Feb. 28, 2008 Prep Roundup
Girls
District 3-1A championship
Fort Sumner 41, Elida 36
Fort Sumner 14 10 6 11 — 41
Elida 10 9 10 7 — 36
Leading scorers — Fort Sumner, Racheal Chavez 15, Bree Lucero 12, Sarah Stinnett 8. Elida, Margo Ortiz 10, Reavis Best 9. 3-pointers — Fort Sumner, Chavez 2, Stinnett 1. Elida, Ortiz 2, Reavis Best 2.
Records — Fort Sumner 19-9, Elida 20-8.
Notes: Fort Sumner will host Grady Friday night, while Elida plays Clovis Christian at Melrose High School. … The win is the Vixens’ first in four tries against Elida. Lucero had all of Fort Sumner’s third-quarter points. ... Reavis Best hit a pair of free throws with 6:30 left to tie the game at 46-46. A 3-point play from Racheal Chavez put the Vixens up 38-33 with 1:50 to play. Fort Sumner last won the district title in 2007, also against Elida.
Boys
District 6-2A championship
Santa Rosa 54, Texico 50, 2OT
Santa Rosa 13 15 15 3 8 — 54
Texico 9 16 7 14 4 — 50
Leading scorers — Santa Rosa, Robert Serrano 13, Jeff Reeves 12, Ricardo Roybal 9. Texico, Seth Bailey 28, Brett Anderson 6, Lucas Walters 6. 3-pointers — Santa Rosa, Roybal 3, Ryan Olguin, Reeves. Texico, Bailey, Jose Posada.
Records — Santa Rosa 24-4, Texico 25-3.
Notes: The Lions host a first-round Class 2A state tournament game against Jal on Saturday. Texico, meantime, travels to Hagerman. … The teams have split four meetings this season, including a 58-57 Wolverines win in double overtime on Monday at Tucumcari to decide the tourney’s top seed. Posada won that game with a last-second 3-pointer. … Posada’s 3-pointer Saturday came from three-quarters court, pulling the Wolverines to 28-25 at the break. … Texico never led in the game. Santa Rosa’s biggest lead was 43-32 at the end of three quarters. … Bailey scored all 18 of Texico’s points in the fourth quarter and OT. He had a last-second 3-pointer to win it at the end of regulation, but it went in and out. “I was proud of the kids,” Texico coach Richard Luscombe said. “I kind of challenged them to step up. Seth really stepped up and tried to carry us tonight.”
Logan 61, Clovis Christian 58, OT
Clovis Christian 16 14 16 6 6 — 58
Logan 6 16 16 14 9 — 61
Leading scorers — Clovis Christian, Ross Miller 13, Jordan Broome 11, Nick Cody 8, Kevin Naceanceno 8. Logan, Taylor Smith 17, Cimmaron Osborn 14, Brandon Rafool 14, Andrew Martinez 10. 3-pointers — Clovis Christian, Bret Burrus 2, Naceanceno 2, Broome, Dustin Caroland. Logan, Obsorn, Rafool.
Records — Clovis Christian 12-15, Logan 17-9.
Notes: CCS travels to District 3-1A champion Dora in a first-round Class 1A state game on Saturday, while Logan hosts Fort Sumner. … Logan is now 3-1 against CCS this season. … The Eagles got off to a fast start and led virtually all the way. “They (Longhorns) hit some big shots, and we made some mistakes down the stretch,” Eagles coach Randy McBroom said.
