Basketball

Defense carries the day for Lady Mustangs

Monument Valley boys advance to semis

At crunch time in the second half, the Lady Bears turned in a solid performance to post a 56-49 victory over the Lady Cardinals in an interstate battle at Window Rock High School’s Veterans’ Memorial Fieldhouse in Fort Defiance.

To a certain extent, Monday’s makeup game with Pinon served as a de facto trap game for the Window Rock boys’ basketball team.

With a new wrinkle added to their system, the Zuni Thunderbirds made easy work of Crownpoint on Tuesday night.