The Eagles were simply more dominant on the glass, with 13 offensive rebounds in the game.
Josh Sanders had 13 of his 15 points in the second half to lead the Eagles
Jan 24, 2009
End of third quarter ...
Hobbs 46, Española 40
The Eagles dominated the glass to start the secodn half, grabbing 11 offensive rebounds,. that helps spur a 15-2 run to give Hobbs a 46-38 lead at one point.
The Eagles dominated the glass to start the secodn half, grabbing 11 offensive rebounds,. that helps spur a 15-2 run to give Hobbs a 46-38 lead at one point.
Halftime: Española Valley 28, Hobbs 27
Española started the quarter with three straight 3-pointers to take an 18-16 lead just 1:25 into the quarter.
Hobbs rebounded to for a quick 20-18 advantage before Española retook the lead with an 8-2 run.
The Sundevils are struggling to keep 6-foot-6, 250-pound Eagles post Juhreece Thompson in check. He has a team-high nine points, and three offensive rebounds to boot.
Española is led by Matthew Brito's nine points in his first game back since missing the last two games with the flu.
Hobbs rebounded to for a quick 20-18 advantage before Española retook the lead with an 8-2 run.
The Sundevils are struggling to keep 6-foot-6, 250-pound Eagles post Juhreece Thompson in check. He has a team-high nine points, and three offensive rebounds to boot.
Española is led by Matthew Brito's nine points in his first game back since missing the last two games with the flu.
First quarter: Hobbs 13, Espanola 9
Hobbs, ed by as many as 9-2 before the Sundevils closed with a 7-4 run.
An addendum to the game ...
Española mayor Joe Meastas and New Mexico's Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is in attendance.
Junior varsity contest between Hobbs and Española Valley ...
Just finished up, with the Eagles winning 78-70. It was tied at 68 with less than 4 minutes to go, but Hobbs outscored the Sundevils 10-2 to finish the game.
The stands are 90 percent filled with the Eagles and Sundevils coming out for the pregame warmups.
I will update the score at the end of each quarter.
The stands are 90 percent filled with the Eagles and Sundevils coming out for the pregame warmups.
I will update the score at the end of each quarter.
Jan 21, 2009
Prep basketball poll 1/21
Here is your prep basketball polls for this week. Unfortunately, not enough coaches voted in Class AAA and A girls, so SHAME ON YOU!!!
Except for the coaches who did vote, you should be praised for your steadfastness.
Here's what the coaches think of the state this week ...
NMHSCA prep poll
The New Mexico High School Coaches Association has compiled a weekly prep boys and girls basketball poll. Voting is done by the coaches in each class. Not enough coaches voted in Class AAA and A girls. First-place votes are in parenthesis:
Boys
Class AAAAA
1. Highland (11) 117
2. Manzano 102
3. Valley 86
4. Gallup 66
5. Hobbs 52
6. Clovis 48
7. Eldorado 42
8. La Cueva 41
9. Las Cruces 36
10. Rio Rancho 23
Also receiving votes: Alamogordo 12, Oñate 8, Rio Grande 7, West Mesa 5, Los Lunas 2, Sandia 1.
Class AAAA
1. (tie) Española (7) 118
1. (tie) Artesia (5) 118
3. Roswell 87
4. Alb. Academy 65
5. Deming 64
6. Los Alamos 50
7. St. Pius 49
8. Capital 48
9. Belen 30
10. Grants 24
Also receiving votes: Santa Teresa 23, Bernalillo 9, Silver 6, Chaparral 3, Del Norte 2, Goddard 1.
Class AAA
1. Hope Christian (10) 100
2. St. Michael’s 87
3. Sandia Prep 79
4. Portales 69
5. W. Las Vegas 49
6. Socorro 43
7. Wingate 38
8. Pojoaque 27
9. Bloomfield 24
10. Santa Fe Indian 12
Also receiving votes: Lovington 8, Las Vegas Robertson 8, Crownpoint 4, NMMI 4, Ruidoso 4, Thoreau 1.
Class AA
1. Mesilla Valley (9) 126
2. Mesa Vista (1) 114
3. Santa Rosa (3) 112
4. Texico (1) 105
5. Bosque 63
6. Tularosa 56
7. Rehoboth 39
8. Peñasco 35
9. Questa 23
10. Hagerman 22
Also receiving votes: Lordsburg 18, Clayton 15, Pecos 13, Mora 12, Navajo Pine 6, Santa Fe Prep 3, Coronado 2, Dulce 2, Escalante 2, Navajo Prep 2.
