Mike Smith

Artesia Daily Press

Charlie Campbell scored 21 points as the Artesia Bulldogs defeated the No. 3 seed Espanola Valley Sun Devils Thursday night in the 4A semifinals at The Pit in Albuquerque 72-51.

The Bulldogs are the No. 2 seed and face No. 8 Albuquerque Highland at 4 p.m. Saturday in the championship game.

Braylon Vega, Trent Egeland and Clay Kincaid also scored in double figures for Artesia who outscored the Sundevils 23-14 in the final quarter coasting to the victory.

“Super proud of our boys, but we know we aren’t done,” said Artesia head coach Michael Mondragon during a postgame press conference.

The Bulldogs shot 68% from the floor, 60% from downtown and 68% from the foul line in the victory.