The Predictions I see for next season are somewhat different from what happened this last season for both girls and boys basketball.
Sangre De Cristo Lady Thunderbirds— Last season the Lady Thunderbirds were 21-4. I personally think they are a strong team to compete with because of the young core they have had for sometime now with some of there players playing as freshmen in the 2016-2017 season that being said the top scores and key players for this upcoming season would be Senior #3 Tori Ford (7.4 PPG) who last season was one of the top 4 scorers on the team. Senior #20 Lexi Metz who averaged 8.9 ppg and Junior #23 Kaylee Christensen whose average was 12.8 ppg. The biggest loss for the Sangre De Cristo is last years player Jessica Slane who was a force to be wreck ‘en with averaging in her last season 14 points per game as well as averaging some monster rebounds for the team at 7.7 rebounds per game. With this being said I see the Lady ThunderBirds in the top three teams for the season possibly being 1st again or 2nd this upcoming year. Last seasons team record and standings were 1st place District Champs and Record (21-4). My Prediction for next season (14-5).
Thunderbirds—On the boys side this past year they went as far as getting second place in state against the Champions the De Buque Dragons. As for the 2019-2020 season I see the Thunderbirds as a contending team and could end up in the 3rd or fourth seed because of the key players that will be gone would be #11 Jake Slane (16.2 ppg), #5 Manuel Lopez (10.2 ppg), and #3 Jared Sinclair (7.0 ppg). The key players for the upcoming 2019-2020 season would be Senior #23 Cole Christensen who was a monter last year (18.2 ppg) top scorer for the team and Junior #13 Kevin Enriquez (5.4 ppg). The Thunderbird year will have some young players who will step up and continue to complete. Like I said before the boys team will end up either being 3 in league or fourth. My Prediction for nest season (15-3)
2019-2020 Sierra Grande Panthers
Sierra Grande Lady Panthers— Last Seasons the Lady Panthers 13-10 ended their season in the Regional Tournament with the loss against the Wiley Wildcats. I predict this upcoming season 2019-2020 the major key players that will help them this year would be Juniors #12 Alexa Ontiveros who averaged last season 7.3 ppg and was a monster on the boards averaging 4.6 rpg. Other Junior #10 Rebecca Casados who I feel will be a major key player as she improved this past season. The Lady Panthers will be between second place and fourth place I see next season. The Lady Panthers lost major players such as Abby Corona, Ashley Martinez and Annahy Quezada. But this team with some major improvement this summer replacing those holes from those past players would make the team a contending team and also one to make a post run during Districts. My Prediction for next season (10-8).
Sierra Grande Boys— Last Season the Sierra Grande boys were 11-11 for the year. I predict this upcoming season in 2019-2020 the major players that will step up their game and lead this team will be Sophomore #12 Isiah Chairez who last year averaged 11.6 points per game. Also Junior #23 Caleb Scharsch who averaged last season 9.5 points per game. What Sierra Grande loses is 4 Seniors who were major factors last season. I predict this team going far into districts and maybe end up in Regionals this next year. With the young keys players. My Prediction for next Season (10-5).
Lady Miners– Last Season 2018-2019 the Lady Miners were 7-12 and were ranked 8th in league standings. I predict this upcoming season is that they will improve in a small way and the key players that will step up their game would be Sophomore #10 Lindsey Gammil points per game last season were 9.1 with some monster rebounds at 7.5 per game. Senior #22 Haley Follman last year averaged 6.6 points per games but had a huge impact in the broads averaging 10.9 rebounds per game. Creede didn’t lost much but a scorer last season who averaged 5.9 points per game. My Prediction for the upcoming season (9-11).
Creede Miners– Last Season the Miners were 12-10 an had an amazing run the year before. they were also 2nd place in league standings. I predict this upcoming season that they will be a contending team in the league with the one-two punch of Senior #24 Marcos Romero (11.9 PPG) and Junior #13 Fisher Leggit (14.8 PPG). My Prediction for the Upcoming Season is they will be 2nd or 3rd place in league and wit the record of 12-6.
Lady La Veta Redskins— Last season the Lady Redskins were 11-11 overall for the season. They were ranked 4th in the league. Key Players for the upcoming season is Senior #24 Emalee Ortibez (6.4 ppg) and Junior #12 Mary Goins (5.9 ppg). The Major loss La Veta suffers for this upcoming season is the loss of Kaylee Corsentino who averaged most of the points for the Lady Redskins last season. What I predict for nest season is that La Veta will have a kind of sort of rebuilding season but they will compete and will be in districts for sure with the experience theses players have. My season prediction ranking is they will be 4th place or 5th. Their season record would be (9-10).
La Veta Redskins– The La Veta Redskins last season were one of the lowest teams in the league only winning one game against the Antonito Trojans 32-30. They have a young core with no seniors graduating last season. The key players for nest season is the two young players both Juniors #21 Ian Vallejos (11.1ppg) and #24 Carson Miller (10.1 ppg). My predication for the upcming season is that the Redskins will be more experienced with the young team they have and will end up being in the 5th or 6th seed in the league. which is a much better improvement from last season. Their over all record will be for next season (3-6).
Lady Trojans– Last season the Lady Trojans had 2 remaining players from the playoff run which had the Lady Trojans in the 2016-2017 season breaking records. This season they were 6-4 for the season despite losing their starting 4 from last season. What I predict for next season is the two key players the sisters one a Sophomore #2 Shiinei Tallman (5.9 ppg) who also had some monster rebounds averaging 12.2 per game. Senior #32 Shandiin Tallman who had 8.2 points per game and also was having some monster rebounds averaging 11.2 per game. With the loss of their outside shooter and driver Brianna Martinez I feel this team will step up and work a lot harder to stay a contender I also feel that the sisters will have both amazing seasons breaking last seasons averages. My rankings for the upcoming season is that the Lady Trojans will end up being 4th or 5th or possibly become a surprise and end up 2nd or 3rd. Season record for this upcoming season (10-5).
Trojans— Last season the Trojans were 2-16 what i predict for the 2019-2020 season is the Trojans will need to rebuild once again with a little improvement coming from key players such as Sophomore Dalton Romero who averaged 4.5 points a game and leading scorer Junior Josh Duran who last season averaged 16.8 points per game. The team this upcoming season will need some work but will improve with a season record for next year as (6-10) ending up being 7th place.
Lady Rams—- Last season the Lady Rams were 3-7. What I predict is a lot of major improvements and upgrades within this team this upcoming year. With 4 key players from last season and one key player upcoming to be a freshmen. The key players are Sophomore #3 Jaelea Maestaes (14.0 ppg) Junior #12 Anastasia Salcido (5.9 ppg) Junior #10 Feliciana Lobato (5.5 ppg) and Senior #21 Adela Romero (4.9 ppg). These key players are major factors with improvements that should be upgraded by this upcoming season. I predict this team will be at least in the league standing around 4th or 6th place and their league record would be (7-3)
Centennial Rams— This last season the Rams were 3-6. What i predict for this upcoming season is that they will improve especially with last seasons key players and the only thing Centennial will lose is a few players who contributed. Key Players for next season that will be major factors are Senior # 21 Cisco Esquibel (10.3 ppg) #1 Paul Chavez (9.8 ppg) #42 Emilio Deherrera (9.7 ppg) and Sophomore #10 Lennie Valdez (9.2 ppg). I see these players with major improvements in their scoring as well as the rest of the team stepping up.The team I see them in 3rd or 4th place in league. Their league record I see them at a (7-3).
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