District season is upon us. My midseason (conclusion of non-district play) predictions are much, much different than my preseason predictions.

Class 6A
District 1
[/B]1. xCibola (Albuquerque, NM) (14-1)
2. xSanta Fe High (12-5)
3. xVolcano Vista (Albuqerque, NM) (9-8)
4. *Rio Rancho High (8-9)
5. *Cleveland (Rio Rancho, NM) (6-11)

Player of the Year - Amaya Brown (Cibola), freshman

District 2 [/B](all Albuquerque schools)
1. xLa Cueva (11-4)
2. xEldorado (7-8)
3. *Sandia (5-10)
4. Highland (2-12)
5. Manzano (2-13)

Player of the Year - Alexa Romano (La Cueva), senior

District 3
1. xMayfield (Las Cruces, NM) (12-4)
2. xLas Cruces High (10-5)
3. xDeming (11-7)
4. *Onate (Las Cruces, NM) (6-11)
5. *Gadsden (6-12)

Player of the Year - Scottie Bayles (Mayfield), senior

District 4
[/B]1. xClovis (15-2)
2. xHobbs (12-4)
3. xAlamogordo (13-5)
3. xCarlsbad (10-7)

Player of the Year - Danni Williams (Clovis), senior

District 5 [/B](all Albuquerque schools)
1. xValley (10-5)
2. *Albuquerque High (8-6)
3. Atrisco Heritage Academy (3-12)
4. West Mesa (3-12)
5. Rio Grande (1-14)

Player of the Year - Alexis Reyes (Valley), junior

Class 5A
District 1
[/B]1. xGallup High (13-3)
2. xFarmington High (13-5)
3. *Piedra Vista (Farmington, NM) (9-7)
4. *Miyamura (Gallup, NM) (9-9)
5. *Aztec (8-10)

Player of the Year - Tilea Reyna (Gallup High), senior

District 2
[/B]1. xLos Alamos (15-2)
2. xEspanola Valley (14-2)
3. *Del Norte (Albuquerque, NM) (8-7)
4. *Bernalillo (4-12)
5. Capital (Santa Fe, NM) (1-17)

Player of the Year - Ashlynn Trujillo (Los Alamos), junior

District 3[/B]
1. xLos Lunas High (14-2)
2. xValenica (Los Lunas, NM) (12-3)
3. xBelen (11-3)
4. *Centennial (Las Cruces, NM) (9-6)
5. Santa Theresa (2-13)
6. Chaparral (0-16)

Player of the Year - Jordan Holland (Los Lunas High), junior

District 4
[/B]1. xRoswell High (13-2)
2. xLovington (9-5)
3. xGoddard (Roswell, NM) (11-7)
4. *Artesia (8-8)

Player of the Year - Jaedyn De La Cerda (Roswell High), sophomore

District 5
[/B]1. xSt. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM) (5-7)
2. xGrants (8-7)
3. *Moriarty (6-9)
4. *Albuquerque Academy (5-10)

Player of the Year - Natalie Zamora (St. Pius X), senior

x - denotes predicted playoff team
* - denotes playoff bubble team

District season is upon us. My midseason (conclusion of non-district play) predictions are much, much different than my preseason predictions.

Class 6A
District 1
1. xCleveland (Rio Rancho, NM) (16-1)
2. xRio Rancho High (14-4)
3. xCibola (Albuquerque, NM) (9-6)
4. xVolcano Vista (Albuquerque, NM) (11-5)
5. *Santa Fe High (11-7)

Player of the Year - Ryan Jones (Cleveland), senior

District 2 (all Albuquerque schools)
1. xSandia (6-9)
2. *La Cueva (5-10)
3. Eldorado (5-10)
4. Manzano (5-10)
5. Highland (2-13)

Player of the Year - Sam Crews/Dylan Abbott (Sandia), seniors

District 3
1. xGadsden (11-6)
2. xLas Cruces (11-6)
3. *Onate (Las Cruces, NM) (8-10)
4. *Deming (7-9)
5. Mayfield (Las Cruces, NM) (5-12)

Player of the Year - Tommy Cano (Gadsden), junior

District 4
1. xHobbs (17-1)
2. xCarlsbad (11-4)
3. *Alamogordo (8-10)
4. Clovis (4-14)

Player of the Year - Kelvin Jones/Trey Nelson (Hobbs), seniors

District 5 (all Albuquerque schools)
1. xAlbuquerque High (14-1)
2. xWest Mesa (11-4)
3. xAtrisco Heritage Academy (10-5)
4. xValley (8-7)
5. *Rio Grande (8-7)

