For those that don't know, Ron Black was the long-time men's basketball coach at NMJC in Hobbs. I ran across this post of his on Facebook today. Really interesting how things come together.

"I have watched the Hobbs Lady Eagles play three time in the last week. They are now 27-1 and ranked #1 in the state. Their only loss was to Carlsbad and Carlsbad has only lost three games all year, all to Hobbs. Hobbs is led by Junior Amaya Lewis. In 1991-92 the two starting guards for New Mexico Junior College were Pete Lewis of Hobbs and Greg Brown of Albuquerque High. They led NMJC to the championship of the Western Junior College Athletic Conference. Pete went on to an outstanding career at the University of Oklahoma while Greg was the WAC Player of the Year and won the Naismith Award as the nation's best senior under 6' while playing at the University of New Mexico.
Today, their two daughters, Amaya Lewis of Hobbs and Amaya Brown of Albuquerque Cibola are probably the two best girl players in the state. Amaya Brown is injured this year but I would love to see Hobbs and Cibola in the state championship game next year."

Hobbs hosts Carlsbad tonight for the 4th matchup of the season.

Who wins this one?

Does Hobbs get the #1 seed win or lose?

BRACKET

1. Hope Christian (Auto/DC)
2. Shiprock (Auto/DC)
3. Robertson (Auto/DC)

These top 3 seeds are fairly solid and shouldn't see any movement.

4. Moriarty (At-Large/DRUP)
5. Portales (At-Large/D3P)
6. West Las Vegas (At-Large/DRUP)
7. Silver (Auto/DC)

These 4 seeds however is where we could see some shuffling. Although I think Moriarty deserves the 4-seed, and Portales should follow with Member Input criteria points, anything could happen. For example, Silver actually has Moriarty beat 3-1 in the criteria points. West and Silver actually split 2-2 with the Member Input as the last point which I awarded to WLV. And Moriarty has West beat 3-1 in their point. However that 3-way standoff is settled, Portales would follow Moriarty, but because of their poor overall record, they actually ended up splitting 2-2 with Silver, Sandia Prep, and Wingate. West Las Vegas has Portales beat 3-2 without Member Input, but if Portales gets that point and ties it, Portales takes it with the H2H tiebreaker. I tried to avoid a mess and seed them with who I thought Member Input would best align them.

8. Wingate (At-Large/DRUP)
9. Sandia Prep (Auto/DC)

We could see these two teams swap places with Sandia Prep needing one more win to break free of the overall record tie with Wingate. Add point with Member Input and Sandia Prep could be hosting this one.

10. Socorro (At-Large/DRUP)
11. Hatch Valley (At-Large/D3P)
12. Navajo Prep (At-Large/D3P)
13. Pojoaque Valley (At-Large/D3P)

Pojoaque is a funny team to seed too. They could possibly jump as high as 8 or fall back as far as 13. But for most of these criteria matchups with Pojo it'll come down to the Member Input. In the case of Silver and Wingate, Pojoaque actually owns the H2H tiebreaker. If Pojoaque can get the point from Member Input, that'll force a 3-3 tie and the Elkettes will actually jump ahead of either of those teams. The only team that might force a 3-way tie here too is Sandia Prep, who own a 3-1 criteria point lead without Member Input against Pojoaque. Both teams split against the other, so it may come down to a Silver-Pojoaque-Sandia Prep resume breakdown from the seeding and selection committee.

14. St. Michael's (At-Large/D4P)
15. Santa Fe Indian (At-Large/DRUP)
16. Taos (At-Large/D5P)

Last note, Cobre is definitely on the outside looking in, but they're actually tied 2-2 with Taos without Member Input. It's a longshot for Cobre, but not impossible.


Matchups

1. Hope Christian vs. 16. Taos

8. Wingate vs. 9. Sandia Prep

5. Portales vs. 12. Navajo Prep

4. Moriarty vs. 13. Pojoaque Valley


3. Robertson vs. 14. St. Michael's

6. West Las Vegas vs. 11. Hatch Valley

7. Silver vs. 10. Socorro

2. Shiprock vs. 15. Santa Fe Indian

FINAL DISTRICT STANDINGS (Overall Records as of 2/23)


District 1-5A

Kirtland Central (13-10 | 8-2)

Bloomfield (18-8 | 7-3)

Gallup (13-14 | 5-5)

Farmington (11-15 | 5-5)

Aztec (15-12 | 3-7)

Miyamura (9-18 | 3-7)


