Holiday Tournament Heroes: Top Performers (Dec. 29-30)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holiday Tournaments dominated the schedule during New years week with events being held throughout the state. Here are some of the&nbsp; top performers:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christian Bencomo, Capital</strong>: Scored 22 points in the Jaguars' loss to St. Michael's Monday afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2833906' first='Brody' last='Brazil'], Mountainair</strong>: Scored 34 points, drained SIX 3-pointers and had 5 steals in Mountainair's win over Monte Del Sol.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714701' first='Houston' last='Brown'], Volcano Vista</strong>: Scored 14 points with four 3-pointers in Volcano Vista's rout of Navajo Prep Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714567' first='Isaiah' last='Brown'], Sandia</strong>: Scored 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, connecting on several deep 3-pointers (5 in all), to lead the Matadors past Del Norte in the 1^st round of the Rio Holiday Tournament on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Zeke Chavez, Rio Rancho</strong>: Drained two 3-pointers to key an early Rio Rancho surge in the Rams' win over Sandia Tuesday. Later, he scored 7 points during Rio Rancho's 11-0 third quarter run that put the game away. Finished with 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jared Cordova, West Las Vegas</strong>: Scored 20 points in WLV's victory over Los Alamos Monday at the Stu Clark Invitational.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2827293' first='Josh' last='Cordova'], Santa Rosa</strong>: Scored 29 points on 13-of-17 shooting and grabbed 7 rebounds in Santa Rosa's win over Socorro Tuesday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Finlay Fintak, Volcano Vista</strong>: Made three 3-pointers in the first 8 minutes of the game to power Volcano Vista past Navajo Prep. Finished with 5 3-pointers and a team-high 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Zander Griego, Farmington</strong>: Scored 18 points in Farmington's win over Mayfield at the Hobbs Tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714559' first='Jaedyn' last='Hernandez'], Alamogordo</strong>: Scored 17 points in Alamogordo's loss to Goddard Monay at the Poe Corn Tournament in Roswell. Tuesday, he scored 21 points in Alamogordo's win over Albuquerque Academy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Aaron Herrera, Alamogordo</strong>: Scored 26 points in the Tigers' win over Lovington Wednesday at the Poe Corn Tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Dylan&nbsp; Lansing, Navajo Prep</strong>: Scored nine of his game-high 31 points in overtime as Navajo Prep outlasted St. Pius X Monday at the Rio Rancho Tournament. Lansing scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to spark Navajo Prep's rally from an 11-point deficit.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Logan Lemons, Sandia Prep</strong>: Scored 12 of his 24 points in the first quarter in a win over Zuni Tuesday at the Stu Clark Invitational.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2706557' first='Noah' last='Lovato'], Rio Rancho</strong>: Led Rio Rancho with 19 points in the Rams' win over Sandia Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2111977' first='David' last='Lunn'], Volcano Vista</strong>: Scored 20 points, 16 in a dominant first half, as the Hawks routed Hope Christian in the 1^st round of the Rio Rancho Tournament. Volcano Vista scored 60 points in the first half of Monday's win and cruised home from there. Tuesday, Lunn led the Hawks with 21 points as they trounced Navajo Prep in the semifinals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2216708' first='Michael' last='Marr'], Robertson</strong>: Scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting with 6 assists and 4 rebounds to lead the defending 3A champion Cardinals past Zuni Monday at the Stu Clark Invitational in Las Vegas.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Dillon McCoy, St. Michael's</strong>: Scored 23 points to lead the Horsemen past cross-town rival Capital Monday afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1717301' first='Jared' last='Porter'], Valencia</strong>: Scored 21 points to lead Valencia past Sandia Prep in the 1^st round of the Stu Clark Invitational in Las Vegas. <strong>Jai Russ</strong> added 18 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Noah Redus, St. Michael's</strong>: Scored 16 points and dominated the paint with his scoring., rebounding and shot blocking in St. Michael's win over Capital Monday afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Trey Rush, Grady</strong>: Scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in Grady's win over San Jon on Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2694572' first='Cayden' last='Richardson'], Rio Rancho</strong>: Scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half as the Rams trounced Valley Monday night. Eleven players scored for Rio Rancho in the Rams' first game in 23 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1717253' first='Francois' last='Satchivi'], Del Norte</strong>: Scored 20 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in a loss to Sandia Monday night at the Rio Rancho Tournament. Tuesday, he scored 17 points in a consolation round win over Valley.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Isaiah Silva, Socorro</strong>: Scored 21 points and connected on five 3-pointers in Socorro's win over Monte Del Sol.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nazario Silva, Socorro</strong>: Scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for an impressive double-double in the Warriors' win over Monte Del Sol.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1717327' first='Braylon' last='Vega'], Artesia</strong>: Scored 16 points in Artesia's win over Farmington Monday at the Hobbs Holiday Tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReadyToRise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReadyToRise</a> <a href="https://t.co/AzhX3mlNYX">https://t.co/AzhX3mlNYX</a> <a href="https://t.co/iDzM1FhR6M">pic.twitter.com/iDzM1FhR6M</a></p>&mdash; Valencia Jaguar Boys Basketball (@VHSJagHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/VHSJagHoops/status/2005795754779238582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Round 2 Score 👉 FARMINGTON 50 WICHITA FALLS LEGACY 46 <br><br>#41 [player_tooltip player_id='1717217' first='Sataurus' last='Griego'] - 10 Points <br>#2 Isaac Dinning - 10 Points <br><br>Great win today! Scorps will play Mayfield tomorrow at 10:45am to finish up the Hobbs Holiday Tournament. 🎄🏀<br><br>GO SCORPS! 🦂🏀🦂🏀 <a href="https://t.co/GdLk52Z1D1">pic.twitter.com/GdLk52Z1D1</a></p>&mdash; fhsscorpionsbbb (@fhsscorpionsbbb) <a href="https://twitter.com/fhsscorpionsbbb/status/2006174359652647286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html -->