Player of the Year - Gabe Bump (Alb. High), junior

Class 5A
District 1
1. xGallup High (16-1)
2. xFarmington High (11-6)
3. *Piedra Vista (Farmington, NM) (8-9)
4. *Aztec (7-10)
5. Miyamura (Gallup, NM) (4-12)

Player of the Year - Joe Yazzie (Gallup High), senior

District 2
1. xEspanola Valley (13-5)
2. xCapital (Santa Fe, NM) (9-9)
3. xDel Norte (Albuquerque, NM) (10-5)
4. xBernalillo (11-7)
5. Los Alamos (2-14)

Player of the Year - Jared Garduno (Espanola Valley), senior

District 3
1. xCentennial (Las Cruces, NM) (12-4)
2. xBelen (7-7)
3. *Valencia (Los Lunas, NM) (6-9)
4. *Los Lunas High (5-9)
5. *Santa Theresa (5-11)
6. Chaparral (0-16)

Player of the Year - Cesar Molina (Centennial), junior

District 4
1. xRoswell High (15-1)
2. xArtesia (10-7)
3. xLovington (6-7)
4. *Goddard (Roswell, NM) (9-10)

Player of the Year - Frank De La O (Roswell High), senior

District 5
1. xSt. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM) (10-2)
2. xGrants (12-5)
3. *Albuquerque Academy (5-10)
4. Moriarty (3-14)

Player of the Year - Richie Lucero (Grants), junior

x - denotes predicted playoff team
* - denotes playoff bubble team

Content for the rest of the week:
Tuesday - Midseason District Predictions for 5A and 6A (Girls)
Wednesday - What to Watch This Week (Boys and Girls)
Thursday - Midseason District Predictions for 1A-4A (Boys)
Friday - Midseason District Predictions for 1A-4A (Girls)
Sunday - Spotlight (Boys and Girls)





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6A Girls[/B]
1. Clovis (14-1), prev. 1

2. Cibola (Albuquerque, NM) (12-1), prev. 2
3. La Cueva (Albuquerque, NM) (9-3), prev. 3
4. Alamogordo (13-2), prev. 5
5. Mayfield (Las Cruces, NM) (9-4), prev. 7
6. Santa Fe High (11-2), prev. 9
7. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, NM) (9-4), prev. 4
8. Las Cruces High (9-4), prev. 6
9. Hobbs (9-4), prev. unranked
10. Valley (Albuquerque, NM) (8-5), prev. 8

Dropped: No. 10 Albuquerque High (6-6)

5A Girls
1. Los Lunas High (11-2), prev. 5
2. Gallup (12-2), prev. 1
3. Roswell High (12-2), prev. 3
4. Espanola Valley (13-2), prev. 4
5. Los Alamos (12-2), prev. 2
6. Valencia (Los Lunas, NM) (10-3), prev. 6
7. Belen (10-3), prev. 7
8. Farmington High (11-4), prev. 8
9. Lovington (8-4), prev. 9
10. Centennial (Las Cruces, NM) (8-5), prev. 10

Dropped: none


4A Girls
1. St. Michael's (Santa Fe, NM) (11-2), prev. 1
2. Portales (10-3), prev. 2
3. Shiprock (7-3), prev. 6
4. Sandia Prep (Albuquerque, NM) (8-5), prev. 3
5. West Las Vegas (9-5), prev. 5
6. Hope Christian (Albuquerque, NM) (7-5), prev. 4
7. Kirtland Central (5-5), prev. 7
8. Hot Springs (Truth or Consequences, NM) (5-2), prev. 8
9. Santa Fe Indian School (9-5), prev. 10
10. Hatch Valley (11-6), prev. 10

Dropped: No. 9 Bloomfield (5-6)

SFIS and Hatch were tied at No. 10 last week.

3A Girls
1. Texico (10-2), prev. 3
2. Loving (10-1), prev. 2
3. Tularosa (11-2), prev. 1
4. Eunice (11-2), prev. 5
5. Pecos (9-3), prev. unranked

Dropped: No. 4 Clayton (7-5)


2A Girls
1. Tatum (12-0), prev. 1
2. Jemez Valley (14-1), prev. 2
3. Magdalena (9-3), prev. unranked
4. Melrose (11-2), prev. 4
5. Ramah (10-4), prev. 5

Dropped: No. 3 Escalante (7-2)

1A Girls
1. Corona (10-2), prev. 2
2. Cimarron (7-1), prev. 3
3. Elida (6-4), prev. 4
4. Mosquero (10-2), prev. 5
5. Evangel Christian Academy (Albuquerque, NM) (7-2), prev. 1
Dropped: none

Entering this week of basketball?

