For six weeks, the Artesia boys basketball team sat atop the 4A rankings as the No. 1 seed. The run ended with a 64-63 loss on the road to the Portales Rams on Feb. 3.
The Artesia Lady ’Dogs’ basketball season came down to one game: Win and they were in. The home game was at the Pit against the Goddard Rockets, a team they had beaten twice this season and as recently as a week ago.
When the Artesia Bulldogs take the court on Saturday at 6 p.m. to face the Bloomfield Bobcats at the Pit, it won’t be just another state tournament game.
A series of weekend snowstorms dropped varying amounts of snow in northern New Mexico as ski resort operators continue to deal with inconsistent winter temperatures during the final weeks of the ski season.
