Week 9: Players of the Week

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For some programs, District play for the 2024-25 season for girls' high school basketball officially began during Week 9. For others, they finished the Non-Conference and Non-District portions of their schedule. Nevertheless, superb performances were once more yielded, and in some cases, regularly produced. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the players of the week, for each of the respective classes, for week 9 (Jan. 19-25).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:table {"align":"center"} --> <figure class="wp-block-table aligncenter"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Class Level</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Players</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>School</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>5A</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">[player_tooltip player_id='391103' first='Sydney' last='Benally']</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Sandia</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>4A</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">[player_tooltip player_id='893562' first='Haylee' last='Nocki']</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Kirtland Central</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>3A</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">[player_tooltip player_id='467049' first='Alexis' last='Pacheco']</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">West Las Vegas</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>2A</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">[player_tooltip player_id='642713' first='Natalia' last='Stout']</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Pecos</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>A</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">[player_tooltip player_id='391124' first='Jorianne' last='Mirabal']</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Magdalena</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["391103"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6797e50742d79"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">In week 9, Benally registered two games with 25+ points and 5+ steals, helping Sandia secure wins over La Cueva and Capital.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Overall, Benally averaged 26.5 points per game on video-game like shooting splits for the Matadors. The versatile 5'10" point-guard shot 74 percent from the floor overall (FG: 20/27), 50 percent from behind the arc (3P: 4/8) and 81 percent from the foul-line (FT: 9/11).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What's more, the dynamic Benally also averaged 7.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 5.5 steals for Sandia, the top team in 5A-District 2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["893562"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6797e50742df8"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Nocki was on fire from beyond the arc, knocking down three-pointers with ease in each of Kirtland Central's two victories this past week against Shiprock and Gallup.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">The junior combo-guard had supreme confidence when spotting-up and was absolutely lethal on the catch. Furthermore, Nocki did a great job of relocating out on the perimeter, connecting from multiple spots such as the corners, top of the key and free-throw line extended.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In total, Nocki finished with eight 'treys' for the 4A-District 1 leading Broncos.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["467049"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6797e50742e6c"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">This past week, Pacheco recorded back-to-back 20-point outings, ultimately helping the Lady Dons open 3A-District 2 play with wins on the road at SFIS, and at home vs Robertson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In all, Pacheco led West Las Vegas with 20.0 points per game to go along with 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 5.5 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["642713"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6797e50742edd"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This past week, Pecos picked up two quality wins vs Tucumcari and at Raton. In those games, Stout averaged 23.5 points per game and simply, could not miss. The senior small-forward shot 73 percent from the field (FG: 17/23), which includes Stout shooting 75 percent from distance (3P: 6/8). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Additionally, Stout averaged 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals and 1.5 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["391124"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6797e50742f38"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After going undefeated in week 9 (2-0), Mirabal and Magdalena currently sit atop 1A-District 2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Over the two-game stretch, on the road at Animas and at home vs Cliff, the 5'6"shooting-guard shot 40 percent from three-point range (3P: 4/10).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Altogether, Mirabal put up 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game for the Steers in week 9, logging one double-double. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>*Statistics via MaxPreps*</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->