Tularosa Wildcats (Tularosa, NM) backers were in high spirits Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the visiting Mescalero Apache Chiefs (Mescalero, NM), 58-40 in a league game.

In their next game, the Wildcats face the Lordsburg Mavericks (Lordsburg, NM) in a 2A District 3 game, on Thursday, February 8. Tularosa will attempt to move on its 16-4 season record. The Mavericks enter the game with a 5-13 record after their 68-58 league loss to Mescalero Apache (Mescalero, NM).

With the defeat, Mescalero Apache moves to 9-11 on the year. The Chiefs host Cloudcroft (Cloudcroft, NM) to face the Bears in a 2A District 3 game on Saturday, February 10. The Bears enter the game with a record of 6-11. Cloudcroft won 49-39 in their recent league game against Capitan (Capitan, NM)