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The Logan boys basketball team fell in the semifinals of the district tournament with a 66-51 loss Thursday at second-seeded Melrose. The Longhorns trailed just 26-23 at halftime, but an 8-1 run to start the third period gave the Buffaloes a double-digit lead. Melrose never trailed after that. “We didn’t have a great night shooting the basketball,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “Was a close game at halftime but struggle to score late.” Mason Wallin led the Longhorns with 14 points, and Brock Burns added 13. Logan, seeded third in the tourn...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team reeled off three victories last week, securing an undisputed regular-season district title and the No. 1 seed for this week's district tournament. Earning early round byes, the Lady Rattlers (18-6 overall, 6-0 in District 3A-4) will play for the district tourney championship at 6 p.m. Friday at Rattler Gymnasium, aka The Snake Pit. On Saturday, Tucumcari capped the regular season with a dominating 73-27 victory over Dexter in Tucumcari's rescheduled...
A dominating second half gave the Tucumcari boys basketball team a 66-45 victory Saturday over Dexter and secured the No. 2 seed for the Rattlers in this week's 3A-4 district tournament. Tucumcari, which improved to 8-15 overall, tied with New Mexico Military Institute with a 3-3 mark in district play but earned the second-seed due to head-to-head point spread. The Rattlers will play the winner of the NMMI-Dexter matchup at 6 p.m. Thursday. The winner of that game will go to top-seeded Ruidoso...
RIO RANCHO - In an illustration of how much tougher the two-day state wrestling tournament has become for Tucumcari, a defending state champion literally was the last man standing for the Rattlers on Saturday, and he didn't even earn a medal. Xzander Garcia, who won a Class 3A state championship in the 172-pound division a year ago, was eliminated in the consolation round Saturday when Adryan Triana (37-5) of Pojoaque Valley pinned him 47 seconds into the match. On Friday, Garcia won his first m...
The Logan girls basketball team outscored host Grady 23-9 in the fourth quarter to turn a close district game into a comfortable 55-35 win on Thursday. The Lady Longhorns led just 32-26 after three periods. Desta Rose scored 18 points to lead Logan, and Liz Horner added 13. Grady fell to 10-12 overall and 0-6 in district play. The Lady Longhorns, seeded third in the District 6-A tournament with a 16-10 record and 3-3 in district play, were scheduled to play the Lady Bronchos again Monday in the first round. The winner of that will go to...
The Logan boys basketball team fended off a comeback bid by host Grady on Thursday for a 61-59 victory in its regular-season finale. The win sealed a No. 3 seed for the Longhorns (16-10 overall, 3-5 in district play) for this week’s District 6-A tournament. Logan, which earned a first-round bye, was scheduled on Tuesday to host the winner of Monday’s game between Clovis Christian (17-9, 3-5) and Grady (7-15, 0-8). The winner of that game would go to second-seeded Melrose (20-5, 6-2) at 6 p.m. Thursday. The winner of that contest would go to...
Eight members of the Tucumcari High School boys wrestling team qualified for this weekend's state tournament. Five Rattlers initially made the cut Saturday during the two-day, 19-team Region 2-4A Championships at Socorro. The top seven from each weight class earned an automatic berth. Tucumcari's five initial qualifiers: - Fernando Ureste (31-7), who finished a team-best third in the 114-pound weight class and went 4-1 on the day. His only loss was a 7-0 decision to Silver's Kade Aguirre in the...
The Ruidoso boys basketball team overcame a double-digit deficit and foul trouble during a 50-45 district victory over Tucumcari last Tuesday at the Snake Pit. The Rattlers, needing a victory to stay alive in the regular-season district race, made too many turnovers and especially failed to convert free throws down the stretch. Tucumcari went 2-for-6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter; Ruidoso went 6-for-6 - all in the last 45 seconds. The Warriors went 11-for-14 from the foul line during...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team vaulted into first place in the District 4 standings with victories last week over Ruidoso and Dexter. Last Tuesday, Tucumcari's press defense and a balanced scoring attack led to a solid 60-34 district victory over a somewhat depleted Ruidoso squad at the Snake Pit. The Lady Rattlers' press forced a bunch of turnovers and held the Lady Warriors to just one field goal in the first quarter. That helped give Tucumcari a 16-2 lead, one they wouldn't relinquish....
