1-7 Winter Roundup
Boys hoops streak ends at 5; wrestling effective at 2 tourneys; ice hockey drops a pair in the hills.
Mullen’s upbeat five-game winning streak in boys basketball ended on Saturday.
At Hutchison Fieldhouse, the Mustangs faded late in a 73-66 loss to Denver South in nonleague.
Mullen stands 6-5.
The Mustangs opened crisply, rolling to a 25-13 lead after 8 minutes, but were outscored over each of the final three quarters. Turnovers hindered Mullen as did the lack of interior defense.
As usual, Jordan Leslie topped Mullen scoring. The junior, Colorado’s fifth-leading scorer (25.0 ppg.) entering the game and tops for the state in points per a full game (32 minutes, 29.0 ppg), went for 24 points. He was followed by Anderson Brendle (19) and Ish Aceves (11).
Mullen will resume action on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., at The Hutch against Legend. The Mustangs won the earlier meeting, 86-71 on Dec. 17 in their Christmas Classic Tournament.
DENVER SOUTH 73, MULLEN 66
Denver South 13 25 17 18 – 73
Mullen 25 15 12 14 -- 66
Mullen – Leslie 8 7-10 24, Brendle 7 0-0 19, Stewart 2 0-0 4, Jones 0 3-4 3, Aceves 4 3-3 11, Diasselliss 2 0-0 5, Archibald 0 0-0 0, Castillo 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 13-17 66.
3-pt.goals – Brendle 5, Diasselliss, Leslie.
Wrestling
Both genders competed in tournaments on Saturday.
At Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Mullen placed fifth in the Classification Classic.
The Mustangs had four weight-class winners in the 10-team field.
Two-time Colorado champion Dale O’Blia (113 pounds), Tony Herrera (106), Isaak Chavez (139) and Kaleb Valdez-Lemos (175) took firsts.
Gilbert Antillon (126) was fourth.
At Denver South, Mullen’s split boys squad was seventh in the 12-team outlay at the Raven Rumble and its girls were ninth in a field of a dozen.
For boys, Cooper Loth was a champion at 144, and Richard O’Brien (150) and Estevan Loya (165) were runners-up. Depth was provided by Cayden Robbins (120) and Caleb Van Meter (Hwt.), who were fourth, and Amani Fuqua (190) fifth.
In girls, Jzunie Jones (170) was a champion. Karin Simons (155) and Maggie Martinez (235) were third, Angelica Silva (115) fifth and Cassandra Linhart (106) sixth.
BOYS
CLASSIFICATION CLASSIC
At Cheyenne Mountain H.S.
Top team scores – Pueblo East 207.5; Buena Vista 161.5; Cheyenne Mountain 132; Severance 125; Mullen 116.
106 pounds – Tony Herrera (15-2), champion.
113 – Dale O’Blia (12-3), champion.
126 – Gilbert Antillon (15-4), 4th.
138 – Isaak Chavez (16-5), champion.
175 – Kaleb Valdez-Lemos (16-2), champion.
RAVEN RUMBLE
At Denver South H.S.
Boys team score – Mullen, 98 pts., 7th.
120 – Cayden Robbins (8-4), 4th.
144 – Cooper Loth (9-5), 1st.
150 – Richard O’Brien (12-3), 2nd.
154 – Estevan Loya (2-1), 2nd.
190 – Amani Fuqua (11-3), 5th.
Hwt. – Caleb Van Meter (4-2), 4th.
Girls team score – Mullen, 38 pts., 9th.
106 – Cassandra Linhart (4-11), 6th.
115 – Angelica Silva (2-9), 5th.
155 – Karin Simons (2-2), 3rd.
170 – Jzunie Jones (13-3), 1st.
235 – Maggie Martinez (2-2), 3rd.
Ice Hockey
On a road trip to the mountains over the weekend, the Mustangs dropped two in nonleague.
On Friday, they fell 8-0 at Steamboat Springs and on Saturday they were beaten 9-1 at Glenwood Springs.
Leo Mansfield had the goal against Glenwood Springs. Miles Fusting and Cooper Oatman had assists.
‘The Mustangs are 1-8.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 8, MULLEN 0
Mullen 0 0 0 -- 0
Steamboat Springs 1 4 3 -- 8
GLENWOOD SPRINGS 9, MULLEN 1
Mullen 1 0 0 -- 1
Glenwood Springs 4 1 4 -- 9
Mullen goal – Leo Mansfield.
Mullen assists – Miles Fusting, Cooper Oatman.
Mullen saves – Cooper Puckett 44.
Mullen shots – 8-8-5—21.
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