Class A
1. Springer (3) 63
2. Cliff (5) 59
3. Reserve 45
4. Dora 41
5. Fort Sumner 34
6. Des Moines 32
7. (tie) Cimarron 27
7. (tie) Elida 27
9. Tatum 22
10. Floyd 18
Also receiving votes: Quemado 11, Gateway Christian 8, Roy 8, Gallup Catholic 8, Magdalena 8, Melrose 7, Santa Fe Waldorf 6, Moreno Valley 5, Menaul 5, Grady 2, Clovis Christian 1. Logan 1.
Girls
Class AAAAA
1. Rio Rancho (9) 117
2. Eldorado (2) 98
3. Las Cruces 81
4. Cibola (1) 76
5. Valley 60
6. Clovis 51
7. La Cueva 46
8. Hobbs 31
9. Sandia 30
10. Mayfield 24
Also receiving votes: Alamogordo 16, Gallup 6, Manzano 5, West Mesa 3, Los Lunas 1.
Class AAAA
1. St. Pius (7) 100
2. Moriarty (3) 91
3. Roswell 68
4. Kirtland 65
5. Deming 50
6. Shiprock 43
7. Belen 35
8. Aztec 27
9. Del Norte (1) 27
10. Alb. Academy 26
Also receiving votes: Los Alamos 18, Española 9, Artesia 9, Silver 7, Atrisco Heritage 7, Taos 6, Grants 5, Farmington 4, Volcano Vista 2, Goddard 1.
Class AA
1. Texico (6) 87
2. Navajo Prep (2) 82
3. Clayton (1) 78
4. Mora (1) 71
5. Santa Rosa 63
6. (tie) Rehoboth 30
6. (tie) Mesa Vista 30
8. McCurdy 29
9. Navajo Pine 28
10. Lordsburg 20
Also receiving votes: Questa 16, Coronado 8, Peñasco 8, Pecos 8, Eunice 7, Tularosa 7, Jemez Valley 5, Loving 4, Estancia 4, Ramah 3, Dulce 3, Capitan 2, Hagerman 2, Escalante 1.
Except for the coaches who did vote, you should be praised for your steadfastness.
Here's what the coaches think of the state this week ...
NMHSCA prep poll
The New Mexico High School Coaches Association has compiled a weekly prep boys and girls basketball poll. Voting is done by the coaches in each class. Not enough coaches voted in Class AAA and A girls. First-place votes are in parenthesis:
Boys
Class AAAAA
1. Highland (11) 117
2. Manzano 102
3. Valley 86
4. Gallup 66
5. Hobbs 52
6. Clovis 48
7. Eldorado 42
8. La Cueva 41
9. Las Cruces 36
10. Rio Rancho 23
Also receiving votes: Alamogordo 12, Oñate 8, Rio Grande 7, West Mesa 5, Los Lunas 2, Sandia 1.
Class AAAA
1. (tie) Española (7) 118
1. (tie) Artesia (5) 118
3. Roswell 87
4. Alb. Academy 65
5. Deming 64
6. Los Alamos 50
7. St. Pius 49
8. Capital 48
9. Belen 30
10. Grants 24
Also receiving votes: Santa Teresa 23, Bernalillo 9, Silver 6, Chaparral 3, Del Norte 2, Goddard 1.
Class AAA
1. Hope Christian (10) 100
2. St. Michael’s 87
3. Sandia Prep 79
4. Portales 69
5. W. Las Vegas 49
6. Socorro 43
7. Wingate 38
8. Pojoaque 27
9. Bloomfield 24
10. Santa Fe Indian 12
Also receiving votes: Lovington 8, Las Vegas Robertson 8, Crownpoint 4, NMMI 4, Ruidoso 4, Thoreau 1.
Class AA
1. Mesilla Valley (9) 126
2. Mesa Vista (1) 114
3. Santa Rosa (3) 112
4. Texico (1) 105
5. Bosque 63
6. Tularosa 56
7. Rehoboth 39
8. Peñasco 35
9. Questa 23
10. Hagerman 22
Also receiving votes: Lordsburg 18, Clayton 15, Pecos 13, Mora 12, Navajo Pine 6, Santa Fe Prep 3, Coronado 2, Dulce 2, Escalante 2, Navajo Prep 2.
Class A
1. Springer (3) 63
2. Cliff (5) 59
3. Reserve 45
4. Dora 41
5. Fort Sumner 34
6. Des Moines 32
7. (tie) Cimarron 27
7. (tie) Elida 27
9. Tatum 22
10. Floyd 18
Also receiving votes: Quemado 11, Gateway Christian 8, Roy 8, Gallup Catholic 8, Magdalena 8, Melrose 7, Santa Fe Waldorf 6, Moreno Valley 5, Menaul 5, Grady 2, Clovis Christian 1. Logan 1.
Girls
Class AAAAA
1. Rio Rancho (9) 117
2. Eldorado (2) 98
3. Las Cruces 81
4. Cibola (1) 76
5. Valley 60
6. Clovis 51
7. La Cueva 46
8. Hobbs 31
9. Sandia 30
10. Mayfield 24
Also receiving votes: Alamogordo 16, Gallup 6, Manzano 5, West Mesa 3, Los Lunas 1.
