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Today's Sports

  • Rangers romp in NRG opener

    Las Vegas Optic

    Mora’s outside shooting — and a 43-point  combined effort by Tyler Martinez and Tim Romero — played a major role in its 71-48 win over Escalante Wednesday night in the opening round of the Northern Rio Grande Tournament, which continues through Saturday at the Pojoaque High campus in Jacona.
    Pecos was to play Coronado on Thursday.

    Mora (9-1) advances to play Mesa Vista in a Friday semifinal.

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  • Martinez breaks wins record

    Robertson High’s wrestling team returned from last week’s Silver City Duals with another team title.

    RHS senior Daniel Martinez came back with the school record for wins in a career.

    Martinez went 8-0 to run his career victory total to 202, passing older brothers Jake and Adam in the Cardinal record book.

    Oh, and as he’s done at every tournament to date this season, Martinez also earned Outstanding Middleweight Wrestler honors.

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  • Road split for HU teams

    Thomas Manzano recorded 27 points, five rebounds and a pair of steals, and Momcilo Latinovic scored 21 to go with 11 rebounds as New Mexico Highlands rolled over host Colorado Christian 79-62 Monday night in Lakewood, Colo.

    The victory came 24 hours after coach Joe Harge’s Cowboys (10-2 overall, 6-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) endured only their second defeat of the season, a 95-76 setback against then-undefeated Colorado School of Mines.

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  • Mora boys rock Pecos, capture...

    Four Mora Rangers scored in double figures, outrunning and outgunning the Pecos Panthers 84-45 this past weekend in the unexpectedly lopsided finale of the Tri-City Tournament held in Pecos.

    The tourney final had been slated for Thursday, Dec. 30, in Santa Rosa but was moved to Saturday in Pecos, reportedly due to weather.

    Tyler Martinez led all scorers with 17 points, followed by Adam Laumbach with 14 and Andrew Lesse and Lucas Serna with a dozen each for Mora (8-1).

    Isidro Sena and John Vigil led Pecos (5-6) with 14 points each.

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  • Cowboys stun No. 8 GVSU

    Now the Highlands Cowboys can say they beat the Lakers.

    No, not those Lakers — but it is a huge win nonetheless.

    New Mexico Highlands  upset Grand Valley State (Mich.) 73-69 on Thursday in Mesa, Ariz., as part of the Trip Sports Grand Canyon Classic.

    GVSU’s Lakers went into the game 9-2 and ranked eighth in NCAA Division II men’s basketball.

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  • Mustangs buck Cards in Stu final

    Sometimes Goliath wins.

    Bigger, stronger and every bit as quick and deadly from the perimeter, the West Mesa Mustangs (8-2) methodically galloped to victory Thursday night in the championship game of the 57th Stu Clark Tournament.

    The Class 5A Mustangs, who quickly built a double-digit lead, defeated Robertson 85-65 to win their first Stu Clark trophy. The moment was particularly sweet for West Mesa head coach Shonn Schroer, whose father Phil was head coach at Robertson back in 1983, when the Cardinals won the Stu.

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  • Young to lead HU football

    New year, new Highlands football coach too.

    Eric Young has been hired as New Mexico Highlands University head football coach, the school’s athletic department announced on Thursday.

    Young most recently coached at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed, Calif. Young coached the Siskiyous Eagles for the past six seasons.

    "I'm excited to get started. This is a great opportunity to turn this program around and bring back the tradition of winning to NMHU football," Young said in a news release.

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  • Lady Cards 3rd in Goddard tourney

    Robertson came away with third place and a 2-1 record in this week’s Goddard tournament held in Roswell.

    Kassandra Tapia’s double-double performance of 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists fueled a 42-35 win over Santa Fe in Wednesday’s third-place game.

    Jamie Allen scored a dozen and grabbed eight boards for RHS. Shannen Lopez added 10 points.

    Allen and Tapia earned all-tourney selections.

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  • RHS back in Stu final

    Having crowned its champion on Thursday night, the 57th Stu Clark Tournament is now a matter for history.

    (See the Optic’s Web site as well as this coming Monday’s print edition of the Optic for full details on day three, which unfolded after this issue went to press.)

    In Wednesday’s semifinals, Robertson endured a rugged clash against Bernalillo to reach the championship game for a second year in a row. West Las Vegas lost to bigger, faster West Mesa in the other semifinal.

    Wednesday highlights:

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  • West girls bully Bernalillo by 18

    Not content with the perspective from the perimeter, Briana Montaño opted to get an up-close view of the basket on Wednesday night in West Las Vegas’ 62-44 romp over Bernalillo.

    Montaño got most of her points on hard-charging layups and scored 12 of her game-high 22 in the first half.

    Vanessa Lucero and Miranda Martinez added 10 points apiece as the No. 6 Lady Dons defeated the Class 4A Lady Spartans for the second time this season.

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