Rio Grande’s Monique Macias was off the hook, scoring 31 against Los Lunas; Bernadette Sanchez had 18. The game was called with 1:30 left to play due to a fight.

Las Cruces’ Andrea Aragon notched up 22 in the Bulldawg’s win over Alamogordo.

Sandia’s Ebony Walker had 24 against West Mesa in the Matador’s 61-26 win.

Magdalena Lady Steer Nicole Hardy scored 17 points against Tularosa.

Scores from last night

Las Cruces is now at 17-1 with their win against district foe Alamogordo.

Hobbs seems to be on a downward spiral, with a surprise loss against 4A Roswell.

A huge win for Des Moines (#2 Class 1A) over Clayton (#4 Class 2A).

Links

Sun-News covers the Oñate victory over Gadsden

ENMVarsity.com’s area roundup

Chaves County Sports Report recaps the Roswell victory over Hobbs.

Cibola 63, La Cueva 57

The Lady Cougars handed the Lady Bears their first loss in eight games, and do it in La Cueva’s house.

Looks like Cibola got a little more production off their bench, with Edwina Peele contributing 13 points to Amber Battles’ 19, Korina Chapman’s 13 and Elyse Brewster’s 12–every little bit helps. Just as important, Chapman was the only Cougar to foul out.

La Cueva’s Jamie Parker lead all scorers, including two treys, followed by Erika Baca’s 13 and Amy Kelly’s 9.

Lori Stephenson and company face Manzano next Thursday, and while the Lady Monarchs sit at 9-2, there are maybe only one or quality wins under their belts.

Next up for the Bears: #1 Eldorado on Tuesday.

Other observations…

In the 52-2 Logan shut-out of House, House’s only points came off free-throws–one in the third and one in the fourth…Magdalena (9-0) has beat their opponents by an average of 35 points on the season, many of them Class AA teams

The rest of the results…

Games to watch

Las Cruces hosts Rio Grande @7:00

From a mile-high view, this may not look to be the best game on the schedule.

What you will see is some of the best guards in the state playing each other. Las Cruces point guard Andrea Aragon, fresh off winning the Hoop-La and earning the tourney MVP, will be facing the Class 5A scoring leaders Bernadette Sanchez, and Monique Macias. Sanchez is averaging an incredible 25.6 PPG, with Macias following at 17.5 PPG. Macias is also tied at third in rebounding with 8.o RPG.

The Rio Grande Achilles’ heel looks to be under the boards. Center Olivia Legarda is getting 5.5 rebounds per game, second to Macias. Cruces plays more of a balanced game; I think Las Cruces posts Jade Brown, Devon Mulheron and Sharayah Newton will be too much for the Ravens.

Links

Carlsbad Current-Argus covers the Cavegirl’s win over Santa Teresa on Thursday night

Silver City Sun-News’ blow by blow of Silver’s 2nd quarter “eruption” against Cobre on Tuesday

El Defensor Chieftan’s coverage of Socorro’s win over Robertson