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Count the bucket! GHS senior Isaiah Hernandez, 23, takes the ball to the hole against the Shiprock Chieftains last week in the Pirates’ last game of the year. The Pirates defeated the Chieftains by a score of 68-45 and will end 2021 with a 6-3 record as they have a break before facing the Taos Tigers on Monday, January 3 at the Port of the Pirates. Franklin Romero - CC

Count the bucket! GHS senior Isaiah Hernandez, 23, takes the ball to the hole against the Shiprock Chieftains last week in the Pirates’ last game of the year. The Pirates defeated the Chieftains by a score of 68-45 and will end 2021 with a 6-3 record as they have a break before facing the Taos Tigers on Monday, January 3 at the Port of the Pirates. Franklin Romero - CC

Pirates 6-3 headed into the Break

Franklin Romero Cibola Citizen Sports
Thursday, December 30, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. – The Grants High School boys basketball team is 6-3 as they head into the Christmas break after a 68-45 win over the Shiprock Chieftains this past Wednesday, December 22nd.
Franklin Romero-CC Holiday Hoops! The lady Pirates placed 2nd in the Robert Daily Classic this past weekend at the Port of the Pirates. They went 2 for 3 over the weekend.

Franklin Romero-CC Holiday Hoops! The lady Pirates placed 2nd in the Robert Daily Classic this past weekend at the Port of the Pirates. They went 2 for 3 over the weekend.

Lady Pirates take second, boys JV takes first

Franklin Romero Sports Correspondent
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
When you think of the holidays, you think of Christmas shopping and Christmas decorating; in Cibola County, you have to think of hoops in that holiday mix as well.
“Bernalillo too much for lady Pirates”

“Bernalillo too much for lady Pirates”

“Bernalillo too much for lady Pirates”

Franklin Romero Sports Correspondent
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
The Bernalillo lady Spartans (4- 0) were too much to handle for the lady Pirates last Tuesday in the Pirates home opener at the Port of the Pirates – the Pirates lost 73-33. The lady Spartans set the tempo for the night with a 17-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.
JUSTIN SCHMIDT LEAVES NEW MEXICO UNITED TO JOIN UNITED STATES ARMY

JUSTIN SCHMIDT LEAVES NEW MEXICO UNITED TO JOIN UNITED STATES ARMY

JUSTIN SCHMIDT LEAVES NEW MEXICO UNITED TO JOIN UNITED STATES ARMY

Press Release
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Albuquerque, NM - New Mexico United defender, and Albuquerque native, Justin Schmidt is transitioning from a career as a professional soccer player to a career in the United States Armed Forces. Schmidt is joining the United States Army, with his service set to begin immediately.
Road warrior Pirate boys’ basketball team opens season with two wins

Road warrior Pirate boys’ basketball team opens season with two wins

Road warrior Pirate boys’ basketball team opens season with two wins

Franklin Romero Sports Correspondent
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
After dual four-hour bus rides to the four corners area to start off their first full season in over a year, the GHS boys basketball team pulled off a 44-37 victory over the Bloomfield Bobcats on Tuesday, November 23 and then went to put a dagger in the Aztec Tigers with a 75-47 on Monday November...
GHS boys and girls basketball team are moving along after tryouts to regular practice as the 2021-2022 season begins. Both teams began their season on Tuesday, November 3. Franklin Romero - CC

GHS boys and girls basketball team are moving along after tryouts to regular practice as the 2021-2022 season begins. Both teams began their season on Tuesday, November 3. Franklin Romero - CC

Pirate basketball teams hold tryouts

Franklin Romero Sports Correspondent
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. – What’s more crowded than the traffic on I-40? Well, the Grants High School boys and girls basketball programs had large numbers for their tryouts last week. Fifty-five boys tried out for the GHS boys basketball program according to second year coach, Landon Chavez.
Lady Hawks take 2A state volleyball title

Lady Hawks take 2A state volleyball title

Lady Hawks take 2A state volleyball title

News Staff
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The Laguna-Acoma lady Hawk volleyball team entered the 2A state tournament as a number three seed and worked its way through the bracket to meet up with the number one seeded Tucumcari Rattlers where the Hawks swept the match 3-0. winning 25-22, 25-20 and 25-12.