4A: No. 3 Moriarty vs No. 7 Pojoaque Valley

So this week it looks like the MLS teams have finally woken up and got some real good results in the CCL vs their LigaMX opponents.

NY Redbulls beat Tijuana 2-0 in TJ, which is never an easy feat.

Toronto beat the best team in LigaMX, Tigres 2-1, in Toronto. That away goal could end up being the difference back in Monterrey for the 2nd leg.

Seattle just beat Chivas up at Centurylink 1-0. Seattle couldve/shouldve had maybe 1-2 more goals if not for some MLS style poor finishing in front of the goal.

RedBulls are in the best position having two away goals in their favor. The others will have a lot of work to do in thier 2nd legs next week.

If we can take all these young kids playing in Europe and cap tie them to the US and build over the next 4-5 yrs....we might not be too bad. But that's wishful thinking.

http://www.goal.com/en-us/amp/news/...dep6gz1q8b6dtie24ap?__twitter_impression=true

Winner moves on to the championship and will face either Bloomfield or Gallup.

4A: No. 1 Portales vs No. 4 Shiprock (Dreamstyle Arena)

Who do you have?

Winner will play winner of Atrisco Heritage and Valley in Final Four

5A: No. 2 Los Lunas vs No. 7 Kirtland Central (DreamStyle Arena)

Player intros in 12 minutes!

RECAP - #1 Bernalillo holds off #8 St. Michael’s,

Five straight Spartan points and we thought it was off to the races. But the Horsemen would have other plans as they held their own against the infamous runnin’ gunnin’ Spartans. Bernalillo would jump out to a 17-7 lead through the first, but outscore and get within seven again at the break. The second half though would get more interesting as St. Michael’s challenged and defended Bernalillo well through most of the third quarter. But it was not nearly enough as Bernalillo was able to close out the game and move on to the 4A semifinals.

PLAYER STATS

Bernalillo
Reyes Herrera - 13 points and 7 rebounds
Solomon Fragua - 12 points and 9 rebounds and 11 blocks
Chris Garcia - 10 points

St. Michael's
Thomas Wood - 10 points
Jevon Montoya - 8 points
Dominic Morgan - 5 points


TEAM STATS

Bernalillo
FG% - 18-54 - 33%
3PT - 4/19 - 21.1%
FT - 16/28 - 57.1%

St. Michael's
FG% - 15/50 - 30%
3PT - 1/8 - 12.5%
FT - 8/14 - 57.1%

20 points in the paint for Bernalillo
14 second chance points for Bernalillo

Cool story in the 1A matchup for tomorrow between Quemado and Melrose. Brothers David and Kevin Lackey will go head to head as coaches for the two teams.

Winner will face #2 Las Cruces tomorrow afternoon at 445.

*****ELITE EIGHT SCOREBOARD (MARCH 7TH)*****

6A - Dreamstyle Arena (The PIT)

9:45am: #5 Cleveland 53, #4 Volcano Vista 50
1:15pm: #1 Eldorado 79, #8 West Mesa 68
4:45pm: #2 Las Cruces 68, #7 Hobbs 55
8:15pm: #3 Atrisco Heritage 59, #6 Valley 37

5A - Dreamstyle Arena (The PIT)

8:00am: #3 Belen 60, #6 Roswell 53
11:30am: #5 Artesia 65, #4 Capital 63
3:00pm: #2 Los Lunas 59, #7 Kirtland Central 51
6:30pm: #1 Espanola Valley 61, #8 St. Pius X 41

4A - Santa Ana Star Center (Rio Rancho)

9:45am: #3 Hope Christian 72, #6 Portales 63
1:15pm: #2 Silver 74, #7 Shiprock 40
4:45pm: #4 Moriarty 49, #5 Taos 42
8:15pm: #1 Bernalillo vs #8 St. Michael's

3A - Santa Ana Star Center (Rio Rancho)