Impressive! 85-71 was the final

Volcano is doing exactly what it needs to do to have a chance! Hobbs leads 18 16 at half! Great coaching and game plan by coach brown and his staff! They are just taking really good shot and not playing crazy like Hobbs opponents tend to do in Hobbs. Volcano is also guarding very well! Very well coached! Even if they don't pull this out you got to think volcano gets better because of playing Hobbs and playing competitively in Hobbs. Hobbs seems to be getting frustrated!

This post was edited on 1/17 3:43 PM by swtitancoach

First the scores...Hobbs girls beat Eldorado Friday by 23 points 73-40. Hobbs boys beat Eldorado Friday by 26 points 83-57. The Hobbs girls beat the defending champs of Volcano Vista by 46-39. Hobbs boys beat Volcano Vista by 19 points 59-40. Hopefully the girls can maybe move up a notch to number 8 this week on nmpreps. Helpful hint...the Hobbs girls are already #5 on maxpreps. They have now won 9 of last 10 games.

I only ever mention officiating when it is ugly. Tonight was grizzly. When asked about it on post game interviews, Coach Smith said "It was the worst he has seen in a long time." He also went on about how the refs main job is to protect the kids from injuries. Giving them as much credit as possible, they officiated two intense games in a row as they did the boys and girls games. That situation should be avoided. I have never seen these refs before but I was told they were from Portales. It was not just bad calls it was ridiculous no calls and just phantom calls out of nowhere. I have not seen a Hobbs crowd get that pissed off in a long time. Other than the lusty booing in the first half for stalling and stalling and stalling and deliberately passing up wide open shots to stall some more. Why would any kid want to play on a team like that? Ridiculous.

More ugly. Bless 6'11" Kelvin Jones heart he missed seven point blank shots in a row which woulda and coulda been 14 extra points in the first half. He came back beautifully in the second half. And, the Eagles spark plug and go-to-guy continued his troubles for the weekend wrecking his scoring average. So, when your two best players can't hit a 56 Buick in the first half then yes the game is close. No problem...Hobbs scorched them in the final quarter winning the game by 19 points. Great coaching job by Vista??? Please.

Most ugly. Visitors for all girls games are allowed to choose any seats available. Firstly, kudos to VV as they brought a lot of fans a long way. They took up a lot of reserved season seats (for the later boys games) which is fine. However, it was very nicely asked of them to vacate the season ticket areas after the end of girls game. There were few that were insulted by this I guess and from that point it was on. I unfortunately was just 2 seats from the action. By the time I got the attention of the police, this one young "lady" from Alb. was screaming that they had been assaulted. She was "assaulted" by a tiny elderly lady less than 5 ft. tall who tripped and barely touched her child's shoulder to brace herself. She quickly apologized but OH NO here came the lying "victim" crap that we see on the news everyday. From there, it got to the point that the hefty Hobbs police had to use force to throw a few of them out of the building. Drive 340 to Hobbs and get hauled out before the big game. Stupid.

Cleveland 69, Cibola 63. Jones scored 45 tonight!

Good, bad, overall thoughts? I've been each of the last three years and it seems to be a well ran event. Any changes you might make?

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Live Scoreboard Linked Here
Boys - Saturday, January 17th Basketball Scores
Albuquerque 68, Centennial 66
Carlsbad 55, Eldorado 50
Cibola 69, Alamogordo 30 - Christian Cunningham scored 30
Cliff 76, Cloudcroft 46
Grants 54, Capital 48
Hobbs 59, Volcano Vista 40
Hope 72, West LV 68
Mesilla Valley 83, Lordsburg 49
Rio Grande 68, Highland 62 - Marshall Moore scored 35
Roswell 63, Santa Teresa 28 - Daniel Amador scored 22
Sandia 50, Las Cruces 43
Socorro 51, Rehoboth 44 - Gibo Padilla scored 25
St. Pius X 50, Farmington 44
Valley 55, Gadsden 54
West Mesa 43, Onate 32


