Today's Sports

As West Las Vegas girls’ basketball program paid tribute to its parents on Monday night, the evening felt a lot like homecoming.

The Lady Dons feasted on overmatched Ruidoso 70-39 to wrap up their home schedule.

The non-district Lady Warriors hung around and stayed closer than expected before West hit the accelerator and pulled away down the stretch.

WLV’s lead was a modest 17-10 after eight minutes.

The Associated Press
SOCHI, Russia — Different American, same result for Maria Hoefl-Riesch — another Olympic gold in the super-combined.

Just as she did four years ago at the Vancouver Games, Hoefl-Riesch found herself trailing an American after the downhill leg before using her slalom skills to vault into first place and successfully defend her Olympic title in the dual-run event.

Wednesday
Basketball
• Robertson girls (A,B,C) at Socorro, 4 p.m., Socorro
• West Las Vegas boys (A,B) vs. Raton, 5:30 p.m., Gillie Lopez Gym
Softball
• LCC at Lamar (DH), 9 a.m., Lamar, Colo.
Wrestling
• NMHU vs. Colorado State-Pueblo, 7 p.m., Wilson Complex
• West Las Vegas at Foothill, 3 p.m., Albuquerque

Thursday
Baseball
• LCC at Western Oklahoma, noon, Altus, Okla.
Basketball
• West Las Vegas girls (A,B) at Raton, 5:30 p.m., Raton

There were no “Why so quiet?” taunts from the Robertson crowd this time around.

West Las Vegas fans were joyfully noisy Friday night as they watched their Lady Dons lead from start to finish in a 59-47 triumph over the host Lady Cardinals at Mike Marr Gym.

Given the competitive environment of the division this winter, it was a much-needed get-even win for West, which had lost its only District 2-3A game to date at the hands of RHS on Jan. 22 at Gillie Lopez Gym.