season. But he has to get his athletes into shape first. Clark said many didn't begin practice in early November in the best of condition. Since that time, Clark says he's held two workouts a day and will continue to do so until the Rattler Invitational on Dec. 21. "We've been going to the weight room, and then Tuesdays and Thursdays we've been doing conditioning here in the gym. The biggest reason I...
The Tucumcari High School girls basketball team likely will have another excellent season, though it will have to fight its way through a rugged non-district schedule first. The Lady Rattlers begin their season Thursday at the West Las Vegas tournament against Santa Fe Indian, the same team that knocked them out in the Class 3A quarterfinals last season. Tucumcari's non-district schedule also includes its first home game against Texico on Dec. 10, plus clashes that include Class 1A runner-up...
Three key components of Tucumcari's potent passing attack each earned first-team all-district honors. Junior quarterback Nick Goen, junior wide receiver Luis Archuleta and junior running back Daymion Urioste each earned top honors in District 2 of Class 2A. Goen completed 95 of 179 passes for 1,464 yards, 31 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Archuleta caught 42 passes for 767 yards - an average of 18.2 yards per catch - for 14 touchdowns. Urioste caught 41 passes for 846 yards - an average of...
A late surge by Maxwell girls basketball team give it a 31-23 victory over visiting San Jon on Saturday. The Maxwell boys squad blasted San Jon 96-11 later that day. They were season-opening games for both teams. In the girls matchup, Maxwell clinged an 18-15 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Lady Bears gave themselves breathing room with a 13-8 run in the fourth quarter, securing the win. “The girls did very well,” San Jon coach Gib Donovan said. “We have a lot to work on this coming week, but I think we made an excellent showi...
Two Logan players were selected for Saturday’s annual small-school Red-Green All-Star Football Game at Artesia. Senior running back Haden Judd and senior linebacker Payson Nials will represent the Longhorns, who were state champions in six-man football this year. Logan coach Dwayne Roberts informed the Quay County Sun of of his two players’ selections. The game will take place at noon Saturday at the Bulldog Bowl in Artesia. The large-school Red-Green game will take place later that day at 3 p.m. The events are organized by the New Mexico Hig...
Tucumcari's volleyball team boasted an all-time high of five players making first-team all-district honors, including the Player of the Year. Senior setter Caylee Benavidez, one of the most decorated players in THS volleyball history, earned Player of the Year honors in District 6-2A. Other first-team district choices for the Lady Rattlers were junior middle blocker Kyla Lopez, sophomore outside hitter Cambree Benavidez, senior outside hitter and defensive specialist July Lafferty and senior...
Two area players played big roles in their team's four-set victory Saturday at the annual 1A/2A Red-Green All-Star Volleyball Game organized by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. Logan senior setter and middle blocker Haylie Bidegain notched 13 kills and three blocks and Tucumcari senior setter Caylee Benavidez totaled 18 assists and five kills in the Red team's 21-25, 25-21, 25-9, 25-19 victory over the Green All-Stars. The match was played at St. Pius X High School in...
Five players from Logan’s state runner-up squad were named to the first team of Region 6-1A all-district volleyball. Lady Longhorns who made the team were senior setter and middle blocker Haylie Bidegain, junior outside hitter Desta Rose, sophomore libero Jadyn Garcia, junior defensive specialist Mylee Stone and junior setter Charli Fuller. Bidegain led the Lady Longhorns in kills (276), aces (43), hitting percentage (.281) and blocks (71) and was second on the team in assists (342). She also was chosen for Saturday’s Class 1A/2A Red-Green All...
A total of seven players from the state-champion Logan six-man football team earned first-team District 1 honors, including Player of the Year. Another four Longhorns earned second-team honors. Player of the Year was senior running back Haden Judd, who totaled over 2,200 all-purpose yards and 35 touchdowns during the season for the 12-0 Longhorns, who earned their first-ever state championship in football. Judd averaged almost 120 yards rushing per game and 15 yards per carry. He scored 26...
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...