2022 Boys Metro Championship Recap!

<p style="text-align: center;">The Boys Metro Basketball Tournament started Tuesday January 4th and this past Saturday January 8th, we crowned the Volcano Vista Hawks as the 2022 Metro Champions.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Volcano Vista started this tournament coming in as the #1 seed in a 16 team Metro Tournament. They came into this tournament undefeated at 9-0 and the early favorites to win this tournament. This team was led by Coach Greg Brown.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">In the first round of this Metro Tournament they got matched up with #16 Rio Grande. They had faced Rio Grande earlier in the season during the teams season opener when they defeated the Ravens 74-30 November 30th. In this first round match-up they defeated Rio Grande 95-21. The player of the game in their victory was Anthony Gonzales who had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. In the Metro Quarterfinals vs #8 Rio Rancho, the Volcano Vista Hawks trailed 20-11 in the first quarter and 33-32 at halftime. They made big adjustments in the 2nd half and outscored the Rams by 13 in the third quarter. Freshman [player_tooltip player_id="1176300" first="Kenyon" last="Aguino"] was the player of the game in the quarterfinals, he scored 12 points and had 8 rebounds. In the Metro Semifinals their next opponent was #4 Cleveland who they have previously played earlier this season. In the first meeting that took place on December 11th, Volcano Vista defeated the Storm 81-70. In this semifinals match-up Volcano Vista defeated the Storm again in a blowout victory 76-56. [player_tooltip player_id="1076675" first="Jakwon" last="Hill"] led the way with 29 points, shot 4/6 from the three point line and was 7/7 from the free throw line.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">In the Metro Championship, The Volcano Vista Hawks were set to face-off against the Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars who were the #3 seed in the Metro Tournament. They led from the start of the game and defeated the Jaguars in a blowout win 78-49. They were led by [player_tooltip player_id="1076675" first="Jakwon" last="Hill"] who scored 27 points and made 5 threes in the game. [player_tooltip player_id="1128605" first="Kaden" last="Valdez"] also scored 14 points with 4 three pointers made in the game. Freshman [player_tooltip player_id="1176300" first="Kenyon" last="Aguino"] came in off the bench and provided 14 points from the second unit. Big man [player_tooltip player_id="1124213" first="Sean" last="Alter"] also scored 10 points and was a key presence on both sides of the floor. Point Guard [player_tooltip player_id="1225473" first="Oscar" last="McCoy"] controlled the pace and did a great job running the offense. [player_tooltip player_id="1176305" first="Hudson" last="Brown"] and Tyler Martinez came in the game from the second unit and provided some offense for Volcano Vista. </p> <p style="text-align: center;">Team Roster :</p> <p style="text-align: center;">[player_tooltip player_id="1128605" first="Kaden" last="Valdez"], Tyler Martinez, [player_tooltip player_id="1076675" first="Jakwon" last="Hill"], Anthony Gonzales, Kieran Cordova, Jaden Malone, [player_tooltip player_id="1295246" first="EJ" last="Jordan"], [player_tooltip player_id="1176305" first="Hudson" last="Brown"], [player_tooltip player_id="1225473" first="Oscar" last="McCoy"], Rian Gonzales, [player_tooltip player_id="1176300" first="Kenyon" last="Aguino"], [player_tooltip player_id="1124213" first="Sean" last="Alter"], Devon Ramos</p> <p style="text-align: center;">David Gutierrez.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Coaches :</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Greg Brown, Cesar Cuevas, Samuel McCoy</p>