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LOGAN - Haden Judd played a big role in the host Longhorns' team victory Saturday at the 22-team Logan Varsity Meet. Judd won two individual events and finished second in three others to help the Logan boys track team rack up 99 points, finishing well ahead of district rival and runner-up Melrose and its 77 points. Texico finished third with 73 points. The Tucumcari boys finished ninth with 22 points, and San Jon was 14th with four points. In the girls team standings, Melrose took home the team...
Seven Logan High School athletes will compete Friday in the NMAA Powerlifting Championships at Rio Rancho High School after qualifying for the event. These Longhorns qualified in the Class 1A-3A championships in these weight classes: — 148 pounds: Haden Judd and Izaiah Kneitz; — 165 pounds: Christian Kotara; — 181 pounds: Skyler DeLuca; — 220 pounds: Park Strong; — 275 pounds: Mason Wallin. Judd is the highest-rated competitor in his weight class, lifting a total of 950 pounds in the squat, bench press and dead lift. A total of six athletes...
Tucumcari’s baseball team went 1-2 during the West Las Vegas Tournament, including a 23-0 loss Saturday to East Mountain. Rattlers coach George Montano indicated the district-rival Timberwolves hit into a lot of good luck, and his team had a lot of bad luck. “I felt we had a good lineup to play a good ballgame against East Mountain,” he said. “The score looks crazy, but East Mountain hit every single gap that field had, and we couldn’t get an out to save our lives or get our offense going. We had the bases loaded, and once again couldn’t...
Dylan Owen was the top golfer for Tucumcari during the Rattler Invitational last Monday at Tucumcari Municipal Golf Course. Owen shot a 102 on the course and finished third of 12 players on the course that included golfers from Santa Fe Indian and Robertson. Kaden Owen finished sixth, shooting a 112. Logan Lafferty shot a 118 to finish eighth, and Creed Owen was 11th with a score of 149. In girls competition that included players from Santa Fe Indian, Robertson and Texico, Tucumcari’s July Lafferty finished fifth of 10 golfers with a 122 s...
The Logan girls softball team took it on the chin during its season-opening doubleheader Friday, losing at Dora by scores of 17-6 and 17-2. In the first game, Logan pitcher Charli Fuller struck out six and went 1-for-2 at the plate with a double and two walks. Bella Coronado went 2-for-3 with a double and walk and scored a run. “We played good defense in the first game, minus one half-inning,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “A couple of throwing errors turned into a big inning that we were trying to avoid. It was too much to overc...
The Tucumcari baseball team swept a doubleheader Friday from visiting Clayton, including a come-from-behind 8-7 victory in the second game. The Rattlers, taking advantage of a nine-run first inning, prevailed 12-2 in five innings over the Yellowjackets in the opener. Josh Griego hit two triples and drove in a game-high four runs for the Rattlers. Xzander Garcia totaled three RBI. Griego also excelled on the mound, striking out 11, walking two and allowing five hits to earn the win. In the nightcap, Tucumcari trailed 7-4 in the bottom of the...
The Tucumcari girls and Logan boys captured team titles Saturday during the season-opening, 23-team Rattler Relays track and field meet at Tucumcari's Rattler Stadium. The Lady Rattlers and their 87 points comfortably prevailed over rival and runner-up Logan's 57 points in the team standings. San Jon, the other Quay County school at the meet, finished 15th with four points. In the boys standings, the Longhorns and their 94 points topped runner-up Legacy Academy by a nearly 2-to-1 margin....
Tucumcari’s fielding errors proved costly during a 19-13 softball loss Saturday to Estancia in the championship game of the Santa Rosa Invitational. The Lady Rattlers committed five errors against the Lady Bears, leading to five unearned runs for Tucumcari starting pitcher Juli Rivera. Rivera struck out seven, walked one and allowed 10 earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. “Juli’s a gamer … that competitive attitude you love in a player,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “She also hit the ball really well for hardly getting any batting practice....
