Week 9 New Mexico High School Basketball Rankings

NMPreps weekly rankings for the 2021/2022 New Mexico high school basketball. The rankings reflect the previous week. This is for the week of January 17th - 23rd. #nmpreps

5A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Las Cruces (16-0)
2. Volcano Vista (16-0)
3. Atrisco Heritage (13-2)
4. La Cueva (11-2)
5. Hobbs (16-2)
6. Rio Rancho (11-5)
7. Sandia (8-6)
8. Santa Fe (12-2)
9. Cleveland (10-6)
10. Farmington (15-1)
11. Los Lunas (8-8)
12. Carlsbad (15-3)

New: N/A | Dropped: N/A | Next: Organ Mountain (6-9)

Movement: Cleveland dropped from #7 in week eight to #9 this week. They have five straight, three last week to La Cueva, Sandia, and Hobbs. Sandia and Cleveland flipped spots this week. No other big or "bad" losses this week for the top-12. Los Lunas fell on the road to Hobbs but that's it, they'll stay at 11.


4A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Highland (9-3)
2. Belen (11-5)
3. Taos (14-4)
4. Valley (8-7)
5. Hope Christian (10-7)
6. Albuquerque Academy (7-4)
7. Espanola Valley (12-5)
8. Lovington (11-4)
9. Los Alamos (8-6)
10. St. Pius X (10-4)
11. Del Norte (6-9)
12 (t) Goddard (8-8)
(t) Silver (17-2)

New: Taos (3) Dropped: N/A Next: Artesia (9-8)

Movement: Taos had a solid week going 4-0 with wins over Pecos, Artesia, St. Pius X, and Hope Christian. They jumped back into the top-12 rankings.

3A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Raton (9-2)
2. Sandia Prep (5-9)
3. Socorro (11-5)
4. Robertson (8-5)
5. St. Michael's (2-10)
6. Santa Fe Prep (8-5)
7. Bosque (8-3)
8. Santa Fe Indian (7-5)
9 Crownpoint (9-5)
10. West Las Vegas (8-6)
11. Hot Springs (8-7)
12. Cottonwood Classical (5-7)

New: N/A | Dropped: N/A | Next: Newcomb (9-6)

Scoop: No movement this week however we had a mid-week update in week seven that shifted things. We are not done moving around but many teams didn't play games last week.

2A Basketball - TOP 12

1. Jal (9-2)
2. Hagerman (10-0)
3. Pecos (9-6)
4. Tularosa (12-2)
5. Rehoboth Christian (10-2)
6. Estancia (8-3)
7. Menaul (8-3)
8. Escalante (10-4)
9. Dulce (9-5)
10. Texico (6-5)
11. Penasco (8-5)
12. Mescalero Apache (7-5)

New: N/A | Dropped: N/A | Next: Santa Rosa (9-5)

Movement: Like we did in 3A hoops last week we had a mid-week update. No big shift outside of Tularosa making a leap to 4th after upsetting Rehoboth Christian last week.

1A Basketball - TOP 12

1. Magdalena (16-0)
2. Fort Sumner (7-2)
3. Elida (13-2)
4. Melrose (8-3)
5. Clovis Christian (10-2)
6. Mesilla Valley Christian (9-1)
7. Roy/Mosquero (12-4)
8. Dora (7-6)
9. Reserve (10-6)
10. Springer (8-4)
11. Cliff (10-3)
12. Legacy Academy (6-6)

New: Dora (8). Legacy Academy (12) | Dropped: Logan (9), Des Moines (10) | Next: Coronado (7-6)

Movement: We have some movement since our week seven rankings. Legacy Academy joins the top-12 with a win over Fort Sumner. Dora is new and another team that could be a threat to reach the second round. Magdalena is the real deal and as of now we are looking for the team that could face them in the state championship game.

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5A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Las Cruces (15-0)
2. Volcano Vista (14-0)
3. Atrisco Heritage (12-2)
4. La Cueva (10-2)
5. Hobbs (14-2)
6. Rio Rancho (10-5)
7. Cleveland (10-6)
8. Santa Fe (12-2)
9. Sandia (7-6)
10. Farmington (15-1)
11. Los Lunas (8-7)
12. Carlsbad (14-3)

Scoop: The big mover this week is Los Lunas as they beat Carlsbad in a close 45-43 contest. Sandia is healthy again and on a three game win streak redeeming some earlier losses.