District 2-5A

Espanola Valley (18-6 | 7-1)

Albuquerque Academy (18-6 | 6-2)

Del Norte (14-11 | 4-4)

Capital (6-22 | 2-6)

Los Alamos (6-21 | 1-7)


District 3-5A

Alamogordo (13-13 | 6-0)

Deming (6-21 | 3-3)

Santa Teresa (4-19 | 2-4)

Chaparral (6-18 | 1-5)


District 4-5A

Roswell (21-5 | 5-1)

Goddard (18-9 | 4-2)

Lovington (13-15 | 3-3)

Artesia (13-13 | 0-6)


District 5-5A

Los Lunas (19-7 | 8-0)

St. Pius X (18-8 | 6-2)

Grants (11-15 | 3-5)

Belen (11-16 | 3-5)

Valencia (6-20 | 0-8)



SEED & SELECTION PROCESS

Criteria

1. Finish in regular season district play.

2. Head to Head

3. Wins against district champions regardless of class.

4. Overall Record

5. Ranking

6. Member School Input


BRACKET

1. Roswell (Auto/DC)

2. Los Lunas (Auto/DC)

3. Espanola Valley (Auto/DC)

4. Goddard (At-Large/DRUP)

5. Albuquerque Academy (At-Large/DRUP)

6. St. Pius X (At-Large/DRUP)

7. Kirtland Central (Auto/DC)

8. Bloomfield (At-Large/DRUP)

9. Gallup (At-Large/D3P)

10. Del Norte (At-Large/D3P)

11. Lovington (At-Large. D3P)

12. Artesia (At-Large/D4P)

13. Grants (At-Large/D3P)

14. Farmington (At-Large/D4P)

15. Aztec (At-Large/D5P)

16. Alamogordo (Auto/DC)

We are looking for Player of the Year candidates for this season. So feel free to post your nominees along with stats and reasons why they should be nominated.

If you don't feel like posting send me an email at catcitty1107@gmail.com.

(Still open but need stats)

Jada Jones - Eunice
Jaedyn De La Cerda - Roswell
Jayce Gorzeman - Mayfield
Madie Trainor - Sandia Prep
Cara Liggins - Sandia
Sydney Candelaria - Eldorado
Hanna Valencia - Hope Christian
Alivia Lewis - Hope Christian
Cassie Vickery - Tularosa
Alexis Lovato - Espanola Valley
Amaya Lewis - Hobbs
Esperanza Varoz - West Mesa
Delaney Markham - La Cueva
Kamirah Decker - Rio Rancho
Melissa Mancha - Volcano Vista

Who do you have?

Lonzo Ball's father saying his son is better than Curry. UCLA player

Cousins trade to Pelicans. Crazy!

NBA trade deadline.

Did you watch all star game or dunk contest.

Who wins college basketball tournament

Week 15 Bold Statements

Manuel Lucero, Director at Tierra Encantada, did some research with the 20% and found the mean of enrollment for all NMAA member schools and came up with the following classifications. This is not official by any means, but may be an idea of what is to come in June. Private schools listed in BOLD with 25% factor.

Class 5A
School Avg
1 Hobbs 2536
2 Atrisco Heritage 2455
3 Rio Rancho 2448
4 Cleveland 2380
5 Clovis 2224
6 Volcano Vista 2171
7 Cibola 1926
8 Eldorado 1858
9 Sandia 1799
10 La Cueva 1788
11 Albuquerque 1779
12 Manzano 1655
13 Las Cruces 1648
14 Carlsbad 1606
15 West Mesa 1561
16 Onate 1556
17 Rio Grande 1526
18 Gadsden 1525
19 Santa Fe 1512
20 Mayfield 1482
21 Cetennial 1474
22 Piedra Vista 1434
23 Deming 1415
24 Capital 1413
25 Farmington 1399
26 Alamogordo 1397
27 Highland 1374
28 Roswell 1336
29 Los Lunas 1270
30 Santa Teresa 1237

Class 4A
School Avg Actual
1 Del Norte 1170
2 Miyamura 1158
3 Valley 1155
4 Goddard 1152
5 Artesia 1109
6 Los Alamos 1096
7 Belen 1056
8 Chaparral 1038
9 Valencia 1022
10 Espanola Valley 973
11 Aztec 948
12 Lovington 921
13 Gallup 918
14 St. Pius 904 670
15 Grants 863
16 Academy 857 652
17 Bloomfield 824
18 Portales 794
19 Kirtland Central 784
20 Bernalillo 778
21 Moriarty 774
22 Toas 764
23 Silver 701
24 Shiprock 643
25 Pojoaque 624
26 Wingate 610 473

