New Mexico High School Basketball - Santa Rosa holds off Fort Sumner/House
January 18, 2025: Santa Rosa, NM 88435 The Santa Rosa Lions basketball team scored 71 points and limited the visiting Fort Sumner/House to 67 in the Lions non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Lions now have a 13-3 record. They play next when they host Clayton for a 2A District 6 game on Thursday, January 23. Santa Rosa will confront a Yellowjackets team coming off a 73-65 non-league loss to Cimarron (Cimarron, NM). The Yellowjackets record now stands at 9-6.
With the loss, Fort Sumner/House falls to 14-2 on the campaign. The host Clovis (Clovis, NM) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 21. The Wildcats go into the game with a record of 7-10. Clovis lost 74-53 in their recent non-league game against Organ Mountain (Las Cruces, NM)