Logan Tournament recap

The Logan Tournament started off with an easy win for the host Longhorns.

The Longhorns (2-3) beat the Texico freshman team 94-25 on Friday in the opening round of the tournament.

Logan never trailed as they got out to 23-5 lead after the first quarter. Brandon Rafool lead the Longhorns with 21 points and Tanner Sorrels contributed 17. Every player that got on the floor for the Longhorns scored at least one point.

Rylan Calbert had 11 points and Cody Morrison scored 18 points off the bench and three three-pointers in a row in the fourth quarter.

“It was a good win,” Logan coach Billy Burns said. “Our press worked in the first half and we played hard defense in the second.”

The Longhorns pressed the Wolverines from the start of the game which led to many easy baskets for the home team.

“I really think our press worked,” Logan senior Black Strack said.

The Longhorns will play the Clovis C team at noon and San Jon at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

In other action, San Jon (3-3) lost a tight contest to the Clovis C team 56-52.

The game was tight all the way through with the game tied at 52-52 in the last couple minutes but the Wildcats were able to pull away with two late baskets. The Coyotes had chances to tie the game again but missed two jumpers.

San Jon will play the Texico freshman team at noon and Logan at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Girls

Experience and depth on the bench helped the Logan Lady Longhorns to a 48-22 win against the Texico Lady Wolverines freshman team Friday afternoon in Logan.

The match up pitted the Lady Longhorns 12-strong against the five-member Lady Wolverines.

"The girls played tough and did not quit," said Bea Lucero, Lady Wolverines head coach. "The girls know that we can not afford to let foul trouble and injuries slow us down."

The Lady Longhorns offense was led by Whitney Cordova with nine points and Jessica Aguilera with eight points.

Despite the score, the Lady Wolverines limited the Lady Longhorns second shot opportunities.

Lucero said the girls knew their assignments and just needed to keep playing hard.

Leading the Lady Wolverines offense was Mel Lucero with 11 points.

"We were not boxing out and that hurt us," said Claire Rachor, Lady Longhorns head coach. "We won but it was an ugly victory."

Rachor said the team needs to keep pushing and stay focused if they want to continue to win.

"We are a young team that is still learning to win," Rachor said.

"The girls are young," said Lucero. "They are going to continue to play get better and these tough games are exactly what they need."

On the other court the San Jon Lady Coyotes used teamwork to keep the rallying Clovis Lady Wildcats C team from coming back for the win.

With both teams in foul trouble the Lady Coyotes edged the Lady wildcats 60-53.

It was a physical game with many plays ending with a player on the ground lifting themselves up and hustling down the court.

Throughout the game the Lady Wildcats trailed the Lady Coyotes, sometimes by as much as 12 points. However the Lady Wildcats would take advantage of missed shots and hard fought rebounds to pull the game within four points several times.

"Sometimes they had moments of brilliance," said Lady Wildcats head coach Tonya Mairabal. "Some times they looked like a pee wee team."

Players on both teams had their share of bump and bruises. However those bumps and bruises led to fouls which kept San Jon in the led.

"We can not afford to be mentally exhausted," said the Lady Coyotes’ Tracy Foote. "We made too many mistakes and they had gave them a chance to get back into the game."

Foote led the Lady Coyotes offense with 33 points.

"We know what we need to do," Foote said. "We just need to concentrate on getting it done."

The Lady Coyotes will face Texico Lady Wolverines and Lady Longhorns starting at 1:30 p.m on Saturday.

The Lady Longhorns play Clovis C team and San Jon starting at 1:30 p.m.