Class AAAA
1. St. Pius (7) 100
2. Moriarty (3) 91
3. Roswell 68
4. Kirtland 65
5. Deming 50
6. Shiprock 43
7. Belen 35
8. Aztec 27
9. Del Norte (1) 27
10. Alb. Academy 26
Also receiving votes: Los Alamos 18, Española 9, Artesia 9, Silver 7, Atrisco Heritage 7, Taos 6, Grants 5, Farmington 4, Volcano Vista 2, Goddard 1.
Class AA
1. Texico (6) 87
2. Navajo Prep (2) 82
3. Clayton (1) 78
4. Mora (1) 71
5. Santa Rosa 63
6. (tie) Rehoboth 30
6. (tie) Mesa Vista 30
8. McCurdy 29
9. Navajo Pine 28
10. Lordsburg 20
Also receiving votes: Questa 16, Coronado 8, Peñasco 8, Pecos 8, Eunice 7, Tularosa 7, Jemez Valley 5, Loving 4, Estancia 4, Ramah 3, Dulce 3, Capitan 2, Hagerman 2, Escalante 1.
Jan 20, 2009
District season is upon us now ...
At least for the big schools. All the regular-season tournaments and most big nondistrict games are behind teams around New Mexico. Thus begins the stretch run for the coveted 16 spots for the state tournaments in boys and girls basketball.
So, I will dedicate the beginning of the week to list and quickly summarize the big matchups for the week. Times are approximate due to C-team and JV games, which we all know run long. Very long.
All records provide reflect play before Tuesday's games.
So, without further adieu ...
Today
Boys
Albuquerque High (4-12) at Santa Fe High (7-10), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The Demons were riding high 10 days ago, with a three-game-in-three-days winning streak over Albuquerque Cibola, Capital and St. Michael's. Now, they desperately need to start off the District 2AAAAA season strongly. A loss to the Bulldogs, who are 4-12 entering the contest, would be a crucial blow to the Demons' state tournament chances.
It didn't help that two players - Issac Jeantette and Mario Herrera - were suspended for a 62-43 loss to No. 2 Manzano on Thursday, but that was followed by Saturday's 79-64 loss at Albuquerque Eldorado. Herrera played on Saturday, Jeantette did not.
Will Jeantette be on hand - and in uniform - for tonight?
Wednesday
Boys
Capital (11-7) at Española Valley (16-2), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The Jaguars have come up short for the last 12 games against their District 2AAAA foes, so a win here would do wonders for their confidence. It would come on the heels of a 46-44 win at Albuquerque St. Pius X, the three-time reigning AAAA champion that had gone 6-1 over its previous seven games.
Capital's problem is that it can't shoot - either from the perimeter or from the free-throw line. Isaiah Bustamante and Mark Maes are inconsistent from the perimeter, and the Jaguars can be downright obscene in running their halfcourt offense.
Española doesn't win pretty, but the Sundevils do win. They held off Taos 64-56 in their district opener on Jan. 13 and then had to navigate a rough third quarter at Albuquerque High to beat the Bulldogs, 67-49. The Sundevils have lived from the perimeter, but an emerging threat is 6-foot-4 junior post Gabe Rodriguez, who is providing a spark in the paint. If he maintains his aggressiveness, the Sundevils will win a 13th straight over the Jaguars.
Thursday
Girls
Pojoaque Valley (16-0) at Las Vegas Robertson (8-8), 7 p.m.
The Elkettes are big and strong in the post, but so are the Lady Cardinals. That's the best way to attack Pojoaque, which seems to find getting to the basket easier and easier as the season progresses. Brooke Knezevich will need perhaps her best game of the season to neutralize 6-foot-2, 250-plus pound Pojoaque senior Jackie Bartleson, the most immovable of objects in the paint. But someone else will need to step up against the Elkettes' all-everything player, Ellen Cruz. She is just as capable of working down low as she is to find the cutter in the lane.
Here's another point to ponder: Since Knezevich began playing on Dec. 11, Robertson is 8-4.
Friday
Boys
Pojoaque Valley (8-7) at Santa Fe Indian School (N/A), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The District 2AAA winner here should emerge as the chief challenger to the Horsemen, the four-time defending champions. After an 8-2 start, the Elks are in free-fall. Could it be that teams have figured out how to defend their 3-point shooting prowess? Or are the Elks not as good as they looked at the start of the year. The Braves, meanwhile, will be coming off their biggest test of the year, against the No. 3 Sun Devils of Albuquerque Sandia Prep. SFIS might not be big (no player is listed taller than 5-10) but few teams are quicker.
