Midweek Monsters: Christmas Edition (Dec. 22-23)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Games were played on Monday and Tuesday this week prior to the Christmas Break. Here are some of the standouts:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2693652' first='Kaileb' last='Atencio'], Penasco</strong>: Scored 20 points with 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in Penasco's loss to Santa Rosa</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2694440' first='Nehemiah' last='Chavez'], Penasco</strong>: Scored 22 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in Penasco's loss to Sanat Rosa on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tobias Ciccarello, Navajo Pine</strong>: Scored 20 points in Navajo Pine's close win over Ramah on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2832949' first='Pierce' last='Culpepper'], Portales</strong>: Scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for a double-double in the Rams' close loss to Carlsbad.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Landyn Hiles, Mescalero Apache</strong>: Scored 10 points to lead the Chiefs past Alamo Navajo in the first round of the Striking Eagle Native American Invitational. Shared team high scoring honors with <strong>Shywin Chaffins</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2887500' first='Aiden' last='Mestas'], Portales</strong>: Scored 17 points and grabbed 7 rebounds with 5 steals in the Rams' close loss to Carlsbad. &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kaydin Nelson, Bloomfield</strong>: Scored 15 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in the Bobcats' home loss to Taos on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1717307' first='Irvin' last='Primero'], Espanola Valley</strong>: Scored 14 points in Espanola Valley's win over Bernalillo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2882851' first='Aaron' last='Quintana'], Espanola Valley</strong>: Scored 16 points as the Sundevils snapped an 8-game losing streak with a win over Bernalillo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kolten Tinney, NACAECA</strong>: Scored 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting in a loss to To'hajiilee</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Alonzo Toledo, Bloomfield</strong>: Scored team high 16 points in Bloomfield's close loss to Taos Monday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2706593' first='Chad' last='Tsosie'], Navajo Pine</strong>: Scored 24 points to lead Navajo Pine to a close win over Ramah.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->