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The Tucumcari boys basketball team's chances for a come-from-behind district victory Friday against Tularosa essentially evaporated when the Rattlers' leading scorer, Jesus Ramos, fouled out late in the third quarter. The visiting Wildcats went on a 16-2 run after that, sealing a 76-57 victory at the Snake Pit. Ramos, a sophomore guard, scored a team-high 19 points despite sitting the entire fourth period. "With him out, we're a very different team," Tucumcari coach John Span said. Tularosa...
Shaky free-throw shooting, foul trouble and a scoring drought in the second half kept the Tucumcari girls basketball team from notching an upset as it fell 46-45 at No. 2-ranked Tularosa on Saturday. The game was the Class 3A-District 4 opener for both teams. Tucumcari, ranked ninth in last week’s coaches poll, fell to 13-8 overall and has lost three in a row — all against Top 10 teams. Tularosa, ranked second in the coaches poll and No. 3 by MaxPreps.com, improved to 18-3. Ashley Shipley led the Lady Rattlers with 14 points. Jasmine Jones adde...
MELROSE - Making the ordinary plays was what got the Melrose Buffaloes an early lead against Logan on Thursday night. Hot shooting and hustle for extraordinary plays turned it into a blowout. Melrose led by double digits for the final 18 minutes and by as much as 34 in the second half, giving the family of Buffs coach Kevin Lackey plenty of time to fill his office with 200 balloons to celebrate that many wins over nine seasons with Dora and Melrose. "That just means I've coached a bunch of...
MELROSE - The Melrose and Logan girls basketball teams expect to see each other multiple times between Thursday and the conclusion of the season, and possibly for the Class 1A championship. But as much as both teams appreciate and respect the other, they're admittedly tired of seeing each other, and crossing one potential meeting off the list was a victory in itself. With a big fourth quarter from Karli Webb, the visiting Longhorns rallied to claim a 51-49 victory and eliminate any chance of a...
Portales' Taris Rippee scored just before the final buzzer after an offensive rebound to hand the Tucumcari girls basketball team a 60-58 overtime loss Friday at the Snake Pit. Rippee led her team with 23 points. Tucumcari center Jasmine Jones scored a game-high 26 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. Jones scored a total of 49 points in losses to Portales and Goddard, both state-ranked teams, during the week. Despite the mixed outcome, the topsy-turvy game Saturday may prove beneficial...
LOGAN - A key element in Logan's 63-60 district win Thursday over area rival Grady/San Jon was the Longhorns' star player was on the court in the final minutes of the game, and the Bronchos' star player wasn't. Grady/San Jon power forward Chisum Rush, who tied for the team lead with 14 points and grabbed at least a dozen rebounds, was whistled for a technical foul - his fifth foul of the game overall - midway through the fourth quarter. Bronchos coach Jonathan Langan said Rush had turned to a re...
LOGAN - The Grady/San Jon girls basketball team knew it might have a tough night Thursday against the No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A. It was made tougher by an illness to Lady Bronchos coach Alicia Rush, who couldn't yell instructions to her players on the floor during a 57-12 loss. "We're better than what we did tonight, but I'm sick and they can't hear me," a hoarse Rush said in a near-whisper after the game. "If I can't direct traffic, they're not (as good)." Teryn Foote led the Lady Bronchos...
West Las Vegas and Robertson dashed the Tucumcari wrestling team's hopes for a district team title Saturday by defeating the Rattlers 60-18 and 44-33 respectively at the Snake Pit. Tucumcari, which fell to 13-7 in dual meets this season, fell behind the eight-ball before matches began when Isaiah Lopez failed to make weight at 132 pounds, costing the team at least a few points in each match. Tucumcari stalwarts such as Joe Martinez at 170 pounds, Colt Garcia at 182 and Dyson Clark at 220 did as...
