CLASS 2A

BREAKOUT TOURNAMENT Candidates

Ashley Hill – Texico, Junior

Caitlin Duncan – Dulce, Junior

Bianca Contreras – Penasco, Senior

Analisa Castaneda – Lordsburg, Junior

Mandy Crisp – Clayton, Sophomore


SHOOTERS SHOOT Candidates

Adrianna Tafoya – Penasco, Junior

Mercedes Sandoval – Clayton, Senior

Mariah Aday – Estancia, Senior

Alexis Gonzales – Pecos, Sophomore


BUCKETS Candidates

Baylee Sours – Texico, Senior

Fallon Velasquez – Mescalero Apache, Junior

Carley Gonzales – Penasco, Junior

Mandy Crisp – Clayton, Sophomore

Brittany Martinez – Pecos, Senior


PAINT PRESENCE Candidates

Madison Miller – Lordsburg, Sophomore

Cassie Muller – Pecos, Senior

Lainey Fastnacht – Estancia, Senior

Brooke Vigil – Dulce, Senior

Trinity Herrera – Pecos, Sophomore


LOCKDOWN Candidates

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SECOND FIDDLE SLEEPERS Candidates

Jasmine Davalos – Texico, Senior

Barbara Cruz – Clayton, Senior

Uriah Astorga – Estancia, Senior

Ramona Fossum – Mescalero Apache, Junior

Anissa Plowman – Lordsburg, Senior


ROOKIE Candidates

Tunte Baca – Mescalero Apache, Sophomore

Trinity Herrera – Pecos, Sophomore

Madison Miller – Lordsburg, Sophomore

CLASS 3A

BREAKOUT TOURNAMENT Candidates

Alianza Darley – Robertson, Senior

Ashley Shipley – Tucumcari, Junior

Leanna Lewis – Santa Fe Indian, Senior

Taina Sandoval – Navajo Prep, Senior

Shacie Marr – Tularosa, Junior


SHOOTERS SHOOT Candidates

Maddison Williams – Hatch Valley, Junior

Aliyah Herrera – Tucumcari, Senior

Marlena Yazzie – Santa Fe Indian, Senior

Ember Cervantes – Tularosa, Senior

Skylin Morgan – West Las Vegas, Junior


BUCKETS Candidates

Briana Marquez – West Las Vegas, Sophomore

Tavyn Trujillo – Hatch Valley, Junior

Kalani French – Tucumcari, Senior

Kaylene Baca – Socorro, Junior

Ember Cervantes – Tularosa, Senior


PAINT PRESENCE Candidates

Jazmyne Jenkins – Robertson, Junior

Aiona Johnson – Navajo Prep, Sophomore

Camille Lewis – Santa Fe Indian, Senior

Jasmine Jones – Tucumcari, Junior

Megan Montez – Hatch Valley, Senior


LOCKDOWN Candidates

Hunter Garcia – Santa Fe Indian, Junior

Hailey Martin – Navajo Prep, Sophomore

Alianza Darley - Robertson. Senior


SECOND FIDDLE SLEEPERS Candidates

Makayla Villegas – Hatch Valley, Junior

Kaylena Ganadonegro – Socorro, Junior

Franki Chavez – Santa Fe Indian, Junior

Laila Charley – Navajo Prep, Sophomore

Jordan Gaston – Tularosa, Junior

Tessa Ortiz - Robertson, Junior


ROOKIE Candidates

Cameron Conners – Santa Fe Indian, Freshman

Gabriella Paz – Socorro, Freshman

Laila Charley – Navajo Prep, Sophomore

Jayden Jenkins – Robertson, Freshman

CLASS 5A


BREAKOUT TOURNAMENT Candidates

Carsyn Boswell - Carlsbad, Senior

Alize Ruiz – Mayfield, Senior

Maiah Rivas – West Mesa, Senior

Laura Gutierrez - Rio Rancho, Senior

Wisdom Anthony - Hobbs, 8th Grader


SHOOTERS SHOOT Candidates

Laura Gutierrez – Rio Rancho, Senior

Esperanza Varoz – West Mesa, Senior

Hallie Blackie – Piedra Vista, Senior

Germaine Steven - Farmington, Senior

Alyissa Madrid - Mayfield, Senior


BUCKETS Candidates

Jordan Vasquez – Farmington, Senior

Carsyn Boswell – Carlsbad, Senior

Jaelyn Bates – Volcano Vista, Freshman

Alize Ruiz - Mayfield, Senior


PAINT PRESENCE Candidates

Ayanna Smith – Hobbs, Senior

Kaliyah Montoya – Carlsbad, Senior

Savannah McGuire – Volcano Vista, Freshman

Chloe Finch – Farmington, Junior

Kayla Avalos – Mayfield, Junior


LOCKDOWN Candidates

Emily Burk – West Mesa, Junior

Celina Watson – Piedra Vista, Sophomore

Amiah Smith – Hobbs, Senior

Brenda Prieto – Mayfield, Senior

Baylee Molina - Carlsbad, Junior


SECOND FIDDLE SLEEPER Candidates

Natalia Chavez – Volcano Vista, Freshman

Cece Barela – West Mesa – Sophomore

Elaina Watson – Piedra Vista - Junior

Julia Chavez – Rio Rancho, Senior

Teran Tiller - Carlsbad, Junior


ROOKIE Candidates

Jaelyn Bates – Volcano Vista, Freshman

Kiiyani Anitielu – Farmington, Freshman

Kelsie Hawkins – Rio Rancho, Freshman

Wisdom Anthony – Hobbs, 8th Grade

Lanae Billy – Piedra Vista, Freshman

A few quotes from across the state.