27 Santa Fe Indian 610 488

28 Hope Christian 599 467
29 Ruidoso 558
30 NMMI 543 411
31 St. Michaels 526 398

Class 3A
School Avg Actual
1 Socorro 464
2 West Las Vegas 444
3 Robertson 436
4 Sandia Prep 436 313
5 Hatch Valley 403
6 Hot Springs 390
7 Bosque 364 271
8 East Mountain 360
9 Thoreau 349
10 Cobre 344
11 Navajo Prep 337 259
12 Cottonwood 329
13 Zuni 278
14 Laguna 277
15 Santa Fe Prep 277 214
16 Dexter 276
17 Tohatchi 267
18 Tularosa 267
19 Crownpoint 260
20 Raton 246
21 Tucumcari 244
22 Rehoboth 239 176
23 Monte Del Sol 236
24 Cuba 228
25 ATC 226
26 Newcomb 217
27 Estancia 214
28 Eunice 202

Class 2A

School Avg Actual
1 Loving 193
2 Dulce 185
3 NACA 178
4 Santa Rosa 176
5 Pecos 173
6 Texico 170
7 Tierra Encantada 168
8 Desert Academy 160 117
9 McCurdy 156
10 Navajo Pine 149
11 Menaul 148 121
12 Capitan 147
13 Mora 145
14 Hagerman 198
15 Mission Achieve 133
16 Clayton 131
17 Mescalero 128
18 Lordsburg 126
19 Cludcroft 126
20 Questa 124
21 Jal 122
22 Mesilla Valley 120 90
23 Logan 118
24 Escalante 116
25 Magdalena 115
26 Mesa Vista 112
27 Tse'Yi'Gai 112
28 Foothill 111
29 Penasco 111
30 Ramah 106
31 Tatum 104
32 Jemez Valley 102
33 Northwest 102
34 Pine Hill 100 83

Class 1A

School Avg Actual
1 Alamo Navajo 95
2 Fort Sumner 93
3 To'Hajiilee 87
4 Gateway 86 70
5 Mountainair 83
6 Cliff 82
7 Dora 81
8 Cimarron 79
9 Floyd 67
10 Coronado 63
11 SF Waldorf 60
12 Animas 57
13 Walatowa 55
14 Melrose 54
15 Hondo 54
16 Springer 50
17 NMSD 49 36
18 Clovis Christian 48 41

19 Evangel Christ 46 35

20 Victory Christia 46 25
21 Carrizozo 45
22 Reserve 44
23 Quemado 43
24 Elida 42
25 House 41
26 Grady 40
27 Lake Arthur 33
28 Vaughn 30
29 San Jon 28
30 Corona 28
31 Des Moines 28
32 Maxwell 27
33 Oak Grove Cl 20
34 Mosquero 17
35 Wagon Mound 13
36 NMSBVI 11
37 Roy 8

So in the past 2 years we have seen the rivalry between Capital and Espanola reach heights that may be unmatched in the almost 30 years of existence. The schools have similar backgrounds... Mostly impoverished student bodies from hard working family's that take a great pride in their communities, and especially basketball. Capital grew as a program facing the Coach Brown juggernaut Academy teams, and found major success in the early and mid 2000's with the promotion of Ben Gomez. Espanola, while always prideful, never had much success but always played with a chip on their shoulder. Enter the hiring of Richard Martinez and the rivalry was really born. Espanola kid transfers to Capital, Jags win a State Title and make the finals 3 times in 4 years... A Santa Fe kid leads Espanola to their first State Title, taking out Capital on the way in the Quarters by 2, and cements the Sundevil's place in Northern New Mexico Hoops hierarchy.

What has struck me as odd, is that with all that parallels these two programs, we see 2 completely different styles of play. On offense. Defensively both teams get after you, but on O its a Tale of Two Cities.

In the past 2 years Capital and Espanola have played each other 8 times. Tonight's District Tournament Championship will be numero 9, and break a 4-4 tie. The game results have broken down as follows:
Capital 54 Espanola 44
Espanola 54 Capital 50
Capital 60 Espanola 58
Capital 72 Espanola 56
Espanola 36 Capital 34
Espanola 40 Capital 39
Espanola 50 Capital 47
Capital 55 Espanola 48

In Espanola's 4 wins they have outscored the Jags by a total of 7 points. In Capital's 4 wins the point differential is 35 total points. Pace of play is the determining factor in the rivalry. Espanola's average score in wins is 44.25 and 51.5 in their losses. Capital's averages are 60.75 in wins and 42.5 in losses.

