ALAMOSA – The 2024 Erik Melgoza Shootout opened on Thursday at the AHS gym with the Alamosa High School girls basketball team coming back to defeat Del Norte 34-30.

“it was a pretty tough game,” said AHS coach Ty Crowther. “We kind of had those first game jitters, but we came through as a team.  A bunch of the younger ones stepped up into that leadership role. I got a great bunch of girls and they didn’t get down on themselves too much. We got a little frustrated but we got through it and came back and got the W which was the main thing we needed to do.”

The teams opened the game by trading points before Brynly Brown hit a 3-point basket for a 7-4 Lady Tigers lead. She later split at the line. Emma Parra ended the first quarter with a pair of free throws and Del Norte led 10-6.

Brynly Brown made two more baskets for a 14-8 advantage. Emmalie Quintana made a layup, and Aubrey Rothermich drained a 3-point basket to cut the deficit to 14-13.

Parra made two out of four free throws for a 16-13 Del Norte lead at halftime.

Audrina Knorr made a layup and later made one of two from the line to tie the score at 16-16.Kaitlyn Velasquez made one of two free tosses, but Rothermich made a jumper for Alamosa’s first lead of the game.

Parra put the Lady Tigers back in front, but Rothermich scored four points or a 22-19 Lady Moose lead. Vanessa Villava made a jumper and Rothermich made her second trey and Alamosa led 27-23 at the end of the third.

Kadie Hawkins made back-to-back baskets for a 31-23 lead. Rothermich then hit another jumper for a double-digit lead at 34-24.

Del Norte attempted a comeback, but it fell four points short.

Rothermich led all scorers with 16 points. Hawkins was next for the Lady Mean Moose with six.

Parra led the Lady Tigers with 12 points and she went 12-16 from the line. Brynly Brown was next with eight.

Del Norte 42, Buena Vista 34

The Lady Tigers rebounded from Thursday’s loss nicely as they defeated Buena Vista 42-34 on Friday.

Del Norte took an early 6-2 lead on a 3-point basket by Reese Brown and a layup and free throw by Parra. The Lady Demons rallied to take a 9-6 lead, but Del Norte scored the final five points of the first quarter and led 11-9.

Buena Vista tied the score at 11-11 and after a jumper by Hadley Leggett, Addline Smith scored five points to give the Lady Demons a 16-13 lead.

Leggett scored a layup, and Parra a three as the Lady Tigers led 18-16 at halftime.

Del Norte came out for the second half red hot as it used free throw shooting and another Parra three to extend its advantage to 29-16. After Smith made a trey, Parra made a free throw and drained another 3-pointer for a 33-19 advantage.

The Lady Demons scored the final nine points of the third and trailed 33-28.

Buena Vista closed to within 33-30 early in the fourth, but that’s as close as it would come. Del Norte scored the final four points for the eight-point win.

Parra led all scorers with 20 points. Leggett was next for the Lady Tigers with seven.

Daisy Lubbers led Buena Vista with 12, followed by Smith with 10.

Alamosa (1-0) will play Buena Vista Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

“We have a cpuple things to clean up on our shootaround,” Crowther said. “We’re going to come out a little more aggressive against Buena Vista and hopefully get the W there too.”

Del Norte (1-1) will next play at the La Junta Holiday Shootout on Dec. 12-14.

Alamosa 34, Del Norte 30

Del Norte – Velasquez 2 1-2 5, Parra 0 12-16 12, Gallegos 0 0-0 0, Leggett 1 3-8 5, R. Brown 0 0-0 0. B. Brown 3 1-2 8, Trujillo 0 0-0 0. Total 6 17-26 30.

3-point goals – B. Brown 1.

Alamosa – Ortega 1 0-0 2, Rothermich 6 2-2 16, Knorr 2 1-2 5, Montoya 0 0-0 0, Felix 0 0-0 0, Quintana 1 0-2 2, Villalva 1 1-2 3, Hawkins 3 0-0 6. Total 15 4-8 34.

3-point goals – Rothermich 2.

Del Norte 10 6 7 7 – 30

Alamosa 6 7 14 7 – 34

Fouls – Del Norte 10, Alamosa 25. Fouled out – Ortega.

Del Norte 42, Buena Vista 34

Del Norte – Velasquez 1 2-2 4, Parra 5 7-8 20, Leggett 2 3-8 7, Laymon 1 3-4 5, R. Brown 1 0-0 3, Gallegos 0 0-0 0, B. Brown 1 0-3 3, Trujillo 0 0-0 0. Total 11 15-25 42.

3-point goals – Parra 3, B. Brown 1, R. Brown 1. Total 5.

Buena Vista – Turner 2 0-0 5, Lubbers 3 5-7 12, Wingo 0 0-0 0, Dawson 0 2-2 2, Baird 3 0-0 6, Smith 4 0-0 10, Bearss 0 0-0 0, Krasnow 0 0-0 0, Lazarius 0 0-0 0. Total 12 6-9 34.

3-point goals – Smith 2, Lubbers 1, Turner 1. Total 4.

Del Norte 11 7 15 9 – 42

Buena Vista   9 7 12 6 – 34

Fouls – Del Norte 13, Buena Vista 21. Fouled out- Baird.