Lady Coyotes go 9-0 at team camp; hand Mayfield first summer loss
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Roswell was a very good host at the 2010 Lady Coyote team basketball camp Friday and Saturday, but despite taking on an extra game vs. a very tough competitor, the Roswell varsity still finished the weekend 9-0, upping their summer record to 16-2. The Coyotes started the day with wins over [...]
Lady Coyotes perfect at team camp; Hagerman 3-2
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Day 1 of the 2010 Roswell girls team basketball camp wrapped up with two Roswell squads on the winning side of the ledger and one improving with losses to some tough schools. The host Roswell Coyotes went 4-0 on the day, starting out with an easy 30 point win over Ruidoso, [...]
Lady hoopsters invading Roswell for summer tourney
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor The temperatures and the calendar may be saying, “It’s baseball season,” but in Roswell, Friday and Saturday is basketball time, as the 2010 Roswell girls team camp gets underway. With more than 40 teams competing this year — from as far away as Abilene, Odessa and El Paso, Texas; Cimarron, Clayton, [...]
Dunnahoo honored at state hoops tourney
Staff Report ALBUQUERQUE — While the Hagerman girls basketball team dropped out of the state tournament after only one game, one Bobcat player received a special honor. Senior Samantha Dunnahoo was one of 16 students from across the state to receive a “Pursuing VIctory with Honor” scholarship. “I was surprised, but I was proud of [...]
Free throws sink Bobcat basketball
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor ALBUQUERQUE — Two words sum up why Hagerman’s dream of making it to the AA state championship died Friday in a 67-63 loss to Tularosa. Free throws. OK, maybe three: free throws and rebounds. The teams shot almost dead even from the field — 44 percent for the Bobcats and 43 [...]
Bobcats top ‘better than expected’ Navajo Pine
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor RIO RANCHO — Hagerman earned it’s 25th basketball victory of the season Wednesday, advancing in the state tournament with a 76-61 win over Navajo Pine, but the No. 7 Warriors surprised both the ’Cat players and coaches. “They’re a tough team,” said junior Isaac Bejarano. “They’re tougher than a seven seed, [...]
Panthers take charge in the third. Send ’Cats home empty handed
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor RIO RANCHO — The story of the Hagerman girls basketball season could be told by looking at the benches during the quarterfinal round of the Class AA state tournament. When the game was underway, Peñasco’s chairs at the Santa Ana Star Center had three coaches and six players lined up to [...]
State hoops tourney: Lady Coyotes advance, Bobcats fall
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor ALBUQUERQUE — The quarterfinal round of the girls state basketball tournament has wrapped up for Chaves County teams, with one advancing and one having to head home. Hagerman opened the tournament with an 8 a.m. game vs. Peñasco, and despite leading after one quarter and keeping it close in the second, [...]
Four county teams state-bound in basketball
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor The four Chaves County high school teams still in the hunt for a state basketball title now know who and when they’ll play. The Hagerman and Roswell girls open up early Tuesday morning, while the Roswell and Hagerman boys get to sleep in a little Wednesday before their opening matches. And [...]
Bobcats avoid Bear comeback; next up, state quarterfinals
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor HAGERMAN — The Hagerman boys were a little inconsistent in their regional matchup vs. Estancia Saturday, but after dropping their 23-point lead down to four, the Bobcats still managed to pull out a victory, topping the Bears 68-56. “We started opening things up, we started building our lead, then we started [...]