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The Logan girls basketball team that advanced to the state semifinals saw four of its players named to the all-district team. Senior power forward Harlie Roach, junior guard Jordan Hines, freshman guard Kassi Foote and senior guard Makenna Brewer each were named to the first team of District 6-1A. Freshman forward Kyndall Ragland, junior forward Kesleah Shields, sophomore guard-forward Kambry Burns and sophomore guard Karlee Cantrell each earned honorable mention for the Lady Longhorns. Logan finished with a 24-7 record and 7-1 in district...
Tucumcari track and field coach Wayne Ferguson will get his first good look at his boys and girls teams in competition Saturday during the season-opening Rattler Relays. The Rattler Relays, which begin at 9 a.m. at Rattler Field, also will include competitors from Logan and San Jon. Ferguson said he was optimistic his boys team, which finished third in the state last year, would make another strong showing in Class 3A. "I return a pretty good crew," he said. "I have a pretty good group of...
The sixth-seeded Tularosa girls basketball dashed Tucumcari’s dreams of a state-final berth by stunning the third-seeded Lady Rattlers 38-35 in the Class 3A quarterfinals March 12 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Tularosa, improving to 19-9, had lost its previous three games against Tucumcari by an average of 31 points. Shacie Marr led the Wildcats with 13 points, and Clara Lechuga added 11. Aaliyah Brown’s 11 points and eight rebounds led Tucumcari, which finished its season 22-5. Jasmine Jones added nine points. The Wildcats cam...
The Mesalands Community College rodeo team took home two championship titles in bull riding during a recent season-opening competition at Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona. Levi Gray of Dairy, Oregon, and Roy Jackson of Tiller, Oregon, each won titles in bull riding during the rodeo’s Friday and Saturday sessions, respectively. “These were the best rodeos we’ve had in a long time,” Mesalands coach Matt Hughes said. “The entire team was excited to compete, and they felt prepared for these rodeos. They wanted to win, and they did....
The Logan girls basketball team’s 29 turnovers proved fatal during a 60-42 loss Thursday to Tatum in the Class 1A semifinals at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The third-seeded Lady Longhorns (24-7) fell behind by double digits before halftime and never held a lead except early in the first quarter. They narrowed a 19-point gap to three in the fourth quarter before the second-seeded Coyotes (27-4) counter-rallied to secure the victory and a berth to the finals. “We didn’t handle the pressure well and had too many turnovers,” Logan c...
The Logan boys basketball team couldn’t overcome a fast start by district rival Melrose and fell 77-69 during the Class 1A quarterfinals Wednesday at Bernalillo High School. The fifth-seeded Buffaloes (23-7) roared to a double-digit lead in the first quarter. The fourth-seeded Longhorns (21-8) clawed back to a brief one-point lead in the second quarter. But Melrose rallied again late in the period to lead 36-27 at halftime. “They came out with a lot of energy, and we couldn’t get the shots to fall early in the game,” Logan coach Kyle Griffit...
An 11-year-old Tucumcari girl recently won an individual state championship during a gymnastics event in Albuquerque. Aliyah Marez, who takes attends school in Tucumcari but takes classes at KATZ Gymnastics in Clovis, won her age group at the state tournament. “She was so excited,” her mother, Veronica, said. Veronica also noted her daughter was battling an illness during the competition. KATZ also won the team title against about seven other teams in New Mexico. Aliyah earned scores of 9.0 (out of 10) in the floor routine, 9.425 on the vau...
LOGAN - The Logan boys basketball team roared to leads of 15-2 in the first quarter and 42-17 at halftime during a 79-45 victory Saturday over Cimarron in the first round of the Class 1A tournament. The fourth-seeded Longhorns (21-7) advanced to face fifth-seeded Melrose (22-7) at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday in the quarterfinals at Bernalillo High School. The district rivals went 2-2 against each other this season, with Melrose winning the last matchup 74-65 on Feb. 28. The winner of that game plays...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team scored the game's first 28 points against overmatched Cuba during a 66-28 victory Friday to advance to the Class 3A quarterfinals. The third-seeded Lady Rattlers, who improved to 22-4 with their 15th straight win, were scheduled to play sixth-seed Tularosa (18-9) for a fourth time Tuesday morning. (A final score wasn't available before deadline). Tularosa defeated Sandia Prep 47-36 in its first-round game. The winner of the Tucumcari-Tularosa game plays the...
