No. 1 Logan handles defending champs
Fort Sumner/House, Lordsburg, Peñasco move on as well
BERNALILLO — Offensively efficient Logan shot exactly 50 percent from the field in three of the four quarters and sent home the defending Class 2A girls champions with an exclamation mark, a 48-30 quarterfinals rout Tuesday afternoon at Bernalillo High School.
Logan advances to face familiar foe Fort Sumner/ House in Thursday’s semifinals at Bernalillo High. Logan won both meetings this season, 60-53 and 53-50.
The other semifinal will feature Lordsburg, which upset Mescalero Apache, and Peñasco. No. 1 LOGAN 48, No. 8
TATUM 30: Jordan Hines and Kaylee Foote had 13 points apiece for the Longhorns (215), who led 21-16 at the half and then blew the game open with an 18-6 domination of the third period.
Celeste Jimenez scored 16 points to lead the Coyotes (1611), whose season was bookended with losses to Logan. Tatum lost its opener 41-32 to the Longhorns on Dec. 1.
In the rematch, Tatum found points at a premium, shooting only 8-for-37 from the field, and half of those baskets came from Jimenez. No. 4 FORT SUMNER/ HOUSE 59, TSE’YI’GAI 48: Abby Wilton scored 20 points and the winners dominated the glass with a 36-14 rebounding edge.
Claudia Torres added 12 points for Fort Sumner/ House (19-10) and had seven rebounds, as did three of her teammates.
Janiece Commanche led the Dine Warriors with 13 points. Faith Lopez added 10. No. 7 LORDSBURG 39, No. 2 MESCALERO APACHE 36: Anissa Ploweman and Madison Miller scored 11 points each for Lordsburg (21-7), which won despite shooting only 13-of-53 (24.5 percent) from the field.
Miller had a whopping 18 rebounds, and Lordsburg won the rebounding battle 40-28.
Ramona Fossum scored 13 points and Fallon Velasquez 10 for Mescalero, which went 11-of-49 from the field. Katelyn Yuzos had 16 rebounds. NO. 3 PEÑASCO 53, NO. 6 MAGDALENA 44: Adrianna Tafoya scored a game-high 22 points, and 5-foot-8 sophomore Carly Gonzales had 12 points and 20 rebounds for the victorious Panthers (25-4).
Michaela Zamora had three 3-pointers and finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for Magdalena (22-7).