District Tournament Week: Midweek Monsters (Part 2)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>District Tournaments have reached the final stages. We know the matchups for many of the championship games to be played Friday and Saturday before the brackets are revealed on Sunday afternoon. Here are the Midweek Monsters for Wed. Feb. 25 and Thur. Feb. 26:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Xavier Armijo, Springer</strong>: Scored 24 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, made 6 steals and dished out 4 assists in Springer's win over Des Moines on Wednesday. He scored 27 points in Springer's road win over Roy/Mosquero on Thursday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2839393' first='Taivian' last='Callado'], Santa Fe Indian</strong>: Scored 24 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Braves to a win over Robertson on Thursday. He scored eight straight points late in the first half.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Benny Camarillo-Salas, Mountainair</strong>: Led four Mustang scorers in double figures with 18 points as they trounced Hondo Valley on Thursday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Braden Chavez, West Las Vegas</strong>: Scored 25 points and drained SEVEN 3-pointers in WLV's loss to rival Robertson on Wednesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sebastian Duty, Santa Fe</strong>: Scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half as Santa Fe edged Eldorado, 44-41, on Wednesday. Duty had a pair of 3-pointers during a decisive 11-0 run in the third quarter. <strong>Joaquin Esquibel </strong>hit a key 3-pointer late for the Demons.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2216707' first='Nathan' last='Gonzales'], Robertson</strong>: Scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds with 6 blocks for a double-double in Robertson's win over rival West Las Vegas on Wednesday. [player_tooltip player_id='2216708' first='Michael' last='Marr'] added 23 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Zander Griego, Farmington</strong>: Scored 19 points in Farmington's loss to Rio Rancho on Wednesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Avery Harrison, Bloomfield</strong>: Scored a game-high 15 points in Bloomfield's close loss to Shiprock Thursday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Iilyas Marquez, Shiprock</strong>: Hit a clutch free throw in the final seconds to lift Shiprock to a 55-54 road win over Bloomfield, earning&nbsp; the Chieftains a spot in the district tourney title game against Gallup. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1534007' first='Serafin' last='Mendez'], Pojoaque Valley</strong>: Scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Pojoaque Valley's win over local rival Espanola Valley Thursday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2306016' first='Rashaud' last='Morris'], Atrisco Heritage</strong>: Scored 27 points and made five 3-pointers as Atrisco won a 91-90 thriller over West Mesa on Thursday. Rache Morris added 24 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mihail Parad, NMMI</strong>: Scored 14 points as NMMI advanced to the District 3A-4 tournament title game against Tularosa with a win over Ruidoso. <strong>Tyler Colburn</strong> sparked the NMMI offense early with a pair of 3-pointers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nathaniel Peete, Organ Mountain</strong>: Scored 18 points in Organ Mountain's loss to Las Cruces Thursday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kouliebchen Tou, Centennial</strong>: The Hawks earned the right to host Las Cruces in the district tourney title game with a 65-60 win over Alamogordo on Thursday. Tou scored 20 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and dished out 5 assists, while Ruiz Laborin added 18 points and 8 rebounds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Avin Yellowcloud, Mescalero Apache</strong>: Led the Chiefs with 16 points in their 58-50 win over Cloudcroft on Thursday. <strong>Landyn Hiles</strong> added 13 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Friday Night Schedule (Feb. 27)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Santa Fe at Sandia (5A-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Goddard at Artesia (4A-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hot Springs at Cobre (3A-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monte Del Sol at Menaul (2A-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Legacy Academy at Oak Grove Classical (2A-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eunice at Texico (2A-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mora at Escalante (2A-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Come out this Saturday and watch a great game! <a href="https://t.co/fzI74C7Som">pic.twitter.com/fzI74C7Som</a></p>&mdash; lchsbbasketball (@lchsbasketball5) <a href="https://twitter.com/lchsbasketball5/status/2027423332854116557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/dHOB3pjL83">pic.twitter.com/dHOB3pjL83</a></p>&mdash; 🏀 Brienne Green 🐾 (@ArtesiaSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtesiaSports/status/2027497066143105122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cobre Boys &amp; Girls host the District Championship games tonight VS Hot Springs. Girls at 5:30, Boys at 7pm <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepHoops_NM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepHoops_NM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nmpreps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nmpreps</a> <a href="https://t.co/NWjQZjas1z">pic.twitter.com/NWjQZjas1z</a></p>&mdash; CobreSports (@CobreSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/CobreSports/status/2027435715509031272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">District Tournament Championship! <a href="https://t.co/VlnWg1iDPO">pic.twitter.com/VlnWg1iDPO</a></p>&mdash; Centennial Hawks Boys Basketball (@HawkBoysBBall) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawkBoysBBall/status/2027418451128500500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html -->