4A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Highland (8-3)
2. Valley (8-5)
3. Hope Christian (8-6)
4. Belen (10-5)
5. St. Pius X (8-3)
6. Albuquerque Academy (7-4)
7. Espanola Valley (12-5)
8. Lovington (11-3)
9. Los Alamos (8-6)
10. Silver (17-2)
11. Del Norte (5-8)
12. Goddard (7-8)

Scoop: 4A basketball is a bag of mixed emotions. Think of it as the party pack of candy. Any night a different team could take the win depending on the roster make-up. They are all beating each other. March is going to be intriguing.....if we get there.

3A BASKETBALL - TOP 12

1. Raton (9-2)
2. Sandia Prep (5-9)
3. Socorro (10-4)
4. Robertson (8-5)
5. Santa Fe Prep (6-4)
6. St. Michael's (2-10)
7. Bosque (7-3)
8. Santa Fe Indian (7-5)
9 Crownpoint (8-5)
10. West Las Vegas (7-4)
11. Hot Springs (7-5)
12. Cottonwood Classical (5-7)

Updated 1/13/22
Scoop: Plenty of movement. Bosque dropped two games since the last rankings (Santa Fe Prep & St. Mikes). Socorro was upset by Cottonwood Classical last night. Raton is the new number one team. St. Mikes has it's athletes and sticking true to the "what have you done for me lately" this team is back to form or getting to where we expected them to be this preseason. Thoreau dropped out of the rankings after falling to Newcomb in their last game. Cottonwood makes a huge leap into the top-12.

2A Basketball - TOP 12

1. Jal (9-2)
2. Hagerman (10-0)
3. Rehoboth Christian (8-1)
4. Pecos (8-6)
5. Estancia (7-2)
6. Menaul (8-3)
7. Escalante (10-4)
8. Tularosa (9-2)
9. Dulce (9-5)
10. Texico (6-5)
11. Penasco (8-5)
12. Mescalero Apache (7-5)

Update: 1/13/22

Scoop: More movement here and another classification that will await more players returning from being out on protocols. However, we could have up to 10 teams vying for a title.


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ATRISCO HERITAGE JAGUARS

City: Albuquerque, NM
2021 Record: 2-7 overall, 0-5 district
2021 Playoffs: Missed
Head Coach: Howard Knezevich
NMPreps 6A Preseason Rank: #18 (of 21)
NMPreps Top-40 Preseason Rank: Unranked (of 121)

Scoop: Despite a 2-7 record the Atrisco Heritage Jaguars are on the rise. They will again have to battle in the very difficult District 1-6A with the likes of Cibola, Rio Rancho, Volcano Vista, and Cleveland. The offensive numbers improved slightly after scoring 92-points in 2020 to 117 in in 2021. The numbers appear to be there but they will need to get size in order to protect their balanced attack.

Players: Dean Marquez (2024) returns under center for the Jaguars after passing for 519-yards and 3 touchdowns as a sophomore. Marquise Renfro (2024) rushed for 136-yards in seven games and reached the end zone two times for what was a very young team. Renfro averaged 6.8 yards per carry, he also had 303-receiving yards with a touchdown to lead to the team. The defense takes a hit losing three of their main starters and it'll be Renfro again as the leader with 30-total tackles last season. Emmanual Martinez (2023) and Judah Nichols (2025) will also bring some veteran experience on defense. Nichols a 6'0 freshman during the 2021 season held his own in the limited action he seen and earned a sack in each game he played.

Early Prediction: 2-8 overall. It'll be sometime until APS releases their schedule even though they are complete. 2 wins is likely again depending on their non-district slate of games. Hopefully we will be able to see them compete in non-district against the likes of Albuquerque, West Mesa, Valley and others at their level. Final word - Head coach Knezevich is doing a great job and I hope he continues to battle with them for years to come.

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Monday, January 10th
Escalante 67, Cuba 26 - F
Hope Christian 61, Grants 40 - F
Pecos 81, Estancia 53 - F
Silver 71, Cobre 40 - F

