Lady Longhorns defeat Fort Sumner

The Logan girls basketball team stayed in the district-title hunt with a 55-41 victory Saturday against Fort Sumner.

The Lady Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, improved to 20-4 overall and 6-1 in District 6-1A. Melrose (17-6), ranked No. 2, also has just one loss in district play. Logan has just Grady left on its regular-season schedule this week. Melrose faces Grady and Fort Sumner this week.

Harlie Roach led the Lady Longhorns with 16 points, and teammate Makenna Brewer added 13.

Logan coach Glynna Strand said defense, especially its full-court press, was the difference in the game.

Fort Sumner fell to 12-11, 4-3.

Clovis Christian 43, Grady 40

Host Clovis Christian edged the Grady girls basketball team 43-40 during a district game Thursday night.

Isabelle Martinez scored nine points to lead the Lady Broncos, who fell to 4-18 and 1-5 in Class 1A, District 6.

Grady defeated Clovis Christian 49-43 on Jan. 24.

“I don’t think we matched their intensity as far as energy on the court until too late,” Grady coach Rebecca Burns said. “We played slow all game, which is not how we have played in the past few weeks, and the slower speed forced us to take bad shots and make errors in our passing. Clovis Christian showed up and executed a great game plan, and we failed to do so.”

Clovis Christian improved to 5-12, 1-6.