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 …
Cadence Turnbow kept Thursday’s game against the Cobre High Indians in perspective. “We came in knowing what had to be more focused,” she said after a 57-23 Lady ’Cat win. “I thought we showed more focus and did what we had to.” Truth of the matter is that the Indians buckled under the Lady ’Cat full-court press, and the first half became a track meet to the basket for the …
You better bring your fundamentals when you play the Jaguar girls. Definitely bring your A-game. Valencia High stepped onto Frank Dooley Court on the campus of Deming High School and clamped down on the Lady ’Cats defensively in a 49-32 victory on Saturday. It was an uninspired effort and 20 turnovers that doomed the DHS girls. Deming (2-3) held a 9-7 advantage after the first period and went ice-cold in …
Wildcat wrestling made its 2022 home debut on Wednesday by hosting a quadrangular meet against Chaparral, Santa Teresa and Cobre High School of Bayard, NM. The Deming High varsity swept the competition in head-to-head duals at Frank Dooley Court on the campus of DHS. Deming head coach Jesse Padron was away on business, but his assistant coaches took care of matters on the mats. The ‘Cats defeated the Chaparral Lobos …