Tuesday, January 11th
Albuquerque Academy 54, Los Alamos 47 - F
ATATC 51, Aztec 47 - F
Bernalillo 60, St. Pius X 47 - F
Carlsbad 66, Lovington 33 - F
Cibola 49, Albuquerque 37 - F
Clovis Christian 65, Floyd 36 - F
Coronado 72, Evangel 65 - F
EP Cathedral (TX) 60, Santa Teresa 28 - F
Espanola Valley 74, Kirtland Central 49 - F
La Cueva 74, Cleveland 45 - F
Las Cruces 70, Hobbs 55 - F
Organ Mountain 71, Gadsden 42 - F
Portales 62, Moriarty 47 - F
Rio Rancho 61, Belen 48 - F
Robertson 77, NMMI 26 - F
Santa Fe Prep 68, Bosque 63 - F
Santa Rosa 65, Springer 54 - F
Taos 57, Pecos 48 - F
Tularosa 61, Hatch Valley 22 - F
Volcano Vista 67, Los Lunas 31 - F

Wednesday, January 12th
Capital 45, Valencia 40 - F
Eldorado 77, Rio Grande 62 - F
Highland 56, Del Norte 52 - F
Portales 60, Clovis 56 - F

Thursday, January 13th
Artesia 73, Shiprock 27 - F
ATATC 38, Questa 27 - F
Belen 66, Bernalillo 58 - F
Bosque 60, Legacy Academy 58 - F
Cobre 49, Santa Teresa 44 - F
Crownpoint 47, Tohatchi 37 - F
Elida 55, Floyd 42 - F
Estancia 71, Tucumcari 63 - F
Hope Christian 63, Bloomfield 51 - F
La Cueva 57, Albuquerque 42 - F
Magdalena 82, Hatch Valley 17 - F
Melrose 74, Cloudcroft 37 - F
Pecos 59, Pojoaque Valley 53 - F
Rehoboth Christian 50, Mora 39 - F
Reserve 47, NONV 41 - F
Roy 64, Grady 44 - F
Sandia 62, Cleveland 55 - F
Taos 46, St. Pius X 40 - F
Tularosa 61, Santa Fe Prep 43 - F
Volcano Vista 72, Valley 45 - F
West Las Vegas 53, Hot Springs 49 - F

Friday, Jan 14th
Albuquerque 49, Valley 47 - F
Atrisco Heritage 70, Rio Grande 40 - F
Bloomfield 53, Hot Springs 51 - F
Carlsbad 48, Capital 45 - F
Centennial 60, Deming 56 - F
Goddard 85, Chaparral 42 - F
Hobbs 65, Los Lunas 54 - F
Hope Christian 67, West Las Vegas 46 - F
Las Cruces 110, Gadsden 30 - F
Legacy Academy 58, Evangel Christian 52 - F
Magdalena 91, Socorro 37 - F
Rehoboth Christian 60, Estancia 40 - F
Reserve 57, Hatch Valley 35 - F
Rio Rancho 74, Roswell 43 - F
Santa Fe Prep 53, Gateway Christian 41 - F
St. Pius X 73, Shiprock 31 - F
Taos 71, Artesia 55 - F
Tucumcari 41, Mora 40 - F
Tularosa 52, Santa Rosa 33 - F
Valencia 53, Bernalillo 52 - F

Saturday, Jan 15TH
Artesia 76, West Las Vegas 58 - F
ATATC 50, Questa 49 - F
Capitan 44, Ruidoso 42 - F
Chinle (AZ) 70, Gallup 39 - F
Clayton 53, Dora 52 - F
Clovis Christian 74, Logan 58 - F
Eunice 41, Cloudcroft 38 - F
Hobbs 94, Cleveland 81 - F
Mayfield 65, Cibola 60 - F
Mora 40, Gateway Christian 35 - F
Piedra Vista 66, Aztec 34 - F
Roy/Mosquero 64, Hondo Valley 27 - F
Santa Fe Prep 55, Tucumcari 45 - F
Socorro 78, Reserve 34 - F
St. Pius X 47, B loomfield 28 - F
Taos 51, Hope Christian 38 - F
Tularosa 45, Rehoboth Christian 31 - F
Volcano Vista 84, Eldorado 59 - F

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Monday, January 10th
Escalante 67, Cuba 44 - F
Carlsbad-JV 47, Loving 43 - F
Pecos 45, Estancia 24 - F

2021 New Mexico Mr. Football - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico QB of the Year - Paul Cieremans (Los Lunas)
2021 New Mexico OL of the Year - Roger Carreon (Jal)
2021 New Mexico LB of the Year - Stratton Shufelt (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico RB of the Year - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico Coach of the Year - Heath Ridenour (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico WR of the Year - Exodus Ayers (La Cueva)
2021 New Mexico DL/DE of the Year - Brody Jaquez (Belen)
2021 New Mexico Secondary of the Year - Tatyen Hilliard (Lovington)
2021 New Mexico K/P of the Year - Kaden Bell (Los Lunas)