Boys - Friday, January 16th Basketball Scores
Artesia 70, Los Alamos 38
Bloomfield 65, Socorro 27
Espanola 47, Miyamura 39
Guymond 54, Clayton 48
Hatch 56, Jemez Valley 44 - Estevan Esparza scored 27
Highland 65, Farmington 58 - Roybal and Baker score 20
Hobbs 83, Eldorado 57
Las Cruces 69, La Cueva 61 - Silva scores 21
Portales 40, Robertson 30 - Junior Ramirez hit game winner
Roswell 70, Deming 55 - Daniel Amador scores 25
Valley 59, Alamogordo 42 - Teton Saltes scores 20
Volcano Vista 24, Carlsbad 23 - Jacob McNeely hits game winner
West LV 101, Hot Springs 70
West Mesa 60, Centennial 59
Zuni 49, Rehoboth 23

Boys - Thursday, January 15th Scores
Del Norte 54, Los Lunas 35
Hondo 66, NMMI 48
Hope 70, Bloomfield 35
Navajo Prep 53, Crownpoint 47
Pojoaque 56, Bosque 38
Pojoaque 56, Bosque School 38
Portales 45, Silver 41
Rio Rancho 98, Rio Grande 62
Santa Rosa 67, Estancia 57
St. Mike’s 49, Robertson 38
Taos 61, Socorro 42
West LV 85, Rehoboth 15

Boys Tuesday - January 13th Scores
Academy 56, Bernalillo 53 - Jeremy Langsfeld scored 14
Albuquerque 68, Manzano 34
Alamogordo 70, Mayfield 64 - Desmond Clark scored 22, Ismael Holguin scored 19
Atrisco Heritage 51, Eldorado 43 - Johnny Rodriguez scored 17
Carlsbad 63, Artesia 40
Cibola 60, Highland 44
Cleveland 80, Espanola 60
Clovis 85, Goddard 78 - Tristen Paulter scored 23, Tucker Dobbs scored 17
Cobre 51, Tularosa 50
Del Norte 73, Rio Grande 64 - Daniel Delgardo scored 26
Hope 57, Volcano Vista 46
Kirtland 81, Farmington 71
Onate 45, EP Faith Christian 32 - Hunter Thompson scored 9
La Cueva 67, Capital 56 - Eric Coca scored 21 for Capital
Lovington 51, Portales 37
Pojoaque 47, St. Mike’s 37
West Mesa 62, Miyamura 36 - Drew Wassana scored 22


This post was edited on 1/18 8:26 AM by Kyle H

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Live Scoreboard Linked Here
Girls - Saturday, January 17th Basketball Scores
Cibola 60, Alamogordo 27
Espanola 71, Cleveland 54 - Alexis Lovato scored 31 and Alycia Archibeque scored 13
Las Cruces 59, Sandia 16
Los Alamos 68, Highland 21 - Ashlynn Trujillo scores 22, Amber Logan scores 19
Los Lunas 62, Hope 60 - Cera Chavez scored 20 points
Lovington 60, Ruidoso 36
Mayfield 58, La Cueva 53
Piedra Vista 54, SFIS 50
Portales 57, Goddard 41 - Kam Blakey scored 23 and 8 boards
St. Pius X 50, Farmington 48
Tularosa 63, Magdalena 46
Valencia 48, Santa Fe 34


Girls - Friday, January 16th Basketball Scores
Cibola 63, Gadsden 28
Clovis 65, Cleveland 32 - Nichele Hyman scored 14
Durango 49, Piedra Vista 31
Gallup 88, Grants 54
Guymon 54, Clayton 32
Hobbs 73, Eldorado 40
Kirtland 53, Moriarty 49
Los Lunas 69, Shiprock 60
Pecos 43, Laguna 40
Shiprock NW 67, Newcomb 16
Taos 52, Socorro 15
Tularosa 77, Dexter 41 - Kyanne Kowatch scored 24, Kaityln Silva scored 16
Valley 42, Alamogordo 23

Girls - Thursday, January 15th scores
Cuba 54, Walatowa Charter 37
Dexter 59, Mesilla 11
Hope 50, Bloomfield 30
Jemez Valley 92, Native American Community Academy 16
Lordsburg 44, Capitan 31
Los Lunas 82, Socorro 18
Robertson 62, Bernalillo 52
Santa Rosa 64, Tse Yi Gai 63
Shiprock 63, Taos 43
Tularosa 62, Tucumcari 39
West LV 55, Hot Springs 20

Girls Tuesday - January 13th Scores
Amarillo 49, Portales 39
Belen 53, Del Norte 48
Bernalillo 52, Academy - Rachel Darnell scored 16
Farmington 54, Kirtland 51
Grants 56, Wingate 20
Hobbs 48, Lovington 44
Hope 36, Volcano Vista 24
Roswell 68, Clovis 59 - Jaylen De La Cerda scored 20
Sandia Prep 62, Socorro 28 - Madie Trainor scored 17
Tularosa 63, Cobre 26 - Cassandra Vickery scored 26 points
Valencia 63, Highland 16
West LV 61, Mora 43



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This post was edited on 1/19 8:14 PM by Kyle H

After beating Clovis tonight at the Rock mind you 68-59!

