Bronco Basketball
Broncos fall to Plainsmen in a close game
Casey Griffin
CCSR photographer/writer
The Broncos lost a close conference matchup Thursday to the Frank Phillips Plainsmen at the Cahoon Armory Gym. NMMI never led by more than four and trailed by as much as 11, but battled until the final basket.
Juwan Newman gave the Broncos their first lead with the first points of the game, and had the hot hand of the night, tallying 20 points. The Plainsmen quickly answered back with two points of their own.
NMMI grabbed a four point lead, but the Plainsmen trailed closely behind and were able to tie the game up at 12-12. FPC took over the lead and were able to extend it to an 11 point lead, making the score 31-20.
On the downhill side of the first half, the Broncos offense and defense stepped it up. The defense held the Plainsmen to only seven more points, setting the NMMI offense up for a 15-point run, cutting the Plainsmen’s lead to only three points ending the first half with a score of 38-35 Plainsmen.
To start second half, A.J. Peralta hit a jump shot for 2 points, inching the score even closer. The Plainsmen turned the ball over and allowed NMMI to gain the lead once again with a slam dunk by Newman.
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Broncos fall to Plainsmen in a close game
Casey Griffin
CCSR photographer/writer
The Broncos lost a close conference matchup Thursday to the Frank Phillips Plainsmen at the Cahoon Armory Gym. NMMI never led by more than four and trailed by as much as 11, but battled until the final basket.
Juwan Newman gave the Broncos their first lead with the first points of the game, and had the hot hand of the night, tallying 20 points. The Plainsmen quickly answered back with two points of their own.
NMMI grabbed a four point lead, but the Plainsmen trailed closely behind and were able to tie the game up at 12-12. FPC took over the lead and were able to extend it to an 11 point lead, making the score 31-20.
On the downhill side of the first half, the Broncos offense and defense stepped it up. The defense held the Plainsmen to only seven more points, setting the NMMI offense up for a 15-point run, cutting the Plainsmen’s lead to only three points ending the first half with a score of 38-35 Plainsmen.
To start second half, A.J. Peralta hit a jump shot for 2 points, inching the score even closer. The Plainsmen turned the ball over and allowed NMMI to gain the lead once again with a slam dunk by Newman.
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Lady Colts take down Lady Coyotes
Casey Griffin
CCSR photographer/writer
The Lady Colts made easy work of Roswell’s girls “C” team Thursday night at the Godfrey Athletic Center, winning 45-28.
NMMI’s Caitlin Duree started the momentum for the Lady Colts when she stole the ball and took it all the way down the court for two points. NMMI didn’t stop there; they continued to score against the Lady Coyotes, nearly ending the period with the Coyotes scoreless.
NMMI scored 14 points in the first quarter, making the score 14-0 with one minute remaining. Roswell’s Crystal Lara and Alenna Hernandez quickly scored two baskets to end the period 14-4 NMMI.
Although Lady Coyotes tried to fight and come back, NMMI’s offense was able to post eight more points in the second period, keeping a lead of 22-14.
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Sierra, Mountain VIew split, with 8th grade match a barn-burner
Karen Boehler
CCSR writer/editor
Sierra and Mountain VIew split a pair of games Monday at Sierra, with the eighth-grade match a barn burner that went right down to the wire in overtime.
Before the game, Eagle coach Francisco Sanchez didn’t sound very confident about staying close to the Mustangs, but from the first shot to the final basket, the biggest lead between the two teams was four.
Sierra’s NIck Ortiz opened the scoring, ‘Stang T. Hernandez came back for two and it was off to the races. Two late-quarter treys by B. Renteria and M. Fuentes and Mountain View had a 12-8 edge after one.
The Eagles cut the Mustang lead by one heading into the half, getting 4-for-5 shooting from the charity stripe to make it 19-16 heading into the locker room.
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Character Counts! fall coaches named
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The Chaves County Sports Report concludes the fall Character Counts! presentations; this week posting the fall coaches.
The Character Counts! athletes recognition program was created to encourage all high school student-athletes in Chaves County to “Pursue Victory with Honor” and exhibit the six pillars of character in the classroom, in the locker room, during practice and during competitions throughout the year.
The program honors individuals, selected by coaches, who have best exemplified the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, caring, respect, responsibility, fairness and citizenship. Character Counts! believes that the essential elements of character-building and ethics in sports are embodied in the concept of sportsmanship and those six core principles.