The first day of baseball season often reveals problem or two a team needs to remedy. In Tucumcari's case, that list of problems proved to be lengthy. Errors, balks, walks and blunders on the bathpaths proved fatal for the Rattlers in 12-1 and 21-2 losses during their season-opening home doubleheader Saturday against a fundamentally sound West Las Vegas team. Tucumcari didn't look like the same team that had advanced to state quarterfinals last season. "We've got a lot to work on," Tucumcari coa...
The Tucumcari softball team has a new coach, but much of the same team from last season. C.J. Oglesby, the Lady Rattlers' assistant coach for four years, takes over the reins this season after head coach Donald Garcia stepped down following last year's 10-8 campaign. Oglesby said he was confident he can do the job. "I've played softball all of my life, and I've coached all-stars in baseball," he said. "The experience, I've got all that down. It just getting the kids to buy into it." The Lady...
The Logan girls basketball team easily advanced to the Class 1A quarterfinals with a 67-27 victory Friday over Hondo Valley at Logan High School. No. 3-seed Logan (23-6) was scheduled to play No. 6-seed Quernado (21-8) at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bernalillo High School. Quernado defeated Des Moines 77-64 in its first-round game. The winner of that game will play the winner of Tatum-Animus at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The championship will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dreamstyle Arena in Albuquerque. On Friday, the...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter to turn a close game into a 78-34 blowout of Tularosa at the Snake Pit as the Lady Rattlers captured the Class 3A, District 4 tournament title Friday. Tucumcari, winners of 14 straight to improve to 21-4 overall, captured the No. 3 seed for the Class 3A state tournament and faces Cuba (12-11) in the first round at 6 p.m. Friday at the Snake Pit. The winner of that game will play the winner of the...
Hampered by 23 turnovers, the Tucumcari boys basketball team's season came to an end Thursday with a 47-43 loss at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell in the semifinal of the Class 3A, District 4 tournament. Tucumcari coach John Span said fatigue was a factor in the loss. "I think the three games in four days hurt us," he said. "It caught us. You could see we were tired from the turnovers." Starter Robbie Hartmann also didn't make the trip to NMMI because of the flu, costing the Rattlers...
If the Tucumcari's high-school baseball team struggles this year, it won't be because of a lack of players. In coach Dwayne Roberts' third year, he's seen the number of players on his Rattlers squad jump from the low 20s to nearly 50 this year. A berth to the Class 3A state quarterfinals last season apparently boosts interest. In Roberts' first year, the Rattlers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Last year, with just one senior on a 9-11 club, they made it to the second round b...
The Logan boys basketball team fell to Melrose 73-65 in overtime in the semifinal Thursday of the Class 1A, District 6 tournament. The Longhorns, which fell to 20-7 overall, started slowly and were behind 34-22 at halftime. They stormed back with a 34-22 second half to force overtime. “We had a shot to win it in regulation,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “Melrose is a really good team, and they made the plays down the stretch to come out on top. I was proud of the guys for how they fought all night.” Kyle Knight led the Longhorns with 16...
The Logan girls basketball team fell 40-32 in the title game Friday of the Class 1A, District 6 tournament at host Melrose. The Lady Longhorns fell to 22-6 overall, led by Harlie Roach's 11 points. Four of Logan's six losses this year were to the Lady Buffaloes. Logan is seeded third in the Class 1A state tournament and will host No. 14-seed Hondo Valley (17-10) on Friday. The winner of that game plays the winner of the Quernado-Des Moines matchup on March 13 at Bernalillo. Melrose improved to 21-6 overall and captured the No. 1 seed in the...