Saturday
Boys
Hobbs (13-4) at Española Valley (16-2), 7 p.m.
This is the matchup between the tradition that is vs. the tradition that could have been. The Eagles are the standard bearers of basketball in the state of New Mexico. Their 17 state titles top all boys programs in New Mexico and are equalled only by the girls of Kirtland Central. When Sundevil fans make he return trip to Hobbs next year, they will see that tradition and history laid out not just in a trophy case. They will be met by a museum-like shrine to Hobbs athletics, with most of the space dedicated to boys basketball.
Española counters with the spirit of a community that identifies itself with its basketball team, one that has yet to make it even to a state final in its history. This game will go far in helping determine if the Sundevils make that historic trip - and perhaps an even more historic trophy presentation - in March.
So, I will dedicate the beginning of the week to list and quickly summarize the big matchups for the week. Times are approximate due to C-team and JV games, which we all know run long. Very long.
All records provide reflect play before Tuesday's games.
So, without further adieu ...
Today
Boys
Albuquerque High (4-12) at Santa Fe High (7-10), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The Demons were riding high 10 days ago, with a three-game-in-three-days winning streak over Albuquerque Cibola, Capital and St. Michael's. Now, they desperately need to start off the District 2AAAAA season strongly. A loss to the Bulldogs, who are 4-12 entering the contest, would be a crucial blow to the Demons' state tournament chances.
It didn't help that two players - Issac Jeantette and Mario Herrera - were suspended for a 62-43 loss to No. 2 Manzano on Thursday, but that was followed by Saturday's 79-64 loss at Albuquerque Eldorado. Herrera played on Saturday, Jeantette did not.
Will Jeantette be on hand - and in uniform - for tonight?
Wednesday
Boys
Capital (11-7) at Española Valley (16-2), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The Jaguars have come up short for the last 12 games against their District 2AAAA foes, so a win here would do wonders for their confidence. It would come on the heels of a 46-44 win at Albuquerque St. Pius X, the three-time reigning AAAA champion that had gone 6-1 over its previous seven games.
Capital's problem is that it can't shoot - either from the perimeter or from the free-throw line. Isaiah Bustamante and Mark Maes are inconsistent from the perimeter, and the Jaguars can be downright obscene in running their halfcourt offense.
Española doesn't win pretty, but the Sundevils do win. They held off Taos 64-56 in their district opener on Jan. 13 and then had to navigate a rough third quarter at Albuquerque High to beat the Bulldogs, 67-49. The Sundevils have lived from the perimeter, but an emerging threat is 6-foot-4 junior post Gabe Rodriguez, who is providing a spark in the paint. If he maintains his aggressiveness, the Sundevils will win a 13th straight over the Jaguars.
Thursday
Girls
Pojoaque Valley (16-0) at Las Vegas Robertson (8-8), 7 p.m.
The Elkettes are big and strong in the post, but so are the Lady Cardinals. That's the best way to attack Pojoaque, which seems to find getting to the basket easier and easier as the season progresses. Brooke Knezevich will need perhaps her best game of the season to neutralize 6-foot-2, 250-plus pound Pojoaque senior Jackie Bartleson, the most immovable of objects in the paint. But someone else will need to step up against the Elkettes' all-everything player, Ellen Cruz. She is just as capable of working down low as she is to find the cutter in the lane.
Here's another point to ponder: Since Knezevich began playing on Dec. 11, Robertson is 8-4.
Friday
Boys
Pojoaque Valley (8-7) at Santa Fe Indian School (N/A), 7 p.m.
Skinny: The District 2AAA winner here should emerge as the chief challenger to the Horsemen, the four-time defending champions. After an 8-2 start, the Elks are in free-fall. Could it be that teams have figured out how to defend their 3-point shooting prowess? Or are the Elks not as good as they looked at the start of the year. The Braves, meanwhile, will be coming off their biggest test of the year, against the No. 3 Sun Devils of Albuquerque Sandia Prep. SFIS might not be big (no player is listed taller than 5-10) but few teams are quicker.
Saturday
Boys
Hobbs (13-4) at Española Valley (16-2), 7 p.m.
This is the matchup between the tradition that is vs. the tradition that could have been. The Eagles are the standard bearers of basketball in the state of New Mexico. Their 17 state titles top all boys programs in New Mexico and are equalled only by the girls of Kirtland Central. When Sundevil fans make he return trip to Hobbs next year, they will see that tradition and history laid out not just in a trophy case. They will be met by a museum-like shrine to Hobbs athletics, with most of the space dedicated to boys basketball.
Española counters with the spirit of a community that identifies itself with its basketball team, one that has yet to make it even to a state final in its history. This game will go far in helping determine if the Sundevils make that historic trip - and perhaps an even more historic trophy presentation - in March.
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