Basketball

The New Mexico Activities Association doled out three state championship crowns in girls hoops on Friday at the Pit in Albuquerque.

Nothing seems to faze the Navajo Prep girls basketball team.

Top-ranked Kirtland Central (28-3) and No. 2 Gallup (29-2) advanced into Friday night’s championship game with a pair of wins on Thursday at the famed Pit in Albuquerque.

Second-seeded Sandia used a dominant second half to secure a convincing 60-43 victory over Rio Rancho in the New Mexico 5A girls basketball quarterfinal game at the Pit on Tuesday evening.

Central High School, located in the heart of Phoenix, won its first-ever 5A Arizona state championship at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Mar. 7 led by standout Diné brothers John and Grant Mattingly.