Entering the Holiday Hoopla Basketball Tournament on Thursday in Las Cruces will give the Deming High Wildcats an opportunity to play three games in three days. DHS Coach Patrick Mendoza needs to see improvement after laboring through the first nine games of the season, winless. The chance for a win may come against Atrisco Heritage Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in the first round of the tournament. The AHA …
Thursday’s start of the Artesia City of Champions basketball tournament should give Deming High Coach Patrick Mendoza and his Wildcat varsity a grand opportunity to assess the team’s progress and find that first victory of then season. The ’Cats played the host Artesia Bulldogs on Thursday and will play games on Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 3 in the state’s Class 4A ranks and the tournament field …
After the computer dust had settled and the data was spit out, the Deming High Wildcats had earned a No. 8 seed for the Nusenda Credit Union Boys State Basketball Tournament. The data was used by the New Mexico Activities Association to break a four-way tie for schools seeking to gain entrance to the 16-team field for the tournament which begins Saturday at the higher seeds. Deming (18-11) came out …