By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media WWWOOOWWW!! Wipe the sweat off the brow, take a deep breath, as the Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue held on in the last seconds of the game to celebrate bringing home the Class 1A Girls NM State Championship trophy for the second time in three years with…
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Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue went into the NM Class A girls semifinal game at the Rio Rancho Events Center with a 17 game win streak and the Blue defense ground a potent Animas offense to a halt in both the second and fourth periods, to earn a 55 – 39 win…
The Springer Lady Red Devils played toe-to-toe with Melrose for all but three minutes in the second quarter and that was long enough for the Lady Buffaloes to change defenses and go on a 14 -0 run to eventually tough out a 44-33 win over #8 seed Springer in the…
The Des Moines Boys Basketball team was not supposed to make it to the 2023 NM State Quarterfinals, but nobody told the Demons and coach Ben Doherty. They upset Cimarron in the first round of 16 and were playing loose in their game at Bernalillo against #2 seed Ft Sumner/House…
#2 seed Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue used a tenacious defense and solid play in the paint to pull away in the second period and the rest of the way for a 57 – 36 victory to give them a seat in the NM Class A Semifinals. The game featured the last…
The Springer Lady Red Devils broke open a close game in the third quarter and then held off a fourth quarter surge by Logan to catapult them into the Class A quarterfinals with a heart-stopping 54 – 53 win during the Friday, March 4 opening round of 16. Seeded #8…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Oh what a game it was in Cimarron Saturday evening March 4, as the Des Moines Demons made the trip to Ram country for the fifth meeting between these two teams this season and a berth in the NM State quarterfinals at stake. With the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The first round of state playoffs are held in the local schools of the teams that made the top eight of the final cut as did the #2 seed Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue who hosted the #15 seed Magdalena Lady Steers on Friday night March 3.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Maxwell Bears hosted the District 5A championship game Saturday evening with the Cimarron Rams, the fifth time these two teams met this season and what a game it was as Maxwell held off Cimarron in OT 46-43. Coach Eloy Brazil noted the Bears were…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The District 5A girls championship game was held in Roy Friday evening February 24, 2023 where basketball fans got their money’s worth, but as the game got underway it was a low scoring game that had Lady Blue fans nervous as they girls fell behind…