Two area basketball players earned second-team all-state honors form the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. Three others were honorable mentions. Tucumcari senior point guard Alexus Lafferty took second-team honors in Class 3A girls basketball. She averaged a team-high 15.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.7 steals per game for the 20-7 Lady Rattlers, which advanced to the state quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Tohatchi. Brock Burns, a junior point guard at Logan, earned second-team honors in Class 1A boys basketball. Burns...
The Tucumcari High School cheerleading squad finished sixth overall in Class 3A at the New Mexico Activities Association’s spirit championships Saturday at The Pit in Albuquerque. The Rattlers squad scored 69.83 in their first performance and 60.53 in their second for a total of 130.37 points — less than two points behind fifth-place finisher West Las Vegas and its 132 points. Raton won the Class 3A state title with 165.13 points. Ruidoso was runner-up with 150.1 points, and Cobre finished third with 148. Members of the THS cheer squad are D’N...
In the end, Tohatchi was just too tall. The fifth-seeded Tucumcari girls basketball team struggled mightily against fourth-seeded and eventual state champion Tohatchi’s height and length during a 48-23 loss last Tuesday in the Class 3A quarterfinals at the Rio Rancho Events Center. Tucumcari freshman center Kyla Lopez led Tucumcari with eight points. Meanwhile, a total of 11 Cougars scored for Tohatchi (22-9), with junior guard Brooke Badonie leading the way with 10 points. The Cougars’ roster listed two players at 5-foot-10 and another at 5-f...
Magdalena was the only undefeated boys basketball team left in New Mexico, and it often played like it during a 68-39 victory over Logan in the Class 1A quarterfinals. The top-seeded and two-time defending state champion Steers (30-0) took an 11-0 lead to start the game Wednesday at Bernalillo High School and steadily expanded on that advantage against the eighth-seeded Longhorns. Logan had a hard time matching up against a Steers lineup that featured three players listed at 6-foot-5. One of them, Kael Stephens, scored a game-high 26 points....
Tucumcari's baseball team notched a victory on its first weekend of the season, matching the wins it totaled last season. One day after an 11-5 loss Friday against visiting Raton, the Rattlers earned a 14-3 victory in five innings at Estancia during the Bears' season-opener. "Today was a perfect rebound game for us after mentally breaking down yesterday against Raton," Tucumcari coach George Montano said after Saturday's win. "We stayed in front of the ball, we had quality at-bats, and we...
Three players from the Tucumcari boys basketball team earned first-team all-district honors. For Logan, three players made the first team in their rugged district. Tucumcari senior point guard Curtis Gonzales, freshman center Kamren Apodaca and freshman guard Daymion Urioste each landed on the first team in District 3A-4. Gonzales and Apodaca consistently were the top scorers for the Rattlers all season. Urioste took on more ball-handling chores late in the season and proved to be a potent scorer. Tucumcari finished with a 9-17 record but...
The district-champion Tucumcari girls basketball team boasted four players on the all-district team and three honorable mentions. Three players from Logan earned all district honors in District A-6. Making the first team in District 3A-4 for the Lady Rattlers were senior guard Alexus Lafferty, sophomore guard July Lafferty, sophomore guard Caylee Benavidez and freshman power forward Kyla Lopez. Alexus Lafferty led the Lady Rattlers in points (15.1 per game), assists (3.4) and steals (3.9). Benavidez was second in points (11.0) and assists (3.0)...
Tucumcari senior point guard Curtis Gonzales was chosen as a selection for the New Mexico High School Coaches Association’s 3A/4A Red All-Star Team and also was an honorable mention all-state selection. Gonzales, the Rattlers’ leading scorer, will play at 5 p.m. Saturday against the Green All-Stars at Gallup High School. Athletes will report Friday afternoon before the game. The game is a traditional matchup of the state’s top seniors. On the Red team also will be players from Robertson, Santa Fe Indian School, Newcomb, Sandia Prep, Kirtl...