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ALAMOGORDO TIGERS

Town: Alamogordo, NM
2021 Record: 2-8 overall, 0-3 district
2021 Playoffs: Missed
Head Coach: AJ Cisco
NMPreps 6A Preseason Rank: #19 (of 21)
NMPreps Top-40 Preseason Rank: Unranked (of 121)

Scoop: The Alamogordo Tigers are coming off 2-wins in 2021 and now make the transition back to 6A football from 5A. Head coach AJ Cisco has done a great job at building the Tigers from playing in the toughest 5A football district to now playing in the highest enrollment classification. The Tigers join the 6A southern district with the likes of Las Cruces, Hobbs, Carlsbad, Centennial, and Organ Mountain. Las Cruces and Centennial have been at the top of district and battle come the post season and Alamogordo will look for its place among the other three programs. It could take both years in the new alignment block to get them back battling for a playoff spot.

Players: The Tigers graduate plenty of starters from last season and for a team that is more 70% run than pass you will quickly turn to Damon Mayberry (2023). Mayberry rushed for 247-yards on 42 carries (5.9 average) last season. He should see an increase in carries and yards next season. Essentially it was a grounded backfield with five backs getting near 30 carries or more and leading rusher Joshua Sanchez graduating in 2022. Perhaps the strength of the Tigers will be in the form of the linebacker core. They return all three starters in Ryan Stovall (2023), Devaun Herrera-Hamilton (2023), and Mayberry. Stovall, 6-foot-2, is a name to know as he led the team in total tackles with 59 along with a 2 sacks and an interception. Special teams looks to top ranked kicker Brayden Money (2023) who had 31-points scored last season which led the team and went 22 of 24 of PATs; He had a 45 yard FG hit in 2022.

Early Prediction: 2-8 overall, 0-5 district. We don't know the non-district schedule for most teams although games have been scheduled. The Tigers will need to get wins during district play but don't count out head coach AJ Cisco either. I wouldn't be surprised if they upset a team in district play.

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NMPreps.com is happy to announce the winner of the 2021 New Mexico K/P of the Year award to Kaden Bell of Los Lunas High School. #nmpreps

Kaden Bell, 2023 (Los Lunas High School)​

Bell is part of the first state championship football team at Los Lunas High School and now becomes the first New Mexico K/P of the year award winner. Bell had 1063 punt yards, 9 inside the 20, along with 61-kick points for the Tigers. Bell also went 52 for 52 on PATs this season.

Kaden Bell led the voting with 26.5%. Logan Fuller (Hope Christian) and Evan Wysong (Cleveland) finished as a tie for runner up at 23.5% of the votes.

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2021 New Mexico Mr. Football - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico QB of the Year - Paul Cieremans (Los Lunas)
2021 New Mexico OL of the Year - Roger Carreon (Jal)
2021 New Mexico LB of the Year - Stratton Shufelt (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico RB of the Year - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico Coach of the Year - Heath Ridenour (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico WR of the Year - Exodus Ayers (La Cueva)
2021 New Mexico DE/DL of the Year - Brody Jaquez (Belen)
2021 New Mexico Secondary of the Year - Tatyen Hilliard (Lovington)

NMPreps.com is happy to announce the winner of the 2021 New Mexico secondary player of the Year award to Tayten Hilliard of Lovington High School. #nmpreps

Tayten Hilliard, 2022 (Lovington High School)​

A month after helping guide the Lovington Wildcats to the 2021 New Mexico high school football state championship Hilliard is named the New Mexico Secondary Player of the Year. The 6-foot, DB, had 103 total tackles this season with 11 of those coming in the state championship game. Hilliard also led the state in interceptions with 8.
Hilliard led the voting with 35.5% of the votes. Cleveland's Devonte Shendo was the runner up with 22.6% of the votes.

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2021 New Mexico Mr. Football - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico QB of the Year - Paul Cieremans (Los Lunas)
2021 New Mexico OL of the Year - Roger Carreon (Jal)
2021 New Mexico LB of the Year - Stratton Shufelt (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico RB of the Year - Zach Vigil (Rio Rancho)
2021 New Mexico Coach of the Year - Heath Ridenour (Cleveland)
2021 New Mexico WR of the Year - Exodus Ayers (La Cueva)
2021 New Mexico DE/DL of the Year - Brody Jaquez (Belen)

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