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Whenever I sit down on the Sunday following the state basketball tournament and ponder how best to reflect on the week, the quandary is much like the one we had as kids at Christmas: which gift should we open first?

List of the New Mexico high school teams crowned champion in the state basketball tournament.

The New Mexico high school state basketball tournament comes to a climactic finish Saturday with the Class 5A boys game between Volcano Vista and Sandia and the coaching brothers, Greg Brown (Volcano Vista) and Danny Brown (Sandia). The Hawks won 43-31, giving coach Greg Brown his fourth state title. This one came at the expense […]

The state high school basketball tournament continued with seven games Friday, all at the Pit, and the first three state champions were decided on Bob King Court. The final seven will be decided on an exciting Saturday. In addition to our game coverage, the already plenty busy Journal’s James Yodice has offered a fun feature […]

It was a wild Wednesday, the busiest day of the week for the New Mexico high school basketball state championships (officially known as the Nusenda Credit Union boys and girls basketball state championships). CLASS 5A BOYS Organ Mountain, close. Los Lunas, even closer. Sandia, closest of all. Whatever was happening at Pit West in southern […]

The top two seeds in Class 5A boys, who happen to be coached by brothers, won Thursday’s semifinals at the Pit. Sandia, coached by Danny Brown, and Volcano Vista, coached by Greg Brown, will meet Saturday night at the Pit for the championship. Otherwise, after 16 games on Thursday at two sites, two No. 1 […]

Know someone who attended the New Mexico high school basketball state championships on Wednesday? You might want to ask if they have any fingernails left because it was a day of nail-biters

Tuesday’s all-girls basketball action at the Pit and the Rio Rancho Events Center of 16 games is complete. On Wednesday, there are 24 games in all over three sites — the Pit, Rio Rancho Events Center and Bernalillo High. The brackets for all 10 classifications are found below. The Journal’s James Yodice will be covering […]