Wednesday state tourney scores: Final edition

What a dramatic day for Santa Fe area high school basketball fans.

Here's a time line ...

• The morning's first game at the Santa Ana Star Center ended in overtime when Class 2A No. 2 Texico scraping by No. 7 Monte Del Sol, 64-61.

• A few hours later at The Pit Class 4A No. 3 seed Capital blew a late lead then lost to No. 6 Artesia, 73-70, also in overtime.

• Back in Rio Rancho the seventh seed in Class 3A, Pojoaque, knocked off No. 2 Hope Christian, 56-52, when Orlando Trujillo swished a 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play.

• In the final game, Class 3A No. 1 St. Michael's ripped No. 9 Laguna Acoma, 58-35.

And it's only the first day of boys action.

Here are the rest of the scores (for earlier games, check previous entries) ...

Class 5A
No. 2 Hobbs 75,
No. 10 Albuquerque High 68

No. 1 Clovis 75,
No. 8 Cibola 69

No. 6 Mayfield 62,
No. 14 Gallup 56

Class 4A
No. 1 Espanola Valley 75,
No. 8 Roswell 61

No. 5 Albuquerque Academy 82,
No. 4 Goddard 70

Class 3A
No. 3 Sandia Prep 65,
No. 6 Socorro 45

No. 4 West Las Vegas 67,
No. 5 Portales 59

Class 2A
No. 1 Mesilla Valley Christian 76,
No. 8 Capitan 62

No. 5 Santa Rosa 69,
No. 4 Monte Vista 62

No. 3 Penasco 53,
No. 6 Dulce 45

Class 1A (the blowout division)
No. 1 Cliff 76,
No. 8 Clovis Christian 40

No. 4 Elida 75,
No. 5 Gateway Christian 66

No. 6 Animas 81,
No. 3 Dora 61

No. 2 Hagerman 82,
No. 7 Temple Baptist 52

*****

One quick gripe on the Cibola-Clovis game. Nice matchup. Close game. And, unfortunately, it was one of those games in which the officials couldn't make up their mind: Are they going to blow their whistle endlessly or swallow it?

It went back and forth to the dismay of any fan who watched it. This includes Cibola coach Ray Rodriguez. During one sideline conversation an official tried to comfort Rodriguez, making reference to the fact that the foul count was 8-7.

Lovely.

Does that mean that official watches the tally on the scoreboard? That ought to make some fans feel better. You know the ones, they're always asking the refs to look at the foul count (as if that has anything to do with the quality or fairness of officiating). Makes me shudder.