Weekend Warriors: Top Performers (Jan. 23-24)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend's high school basketball schedule was disrupted by severe weather in most areas of the state, but action continued as most teams have now started district play. Here are the Weekend Warriors for Jan. 23-24.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2833906' first='Brody' last='Brazil'], Mountainair</strong>: Scored 25 points and drained three 3-pointers in Mountainair's close loss to Alamo Navajo Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jayson Bruner, Gallup</strong>: Scored 17 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, handed out 7 assists and made 5 steals in Gallup's win over Kirtland Central Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2694526' first='Hunter' last='Butler'], La Cueva</strong>: Scored a team-high 24 points for the Bears in their foul-filled loss to Highland Saturday at HHS. &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714701' first='Houston' last='Brown'], Volcano Vista</strong>: Shared team-high scoring honors with Finlay Fitak (trio of 3-pointers early in 3^rd quarter) in the Hawks' loss to Rio Rancho Friday night. Both Brown and Fitak finished with 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2839414' first='Dashon' last='Bynum'], Rio Rancho</strong>: The Rams are looking more and more like a Class 5A championship contender with their deep roster. Bynum led Rio Rancho with a game-high 22 points. He hit two technical free throws and a 3-pointer during the decisive stretch late in the third quarter. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2694557' first='Jordan' last='Calladitto'], Thoreau</strong>: Scored 17 points with 4 rebounds and 5 assists on Thoreau's convincing win over Newcomb Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2706546' first='Elijah' last='Cooks'], Bloomfield</strong>: Scored 11 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and had 4 assists and 3 steals in Bloomfield's win over Shiprock Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1717324' first='Scotty' last='Guerro'], Alamo Navajo</strong>: Scored 29 points in Alamo Navajo's high-scoring win over Mountainair on Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2714559' first='Jaedyn' last='Hernandez'], Alamogordo</strong>: Scored 21 points to lead the Tigers to a win over Organ Mountain on Friday night. Alamogordo is 14-4. &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tryan Jodie, Crownpoint</strong>: Scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Crownpoint's close loss to Zuni on&nbsp; Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2693635' first='Juan' last='Limas'], Highland</strong>: Scored 27 points to lead the 4A Hornets to a huge 75-70 home victory over 5A La Cueva on Saturday. Limas hit a key 3-pointer during a key 10-0 run by Highland late in the second quarter to take the lead for good. Friday, he scored 17 points in a win over Belen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Dominic Lonjose, Zuni</strong>: Scored 20 points and dished out 4 assists in Zuni's win over Crownpoint Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2111977' first='David' last='Lunn'], Volcano Vista</strong>: Scored 14 points in Volcano Vista's loss to Rio Rancho on Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2706570' first='Cobre' last='Mexicano'], Alamo Navajo</strong>: Scored 17 points and connected on three 3-pointers to lift Alamo Navajo to a win over Quemado.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Edwin Montelongo, Highland</strong>: Scored a team-high 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting and grabbed 9 rebounds with 5 steals in the Hornets' win over Belen on Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ayden Nevayaktewa, Miyamura</strong>: Scored 15 points, made three 3-pointers, grabbed 5 rebounds and handed out 4 assists in Miyamura's win over Aztec.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kaydin Nelson, Bloomfield</strong>: Scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Bloomfield's win over Shiprock.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2695189' first='Andy' last='Pino'], Alamo Navajo</strong>: Impressive double-double with 24 points and 23 rebounds in the Cougars' road win at Mountainair. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nico Sanchez, Highland</strong>: Scored 21 points in Highland's win over La Cueva Saturday. Combined with [player_tooltip player_id='2693635' first='Juan' last='Limas'] for 48 of Highlands's 75 points. The duo was 26-of-29 from the free throw line. As always, watch out for the Hornets when the Class 4A Tournament begins in mid-March.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kouliebchen Tou, Centennial</strong>: Scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting with 12 rebounds and 3 assists in Centennial's win over Mayfield on Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2833990' first='Alex' last='Twins'], NACAECA</strong>: Scored 20 points in his team's loss to Hatch Valley on Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->