“This is a good team, a coachable team,” Estrada said. “Just as good as the team I won state with in Tularosa. These girls respond to anything I talk to them about and they do such a good job with the mental side of it. They work hard and get the job done every time. I heard so much about what a difficult situation it was in Española, and that’s not the case. These are good girls. A very good team.”

Espanola Valley head coach, Joe Estrada (via the Santa Fe New Mexican's Will Webber)


“Well, that’s fine,” he said. “It’s like I told the kids, it doesn’t matter what time of year you play. It means you’re still playing. We’ve played pretty well in the morning in the past. When you get to this point, if you worry about what time you play, you’re worrying about the wrong thing. I’m just looking forward to getting to play again.”

Texico head coach, Richard Luscombe on Tuesday's late morning start (via the Eastern New Mexico News)


“They just said, ‘You’ve got a good thing going on in Dora,’” Montoya recalled. And he happened to agree with them.

Dora head coach, Gabriel Montoya on fans applauding and commenting their efforts against Tatum in the first round game (via the Eastern New Mexico News)


"Thank you. Have to admit it is kinda cool to reach it in the 'survive and advance' portion of the season."

Hatch Valley head coach, Ben Trujillo on reaching his 200th career win in the first round win against Thoreau (via Twitter)


"Sadly the Lady Bears season is over. The shots just didn’t fall this last month. The bears played hard every minute of every game, however. We will begin working hard immediately to make sure the shots fall next year. We will be back stronger then ever!!"

La Cueva head coach, Robert Perea via Twitter


"Calysta (Jacobs) is doing good! She's laughing and more alert. Giving her fluids! She said she's ready to come sub back in! Thank you to everyone who has text and called checking up on her!"

Calysta Jacob's mother via ESPN Alamogordo Facebook page regarding the senior condition after collapsing early in the Lady Tiger's first round game at Volcano Vista that involved her being taken out by paramedics (via ESPN Alamogordo's Charles Winiecki)


“Sandia is really good – they are well-coached, and they can shoot the ball,” Maya said. “I thought we could put pressure on them for 32 minutes and they would eventually get tired but to their credit, they did not. We knew at halftime that we would just have to keep pushing and that is what we did.”

Mayfield head coach, George Maya on their first round opponent, the Sandia Lady Matadors (via the Las Cruces Sun News' Derek Gonzales)


“It was exciting,” Martinez said. “These are the moments you live for. You come play basketball, you don’t want a boring game. You want an exciting game because those are the games you remember for the rest of your life.”

West Las Vegas head coach Miranda Martinez on their thrilling win over Tohatchi in the first round (via Las Vegas Optic's Caitie Ihrig)


“Silver has a scrappy team, but we prevailed with grit and heart. We play in a very tough district and we have games like this every night. Unfortunately for Silver, they haven’t had a game like this in a long time. So that was an advantage for us.

Goddard head coach, Jared Neighbors after the Lady Rockets' upset win against Silver (via the Roswell Daily Record)

What games?

Any late transfers coming in for January or February action that may impact teams?

Any significant player injuries that have impacted overall team performance (wins/losses)?

Oñate over Cruces

What do you have?

I'm really huge on schedules and how coaches and teams handle it during this time of year.

Here's one to watch: 3A semifinals to championships on the 2-3 half of the bracket.

-The semifinal for the 1-seed's half is at 9:45AM on Thursday (3/14).
-The semifinal for that 2-3 side is slated for 8:15PM on Thursday (3/14).
-The championship is set for the following day at 3PM (3/15).

Feel free to share your thoughts on that.
My question for coaches or the like is how do you handle that short-rest turnaround? I'm not looking for coach talk in "you gotta tough it out/make it work" kind of spiel.

I'm asking like: Boom. Game is over, you gotta feed the kids, where do you order from? Is the food already ordered? Is it at the motel? Do you let them sleep in? What time do you wake them? Do you have a morning shoot-around session? When do you feed them lunch with game at 3PM? Do you settle for brunch?

****FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD (MARCH 9TH 2019)*****

Ever wonder how a high school athlete gets a "Star" rating?

It requires getting national exposure of some kind which leads to an analyst at 247Sports (Scout.com), ESPN, or Rivals reviewing your film giving you a rating. But with literally 10's of thousands of prospects nationwide every year how can you get that exposure?

One of the primary was is to go to a national, Nike or Rivals combine. There are no coaches there, but the media and analyst flock to these events. It's similar to the NFL combine you see in the pros where they test your skills, strength and speed.

Unfortunately it requires you to travel to one of there locations... Below is are the places and dates of the BIG upcoming combines.

Who do you have?

Will we see a 16 or 15 win this year?