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Four Tucumcari girls basketball players were named first-team all-district after their advancement to the Class 3A quarterfinals. Logan, which finished runner-up in the Class 1A tournament, also had four players earn all-district honors. For the Lady Rattlers, first-team honorees in District 4 were senior guard Ashley Shipley, senior center Jasmine Jones, senior power forward Aaliyah Brown and sophomore guard Reece Goldston. Shipley held team-highs in points per game (21.1), rebounds (9.2),...
Three Tucumcari boys basketball players were named to the all-district team in Class 3A’s District 4. Sophomore guard Jesus Ramos, sophomore forward Andrew Henderson-Clark and senior wing Alexander Lujan each made the first team from a squad that went 9-16 during the season and finished third in the district. Ramos averaged a team-high 19.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game. Henderson-Clark averaged 10.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Lujan averaged 9.1 points per c...
The mandatory three-week break from classes at New Mexico public schools because of the coronavirus pandemic also means no games and no practice sessions until at least April 6. Tucumcari High School athletic director and track coach Wayne Ferguson said the meets and games affected by the break won't be made up. That trims at least seven games off the Rattlers' baseball schedule, including the previously scheduled home opener against Santa Rosa on March 24. Tucumcari's boys and girls track...
Depleted by injuries, the ninth-seeded Tucumcari girls basketball team reached the end of the line of the Class 3A quarterfinals during a 67-55 loss March 10 to top-seeded and eventual state champion Navajo Prep, despite senior Ashley Shipley’s heroic 38 points for the Lady Rattlers. Tucumcari, which ended its season with a 19-11 record, fell behind 13-0 and 20-2 in the first half during the game at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, two days before the New Mexico Activities Association banned all fans and media from state-tournament g...
The fourth quarter of Saturday's Class A championship game gave an empty feeling to the Logan girls basketball team, and it wasn't just because it was playing in a virtually vacant arena. The top-seeded Lady Longhorns (26-5) failed to score in the last 3 minutes, 45 seconds during a 47-39 loss to second-seeded and district rival Melrose (26-4), which finally earned a crown after losing its previous three state-title games. Though Logan won three of five games against Melrose this season, it...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team nabbed an impressive 58-39 victory on the road Friday night at Laguna Acoma in the first round of the Class 3A girls basketball tournament. The ninth-seeded Lady Rattlers (19-10) face top-seed Navajo Prep (25-2) at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. A final score of that game wasn’t available before press start. Jasmine Jones led the Lady Rattlers with 23 points. Ashley Shipley added 13 points and Reece Goldston 12. Tucumcari committed only nine turnovers during the game and made n...
A depleted Logan boys basketball team’s run in the Class 1A state tournament came to an early end with a 61-41 opening-round loss Saturday at Elida. The Longhorns were without junior guard Dante Sanchez, who averaged a team-leading 22 points per contest, because he was ejected during a previous game and was prohibited from playing in the subsequent matchup. The cold-shooting Longhorns fell behind 11-4 in the first quarter, and the Tigers closed it in the fourth quarter with a 19-7 run. “We had a lot of great looks, but the ball just did...
LOGAN - The top-seeded Logan girls basketball team took care of business quickly during a 63-20 victory in the first round Friday of the Class 1A state tournament against 16th-seeded and proverbial sacrificial lamb Dora. The Lady Longhorns (23-4) took a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter, led by 20 midway through the second and prompted the start of the running-clock "mercy rule" when their advantage reached 35 points in the third. Karli Webb and Kyndall Ragland led Logan's...
GRADY - The Grady/San Jon boys basketball team lamented a top scorer's foul trouble, allowing nine 3-point shots and a brief but critical scoring drought in the third quarter during a 55-51 season-ending loss Saturday to Quemado in the first round of the Class 1A state tournament. Most of all, the Bronchos lamented the absence of senior power forward Chisum Rush. Rush, who averaged a team-leading 17 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game this season, suffered what initially was thought to have...
The Tucumcari baseball team dropped its season-opening doubleheader Saturday at West Las Vegas by scores of 7-0 and 18-3. Rattlers starting pitcher Ryan Birch took the loss in the first game, allowing three earned runs in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked three. The Dons (3-1) scored four unearned runs during the game on three Tucumcari errors. West Las Vegas seized control with a five-run third inning. In the second game, the Dons broke open a 2-2 tie with six runs in the second inning and eight in the third. Tucumcari committed...
The Logan girls basketball team was seeded No. 1 in the Class 1A state tournament and hosts 16th-seeded Dora in its first-round game. Tucumcari’s girls team was seeded ninth in the Class 3A state tournament and will travel to eighth-seed Laguna Acoma for its first-round game. The Grady/San Jon boys basketball team, seeded eighth, secured a home game in its Class 1A state opener against ninth-seed Quemado. Logan’s boys team, seeded 10th, travels to seventh-seed Elida for its first-round game. Here are more details about Quay County teams in the...
Hot shooting in the first quarter catapulted the Tucumcari girls basketball team to the district tournament title in a 53-44 win Friday at Tularosa. The Lady Rattlers (18-10) shocked the Wildcats (21-5) with a 27-6 first quarter, then held on the rest of the way. "The first quarter, we could not miss," Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said. "We hit five threes in the first. "This was a great team effort," he added. "The girls were having fun out on the floor." Hittson praised his team's resiliency i...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team ended its season in the semifinals Thursday of the District 4-3A tournament with a 63-54 loss at New Mexico Military Institute. The Rattlers (9-16) gave up 10 unanswered points early in the first quarter and struggled to overcome that deficit the rest of the game, coach John Span said. "I thought we played well enough to win," he said. "We had the shots; we just couldn't put them in." Tucumcari also was hampered by 22 turnovers, compared to NMMI's 15, Span...
