4A District Play

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Now that the standings in certain Districts -- 1-4A and 2-4A -- are now finalized, all teams in each District will now be aware of their respective seeds in their District Tournaments. Here are the District Champions for the regular season for girls' high school basketball at the 4A level. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">District Champions</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">1-4A: Kirtland Central</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Broncos, 23-3 overall, defeated Gallup Monday night, 60-44, securing the top seed in District 1-4A and giving Kirtland a District best, 10-1 record. Kirtland's Big 3 -- senior [player_tooltip player_id='635350' first='Emilia' last='Clani'], senior Kiera Beall-Gleason and eighth grader [player_tooltip player_id='1068199' first='Allyson' last='Tsosie'] -- have been fantastic in the halfcourt, understanding when to attack and create with dive cuts, skip passes and drives off the bounce. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">2-4A: Pojoaque Valley</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Elkettes went 7-2 in District, finishing with a 15-12 record overall. Pojoaque Valley defeated Los Alamos 47-44, in a deciding third game Monday night to claim the no. 1 seed for the District Tournament. Although PV lost the first two matchups head-to-head -- 45-53 &amp; 41-50 -- the Elkettes were still in the hunt due to their overall District record. Freshman [player_tooltip player_id='901168' first='Monique' last='Arrietta'], a 5'1" PG led the way averaging 12 points per game on 43 percent from the field, to go along with 3.1 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in the 12 District games. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">3-4A: Deming</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Deming went undefeated in District play going 6-0. For the season, the Wildcats are 14-10 overall, currently on a eight game winning streak! First option, Jacqueline Aquayo, led the Wildcats in several statistical categories such as Minutes (26.5) Points per Game (12) SPG (3.2) 3PM (22) &amp; 3PA (104). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">4-4A: Artesia</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bulldogs capped of District play with a 5-1 record, getting Artesia to 19-6 overall. Winners of their last four, the Bulldogs are finding their rhythm at the right time of the year. Senior [player_tooltip player_id='878754' first='Lorin' last='Wagner'] and junior [player_tooltip player_id='888506' first='Hattie' last='Harrison'] each possess good size -- 6'0" &amp; 5'11" respectively -- resulting in the tandem being tough to contain in the interior, especially on the offensive glass. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">5-4A: SPX</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SPX is the hottest team in 4A, winning their last 17 games! For the time being, the Sartans are 22-3 and have a great chance of making a deep playoff run in the 2024 State Championships. Backcourt running mates [player_tooltip player_id='385929' first='Alyssa' last='Maes'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='458557' first='Catalina' last='Anaya'] compliment one another in terms of their specialties. SPX relies on Maes to get buckets while Anaya is tasked with guarding the oppositions' best perimeter player.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">6-4A: ABQ. Academy</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Chargers went 7-1, scoring an average of 48.3 points per game in District play. Forward [player_tooltip player_id='648196' first='Addie' last='Spratley'] averaged 14.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1 block for ABQ. Academy, who sits at 19-6 overall and is expected to have home-court in the Round of 16 come March. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->