8:00am: #1 Texico 80, #8 Dexter 46
11:30am: #2 Estancia 61, #7 Tularosa 46
3:00pm: #4 Santa Rosa 54, #5 Newcomb 52 (2 OT)
6:30pm: #3 Pecos 70, #6 Cuba 43

2A - Rio Rancho HS/Cleveland HS

5:00pm: #3 Mesilla Valley 77, #6 Logan 57
5:00pm: #5 Menaul 67, #4 Mora 65
7:00pm: #2 Fort Sumner 73, #10 Escalante 39
7:00pm: #1 Magdalena 60, #8 Gateway Christian 51

1A - Bernalillo High School (BOYS & GIRLS)

9:45am: #4 Quemado 71, #12 Evangel Christian 52
1:15pm: #1 Melrose 73, #9 Grady 34
4:45pm: #2 Maxwell 61, #7 Floyd 47
8:15pm: #6 Springer 63, #3 Reserve 41

One of the better defenders to play SS in the area over the past few years has committed to NMSU. Great player and an even better kid!

RECAP - #3 Pecos races past #6 Cuba, 70-43

It was a game I thought would be a tad closer considering their playing styles, but the Pecos defense stymied the Rams usually burning offense. Early it was Pecos creating turnovers and getting open looks in their well executed offense. Mario Archuleta and Carlos Cordova led the charge and managed the game well. Cuba had a poor first quarter but opened up a bit in the second quarter. But by halftime the damage was done.


PLAYER STATS

Pecos
Xavier Padilla - 20 points and 13 rebounds
Mario Archuleta - 12 points and 4 steals
Carlos Cordova - 10 points


Cuba
Jaden Vasquez - 10 points and 6 rebounds
Micah Castillo - 7 points
De'Angelo Herrera - 6 points
Brian Lee - 6 points

TEAM STATS


Pecos
FG% - 41%
3PT% - 25.9%
FT - 7/10 - 70%

Cuba
FG% - 30%
3PT% - 8.3% (1/12)
FT - 6/10 - 60%


PECOS
26 points off turnovers
34 points in the paint

5A: No. 1 Espanola Valley vs No. 8 St. Pius X

RECAP - #4 Moriarty outduels #5 Taos in slugfest, 49-42

Well I was wrong about the race to 60 points in this one, but it's the playoffs. It's not often to evenly matched teams allow each other to score easily. In this case though it was a back and forth affair by quarter. Taos jumped out to an 11-3 lead but a 20 point second quarter by Moriarty caught them up with the Tigers. A Taos owned third quarter opened up a Pinto dominated fourth. It was then that foul trouble added up for both sides but Taos was hurt the most with their big, Allen Martinez fouling out. The Moriarty bigs attacked the glass and helped the Pintos clinch the semifinal bid.

PLAYER STATS

Taos
Derek Chacon - 9 points
Allen Martinez - 9 points
Justin Madrid - 9 points
Quinn Moon - 6

Moriarty
Caleb Edwards - 17 points
Matthew Soto- 15 points and 10 boards

TEAM STATS

Moriarty
FG% - 36.6%
3PT% - 15.8% (3 for 19)
FT% - 53.3% (16 for 30)

Taos
FG% - 26.8%
3PT% - 7.1% (1 for 14)
FT% - 61.3% (19 for 31)

Taos with 12 2nd chance points and 13 points off the bench
Moriarty with 24 points in the paint to Taos' 16

5 minutes until the tip.