Named as the 2011 coaches of character are: Gateway Christian volleyball coach Kerri Pirtle; Goddard cheer coach Patty Nolan; Goddard football coach Sam Jernigan; Goddard interim boys soccer coach John Masterson; and NMMI cross country coach Jan Olesinski.
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Local Senior Olympic athletes compete at state volleyball tourney
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Two Senior Olympians from Roswell competed in the New Mexico State Volleyball tournament in Rio Rancho Friday and Saturday.
Don “Skip” Clark played on a men’s 75-plus team, The Afterburners, and came home with a gold medal.
Sara Hall played on a woman’s 50-plus team, Diggin’ Life, and came home with a fourth-place ribbon.
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Paul Lessard
CCSR writer
The Goddard Rocket varsity boys basketball team improved to 19-2 on the year with a dominating 74-54 win over the visiting Carlsbad Cavemen Thursday night. The Rockets used a swarming defense – causing numerous turnovers – to stifle the Carlsbad offense.
“To beat the better teams, you’re going to have to move the ball. That’s something we’ve struggled with – sometimes Chase (Salazar) tries to do too much – so we’ve really been working on moving the ball and getting in other’s peoples hands,” stated a pleased coach Kevin Jones.
David Sweet got things rolling for the Rockets scoring at the 7:22 mark to get a lead that they would never relinquish. Two Salazar buckets gave the Rockets a 7-2 lead and it was obvious that Salazar would have another monster game on both the offensive and defensive sides of the game.
Lane VanderHulst scored two late buckets – both off offensive rebounds – and Salazar converted a 3-point play to give the Rockets a 16-9 lead at the quarter break.
The second quarter was fairly even as the Cavemen came out on a mini-run to cut the lead to 16-15, but the Rockets responded with a 10-0 run led by Mark McCool’s two baskets and Jake Maxey’s one as the bench provided valuable production.
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Karen Boehler
CCSR writer/editor
DEXTER — The Lady Demons (8-12) and Tigers (10-5) closed out the non-district season in exciting fashion Thursday, going into overtime before Dexter finally pulled away with a 53-51 victory on free throws.
It was the fourth meeting of the season between the two teams, and evened the win-loss record at 2-2. It was also the closest final of the four matches, with each team taking a lead then giving it away.
Although Capitan’s Kersti Davis put the first points of the game on the board, Demon Yessica Solis matched that and when Tamara Salas launced a 3 20 seconds later, Dexter took a lead it would hold throughout the first half.
But after leading 10-6 after one, all the Demons could managed in the second stanza was a pair of treys — from Stephanie Miles and Tabatha Salas — while the Tigers closed to 16-15 at the half.
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Casey Griffin
CCSR photographer/writer
The Lady Colts made easy work of Roswell’s girls “C” team Thursday night at the Godfrey Athletic Center, winning 45-28.
NMMI’s Caitlin Duree started the momentum for the Lady Colts when she stole the ball and took it all the way down the court for two points. NMMI didn’t stop there; they continued to score against the Lady Coyotes, nearly ending the period with the Coyotes scoreless.
NMMI scored 14 points in the first quarter, making the score 14-0 with one minute remaining. Roswell’s Crystal Lara and Alenna Hernandez quickly scored two baskets to end the period 14-4 NMMI.
Although Lady Coyotes tried to fight and come back, NMMI’s offense was able to post eight more points in the second period, keeping a lead of 22-14.
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HHS Basketball
Staff Report
HAGERMAN — The Hagerman girls started strong, but a bad second half sent them down to defeat 50-46 vs. the Goddard junior varsity Tuesday.
The teams had a 12-12 first quarter, then the Bobcats turned up the heat, outscoring the young Lady Rockets 17-7 to lead 29-19 heading into the locker room.
But Goddard turned things complete around in the second half, outscoring Hagerman 17-7 in the third and 17-10 in the fourth for the four-point victory.
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Bronco Football
ALBUQUERQUE — Former Goddard and Bronco quarterback David Vega is headed to the University of New Mexico to play football.
Actually, he’s already there, as the record-breaking NMMI QB left NMMI early to get a start on both classes — he’ll be studying radiology — and the season in Albuquerque.
“I just wanted to be here for the spring season,” Vega said. “Just to get the spring semester in. Get acclimated. Learn the new offense. Stuff like that.”
Vega was a standout at Goddard, helping the Rockets to two state titles, then became a freshman starter for the Broncos, setting a Bronco record with 2,829 passing yards in 2010 with 22 TDs and 13 interceptions in 2010. Last season, Vega added to the record, throwing for 2,819 yards with 28 TDs and 12 interceptions.
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