The Logan boys basketball team led much of the first half, but state-ranked Fort Sumner outscored the Longhorns 45-21 in the second half to prevail 70-47 in a district matchup Saturday. The Longhorns grabbed leads of 6-0 and 11-6 early against the Foxes and maintained a 26-25 advantage at intermission. The Foxes began to take control with an 8-0 run to start the second half and led 50-37 after the third period. Another Fort Sumner scoring run in the fourth quarter gave the Foxes a 20-point lead. “We played a great first half, but we came out a...
The Logan girls basketball team saw an early lead wither away during a 54-41 district loss Saturday at Fort Sumner. The Lady Longhorns took a 15-11 lead in the first quarter and 21-19 in the second. But the Vixens surged to a 29-24 advantage by halftime and expanded it to 44-27 late in the third period. “Shots were not falling through,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “We shot the basketball terribly. Part of that is, no doubt, because of Fort Sumner’s great defense. “We had spurts in the game that we played really well. But we’ve got...
The Tucumcari boys wrestling team captured its first district championship in more than 30 years after dispatching of Del Norte and Valley last week during the District 6 championship duals meet Thursday. The Rattlers finished in a three-way tie for first place with Valley and Ruidoso in head-to-head competition during the regular season. The tiebreaker, which used a points system of combined margin of victory or loss against those foes, gave Tucumcari the district championship. Tucumcari coach...
Two Tucumcari High School girls wrestlers qualified for the state tournament — including one who medaled — during Saturday’s Region 2 tournament at Del Norte in Albuquerque. MiKayla Klinger (11-9), a sophomore at the 152-pound weight class, won three matches at the sprawling 30-team event and lost only to Makenzie Kormendy of Goddard by a 3-0 decision in the finals. Klinger didn’t go home empty-handed; she earned a second-place medal for her efforts. “She had a great day, even in the championship round,” Tucumcari coach Tim Clark said. “It w...
SAN JON - Fifty years ago this month, San Jon High School won the first New Mexico Activities Association championship in girls basketball, despite being one of the smallest school districts. The Lady Coyotes' state title in 1973 came before the tournament was divided into enrollment classes, so the team typically faced bigger schools. San Jon beat them all en route to a 17-0 season and became trailblazers in the Title IX era that prohibited sex discrimination and opened more opportunities for g...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team opened district play Thursday with a resounding 59-13 victory over New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell. The Lady Rattlers stormed to leads of 7-0 and 21-2 in the first half. NMMI made only one field goal during much of the half due to Tucumcari’s smothering defense. Tucumcari scored 25 unanswered points to start the third quarter for a 51-9 lead. After that, coach Patrick Benavidez began emptying the benches amid a running clock because of the 35-point mercy rule. “They played a great game and all con...
A sluggish offense at the beginning and the end proved decisive for the Tucumcari boys basketball team in its 37-35 district-opening loss Thursday against New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell. The Rattlers fell behind by a double-digit margin in the first quarter, forcing them to play catch-up for much of the game. Tucumcari rallied to a 33-29 lead early in the fourth quarter, then scored just one field goal the rest of the way as the Colts came back to take a 37-35 lead with two minutes left. Two Tucumcari traveling violations and other...
The Logan boys basketball team fell short in its comeback bid with a 50-48 district loss Thursday at Melrose. The Longhorns fell behind by as many as 15 points in the third quarter and still were trailing by nine midway through the fourth. “We struggled to score in the first half,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said, “but in the second half got things going a little bit. Boys really locked in defensively the entire game.” Christian Kotara made two free throws with 1:36 left to bring Logan to within 49-48. During the final 38 seconds, Kotara...
