Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
Tucumcari's Jasmine Jones makes a move towards the basket against a Clayton defender during a game in January. Jones and teammate Ashley Shipley were named to the small-school Northeast All-Stars last week.
Two girls each from Tucumcari and Logan and one boy from the Grady/San Jon were among the seniors named to the New Mexico High School Coaches Association's all-regional basketball teams last week.
Tucumcari's Ashley Shipley and Jasmine Jones and Logan's Karli Webb and Jordan Hines each were named Wednesday to the small-school Northeast All-Stars.
Shipley, the Lady Rattlers' point guard, amassed team-highs in points per game (21.1), rebounds (9.2), assists (5.4) and free-throw shooting percentage (81%).
During her career as a three-time all-state player, Shipley totaled 1,583 points, 763 rebounds, 544 assists and 461 steals.
Shipley will play at Texas A&M-Commerce next season.
Jones, a center or power forward, averaged 16.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots per game for the Lady Rattlers.
Jones will play volleyball at Eastern New Mexico University next season.
Webb averaged a team-leading 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, and Hines averaged 10 points and 4.1 rebounds for a Lady Longhorns that finished runner-up in the Class 1A tournament.
Other players named to the Northeast team were Penasco's Carly Gonzales and Adrianna Tafoya, Robertson's Tessa Ortiz, West Las Vegas' Skylin Morgan, Clayton's McKinlee Crisp and Kaylee Mitchell, Santa Fe Indian's Hunter Garcia and Franki Maestas-Chavez, Cimarron's Zoe Salazar, Pecos' Desiree Sena and St. Michael's Carisa Padilla.
Chisum Rush of Grady/San Jon was named to the small-schools Southeast All-Star team.
Rush averaged a team-leading 17.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, which were team-highs for the Bronchos. The 6-foot-3 Rush was a four-year starter at Grady. He finished his career with 1,967 points.
Rush will play baseball at Luna Community College in Las Vegas next season.
Others named to the Southeast team were Melrose's Tristan Sena and Dylan Valentine, Tatum's Sebastian Jimenez, Texico's Luke Phipps and Ruger Horton, Elida's Tyce Delk and Tayveon Mitchell, Eunice's Avante Stevens, New Mexico Military Institute's Clay Stroh, Fort Sumner's Jacob Maxwell, Gateway Christian's Joe Waide and Wesley Tipton and Dora's Haiden Padgett.
The Northeast, Northwest, Southwest and Southeast regional teams will be pared into the North and South teams that will face off July 27-29 during the association's 76th annual coaches clinic in Albuquerque. Final selection of those rosters is dependent on the selection committee being able to meet.
The tournament originally was scheduled for early June in Las Cruces but was moved and rescheduled because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
