Basketball

A fifth-place finish at the Brian Gallegos Memorial basketball tournament is a good starting point for new head basketball coach Patrick Boone.

In the end of an evenly balanced tournament finals at the John Lomasney 48th Annual Gallup Girls Invitational, it was the free throws that ultimately decided the final outcome.

The Thoreau girls basketball team is in the midst of finding a new identity.

Since taking over the Kirtland Central girls basketball program six years ago, Devon Manning has started each season by having his team compete in the Page holiday tournament, which is billed as the Page High School Antelope Canyon Holiday Classic.

After a tumultuous start, the Ganado girls basketball team seized control of Tuesday’s night game with Many Farms thanks to its defense.