The Logan boys basketball team fell 63-52 in the semifinal Thursday of the Class 1A-6 district tournament at Fort Sumner. The Longhorns (15-13) fell behind 19-9 in the first quarter and trailed the Foxes 32-19 at intermission. “(We) dug ourselves a hole in the first quarter and worked hard to catch back up,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “Guys fought hard but came up short.” Wyatt Wright led the Longhorns with 21 points, and Michael Sena added 12. Fort Sumner, ranked sixth in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com last week, improved to 15-11 overall...
LOGAN - The Melrose girls basketball team turned a 10-point second-half deficit into a 45-37 victory and a Class 1A-6 district tournament title Friday by scoring 22 unanswered points against No. 1-ranked Logan on its home floor. Melrose (23-4), ranked No. 2 in Class 1A, earned its first victory over its district rival this season after losing its previous three matchups by a total of 16 points. The two might meet each other again in the state tournament. Shannon May scored eight of her...
RIO RANCHO - Colt Garcia finished third in the Class 3A 182-pound weight class Saturday, the only Tucumcari wrestler to earn a medal of 11 Rattlers who qualified for the weekend's New Mexico state championships. Garcia's pin on West Las Vegas' Eric Gallegos - his second victory over him during the tournament - during the third-place match kept Tucumcari from returning home Saturday night with no one on the medal stand. Garcia (28-12) lost in the semifinals to Robertson's Mackenzie Ebell but...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team avenged a previous loss and downed Tularosa 56-46 Friday at the Snake Pit to force a tie-breaking game to decide the top seed in this week’s district tournament. The Lady Rattlers, however, lost the subsequent tiebreaker game Monday against the Wildcats. The Lady Rattlers, powered by Ashley Shipley’s 27 points on Friday, improved to 3-1 in Class 3A’s District 4. Tularosa, which defeated Tucumcari 46-45 on Feb. 8, fell to 3-1. On Monday night, Tularosa defea...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team closed its regular season last week with two straight losses to district foes, including a 63-50 defeat Saturday at Tularosa, which captured the top seed of this week's district tournament. A slow start doomed the Rattlers (8-15) against the Wildcats (18-7). Tularosa took a 24-13 lead after one quarter, and Tucumcari closed the gap to less than double digits just one time - 59-50 late in the fourth period. The Wildcats also converted nine 3-point shots. Tucumca...
The Grady/San Jon boys basketball team ended its regular season on a high note Thursday with an 83-80 overtime victory over district rival Logan. Isaiah Mitchell led the Bronchos with 24 points, while Chisum Rush added 21. “We faced a lot of adversity last night from Chisum fracturing his thumb to Chad (Becerra) fouling out in the third, and we were resilient through it all,” Bronchos coach Jonathan Langan said. Grady/San Jon entered the fourth quarter trailing 54-46 but stormed back to tie it in regulation. Mitchell and Dustin Bryant (17 poi...
The Logan girls basketball team wrapped up a perfect regular-season district run Thursday with a 66-25 victory over visiting Grady/San Jon. The Lady Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, improved to 22-3 overall and 8-0 in District 6. They will host the title game in this week’s district tournament at 6 p.m. Friday. Kyndall Ragland led Logan with 17 points, and Karli Webb added 12. “We started a little slow but looked good the second half,” Logan coach Glynna Strand said. “It’s always hard this time of year when you’re playing only one game a we...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team pulled itself into a tie for second place in the district standings with two victories last week, including a come-from-behind 63-61 home victory Friday over New Mexico Military Institute. The Rattlers, who trailed much of Friday's game, rallied with a 7-1 run to take a 44-40 late in the third quarter and added a 9-2 run early in the fourth for a 53-46 advantage - one they would not relinquish. Jesus Ramos led the Rattlers with 19 points, going 10-for-15 from...
If the Tucumcari girls basketball team had held a state-ranked foe to just 18 points in the first half, you would think it'd be in great shape. You would be wrong. Instead, the Lady Rattlers suffered a 47-34 home loss Thursday to Melrose, ranked No. 2 in last week's Class 1A polls, in a performance marred by turnovers, poor shooting and squabbling that dismayed longtime Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson. The 34 points scored by Tucumcari (14-9) was the team's worst offensive outing since a 46-33...
The Logan boys basketball team’s 34-20 deficit at halftime proved too much to overcome during a 66-53 district loss Saturday at Fort Sumner. “(We) dug ourselves a hole in the first half and spent the rest of the game trying to dig out of it,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “Guys fought hard; just came up short.” Dante Sanchez scored 20 points to lead the Longhorns. Matthew Norman added 10 for Logan, who fell to 13-11 overall and 3-4 in Class 1A’s District 6. Fort Sumner, in second place in the district standings with a 5-2 record and one game...
The Logan girls basketball team wrapped up first place in regular-season district play with a 43-36 victory Saturday at state-ranked Fort Sumner. The Lady Longhorns (21-3), ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, improved to 7-0 in District 6 with just one game regular-season district game remaining — Thursday at Grady/San Jon. All the other teams in Logan’s district, including No. 2-ranked Melrose (18-4), have suffered at least two losses in district play. Karli Webb scored 17 points to lead Logan, while Jordan Hines added 11. Logan coach Glynna Strand said...
Members of the Tucumcari wrestling team won three district titles over the weekend's state-qualifying tournaments, including its first-ever female champion. In all, 11 Tucumcari wrestlers will compete in this weekend's state tourney. Senior A'Leaya Lucero (6-2) scored three straight pins in the 145-pound weight class, including against championship foe Katelin Klepac of Aztec, during the 30-team District 1 tournament Friday at Atrisco Heritage Academy in Albuquerque. Tucumcari junior Colt...