Basketball

Like many Navajo children, Deshauna Peshlakai and her sister Del Lynn Peshlakai were practically raised with a basketball in their hand.

Every afternoon, Ryneldi Becenti would play a few pick-up games at the Diné College gymnasium in Shiprock, and just as she made her way out of the facility, she’d take one last look at the empty gym she left every evening around 5 o’clock.

The only thing the Laguna-Acoma boys basketball team lacked this year was size.

For many high school basketball programs there is nothing more rewarding than a state title.

The Gallup High School Lady Bengals finally found a reason to care.