By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
Roy/Mosquero hosted the boy’s and girl’s District 5A Tournament Championship games Saturday evening March 1, 2025 at Roy Gym for what turned out to be an exciting evening of championship basketball.
Earlier in the season when the Lady Demons met the Lady Blue the Lady Blue won both games by 13 points or more and finished the regular season with a 26-0 undefeated record. The Lady Demons finished out their season with a 19-8 record. For the boys this was the fourth meeting between Cimarron and Roy/Mosquero this season, with Roy/Mosquero winning two of the three games. Cimarron came into the district matchup with a 21-7 season record and 10-2 in district play with their losses in district to Roy/Mosquero. The Blue came into the game with a 21-6 record in regular season play and going undefeated 12-0 in district play.
The Ladies took the court first with the Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue hosting the Des Moines Lady Demons for the championship game. The Lady Blue’s Tayla Proffitt controlled the jump ball and set the stage for the remainder of the game as ladies battled it out. The Lady Blue took the lead early in the game with the Lady Demons holding on with a tough and scrappy defense. The Lady Blue could only manage a two point lead at the end of the first quarter 11-9.
In the second quarter the Lady Blue found a groove and outscored the Lady Demons 22-6. The second half of the game stayed close scoring wise as both teams scored close to the same in both quarters. The Lady Blue however had to play a more cautious game as they had four players in could trouble with Tayla Proffitt fouling out late in the fourth quarter. At the final buzzer The Lady Blue marked the win column 59-38 and held the District 5A championship tournament trophy.
The boys took to the court next with Roy/Mosquero hosting the Cimarron Rams. The tone of the game was set even before the game started as the Blue were charged with a technical for dunking the ball during warmups. Uriah Martinez ripped the net with two free throws to start off the game and make it a 2-0 lead before the clock started. The Blue however wasn’t going to let that stand and after the first quarter of play lead 11-9.
The second quarter saw a couple of tie scores at 14 and 16 with both teams playing an aggressive style of defense and offense. By halftime the Rams had taken the lead by 24-15.
In the second half of the game the Blue battled back to within two but the Rams poured it on and went up by as much as 22 points. Logan Said and Uriah Martinez did most of the scoring in the second half for Cimarron with Martinez adding three 3-pointers and four of four at the free throw line in the third quarter alone. Cimarron went into the fourth quarter adding 20 points to their total. While both teams dropped in 17 points each in the third the Rams pulled the game out with a strong fourth quarter. At the final buzzer Cimarron took the win with a 61-43 final.
Girls Championship Game
Des Moines 9 6 10 13 38
Roy/Mosquero 11 22 14 12 59
Des Moines High Point
Holly Ward 14. – 6 of 10 free throws
Ali Poling 10 – 2 of 4 free throws – 2 3-pointers
Team Free Throws 12 of 24 attempts
Roy/Mosquero High Point
Sylvie Baca 12 including 2 – 3-pointers
Sophia DeHerrara 10 with 2 3-pointers
Tayla Proffitt 12
Natalie Smith 9 all 3 3-pointers
Nora Crisp 14 and 4 of 8 free throws
Team Free throws 7 of 12 attempts
Boys Championship Game
Cimarron 9 15 17 20 61
Roy/Mosquero 11 5 17 10 43
Cimarron High Point
Logan Sahd 16 and 4 of 4 free throws
Uriah Martinez 24 and 8 of 8 free throws with 4 3-pointers
Carlos Coca 8 and 1 of 2 free throws
Cimarron Free throws 13 of 14 attempts
Roy/Mosquero High Point
Ike Smith 11 and 5 of 6 free throws
Ayden Clavel 15 with 4 of 5 free throws and 3 3-pointers
Ethan Hazen 9
Roy/Mq Free throws 11 of 13 attempts
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