This past week, we witnessed a ton of basketball inside one of the greatest college venues in the country, The Pit. With that being said, I formed a panel of five people (including myself) to vote on our own accolades for 1A-3A, 4A, and 5A boys basketball. The voting ended Tuesday night, and we are ready to release the teams.

It is important to note that ONLY GAMES PLAYED AT THE PIT WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. Also, any regular season accolades, achievements, etc. were irrelevant to the selection of these teams. These teams were solely constructed on “Who played the best on the court with the brightest lights in New Mexico?” 

If you feel frustrated about something please remember, “don’t lose sleep over the opinion of couch potatoes.”

DISCLAIMER: this list is solely associated with CPS, and has nothing to do with any list formed by any other outlet/association in New Mexico. 

Here are your CPS All-Potato teams…

5A Boys 

-MVP- Volcano Vista’s David Lunn (junior)

-Offensive MVP- Cleveland’s Remy Albrecht (senior)

-Defensive MVP- Volcano Vista’s David Lunn (junior)

-Sixth Person Award- Volcano Vista’s Luis Gonzalez (junior)

-Coach Award- Sandia’s Danny Brown 

First Team All-Potato

-Volcano Vista’s David Lunn (junior)

-Cleveland’s Remy Albrecht (senior)

-Sandia’s Gad Harris (sophomore)

-Sandia’s George Smith (sophomore)

-La Cueva’s Hunter Butler (senior)

-Volcano Vista’s Eli Covell (senior)

Second Team All-Potato

-Volcano Vista’s Luis Gonzalez (junior)

-La Cueva’s Drew Bramlett (junior)

-Carlsbad’s Shane Sullivan (senior)

-Rio Rancho’s Cayden Richardson (senior)

-Cleveland’s Jordan Rivera (sophomore)

-Sandia’s Junior Hogues (senior)

Honorable Mention 

-Rio Rancho’s Kayden Decker (senior)

-Volcano Vista’s Spirit Penn-Cook (senior)

-Cleveland’s Brycen Bowie (junior)

-Cleveland’s Noah Valler (junior)

-Hobbs’ Braddock Beaty (senior)

-Las Cruces’ Ben Walton (senior)

4A Boys 

-MVP- Highland’s Nico Sanchez (senior)

-Offensive MVP- Artesia’s Braylon Vega (senior)

-Defensive MVP- Hope Christian’s Brayden Giron (senior)

-Sixth Person Award- Artesia’s Tootie McNeil (senior)

-Coach Award-  Highland’s Justin Woody 

First Team All-Potato

-Highland’s Nico Sanchez (senior)

-Highland’s Juan Limas (senior)

-Artesia’s Braylon Vega (senior)

-Hope Christian’s Brayden Giron (senior)

-Taos’ Malakhai Ely (senior)

-Artesia’s Clay Kincaid (senior)

Second Team All-Potato

-Artesia’s Charlie Campbell (senior)

-Hope Christian’s Landon Cochran (sophomore)

-Del Norte’s Francois Satchivi (senior)

-Highland’s Jerry Moody (junior)

-ABQ Academy’s Zac Borrego (junior)

-Highland’s Fede Nunez (junior)

Honorable Mention 

-Taos’ Mario Rodriguez (senior)

-Portales’ Jacoby Bamforth (sophomore)

-Highland’s Lanyn French (senior)

-Artesia’s Cael Houghtaling (senior)

-Del Norte’s Mumin Omer (senior)

-Portales’ Pierce Culpepper (junior)

1A-3A 

-MVP- St. Michael’s Kamal Stith (senior)

-Offensive MVP- Texico’s Jett Curtis (junior)

-Defensive MVP- Robertson’s Nathan Gonzales (junior)

-Sixth Person Award- St. Michael’s Nathan McCoy (sophomore)

-Coach Award- Rehoboth Christian’s Kevin Zwiers 

First Team All-Potato 

-Fort Sumner/House’s Jordan Holland (junior) 

-St.Michael’s Kamal Stith (senior)

-St. Michael’s Ryan Hunt (junior)

-Robertson’s Michael Marr (junior)

-Logan’s Mason Wallin (senior)

-Texico’s Jett Curtis (junior)

Second Team All-Potato  

-St. Michael’s Dillan McCoy (senior)

-Robertson’s Nathan Gonzales (junior)

-Mesilla Valley Christian’s Camden Daves (junior)

-Pecos’ Cameron Holton (freshman)

-Fort Sumner/House’s Tra’von Bonds (junior)

Honorable Mention

-Bosque’s Josiah Wilson (junior)

-Pecos’ Kevin Vigil (senior)

-Logan’s Hayden Bruhn (senior)

-Texico’s Bennett Wahlen (senior)

-Rehoboth Christian’s Trajen West (senior)

-Santa Fe Indian’s Antonio Pecos (senior)

-Bosque’s Wesley Harrigan (junior)