RECAP - #4 Santa Rosa battles #5 Newcomb in 2OT classic to win, 54-52

In what would seem like any other 4-5 matchup, this didn't hint at a battle. Santa Rosa jumped out early to a 10-6 lead through one with help from Joaquin Romo and Cody Schattschnedier. But Newcomb's pressure defense and 3-point shooting from Deondre Begay and Kelkenny Watchman, put the Skyhawks ahead at the break. A back and forth 3rd led way to a 4th quarter comeback for Santa Rosa where they trailed by as much as 12 to take a late two point lead. Newcomb though would hit a go-ahead runner to tie it up and send the game into overtime. In the overtime, no one would score until an odd sequence late where teams exchanged four points in a matter of 30 the final thirty seconds would lead to one more Santa Rosa attempt to win. Santa Rosa had two solid looks but couldn't get the ball to fall as we went into a second overtime. In the second overtime, Newcomb had to do without it's twin guards that had led them in playmaking and a late three put them up by one late. Joaquin Romo's putback put Santa Rosa up by one and a failed Newcomb three point attempt led to a foul to send Santa Rosa to the line with 2 seconds left. Despite the split free throws, Newcomb's long three from three-quarter court was short and Santa Rosa survived to advance to the semifinals, 54-52.

PLAYER STATS

Santa Rosa
Joaquin Romo - 18 points and 14 rebounds
Cody Schattscheider -13 points and 13 rebounds
Stephen Sanchez - 12 points and 5 steals

Newcomb
Kelkenny Watchman - 13 points and 6 rebounds and 4 steals
Deondre Begay - 11 points and 6 rebounds
Deion Johnhat - 10 points

TEAM STATS

Santa Rosa
FG% - 18/57 - 31%
3PT% - 2/15 - 13%
FT% - 16/28 - 57%

Newcomb
FG% - 20/55 - 36%
3PT% - 9/25 - 36%
FT% - 3/9 - 33%

Santa Rosa - 26 points in the paint; 15 2nd chance points
Newcomb - 13 bench points

Winner will face Cleveland tomorrow at 8:15pm in the Final Four.

RECAP - #2 Silver trounces #7 Shiprock,

It was not the start Shiprock wanted but it was everything Silver does best. One of the best defensive teams in the classification made the statement that there was to be no upset in this matchup. The Fighting Colts limited Shiprock to a single point in the first quarter then proceeded to shoot over 50% for the first half. Despite a quick start to the third quarter for Shiprock, Silver put out those flames as well. Tristen Moore of Silver put on a brilliant shooting display and finished with a game high 27 points. Silver advances to play #3 Hope Christian for a spot in the 4A championship game.


SCORERS

Silver
Tristin Moore - 27 points on 7 of 14 shooting plus 7 rebounds
Johnathan Harris - 21 points on 10 of 11 shooting plus 5 rebounds
Alex Marquez - 9 points

Shiprock
Arvin Begay - 7 points
Cota Nahkai - 7 points


TEAM STATS

Silver
FG% - 26 for 39 - 66.7%
3FG% - 6 for 12 - 50%
FT - 16 for 26 - 61%

Shiprock
FG% - 15 for 41 - 36.6%
3FG% - 5 for 18 - 27.8%
FT - 5 for 9 - 55.6%

Silver outscored Shiprock, 34-12 in the paint.
Shiprock committed 14 turnovers; Silver 10

For anyone who hasn't seen the video he got an Oscar for, it is a good view...

https://www.go90.com/videos/261MflWkD3N

RECAP – #2 Estancia second half ignites for a win over #7 Tularosa, 61-46

Tularosa shot 10 for 20 in the first half on their way to a serious upset bid. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they couldn’t sustain the same energy and level of efficiency in the second half as Estancia held them to 5 points in the third quarter. Estancia turned up their defensive intensity and forced numerous steals into points. Tularosa couldn't find the same offensive touch and only managed 15 points in the second half while allowing Estancia to score 34 points in the second half.


SCORERS

Estancia
Reyez Herrera - 20 points on 10 of 17 shooting
Drayton Oberg - 17 points and 13 rebounds
Jeremy Silva - 12 points

Tularosa
Gustavo Calderon - 9 points
Marcos Barreras - 11 points
Anthony Betancur - 12 points and 9 rebounds

TEAM STATS

Estancia
FG% - 46.7
3PT% - 11.1
FT% - 44.4

Tularosa
FG% - 37.5
3PT% - 25.0
FT% - 54.5