TAOS SPORTS ROUND UP
On Dec. 1-2, the Ice Tigers hockey team traveled to Durango and Telluride to play four games in the span of
26 hours.
The Ice Tigers defeated Telluride 6-3 in the Saturday morning game (Dec. 1). Though they battled their way back from a 6-2 deficit to tie it up at 6 in the third period, they ultimately lost the afternoon rematch 8-6.
Sunday (Dec. 2) morning, Taos defeated Durango 6-3. They summoned a late rally in the afternoon game to tie the game 3 all after being down
3-0.
Ice Tiger Leandro Richert had an impressive 12 goals on the weekend.
The Ice Tigers matchup against the Jackalopes in Odessa, Texas was rescheduled due to weather and will be held Feb. 9-10.
Their next home games are Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 15 - 16) at 5:15 p.m. and 8 a.m., respectively, against Coronado High School, who will visit from El Paso. They also have home games against their arch rival Los Alamos Friday (Dec.
21) at 5:15 p.m. and in Los Alamos Saturday (Dec. 22) at 9 a.m. The Ice Tigers currently hold The North Star Trophy, which is on the line during each game against Los Alamos.
The Ice Tiger season record is 3-2-1.
The Taos High Swim Team competed in the Bill Hudson Memorial Invitational Saturday (Dec. 1) in Los Alamos.
Most swimmers on the team achieved personal best times as the team finished the first month of its season. The boys’ team finished fourth overall out of 15 teams.
The boys 200-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter freestyle relay teams, composed of Hunter and Diego Griego, Lorenzo Cordova and freshman Estevan Salazar, finished fourth and sixth, respectively.
Salazar also finished fourth and sixth in his individual events, the 200 and 100 freestyle. Diego Griego finished seventh in the 200-meter individual medley (which includes all 4 swim strokes) and eighth in the 100 freestyle. Hunter Griego finished eighth in the 200-meter individual medley.
The girls team placed sixth out of the 14 teams competing. They were led by freshman Grace Goler’s two state-qualifying swims in the 50 and the 100 freestyle in which she placed second and third.
Senior Ashley McMains also garnered valuable points for the girls with third place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke. With the addition of 8th graders Aricela Chavez and Maye Montoya, the girls 4x50 and 4x100 freestyle relay teams swam the best times of the season, placing sixth in the 200 and third in the 400.
The didn’t didn’t have a competition Dec. 8. The next swim meet for the Tiger swimmers is Saturday (Dec. 15) in Belen.
The boys basketball game against Bernalillo High School that was scheduled for Jan. 9 has been changed to Tuesday (Dec. 18).
Tuesday (Dec. 15) and Friday, Dec. 21 boys basketball games start with C team at
3 p.m. rather than the usual
4 p.m. Varsity will start around
6 p.m. rather than 7p.m.