Today's Sports

Bernalillo guard Dillon Darnell swished 13 three-pointers during the Spartans’ three games in the 56th Stu Clark Tournament, which concluded Dec. 30 at Highlands’ Wilson Complex.

That outside shooting exhibition included two games of six treys apiece — each just one shy of tying the single-game record — earned Darnell the record for most threes in one Stu Clark tourney.

Beset by a string of injuries and some disappointing losses in the first half of the season, the Robertson girls’ basketball team needed a pick-me-up during the holidays.

They got it.

Playing what head coach Aunna Bradley called their strongest basketball to date, the Lady Cardinals reached the championship game of the Goddard Invitational before losing to hometown team Roswell 50-44 on Wednesday.

“We led most of the game,” Bradley noted. “Then they hit a couple of threes and took the lead from us.”

Sure, we’ve all seen plenty of three-point plays and the occasional four-point play on the basketball court.

How about a five-point play?

The Robertson Cardinals had a shot at one Monday night in their 88-73 win over Bernalillo on day one of the 56th Stu Clark Tournament.

And though they got three points of the potential five, the play not only allowed RHS to overtake the Spartans for control of the game, it put the Cardinals in front for good in a contentious battle that saw both sides hit with technical fouls.

Shawn Carrasco outscored the Artesia Bulldogs by himself in the first quarter of Portales’ 55-48 win Monday afternoon in the opening session of the Stu Clark Tournament.

The Rams’ 5-11 guard tallied 14 points in those first eight minutes. He scored the first five points of the contest with a layup and a three-pointer from the right wing, and he’d bookend the period with a steal and coast-to-coast layup, then a trey from the left corner off a feed from Andrew Villanueva.