I think the number to watch tonight is 50. If Capital gets to 50 they win. If the score is in the 40's, advantage Sundevils.

What other rivalries are out there that may qualify as a Tale of Two Cities?

Bustos was complaining that the St. Mike's defense was collapsing on him the whole game and not playing fair. I wonder what he is going to do in college when a blue chipper from New York or Chicago is covering him like a blanket, not even letting him breath.

I'm thinking we need a sort of get together if you are coming to the State Tournament. All posters get together one of the nights at a restaurant. Wednesday night maybe.

I've been working here since 2009-2010 but haven't got to meet posters.

source letting us know they will forfeit all but one win. 1-26 record now for using an ineligible player

Hobbs
Carlsbad
West Mesa
Eldorado
Sandia
Rio Rancho
Cibola
Los Lunas
Goddard
Espanola Valley
Bloomfield
Hope Christian

6A
5A
4A
3A
2A
1A

Upset Team in State
Team that Gets Upset

A little down time before I take a shot at some boys hoops bracket predictions, but for those curious about 3A girls hoops here's my predictions.

1. Eunice (Auto/DC)
2. Tohatchi (Auto/DC)
3. Texico (Auto/DC)
4. Laguna-Acoma (Auto/DC)
5. Tularosa (At-Large/DRUP)
6. Tucumcari (At-Large/DRUP)
7. Cuba (At-Large/DRUP)
8. Dulce (Auto/DC)
9. Pecos (Auto/DC)
10. McCurdy (At-Large/DRUP)
11. Raton (At-Large/DRUP)
12. Loving (At-Large/D3P)
13. Tierra Encantada (At-Large/D3P)
14. Dexter (At-Large/D4P)
15. Clayton (At-Large/D3P)
16. Capitan (At-Large/D5P)

Quick note, the top 3 seeds could shuffle a bit with Texico having a case for the number one overall seed. But I think it'll play out something like this with Tohatchi or Texico at the 2-seed. Laguna-Acoma is my surprise push at the 4-seed, but you could make the case for Tulie as well. I think the furthest back LA could fall is 6th and that's if Tucumcari can get the Member Input to push ahead of LA. Tulie has the points to stay ahead of Tucumcari and should remain in the 3 to 5-seed area.

NMpreps.com's Player of the Week (Week 14)

Amaya Lewis - Hobbs
NMpreps.com is proud to name Hobbs' junior guard Amaya Lewis our Week 14 Player of the Week. Amaya helped lead her fellow Lady Eagles to a 3-0 week that included wins against Mayfield and handing two straight losses to previously undefeated Carlsbad. In her game against Mayfield, Lewis posted 23 points. In her two games this week against Carlsbad, Lewis posted 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals and then followed with 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists in the tiebreaker on Saturday.


Week 14 Tate Branch All-New Mexico Team


FIRST TEAM

Cassie Vickery, Senior (Tularosa) - 41 points, 10 rebounds, 11 steals, and 10 assists vs. Loving; 17 points and 9 steals vs. Dexter.

Carsyn Boswell, Sophomore (Carlsbad) – 22 points vs. Gadsden; 13 points vs. Hobbs; 26 points and 3 steals vs. Hobbs.

Bri Rodriguez, Senior (Loving) – 22 points vs. Dexter; 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals vs. Tularosa; 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, and 4 assists vs. Eunice.

Jayce Gorzeman, Senior (Mayfield) – 22 points and 11 rebounds vs. Hobbs; 28 points and 7 rebounds vs. Las Cruces.

