A week after the Class 2A Mesa Vista boys shocked the New Mexico basketball world with a win over 5A Hobbs, the Trojans, missing star post Jordan Gallegos, fell from the ranks of the undefeated with a loss to 1A behemoth Logan.
Boys basketball
Dec. 8
Escalante 81, Jemez Valley 10
Dec. 9
Sanford (Colo.) 49, Escalante 38
The host Lobos (1-1) could not hold onto a 23-22 halftime lead against the Mustangs, getting outscored 27-15 in the second half.
Dec. 11
Escalante 65, Dulce 27
The host Lobos (2-1) used a 49-22 advantage over the second and third quarters to get the big victory over the Hawks (3-3).
Tularosa 76, McCurdy 41
Pojoaque Valley 68, Bernalillo 28
Mesa Vista 48, Tucumcari 32
Dec. 12
Mesa Vista 61, Eunice 36
Hot Springs 32, McCurdy 29
The Bobcats’ (1-4) fourth quarter rally came up just short against the Tigers in the second round of the J May Classic in Tularosa.
Albuquerque High 45, Pojoaque Valley 34
The Elks (2-5) succumbed to the defensive pressure of the Bulldogs in the second round of the Al Armandariz Tournament at Capital High School.
Dulce 65, Newcomb 39
Dec. 13
Capital 63, Pojoaque Valley 50
The Elks (2-6) did not have the firepower to keep up with the host Jaguars, who took a 28-19 halftime lead in the finale of the Armandariz Tournament.
McCurdy 57, Loving 31
The Bobcats (2-4) ended a four-game losing streak with a big second half, out-scoring the Falcons 38-16 after the break, including 22-10 in the third quarter.
Oak Grove Classical 74, Coronado 38
Four players for the host Owls reached double figures in scoring, led by 28 from Chase Atkinson to overpower the Leopards (2-4), who scored 21 in the first quarter but could not score more than six in any quarter thereafter.
Logan 69, Mesa Vista 60
Girls basketball
Dec. 8
Peñasco 41, Dulce 34
Maddie Vigil scored all 11 of the visiting Lady Hawks’ (3-1) fourth-quarter points, but it wasn’t quite enough to fuel a comeback against the Lady Panthers, Vigil finished with 17 points and eight rebounds and Emma Martinez-Pierce grabbed 15 rebounds and had five steals for Dulce.
Dec. 9
McCurdy 54, New Mexico School for the Deaf 4
The host Lady Bobcats (3-0) allowed the Lady Roadrunners to score four points in the first quarter, then blanked them for the rest of the game.
Dulce 56, Cuba 50
Outside of Cara Toledo, who scored 22 for the Lady Rams, the host Lady Hawks (4-1) did a strong job defensively, forcing 33 turnovers.
Dec. 11
McCurdy 37,
Los Alamos 32
The host Lady Bobcats (4-0) remained perfect on the season with a strong performance against the Lady Hilltoppers.
Mesa Vista 39, Jal 38
Pojoaque Valley 45, Pecos 15
Dec. 12
Logan 49, Mesa Vista 47 (OT)
The Lady Trojans (4-1) used a big, fourth-quarter comeback to force overtime, but then the Lady Longhorns had the better of it in overtime 10-6 in the semifinals of the Eunice Invitational.
Pojoaque Valley 63, Academy for Technology and the Classics 17
Dec. 13
Mesa Vista 60, Tucumcari 58, (OT)
This time the overtime session went the Lady Trojans’ (5-1) way after they blew a big fourth-quarter lead against the Lady Rattlers in the finale of the Eunice Invitational.
Santa Fe Indian School 42, Pojoaque Valley 39
Coronado 34, Oak Grove Classical 28
Wrestling
The Española Valley girls team turned in a strong showing in the Taos Tangle in the Timbers, taking second place with 69 points, trailing only Los Alamos with 82, out of 11 teams.
Individual Sundevils took first place in four weight classes: Jazlyn Maestas at 105 pounds, Sheila Balderrama at 125, Anelicia Maestas at 170 and Kianna Moreland at 235. Esmeralda Trivinio added a third place at 120.
For the boys with just three wrestlers, the Sundevils finished 10th among 12 teams with 44.5 points.
Izaac Rivera grabbed second place at 215 and Juan Maestas was fourth at 165.
And in the Lady Jaguar Invitational on Dec. 6, the Española Valley girls totaled 70 points for a ninth-place finish among 18 teams. Jazlyn Maestas reached the semifinals at 105 and Moreland was third at 235. Trivinio was fourth at 120, Miquela Sandoval was fifth at 100 and Balderrama was sixth at 125.
On the boys side of the ledger at Capital, Rivera finished fourth, Purdy fifth and Juan Maestas sixth.