For the Mountain Mail
The Magdalena Steers basketball team finished its season by playing one of the top teams in the state as it lost at Cliff High School 76-50 Saturday tin a first round game in the 2010 New Mexico State Basketball State Championship Tournament.
Magdalena completed their season with a 20-7 record and 10-3 in district play. Cliff continues on as the No. 11 seed in their state playoff quest with a 24-1 record and 6-0 in district.
This was the final career game for five seniors---Reggie Peralto, Abie Pino, Gene Leseberg, Ryan Alguirre, and Bryce Milligan.
“We didn't leave anything on the table,” Magdalena coach Jory Mirabal said. “ The boys played hard. They improved and I think we got as much as we were going to get out of them this year..”
Cliff jumped out to a 25-10 first-quarter lead but Magdalena came back to trail 35-25 at halftime.
“We played the No. 1 team in the state at their house,” Mirabal said. “They came out on fire and played a really good game.”
Magdalena fell further behind at the end of the 3rd quarter, 49-32. They tried to come back in the 4th quarter, with the help of Alguirre scoring four of his six total 3-point shots. But they could not make up any ground.
“I thought it was a great season,” Mirabal said.
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