Today's Sports

For the third outing in a row, New Mexico Highlands men’s basketball rocketed over the 100-point threshold on Monday night in a 109-61 blowout of NAIA school University of the Southwest in Hobbs.

Notably, the three games took place within a four-day span. Monday’s win followed a pair of victories in the Cowboys’ own NMHU Thanksgiving Classic that also saw them generate big offense. Highlands routed Jarvis Christian 106-75 on Nov. 27, then beat a solid Angelo State squad 109-100 the following night.

Briana Gholston’s double-double (a game-high 15 rebounds along with 12 points) propelled New Mexico Highlands over the University of the Southwest 62-50 on Saturday night in Hobbs.

With its third win in as many games, NMHU is off to its best start in recent history, and the three wins have already matched the total from last year, coach Tiffany Darling’s debut season.

“This is a great start for us. We are playing with confidence and are playing together,” Darling said via a news release from NMHU.

After a season in which he piled up roughly 1,100 rushing yards and an additional 600 through the air, Robertson High School junior quarterback Daniel Martinez has been named one of District 2-3A’s most valuable players in football for 2009.

Martinez leads a list of 14 Meadow City football players to be recognized by the district. Honors were announced Monday by district chairman Matt Martinez of Pojoaque Valley.

Seven Robertson High players scored in Friday night’s season-opening 61-46 victory over Newcomb, hinting at the depth  the Cardinals enjoy this boys’ basketball season.

Justin Bustos’ five three-point baskets and 24 total points showed something else — these Cards can shoot from deep, too.

Bustos, a junior wing, hit his first three to end the first quarter amid an 11-0 Robertson run. As it turned out, that surge ultimately decided the game.