LOGAN - Senior power forward Karli Webb scored 11 of her game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter to rally the top-ranked Logan girls basketball team to a come-from-behind 54-47 district victory Thursday over No. 2 Melrose. The Lady Longhorns, ranked atop the MaxPreps.com and coaches polls in Class 1A, improved to 15-3 overall and 2-0 in District 6. Kyndall Ragland added 10 points for Logan. Melrose, which had been ranked No. 1 until Logan defeated it in double overtime at the EPAC Tournament...
LOGAN - The defending Class 1A champion Melrose boys basketball team lived up to its No. 1 ranking by taking a double-digit lead three minutes in the game en route to a 74-55 district victory Thursday over Logan that wasn't as close as the score indicated. The Buffaloes (16-1, 2-0 in Class 1A's District 6) led by 20 early in the second period and by 30 less than halfway through the third quarter. Only an 8-0 run to end the game kept the Longhorns (11-7, 1-1), ranked fifth in Class 1A by...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team fell to yet another highly touted team during a 66-39 loss Saturday at Bosque. The Bobcats (12-2), ranked No. 2 in Class 3A by both the coaches’ poll and MaxPreps.com last week, blitzed the Rattlers by taking a 23-10 lead in the first quarter, 43-18 at intermission and 61-22 at the end of the third quarter. “They really shot the ball well against us,” Tucumcari coach John Span said of his opponent. “We didn’t match up well with their speed. They were just quicker than we were. That didn’t help any.” The Rattle...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team turned a close game into a blowout in the second half en route to a 71-39 victory Saturday at Bosque. The Lady Rattlers (13-5) nursed a 31-24 lead in the first half. They outscored the Bobcats 22-9 in the third period to increase the advantage to 53-33, then out-tallied their foes 18-6 in the final quarter. “We jumped on them in the first (quarter) and stopped playing defense in the second,” Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said. “We need to play a full game and stop looking at the scoreboard.” Jasmine Jones s...
Three Tucumcari High School wrestlers finished in the top four individually during the prestigious, 20-team Cardinal Classic tournament at Las Vegas. A’leaya Lucero at 145 pounds finished second in the first-ever girls bracket at the two-day event, despite her going against heavier wrestlers at times. Julian Vargas at 138 pounds and Caleb White at 152 each finished fourth in their weight classes. Colt Garcia (182 pounds) finished fifth, Zach Bradfield (113) finished sixth and Charles Prieto (120) was seventh for Tucumcari. Tucumcari finished 1...
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association recently announced Tucumcari High School’s Wayne Ferguson is a finalist for its 2020 National Coach of the Year in boys track. The eight finalists will be honored during the National Coach of the Year banquet July 23 during the association’s annual convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a winner will be announced at that evening. A total of 19 coaches of the year will be honored that evening in 19 sports categories. The New Mexico High School Coaches Association nominated Ferguson. “It...
Anticipating a tough game against Clayton, the Tucumcari girls basketball team instead took firm control by the second quarter during a commanding 61-21 win Friday at its Homecoming. The victory at the Snake Pit was made more impressive because the Lady Rattlers lacked a starter. Senior forward Aaliyah Brown suffered a severely sprained ankle early in the Raton game three days before and probably will be sidelined at least a week. "That's the first game where we've played a full ballgame," a...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team won its third straight game and helped give its fans a happy Homecoming with a commanding 83-61 win Friday over Clayton. Jesus Ramos led a balanced Rattler scoring attack with 26 points, including a 15-of-20 performance from the free-throw line. Andrew Henderson-Clark added 20, mostly after offensive rebounds. Robbie Hartmann and Alexander Lujan each scored 13 as Tucumcari improved to 6-8. The game at a crowded Snake Pit was rescheduled from Thursday because...
The Logan boys basketball squad opened its district schedule with an 84-63 victory Saturday at Clovis Christian. The Longhorns raced to a 30-9 lead in the first quarter to take control. Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said his team played well offensively. “(We) still need to be better throughout the entire game defensively, and we missed too many free throws,” he said. Dante Sanchez scored 38 points to lead the Longhorns (11-6). Wyatt Wright added 12 points. Clovis Christian fell to 6-10. Logan hosts a key district matchup Thursday against No. 1-r...
