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quarter. ey came back, had a big game, broke our defense down,” Torres said. “ ey are de nitely one of the top teams in (class) 4A. ey can shoot the ball. ey play highpressure defense. We need to keep our composure, be able to make the right reads, make the right shots. We need to play situationally.”

“We did a good job closing out on shots,” said coach Jay Powell. “We stopped doing some of the stu that works for us. We competed. We got a couple of our guys in foul trouble, and that hurt.” larreal at 120 pounds. He placed fourth. Donovan Archuleta took fourth at 126 pounds. Lukas Villalobos wound up third at 215 pounds. pounds.

Torres and Powell think “there’s a strong possibility” the two will meet again in the postseason.

Vigil, who sports a record of 37-2, picked up one of those wins in the quarter nals against Albrecht. Vigil needed 1:41 to record the pinfall

“ ey shot well. ey hit some well-contested shots. We kind of gave it away,” the coach said. “We both played well. We’re hoping to be a No. 1 seed still, but we’ve got to go ahead and nish what we started. Kent did a good job, and their style of play really frustrated us. We know everybody has been swinging uphill. We’re taking everybody who comes like it’s a playo game.”

“We’re playing well. Our biggest thing is playing great help defense,” Torres said. “One of our issues is we’re slow on the help side. We’ve de nitely improved the last two weeks.”

“I want us to be stronger with the ball,” Powell said. “We have to do a lot better to get to our bigs (players with size) and playing inside out. If we do that, we crush teams.” was trying to do.” e state tournament begins at 4:30 p.m. ursday, Feb. 16, at Ball Arena.

“I know I have a target on my title,” Vigil said. “I don’t want to say

PVHS was 10th in the team standings.

His way to work around the pressure of being the defending state champ?

“I hate losing,” Vigil said.