Preview: Winner Take All District Championship Games

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three districts saw the regular season end with two teams tied at the top of the standings. As a result, those teams will square off in a winner-take-all regular season district championship game. Two of the three games are scheduled for Monday and one for Tuesday.:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>District 5A-4: Hobbs vs. Roswell (6 p.m., Monday)</strong> – The Eagles and Coyotes split a pair of regular season meetings with Hobbs (22-4) winning, 91-73, on Jan. 28 and the Coyotes winning, 79-69, on Feb. 11. The Eagles are led by a trio of seniors – <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1687828' first='Abraham' last='Pena']</strong>, <strong>Peyton Hodge</strong> and 7-foot center <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1524943' first='Parker' last='Henderson']</strong>. Roswell (21-5) G <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2818762' first='Jacob' last='Palomino']</strong> had one of his best games of the season in the win over Hobbs 12 days ago. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2376308' first='Rylan' last='Sarracino']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2832974' first='Jeremy' last='Sambrano']</strong> are two more players to watch for Roswell.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>District 2A-6: Pecos vs. Santa Rosa</strong> <strong>(6 p.m. Tuesday)</strong>– Santa Rosa forced the playoff game with a must-win over Raton Saturday. These two teams faced off a week ago with Pecos pulling out a 71-67 victory. Santa Rosa won the first meeting, 75-72, on Jan. 30. So, the first two games between these teams this season have been decided by a total of 7 points. That means this winner-take-all game is too close to call. It could come down to which team has the ball last.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>District 1A-2: Magdalena vs. Cliff (6 p.m., Monday)</strong> – These two teams dominated their district all season long. They split a pair of regular season meeting with Magdalena winning, 43-34, in late January and Cliff gaining a measure of revenge, 49-39, on Feb. 15. Magdalena's dynamic duo of 6-foot-5 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1580325' first='Joseph' last='Zamora']</strong> and 6-foot-5 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2163543' first='Jeffrey' last='Stuteville']</strong> combined for 32.2 points and 16.1 rebounds per game during  the regular season. Cliff closed the regular season with 9 straight wins.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":1422582,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/Daniel-Jacobsen.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/Daniel-Jacobsen.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-1422582" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Prep Hoops Grind Region Kickoff - Dallas Showtyme Elite UA vs. [program_tooltip program_id='2075730' first='New' last='Mexico D1'] 2023-1</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>      </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->