The Logan girls basketball team opened its district schedule Saturday with a solid 63-21 victory at Clovis Christian. Kyndall Ragland led the Lady Longhorns (14-3) with 12 points. Teammates Karlee Cantrell added 11 points and Karli Webb 10. “We looked good,” Logan coach Glynna Strand said. “Intensity was high, and everyone flowed well together.” Clovis Christian fell to 10-7. Logan, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, hosts a crucial district clash Thursday against No. 2 Melrose (12-2). Logan defeated Melrose in double overtime in the...
The Tucumcari wrestling team finished a strong second with a 4-1 dual-meet record at the Shush Duals tournament Wednesday at Fort Wingate. The Rattlers lost only to perennial powerhouse Los Lunas at the tourney. Tucumcari improved to 13-5 in dual meets. For Tucumcari, Joe Martinez at 170 pounds, Julian Vargas (138), Caleb White (152) and Colt Garcia (182) each went 5-0 at the meet. Charles Prieto, wresting at 120 pounds for Tucumcari, went 4-1 on Wednesday. Vargas was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Wrestler in the middle-weights division....
PORTALES - It was a matter of perspective. For the Logan girls basketball team, Saturday night's Eastern Plains Athletic Conference championship game at Greyhound Arena was a stirring comeback, a double overtime victory, an achievement 44 years in the making. For Melrose it was a lost opportunity, a title that slipped away. Logan, down big for most of Saturday's game, rallied to force overtime, then forced another one, and won its first EPAC championship since 1976 by defeating the Lady...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team surprised visiting state-ranked Raton 61-49 on Jan. 7, but Rattlers coach John Span wasn't quite willing to call it an upset. At the same time, Span said he saw an opportunity for his squad against a Tigers team ranked seventh in the Class 3A coaches poll and second in MaxPreps.com with a 9-1 record going to the game at the Snake Pit. Tucumcari was 3-8. "They haven't played the teams that we've played," he said. "I'm not bad-mouthing them, because their record...
The Logan boys basketball team finished fourth in the Plateau EPAC Tournament with a 66-61 loss Saturday to Elida at Eastern New Mexico University's Greyhound Arena in Portales. Longhorns coach Kyle Griffiths said his team was outscored 18-6 in the third quarter, which proved to be a turning point in the game. Logan also missed 15 free throws. Griffiths said his players "have to take advantage of easy opportunities and can't have quarters where we get beat so bad." Wyatt Wright led Logan with 14...
The Tucumcari girls basketball captured the Bean Valley Conference Tournament title for a fifth straight year Saturday by defeating host team Estancia 62-25 in the championship game. The Lady Rattlers (9-3) dominated the tournament, winning by an average margin of nearly 29 points per game while also vanquishing Santa Rosa 72-45 and Mountainair 58-36. All five of Tucumcari's starters - Jasmine Jones, Alexus Lafferty, Ashley Shipley, Reece Goldston and Aaliyah Brown - earned all-tournament...
The Tucumcari wrestling team finished fifth of 12 teams at Saturday’s Spartan Duals at Bernalillo High School and gave its coach optimism for the Rattlers’ upcoming matches against district rivals. Tucumcari 170-pound wrestler Joe Martinez, a runner-up at the state tournament last year, went 5-0 on the weekend. Tucumcari teammates Julian Vargas (138 pounds) and Colt Garcia (182) each went 4-1 during their individual matches. Caleb White went 3-2 on the weekend, as well. Rattlers coach Eddie Encinias said those strong performances enabled his...
The Lady Longhorns used a balanced scoring attack to defeat district rival Fort Sumner 48-33 in the semifinal Friday of the Plateau EPAC Tournament at Greyhound Arena. Jordan Hines led the Logan with 10 points. "We looked OK," Logan coach Glynna Strand said. "Not were we need to but slowly getting there." Fort Sumner, ranked third in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, fell to 9-4. Logan 46, Tatum 22 Logan overwhelmed defending Class 1A champion Tatum 46-22 in the second round Thursday of the Plateau...