Madie Trainor, Senior (Sandia Prep) – 39 points (13 of 26 shooting) vs. Moriarty; 24 points vs. East Mountain

Cara Liggins, Senior (Sandia) – 35 points and 8 rebound vs. Clovis; 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists vs. Manzano

Maiah Rivas, Sophomore (West Mesa) – 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals vs. Rio Grande; 12 points (on 5 of 10 shooting) vs. Valley


SECOND TEAM

Jada Jones, Junior (Eunice) – 17 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals vs. Loving; 8 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals vs. Capitan

Jayden Perez, Junior (Onate) – 21 points vs. Centennial; 15 points and 7 rebounds vs. Las Cruces

Marisol Silva, Junior (Sandia) – 15 points and 9 rebounds vs. Clovis; 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Manzano

Taylor Salazar, Sophomore (Santa Fe) – 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists vs. Manzano

Teya Morris, Junior (Clovis) – 21 points and 12 rebounds vs. La Cueva; 13 points (5 of 10 shooting) and 6 rebounds vs. Sandia

Alexis Lovato, Senior (Espanola Valley) – 29 points vs. Los Alamos

Myra McCaskill, Junior (Aztec) – 24 points vs. Gallup



NMpreps.com Coach of the Week

Joe Carpenter (Hobbs High School)
What a week it was for the Hobbs girls basketball team. First year head coach, Joe Carpenter and his Lady Eagles had to find a way to defeat Carlsbad not only once, but twice! The back-to-back wins against previously undefeated Carlsbad allowed for Hobbs to claim the District 3-6A regular season title after going 13-1 in district play, 26-1 overall. After the first loss, Coach Carpenter’s Lady Eagles have won 8 straight and are looking to cap off their district season with a district tournament championship. Congratulations to our Week 14 Coach of the Week, Coach Carpenter!

http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...-mark-in-comments-about-aau-basketball-022217


I sort of disagree.

Should the football season move up one week and eliminate the bye week?

Per @ababaseball RR wins 10-6 in 6th. #500 for Coach Murphy.

*****2017 DISTRICT THREAD*****

• Regular Season Champions
• District Tournament & Results
• All-District Teams

REGULAR SEASON DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
6A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-6A: Cleveland Storm (20-6, 7-1)


DISTRICT 2-6A: Eldorado Eagles (18-6, 9-1)

DISTRICT 3-6A: Onate Knights (21-4, 10-2)


DISTRICT 4-6A: Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars (17-7, 9-1)
No picture provided.

5A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-5A: Farmington Scorpions (23-3, 9-1)

DISTRICT 2-5A: Espanola Valley Sundevils (19-6, 6-2)/Capital Jaguars (20-5, 6-2)

DISTRICT 3-5A: Alamogordo Tigers (18-8, 6-0)


DISTRICT 4-5A: Roswell Coyotes (20-4, 6-0)
No picture provided.

DISTRICT 5-5A: Belen Eagles (20-6, 7-1)


4A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-4A: Wingate Bears (13-13, 6-0)
DISTRICT 2-4A: Robertson Cardinals (16-7, 7-1)
DISTRICT 3-4A: Silver Colts (21-4, 8-0)
DISTRICT 4-4A: Hope Christian (22-4, 8-0)
DISTRICT 5-4A: Bernalillo Spartans (14-13, 7-1)

3A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-3A: Newcomb Skyhawks (17-7, 8-0)
DISTRICT 2-3A: Dulce Hawks (18-6, 6-0)
DISTRICT 3-3A: Pecos Panthers (24-1, 8-0)
DISTRICT 4-3A: Eunice Cardinals (13-12, 7-1)
DISTRICT 5-3A: Texico Wolverines (19-6, 5-1)/Santa Rosa Lions (17-7, 5-1)
DISTRICT 6-3A: Cuba Rams (21-5, 7-1)/Estancia Bears (16-10, 7-1)

2A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-2A: Navajo Prep Warriors (15-9, 6-1)
DISTRICT 2-2A: Magdalena Steers (26-0, 10-0)


DISTRICT 3-2A: Lordsburg Mavericks (25-1, 8-0)
DISTRICT 4-2A: Jal Panthers (15-9, 4-2)
DISTRICT 5-2A: Mora Rangers (19-7, 8-0)
DISTRICT 6-2A: Fort Sumner/House (21-3, 6-0)

1A BASKETBALL

DISTRICT 1-1A: Coronado Leopards (16-7, 7-1)/Evangel Christian Eagles (14-11, 7-1)
DISTRICT 2-1A: Quemado Eagles (24-2, 6-0)
DISTRICT 3-1A: Hondo Valley Eagles (21-5, 6-0)
DISTRICT 4-1A: Melrose Buffaloes (20-6, 10-0)
DISTRICT 5-1A: Springer Devils (18-7, 6-1)/Maxwell Bears (21-3, 6-1)






Coaches/Parents
1. Text/E-Mail in photo of your District Champion
2. Text/E-Mail District Tournament Bracket
3. Please Text/E-mail All-District Teams