Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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 state tournament:
Class 1A girls
Logan (22-4), despite a loss to District 6 rival Melrose on Friday, was awarded the top seed because of its three other victories this season against the second-seeded Lady Buffaloes.
The Lady Longhorns will host Dora (9-14), which earned a state-tournament spot because of a 6-4 mark in its district, at 6 p.m. Friday.
Logan faces the winner of a clash between eighth-seed and defending state champion Tatum (19-9) vs. ninth-seed Cimarron (16-11) on March 11 at Bernalillo High School. Times for second-round and semifinal games will be announced later.
The semifinals are March 12 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, with the championship game at 10 a.m. March 14 at Dreamstyle Arena, aka The Pit, in Albuquerque.
Logan’s district landed the top three seeds in the tournament, with Melrose (23-4) at No. 2 and Fort Sumner (19-9) at No. 3. Both teams are on the other side of the bracket and would not play Logan until the final.
A vastly improved Clovis Christian team (15-12) also earned a spot in the tournament, seeded 11th.
Class 3A girls
Tucumcari (18-10), seeded ninth in the tournament, will go to eighth-seeded Laguna Acoma (23-5) at 6 p.m. Friday.
The winner would face the winner of 16th-seeded Crownpoint (12-16) vs. top-seeded Navajo Prep (24-2) on March 10 at the Santa Ana Star Center.
The semifinals are March 12 at the Santa Ana Star Center, with the final at 3 p.m. March 13 at Dreamstyle Arena.
Tucumcari district rival Tularosa (21-5), which the Lady Rattlers defeated three times during the season, was awarded the No. 2 seed and was placed on the other side of the bracket.
Dexter, though winless in Tucumcari’s district, earned the No. 14-seed because of its 16-11 record.
Class 1A boys
Eighth-seeded Grady/San Jon (12-11) will host ninth-seed Quemado (19-8) in its first-round clash at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grady.
The winner of that matchup likely will face top-seeded Melrose (25-1), which hosts 16th-seeded Dora (13-13) this week, on March 11 at Bernalillo High School.
Logan (15-13), seeded 10th, will play at seventh-seed Elida (21-7) at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The winner of that game faces the winner of 15th-seed New Mexico School for the Deaf (17-8) vs. second-seeded Maxwell (22-4) on March 11 at Bernalillo High School.
Another District 6 team, Fort Sumner (15-12), earned a sixth seed and hosts 11th-seed Mountainair (17-10) in its first-round game.
The semifinals are set for March 12 at Santa Ana Star Center, with the final at 6 p.m. March 14 at Dreamstyle Arena.