Weekend Holiday Season Tourney Wrapup

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend featured several tournaments throughout the state, including Artesia, Santa Fe and Truth or Consequences. Here are the results:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>City of Champions Classic (at Artesia)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Round</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Portales 67, Deming 43</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alamogordo 62, Los Lunas 50</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Artesia 73, Kirtland Central 20</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rio Rancho 52, Carlsbad 41</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Semifinals</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Artesia 67, Alamogordo 60</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rio Rancho 80, Portales 31</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rio Rancho 79, Artesia 44</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Rio Rancho Rams improved to 5-0 under first-year head coach Steve Heredia with an impressive three-game run through the City of Champions Classic in Artesia. [player_tooltip player_id='2146038' first='Clay' last='Kincaid'] led Artesia with 14 points. Numerous Bulldogs players immediately headed over to the Bulldog Bowl for the NMHSCA All-Star Game.  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bobby Rodriguez Capital City Tournament (at Santa Fe High)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Round</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Santa Fe Indian 56, Cottonwood Classical 40</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Michael's 58, Highland 57</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Farmington 64, Pojoaque Valley 24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Santa Fe 56, Los Alamos 14</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Semifinals</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Farmington 60, St. Michael's 42</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Santa Fe 47, Santa Fe Indian 34</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Santa Fe 49, Farmington 37</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Santa Fe Demons opened their 2025-26 season by winning their own tournament. Defensively, Santa Fe allowed just 28.3 points per game. In the final, with the game on the line, the Demons limited 5A Farmington to just 2-of-13 shooting in the fourth quarter. The Demons won their third straight Capital City Tournament title. They scored the first 9 points of the third quarter to grab a 30-19 lead. They had four steals during that stretch. Santa Fe then scored 7 straight points to take a 39-24 lead late in the third quarter. <strong>Joaquin Esquibel</strong>, who led the Demons with 13 points in the final, was named Tournament MVP. Zander Griego led Farmington with 12 points. In the third place-game, Santa Fe Indian standout [player_tooltip player_id='2839393' first='Taivian' last='Callado'] drained a 3-pointer to force overtime against St. Michael's before the Braves dominated the extra session for a 65-56 win over the Horsemen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rio Grande Shootout (at Truth or Consequences)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Round</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lordsburg 43, Hot Springs 41</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cobre 68, Dexter 37</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Sumner/House 58, Silver 46</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>NMMI 66, Chaparral 51</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Semifinals</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Sumner/House 72, Cobre 51</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>NMMI 65, Lordsburg 25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Sumner/House 79, NMMI 51</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Class A Fort Sumner/House rolled through the Rio Grande Shootout with three straight double-digit victories. In the semifinals, Fort Sumner/House clamped down on the talented Guck brothers – <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2693613' first='Zavin' last='Guck']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714599' first='Izon' last='Guck']</strong> - by holding them to a combined 33 points one day after they combined for 46 points in the first-round win over Dexter. Cobre won the 3^rd place game, 67-38, over Lordsburg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tough loss yesterday for our Scorps. Farmington 37 Santa Fe 49 <br><br>#3 Zander Griego - 12 Points <br>#2 Isaac Dinning - 10 Points <br><br>All Tournament Team:<br>#0 Conner Neff <br>#3 Zander Griego <br>#41 [player_tooltip player_id='1717217' first='Sataurus' last='Griego'] <a href="https://t.co/MHz5BmVirc">pic.twitter.com/MHz5BmVirc</a></p>&mdash; fhsscorpionsbbb (@fhsscorpionsbbb) <a href="https://twitter.com/fhsscorpionsbbb/status/1997698738375331995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the Game Highlights presented by @santafehousingtrust ! <a href="https://twitter.com/SFHSDemonHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sfhsdemonhoops</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DutySebastian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dutysebastian</a> gets the Tre! 8-10 <a href="https://twitter.com/fhsscorpionsbbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fhsscorpionsbbb</a> up! <a href="https://twitter.com/_NMAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_NMAA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KSWVradio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KSWVradio</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/baronabeyta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@baronabeyta</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamDiehl15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamDiehl15</a> <a href="https://t.co/tRD6zQ9pH1">pic.twitter.com/tRD6zQ9pH1</a></p>&mdash; Sports Primo (@sportsprimo2) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportsprimo2/status/1997495953427984630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->