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Kenny Thomas, right, embraces Anthony Mathis Thursday at Bosque School as the two UNM alumni are preparing for Sunday’s Lobos-on-Lobos exhibition basketball game at the Pit. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
Brandon Mason’s text message on Friday afternoon read like a cry for help.
“I can’t walk. Played 2 games. I’m hurting bad.”
Mason, the 39-year-old former New Mexico State Aggie player and UNM Lobos assistant coach, among numerous other playing and coaching stops through the years, is setting up for the third time a mid-summer Lobo hoops alumni all-star event, which will be played Sunday in the Pit.
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Familiarity was part of the transition within the Cibola High School girls basketball program.
Joe Sena on Monday was named the Cougars new head coach, as he takes over from Lori Mabrey. Sena had two stints on Mabrey’s coaching staff before this promotion.
“Very, very tough shoes to fill,” Sena, 53, said.
He was an assistant at Cibola from 2007-2015 before he left to become Bosque School’s head coach.
But he returned two years ago, and now he inherits the reins from Mabrey, who stepped down earlier this month after leading Cibola to five state championship games, including a state title in 2015.
Sandia Prep s boys basketball program has another crack at its first state championship. The fourth-seeded Sundevils have advanced to the Class 3A state final, going on the road Wednesday night…
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Jerzie Jones of La Cueva, center, passes to a teammate as Eldorado’s Hayley Valencia (11) and Ella Dion, right, are also in on the play. The visiting Eagles won, 60-52. (Roberto E. Rosales/Journal)
Two down, two to go.
Eldorado’s bid to become an unlikely District 2-5A champion in both boys and girls basketball remained very much alive on Thursday night, as the Eagles swept La Cueva.
At La Cueva, the Eldorado girls won 60-52, while at Eldorado, the Eagles posted a 69-64 victory.
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On Friday night, there is a doubleheader at Eldorado, with the Eagles and La Cueva’s girls having a rematch at 5:30 p.m., and Sandia’s boys following against Eldorado at 7 p.m. Fans are scheduled to return.