Week Four: Friday Night Reactions
Joshua J. Grine of NMPreps.com
Today, on NMPreps.com we took the trip to the City of Champions tournament in Artesia, New Mexico.
CITY OF CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT
Gallup 52, No. 6 Rio Rancho 49 (OT)
Colton Lowely (2016) knocked down one of the biggest three point shots of the night as the Gallup Bengals (4-3) upset the No. 6 Rio Rancho Rams (5-2) on Friday night, 52-49 in overtime of the City of Tournaments tournament.
The Bengals move on and will take on the Pojoaque Valley (5-0) Elks in the championship game.
Pojoaque Valley 41, Chaparral 17
James Garcia poured in 17 points (3 3-pointers) in a walk-a-away win on Friday night. The Elks held the Lobos (1-8) to 17-points, 8 in the second half to secure the win. The Elks improve to (5-0) on the season and will face the Gallup Bengals in the championship game on Saturday.
Artesia 58, EP Austin (TX) 48
The Bulldogs improved to (2-1) on the season with the ten point win over the Golden Panthers on Friday night. Taylor Null, a sophomore, put in 19-points on the night to seal the win for the Bulldogs. Justin Houghtaling also in double figures with 11-points also handed out several assists on the night (unofficially 7) to help in the win.
Goddard 45, Mayfield 41
The Goddard Rockets improved to (4-4) on the season with a win Friday night. The Rockets trailed Mayfield (2-6) 22-17 at the half but used 13-5 third quarter to move on for the win. Sophomore forward Dalin Stanford put in 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets in the win. The Rockets move on to play Artesia in the consolation championship on Saturday night putting two district teams against each other.
TOP-25 SCOREBOARD
No. 4 Onate 53, No. 1 Carlsbad 39
The Onate Knights moved to 5-2 on the season with a win over the No. 1 Carlsbad Cavemen (4-1). In the battle between the who is the best player in the state of New Mexico, senior Johnny McCants for Onate put in 23 points, 13 rebounds and 8 blocks along with 4 steals for the Knights.
No. 9 Valley 57, Del Norte 50
The Valley Vikings move to 3-2 on the season with the win over Del Norte (1-5), 57-50 in the second semi-final of the Joe Armijo Tournament at Albuquerque Academy. The Vikings will face Onate on Saturday for the championship in a battle between two Top-10 teams.
No. 16 Capital 49, No. 15 Gadsden 38
The Jaguars of Capital (6-1) were led by top senior guard Eric Coca in the win on Friday night. Coca finished with 16 points on the night. Tomas Cano paced the way for Gadsden with 22 points.
No. 20 Española Valley 85, Robertson 82 (4 OT)
Uriah Arellano put in 14 points and 8 assists in the win over Robertson at the Sandia Prep Sundevil Invite on Friday night. Elias Archuleta had 12 points and JP Sena had 11 points in double figures for the Sundevils.
RAPID FIRE RUNDOWN
With nothing but thunder the No. 3 Cleveland Storm pounded Fabens, Texas, 81-35 at the Marv Sanders Invite. No. 5 Hope Christian wins a close one over No. 24 Los Lunas at the Joe Armijo. The No. 10 Roswell Coyotes beat host No. 25 Belen on Friday night at the Hub City Tournament, 70-50.
No. 12 Volcano Vista took a close flight over unranked Manzano in a 9-point win, 55-46. Unranked Piedra Vista move on and will play in the Championship game of the Marv Sanders tournament with a win over No. 18 Las Cruces, 51-44. No. 21 Silver improved to (2-0) on the season with a 37-32 win over host Sandia Prep on Friday.
ONE LINER
Santa Fe beats St. Mikes, 59-46 in a solid win for the Demons.
Farmington beat Durango, Colorado, 47-44 to set up a meeting with Piedra Vista.
Perhaps a shocker Clovis falls to Albuquerque Academy, 54-46.
3A Texico does work on Friona (TX), 75-37.
Santa Rosa, also in 3A, upsets" Tucumcari for a win, 56-50.
THIS AND THAT
NMPreps is in Artesia and what a fantastic day of hoops, new friends and an overall great experience. First class people and facilities. The food is great (I ate too much - given) and the atmosphere was great.
Friday, Dec. 11th
Albuquerque Academy 54, Clovis 46
Capital 49, Gadsden 38
Centennial 63, Rio Grande 51
Cleveland 81, Fabens (TX) 35
Deming 70, Lovington 59
Escalante 88, Antonito, Colo. 31
Espanola Valley 85, Robertson 82 (4 OT)
Farmington 47, Durango (CO) 44
Gallup 52, Rio Rancho 49 - OT
Goddard 45, Mayfield 41
Hatch Valley 57, NACA 31
Kirtland Central 51, San Juan Balding (UT) 42
Menaul 60, Jemez Valley 44
Navajo Prep 45, Thoreau 44
Piedra Vista 51, Las Cruces 44
Pojoaque Valley 41, Chaparral 17
Roswell 70, Belen 50
Santa Fe 59, St. Mikes 45
Santa Fe Indian 75, Desert Academy 40
Santa Fe Waldorf School 91, Tierra Encantada 44
Santa Rosa 56, Tucumcari 50
Silver 37, Sandia Prep 32
Texico 75, Friona (TX) 37
Tohajilee 58, Ramah 43
Tularosa 52, Dexter 40
Valencia 67, Mesilla Valley 56
Valley 57, Del Norte 50
Volcano Vista 55, Manzano 46
