Today's Sports

West Las Vegas had turnover problems early, but superior depth helped the Lady Dons in an otherwise steady effort Tuesday night against Santa Rosa; the home team won 59-44 at the Gillie Lopez Gym.

Vanessa Lucero scored 11 first-half points and finished with 17. Miranda Martinez, held to two points in the first half, hit two three-point baskets in the second half and finished with 11 points.

Short several wrestlers due to illness and injuries, Robertson nevertheless went 4-1 and captured second place in this past weekend’s Moriarty Duals.

Robertson 145-pounder Troy Estrada, one of two Cardinals who went 5-0, was named to the all-tournament team, the lone wrestler from Class 3A to earn that distinction in an event chock full of big-school mat talent.

Promising changes and progress, newly hired New Mexico Highlands football coach Eric Young introduced himself to the community Monday evening via KMDZ radio’s weekly sports talk show.

“Turning around a team in a year is not that big a deal to me,” said Young, who said the seven years he spent in the junior college ranks has helped him become accustomed to relatively rapid building projects. “What’s more exciting to me is being able to build over three or four years.”

James Thornton scored five points in the final minute — including an old-fashioned three-point play with 10 seconds remaining — to lift Socorro past No. 4 Robertson 49-48 on Saturday night at Mike Marr Gym.

The Cardinals, playing in their home gym for the first time this season, found themselves playing catch-up throughout, thanks to a first-half barrage of three-point baskets by Warrior guards Zach Esquivel and Jared Marquez.

Socorro led 22-15 through one period after going up by as much as nine.