60-59 Final. Wonderful win by West Mesa tonight. Game was in ABQ

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Class 6A Midseason All-State Team

NMPreps.com’s 1st Team Class 6A Midseason All-State
Trey Nelson - Hobbs
Ryan Jones - Cleveland
Brady Patterson - Rio Rancho
Marcus Williams - Cleveland
Kelvin Jones - Hobbs


NMPreps.com’s 2nd Team Class 6A Midseason All-State
Trevin Ramirez - Carlsbad
Zach Schroer - West Mesa
Gabe Bump - Albuquerque
Lorenzo Vigil - Volcano Vista
Christian Cunningham - Cibola


NMPreps.com’s 3rd Team Class 6A Midseason All-State
Pierre Swain - Hobbs
Juan Hurt - Rio Rancho
Sam Crews - Sandia
Jacob McNeely - Volcano Vista
Malik Curry - La Cueva
Josey Mills - Alamogordo
Isaiah Blanco - Onate
DeShawn Lucero - Atrisco
Vita Coppola - Santa Fe
Marshall Moore - Rio Grande
Roland Chavez - Clovis
Brendan Boatwright - Carlsbad
Shakur Smith - Carlsbad



Class 5A Midseason All-State Team


NMPreps.com’s 1st Team Class 6A Midseason All-State
Frank D La O - Roswell
Richie Lucero - Grants
Joe Saterfield - Centennial
Cesar Molina - Centennial
Jared Garduno - Espanola


NMPreps.com’s 2nd Team Class 6A Midseason All-State
Travis Wilkinson - Artesia
Cody Tabaha - Gallup
Troy Dixon - Piedra Vista
Trent Johnson - Goddard
Bradley Hatten - Grants


NMPreps.com’s 3rd Team Class 5A Midseason All-State
Alex Whitley - Farmington
Ronald Lee - Gallup
James Lawson - Artesia
Garrett Gibson - Valencia
Quintin Wanstall - Valencia
Joseph Trujillo - Espanola
Stephen Lennox - Lovington
Justin Houghtaling - Artesia
Eric Coca - Capital

Class 4A Midseason All-State Team


NMPreps.com’s 1st Team Class 4A Midseason All-State
DJ Bustos - West Las Vegas
Jordan Leake - Hope
Dustin Gaddis - Sandia Prep
Dedrick Milford - Hope
Please send additional 4A nominations to nmpreps@yahoo.com


NMPreps.com’s 2nd or 3rd Team Class 4A Midseason All-State
2nd or 3rd Team Selections
Gabe Chavez - Bosque
Jordan Benfield - Cobre
Tyler Pennington - East Mountain
Gibo Padilla - Socorro

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Final Team Scores
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NMPreps.com's 20 To Watch From The Class of 2016

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January 28th Update - Linked Here
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Very scrappy and intense game. Angel King led Centennial with 20 points, Saterfield 19 points and Cesar Molina held scoreless. Allonzo Armijo led ABQ High with 23 points and Gabe Bump chipped in with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

This is a poem we use to give to our Parents/Boosters in Artesia before the Football season started.
Please Don't Curse The Boy Down There
BY TONY ALFONSO



Please don't curse the boy down there.
He is my son, you see.
He's only a boy, you know and means a lot to me.
I did not raise my son, Sports Fan,
For you to call him names.
He may not be a superstar,
But it's really just a game.
Please don't curse the boys down there.
They do the best they can.
They never tried to lose a game.
They're boys- and you're a man.
The game belongs to them, you see,
And you are just a guest.
They do not need a fan like you,
They need the very best.
If you have nothing nice to say,
Please leave the boys alone.
And if you can't enjoy the game,
Then why don't you stay home?
So please don't curse the boys down there,
Each one's his parent's son.
And win or lose, or tie, you see
To us they're NUMBER ONE!!

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