Basketball

Tohatchi boys basketball coach Kendall Livingston liked the effort he saw coming from his team on Tuesday night. The Cougars beat the Rehoboth Christian Lynx on the road by 45-35 count and they got off to an 11-0 start in their season opener.

In a sneak peek of what’s to come postseason, the Gallup Lady Bengals received a stiff test from the Albuquerque Academy Lady Chargers on Monday night. Gallup is the defending 4A state champs, but Academy showed why they have a legitimate shot of holding that state championship trophy come March.

A rare Division I women’s basketball meeting between two players from Shiprock highlighted BYU’s 79–62 win over Weber State on Saturday afternoon. Freshman guard Sydney Benally and senior guard Lanae Billy shared the floor in an important moment for the Navajo Nation.

The Holbrook boys basketball team raised its level of play in the second half on Friday night. The Roadrunners led 20-15 at the break and in the second half they got some stops to pull away with a 50-36 win over the Window Rock Fighting Scouts.

The Kirtland Central girls basketball team had to find its footing. And when they did, the Broncos (1-0) never looked back as KC handcuffed Page (1-1) in an interstate basketball game on Saturday afternoon.