Thursday area prep roundup

MELROSE — The Logan Lady Longhorns rallied from a six-point deficit to edge Melrose 35-34 on Thursday night in the District 6-1A opener for both teams.

The Lady Buffs were trying to avenge a 33-25 loss to Logan in the semifinals of the EPAC tournament at Texico on Jan. 7. Melrose (7-5 overall) came into the period with a six-point lead, but couldn’t hold on. The teams meet on Feb. 3 at Logan, and could possibly meet two more times after that — in the district and state tournaments in late February and early March.

Sophomore Lizzy Horner scored 12 points and freshman Desta Rose had 11. For Melrose, juniors Sorrell Allen and Isabelle Sena and sophomore Graci Odom all had nine points.

Also in girls play on Thursday:

Farwell 72, Boys Ranch 28 — It was all the home team in this one as the Lady Blue cruised to a 24-5 lead at the quarter and never looked back.

While freshman Makylee Baldwin was the only player in double digits for Farwell (22-4, 3-0) with 13 points, nine others scored — all with at least five points.

For Boys Ranch, sophomore Althea Usanga finished with 10 points.

In area boys games played on Thursday;

Melrose 63, Logan 47 — The Buffs led 20-9 at the quarter, then Logan got within three after three periods before Melrose pulled away for good, outscoring the Longhorns 19-6 in the final frame.

Senior Brandon Garcia had 12 points for the Buffs (9-3, 2-0), while senior Brody McAlister and sophomore Michael Cordova tossed in 11 apiece. Top scorers for Logan (4-11. 0-2) were sophomores Kaden Stoner with 16 and Brock Burns with 12.

Farwell 79, Boys Ranch 24 — At Farwell, the Steers opened a 47-10 halftime lead, holding the Roughriders to just two points in the second period.

Senior Grayson Waldrop led Farwell with 13 points, while seniors Leo Nunez and Juan Gaxiola tallied 11 and 10 points, respectively. For the Roughriders (4-10, 0-2), senior Jayden Slater scored 12 points.

Clovis Christian 64, San Jon 5 — CCS blanked the overmatched Coyotes in the first half and held them to just one field goal for the game.

Junior Carter Teune tallied all 15 of his points in the first half for the Eagles (12-2, 3-0 District 6-1A), while juniors Noah Gershon and Caleb Van Beek added 12 apiece. All 11 players scored for CCS, which extended its winning streak to 12 games.

San Jon got two points apiece from junior Tristian Reed and senior Marvin Reese.

Clovis Christian’s scheduled Saturday game at Elida was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols for the Tigers. In its sted, the Eagles were to play a neutral-court clash against Class 1A top-ranked Magdalena on Saturday afternoon at Corona.