The No. 1-ranked Melrose girls basketball team wasn’t going to let Logan get close a second time. The Lady Buffs dominated during a 68-33 district win Thursday at Melrose. On Jan. 19, Melrose escaped with a 72-66 victory at Logan. “The effort and desire were definitely there,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “On offense, we didn’t play with as much confidence as the girls have displayed lately. Far too many turnovers.” Liz Horner led the Lady Longhorns with nine points. Hailee Robertson and Desta Rose each scored seven. Logan, ranked eigh...
Tucumcari High School boys and girls basketball games last week were canceled or postponed in the wake of a player’s death in a vehicular accident. Jayden Gloms, a freshman on the boys junior varsity team, died when a vehicle he was in overturned the afternoon of Jan. 24 at Five Mile Park. (See other story in this edition.) Gloms also was a running back and linebacker on the football team. As a result of the tragedy, boys and girls non-district home games Thursday against Melrose as part of Homecoming week were canceled. THS’ boys and girls dis...
LOGAN - Logan freshman guard Desta Rose sank a long 3-point shot with about 42 seconds left to help lift her team to a 43-40 victory Saturday in a key district battle against Fort Sumner. Rose totaled a game-high 22 points as the Lady Longhorns, ranked ninth in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, improved to 14-8 overall and 2-1 in district play. Hailee Robertson added 12 points, all on 3-pointers. No. 1-ranked Melrose (18-1) continues to be the favorite in District 6. But Logan coach Dustin Robertson sai...
LOGAN - A highly touted Fort Sumner-House boys basketball team didn't have its best shooting night. But a scoring run in the third quarter was all it needed to secure a 70-56 district victory Saturday over Logan. The No. 2-ranked Foxes led 36-31 at halftime and embarked on a 16-7 run in the third quarter. That gave Fort Sumner a 52-38 lead, and it maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the game. Clay Norman led the Foxes with 18 points, and 6-foot-7 center Cash Burney added 16. Fort...
The Tucumcari boys wrestling team scored dual-meet victories Thursday over Class 5A school Volcano Vista and district foe Academy at Albuquerque. “The boys did excellent, excellent, excellent,” Tucumcari coach Tim Clark said, lifting his hopes for the district tournament at Socorro on Feb. 10-11. The Rattlers scored a 42-36 victory over Academy despite giving up four forfeits. Josh Pacheco (145 pounds), Aden Otero (152), Xzander Garcia (172) and Antonio Gonzales (189) piled up the points for Tucumcari with victories by pin. Against non...
The Tucumcari girls basketball hit a rough patch last week, suffering non-district losses at state-ranked Clayton and at home to state-ranked Santa Rosa. During the game Thursday at Clayton, the Lady Rattlers' shooting went cold in the second half and watched a 14-point lead ebb away during a 52-46 loss. Tucumcari fell to 11-6 and have lost three straight. Tucumcari coach Patrick Benavidez said his team played a great first half. Then the second half started. "We couldn't make a shot and didn't...
A fast start by a talented Clayton boys basketball team was all it needed during a 61-46 non-district victory over Tucumcari on Friday. The host Yellowjackets, ranked fourth in Class 2A by MaxPreps.com, raced to a 13-0 lead and held a 29-15 advantage at halftime. "We couldn't throw it in the ocean," assistant coach Gary Hittson said of his team's shooting woes during the first quarter. "We played with no energy, and the turnovers ... oh my goodness, the turnovers killed us. "We got down by 15,...
LOGAN - The No. 1-ranked Melrose girls basketball team survived its second district scare in three days with 72-66 victory Thursday that saw the Lady Longhorns erase a 20-point deficit with less than a minute left. In the end, Graci Odom scored the game's final five points to secure the win. Odom scored 18 points, and teammate Sorrell Allen tallied a game-high 27 points, including going 15-for-20 from the free-throw line. Melrose, which escaped on Jan. 17 with a 53-52 district victory at Fort...