The 2021-22 season came to an end on consecutive nights for the Las Asnimas High School basketball teams; the boys against Fowler last Monday, 63-49, and the girls against eventual District 6 Tournament champions Rye on Tuesday, 69-30.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BOYS District 6 Tournament Holly 64, Hoehne 44 Rye 52, Swink 45 Crowley County 70, Swallows Charter 35 Fowler 63, Las Animas 49 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 GIRLS District 6 Tournament Swink 41, Crolwey County 26 Hoehne 60, Rocky Ford 24 Holly 60, Fowler 57 Rye 69, Las Animas 30 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 BOYS District 6 Tournament Rye 50, Holly 47 Crowley County 36, Fowler 34 Tri-Peaks League Tournament St. Mary’s 75, La Junta 55 GIRLS District 6 Tournament Hoehne 52, Swink 20 Rye 69, Holly 30 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 BOYS District 6 Tournament Crowley County 40, Rye 39 Holly 64, Fowler 55 Tri-Peaks League Tournament La Junta 61, Woodland Park 59 GIRLS District 6 Tournament Rye 33, Hoehne 24 Swink 46, Holly 27 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 BOYS Tri-Peaks League Tournament Colorado Springs Christian 56, La Junta 51 .
District tournament brackets have been set in Class 2A Santa Fe League following the conclusion of regular season play last Tuesday. Cross-divisional games pitting east against west got underway last Thursday with opening round games featuring fourth and fifth place finishers in both boy’s and girl’s brackets.
After two days of battling the best wrestlers in southern Colorado, two Las Animas High School wrestler emerged in their respective weight class’s top four and will compete at the Colorado High School State Wrestling Championships at Ball Arena in Denver beginning today.
The Las Animas High School girls’ basketball team played just two games last week, splitting the slate against Swallows Charter Academy and Swink. On Thursday.
The Las Animas High School boys’ basketball team finds themselves in a bit of a slump following their most recent Santa Fe League contests, where they’ve lost four consecutive games. LAHS suffered their first loss of the week last Tuesday against league leading Holly, 55-44, and fell to Swallows Charter Academy Thursday evening, 44-34, and Swink of Friday, 62-29.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 BOYS Crowley County 43, Fowler 33 Swink 51, Rocky Ford 46 Holly 55, Las Animas 44 GIRLS Crowley County 38, Fowler 33 Swink 38, Rocky Ford 31 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 BOYS Swink 48, Rye 36 Fowler 52, Hoehne 16 Holly 47, Rocky Ford 45 Swallows Charter 44, Las Animas 34 GIRLS Hoehne 55, Fowler 38 Holly 54, Rocky Ford 40 Las Animas 43, Swallows Charter 30 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 BOYS Swink 62, Las Animas 29 Crowley County 52, Rocky Ford 32 GIRLS Crowley County 35, Rocky Ford 26 Swink 39, Las Animas 25 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 BOYS La Junta 56, Woodland Park 42 Swink 42, Rocky Ford 39 Limon 56, Fowler 40 GIRLS La Junta 46, Woodland Park 42 Swink 38, Rocky Ford 31 Limon 62, Fowler 33 .
Las Animas Grace Gardner, Emilia Metz, and Madison Huffman will all represent the Arkansas Valley swim team at the this week’s state championship meet in Denver. Each swimmer qualified for the meet either individually or as part of a relay team by virtue of clocking state qualifying marks at some point throughout the swim season.
The Las Animas High School boys’ basketball team came up just shy of victory Friday evening in Ordway, where they dropped a Santa Fe League match-up to the Chargers, 64-52. The Trojans gained the early momentum against Crowley County, pulling ahead in the first quarter 15-13.
The Las Animas High School girls’ basketball team went 2-1 in Santa Fe League play over the past week, improving their season record to 6-10 and bettering their league record to 3-7. LAHS dropped their first game of the week to Rocky Ford last Tuesday, 44-20, but answered with a dominant win over John Mall Friday, 63-8, and a gritty win over Crowley County Saturday, 36-33.