Sports in brief

The Globetrotters will also be performing at the Pit on Sunday afternoon.

Lawson Breaks Own Scoring Mark

Courtney Lawson scored a career-high — and school record — 31 points Friday night, leading the Cleveland High School girls basketball team to a 66-50 victory Friday night against Manzano.

Lawson broke her own record, set opening night of this season when she had 30 versus Highland.

The Storm (8-12) is at Cibola on Tuesday in a District 1-5A opener.

♦ Cleveland’s boys fell 61-50 at Manzano on Friday. Kaydon Sneed and Desmond Branch each had 11 points to pace the Storm (4-15) which plays host to Cibola on Tuesday night in a 1-5A opener for both.

♦ Bernalillo’s boys outlasted Santa Fe 51-49 in overtime on Friday in a District 2-4A matchup.

Tristan Arnett, who missed a layup late in regulation that would have won the game for the Spartans, hit two free throws with two seconds left in OT for the win.

Bernalillo is 15-6 overall, 3-0 in 2-4A. Brandon Saiz led the Spartans on Friday with 20 points.

♦ On Thursday night, La Cueva’s girls downed Rio Rancho 48-25. Deanna Lucero had 11 points in the loss for the Rams (9-11), who open 1-5A action Tuesday against Volcana Vista.

Holm Planning MMA Bout in RR

The Santa Ana Star Center will host a “Bellator MMA” event later this month.

The card is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28. World champion boxer Holly Holm, who also dabbles in MMA, will be fighting against an opponent yet to be determined.

There will also be six additional bouts featuring local MMA fighters, according to a news release sent out on Friday.

Bellator MMA advertises itself as the world’s largest tournament-based Mixed Martial Arts organization.

Tickets will start at $25, and already are on sale at www.ComcastTix.com.

Quintana Wins Pentathabowl

Demos Quintana dominated the standings in a recent Pentathabowl five-game bowling tournament at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho.

He rolled games of 300, 256, 296, 279 and 227. Gil Chavez finished 23 pins behind.

Third place went to Gary Benton, followed by Jessika Gregor who tied with Sara Vargas.

Quintana will be one of the bowlers in Sunday’s ninth annual Super Bowl Sunday Doubles Marathon starting at 4:30 p.m.

♦ Also, Danny Cobine of Rio Rancho won a Junior Bowlers Tour title in exciting fashion at Starlight Lanes last week. Other area youth who finished well included Tim Baribeau, Hannah Stedman, Josh Helmick, Joey Balistreri and Brad Harvey.

♦ Justin Medina of Rio Rancho had a recent 810 series at Tenpins, the highest of his life.

Rams, Storm Leading Pack

Rio Rancho and Cleveland rank first and second after the first day of the Albuquerque Metro Wrestling Championships at La Cueva.

The Rams have scored 74.5 points, the Storm 62.5 through Friday. Volcano Vista, Rio Grande and Atrisco Heritage round out the top five.

Action continues all day today at La Cueva, with the finals tonight at about 6.