The 16th-seeded Tucumcari boys basketball team was hanging tough against top-seeded St. Michael’s during its first-round playoff game Saturday at Santa Fe, with the Rattlers trailing just 13-11 at one point. Then the roof fell in. The Horsemen outscored the Rattlers 47-20 in the second and third quarters to secure a dominating 75-42 victory and advance in the Class 3A tournament. St. Michael’s (24-4) plays ninth-seeded Socorro (12-16) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The semifinals and finals are Friday and Saturday. The Rattlers briefly too...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team didn't rely as much on 3-pointers and press defense during its first-round playoff game Friday against Cuba. This time, the fifth-seeded Lady Rattlers received a big lift from freshman center Kyla Lopez, who scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a 68-41 victory over the 12th-seeded Lady Rams at a crowded Rattler Gymnasium. "She was a game-changer, for sure, just going up there and getting rebounds," Tucumcari coach Patrick Benavidez said. In...
The ninth-seeded Logan girls basketball team’s comeback bid at eighth-seeded Springer fell short during a 54-53 loss Friday in the first round of the Class 1A tournament. The Red Devils’ 16-8 surge in the third quarter gave them a sizable lead, and they still led 52-44 with 2 1/2 minutes left. The Lady Longhorns whittled that advantage to 54-51. They had the ball but committed a turnover with 26 seconds left. With 4.4 seconds remaining, Logan sophomore guard Marilyn Moreno drove into the lane and scored while being fouled. If she made the fre...
LOGAN - The Longhorns were losing at halftime and needed a boost from an offense stuck in low gear. It got that boost from junior guard Kaeden Stoner, who scored 15 of his game-high 20 points in the third quarter to ignite eighth-seeded Logan to a 46-39 victory Saturday over ninth-seeded Legacy Academy in the first round of the Class 1A boys basketball tournament. The Longhorns (18-11) advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were scheduled to face defending state champion and top-seeded...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team earned a No. 5 seed in the Class 3A tournament and will host 12th-seeded Cuba in the first round Friday. Logan earned an ninth-seed for the Class 1A tournament and will travel to eighth-seeded Springer for its first-round game Friday. Playoff pairings were announced by the New Mexico Activities Association on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Rattlers (19-6), which recently finished their district schedule unbeaten, will play the Lady Rams (16-14) at 6 p.m. Friday at Rattler Gymnasium, aka The Snake Pit. The winner...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team earned a surprise berth in the Class 3A tournament, but its first-round game Saturday night is no picnic — a trip to Santa Fe to face top-seeded St. Michael’s. Logan earned an eighth-seed in the Class 1A tournament and will host ninth-seeded Legacy Academy on Saturday. Playoff pairings were announced by the New Mexico Activities Association on Sunday afternoon. The 16th-seeded Rattlers (9-16) had been on the bubble for a postseason slot and were ranked 17th most recently by MaxPreps.com. Tucumcari coach Joh...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team left no doubt Friday which was the top team in its district. The top-seeded Lady Rattlers took an early double-digit lead and never trailed in their 59-33 home victory over second-seeded Ruidoso in the championship game of the District 3A-4 tournament. Tucumcari's triumph followed a perfect 6-0 record in district play during the regular season. The Lady Rattlers earned a No. 5 seed in the Class 3A tournament and will host 12th-seeded Cuba on Friday. (See...
One bad quarter by the Tucumcari boys basketball team was all that host Ruidoso needed to secure a 57-45 victory on Saturday and a District 3A-4 tournament title. The Rattlers played well in the first period, getting points from all five starters and holding a 13-12 lead against the top-seeded Warriors. But Tucumcari (9-16) scored only one field goal during the second quarter. Meanwhile, Ruidoso (15-9) scored 16 to give it a 28-15 lead at intermission. The Warriors never trailed by double...
The Logan girls basketball team fell to second-seeded Fort Sumner 53-46 in the semifinal of the District A-6 Tournament on Wednesday. The Vixens stormed to a 10-0 lead early and never trailed, though the Lady Longhorns tightened it to a one-point game early in the second half. Lady Longhorns coach Dustin Robertson said his team didn’t lose due to a lack of effort. “Energy, talking and effort were all great again,” he said. “We just didn’t hit the shots like we have the previous few games. No doubt Fort Sumner’s defense had a little something t...