New Mexico High School Basketball - Santa Teresa topped by Mescalero Apache
January 19, 2023: Mescalero, NM 88340 The Mescalero Apache Chiefs basketball team scored 54 points and restricted the visiting Santa Teresa Desert Warriors to 45 in the Chiefs non-league victory on Thursday.
The Chiefs now sport a 12-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lordsburg for a 2A District 3 contest on Saturday, January 21. Mescalero Apache will battle a Mavericks team coming off a 47-41 non-league loss to Animas (Animas, NM). The Mavericks record now stands at 8-6.
The Desert Warriors (3-12) will now prepare for their contest against Goddard (Roswell, NM). The Rockets come into the non-league contest with a 12-7 record. In their last contest, Goddard was defeated by Clovis (Clovis, NM), 56-29, in a non-league contest.