Another Tucumcari wrestler earned a first-place medal during the recent state championships at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. He just wasn’t a Tucumcari High School team member. Foothill senior Alex Gutierrez, born and raised in Tucumcari, won the 145-pound state title in Class 3A by defeating Tucumcari’s Rod Dunlap 5-1 in the final. Gutierrez defeated Newcomb’s Shaundale Davis by technical fall and Cobre’s Izzy Jaurequi by fall to advance to the championship. Gutierrez finished the season with a 32-9 record. Gutierrez, who enrolle...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team captured the regular-season district title and the No. 1 seed for this week's district tournament with a 55-42 win Friday at Tularosa. The Lady Rattlers, who improved to 20-4 overall and are ranked third in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com, will host at the Snake Pit the winner of the Dexter-Tularosa game at 6 p.m. Friday to decide the district tournament title. Aliyah Herrera led the Lady Rattlers with 17 points. Jasmine Jones added 15 and Kalani French 12....
Dexter used a strong second half to turn a close game into an easy 75-50 district victory Feb. 19 over the visiting Rattlers. Tucumcari led 34-33 at halftime, but the Demons outscored them 42-16 the rest of the way and stayed in strong contention for the Class 1A, District 4 regular-season title by improving to a 4-1 record and 14-11 overall. “They kept scoring, and we didn’t,” Tucumcari coach John Span said in summing up the critical second half. Span said 6-foot-7 Bryan Cano, who scored 10 of his 14 points, and David Miramontes, who scored 15...
RIO RANCHO - The Tucumcari wrestling team took home four medals - including a Class 3A state title by Kaleb Hayes - during the NMAA state wrestling championships Saturday at the Santa Ana Star Center. Hayes (21-6), a senior who finished third last year, captured the title by defeating Javier Mares (27-8) of Las Vegas (Robertson) in a 3-1 decision in the 220-pound finals. Tucumcari senior Rod Dunlap, competing at 145 pounds, and junior Joe Martinez at 152 each fell in their championship match....
The Fort Sumner boys basketball team jumped out to a 25-4 lead in the first quarter en route to a dominating 78-40 victory Saturday over Logan in a tiebreaking game that decided the regular-season district championship. Because both teams had 7-1 records in Class 1A, District 6, they were forced to play the tie-breaker in a neutral gym — Tucumcari. “We couldn’t get the basketball in the basket, and they didn’t miss much,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said of his team’s first period. “They came out with more energy and fire than we did.” The Fox...
The Melrose girls basketball team captured the regular-season district title Saturday with a 64-47 victory over Logan. Because both teams had a 7-1 record in Class 1A, District 6, they were forced to play a tiebreaking game in a neutral location in Tucumcari. Harlie Roach led the Lady Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, with 15 points and Makenna Brewer added 10 as they fell to 21-5. Melrose, ranked No. 2, improved to 20-6 overall. In this week’s district tournament, Clovis Christian was scheduled to play at Grady at 5 p.m. M...
An 11-year-old girl from Tucumcari holds dreams of becoming a member of the Team USA gymnastics team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and she is inspiring other children in town to consider taking up the sport. To think it all started because of her viewing YouTube videos online. For the last 18 months, Aliyah Marez has trained twice a week at KATZ Gymnastics in Clovis. She's in the middle of competition season, with the team state championships coming up in mid-March. Aliyah is at the Sil...
The Dexter boys basketball team Tucumcari defeated more than two months ago wasn't the same squad that defeated the Rattlers 68-58 during a district matchup Feb. 12 at the Snake Pit. Jaxon Arguello led Tucumcari with 18 points, and Jesus Ramos added 16 as the Rattlers fell to 3-17 overall and 1-2 in 4-3A. The Rattlers committed 10 turnovers and endured shooting woes as the Demons staked a double-digit lead during the first half. Tucumcari downed Dexter 60-51 on Dec. 6 during the West Las Vegas...