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APS Metro Championships games today and Saturday
Rio Rancho’s Jayme Archuleta (in blue) tries to retain possession of the ball Wednesday evening in her team’s loss at Sandia. If the Rams girls and Storm girls both win, or both lose today (Jan. 12), they’ll face each other Saturday at Valley High School. (Herron photo)
Following Wednesday evening’s APS Metro Championships quarterfinal games, only one City of Vision team remained in the hunt for the blue traveling trophy: the Cleveland High boys’ basketball team.
The Storm improved to 11-2 after a 73-57 victory over La Cueva at Albuquerque High.
- Tonight (Jan. 12) at 7:15 p.m., the Storm meet District 1-05A foe Atrisco Heritage Academy in a semifinal at Volcano Vista’s Ring of Fire. AHA beat West Mesa 66-64 in Wednesday’s other final.
The boys’ other semifinal game, also at the Ring of Fire at 5:30, features host Volcano Vista, a 62-58 winner over Highland, and Sandia, which beat Eldorado 56-47.
That’s a rematch of last March’s 5A championship game, featuring coaching brother vs. coaching brother: Danny Brown of HHS vs. Greg Brown of Volcano Vista.
Tonight’s winners square off in the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday at Highland High; tonight’s semifinal losers meet at Highland at noon for third place.
In the consolation bracket, the Rio Rancho boys (7-6) beat host Del Norte 57-36. The Rams meet Hobbs today at 5:30, again at Del Norte.
If the Rams win, they’ll be in the ninth-place game Saturday at Eldorado at 11:30 a.m.; if they lose to Hobbs, they’ll be in the 11th place game at Eldorado at 10 a.m.
- In the girls’ games Wednesday, Cleveland dropped an 80-36 contest to defending 5A champ Hobbs, and the Rio Rancho girls fell to an equally tough foe, Sandia, 76-48.
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Both city girls teams are at Sandia High today: The Storm face Eldorado, featuring the best player in the state (Bella Hines), at 5:30. The Eagles beat the Storm (7-7) 70-58 at EHS on dec. 12.
The Rams (8-4) face Gallup in the nightcap at Sandia at 7:15.
Regardless of how the girls’ teams fare, they’ll play their Metro finales at Valley High School Saturday. The losers today at Sandia meet at 1 p.m.; the winners meet at 2:30 p.m.
If it’s the Rams vs. the Storm, it’ll be their second meeting of the season. RRHS beat Cleveland 54-40 in the championship game of the Bobby Rodriguez tournament in Santa Fe in early December.
