Striking Eagle Basketball Invitational & Student Leadership Academy

We sent out the announcements for our SENAI essay contest winners and we already received great responses from the coaches and schools who were excited about the outcome. One student even called us from out of state to verify if he won the laptop, printer and plaque. We will be visiting Mescalero, Navajo Pine, Whitehorse, NACA, and Navajo Prep schools this month to honor our 7 essay contest winners. We cant wait to see the students.

Congratulations to the following SENAI Essay Contest winners:
Lanedon Bob, Whitehorse High School, Utah.
Rhea Francisco, Native American Community Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.
Arcineo Tsinijiine, Navajo Pine High School, Navajo, N.M.
Nathaniel Calabaza, Navajo Prep, Farmington, NM.
Ronian Rocha, Mescalero High School, Mescalero, NM.
Micah Tsosie, Navajo Pine High School, Navajo, NM.
Demetria Brown, Navajo Pine High School, Navajo, NM
They will receive a plaque, laptop, and printer for their essays. The SENAI committee would like to thank all of the students for entering our contest. Excellent essays submitted and it was very difficult to choose the top 4 essays. We ended up awarding 7 prizes since there were 3 essays who tied for fourth place. We will be visiting these schools in March and will present the awards.

10th ANNUAL SENAI Basketball Invitational and Education Fair
December 28-30, 2020 (tentative)
Newly remodeled UNM Johnson Center

We have 44 essays submitted in our first essay contest, 8 poetry submissions, and 12 logo entries. We commend our SENAI student athletes for participating as we plan to award 4 laptops and 4 printers for our top winners. We will post the final winners in March 2020.
A BIG SHOUT OUT to Navajo Pine, Tseyigai, Navajo Prep and Mescalero Apache schools who submitted many essay entries.

SENAI 7TH PLACE RESULTS:
Eagle Bracket
Boys large schools
Whitehorse UT. 48 Monument Valley UT 35
Turtle bracket
Girls large schools
Cuba 53 Cottonwood Prep 11
Bear Bracket
Boys small schools
Alamo Navajo JV 55 Cottonwood Prep JV 41
Roadrunner Bracket
Girls small schools
Walatowa 41 Laguna Acoma JV 17
Lobo Bracket
Boys middle school
Tohajiilee 30 Kewa JV 21
Deer Bracket
Girls Middle School
Tohajiilee

CONSOLATION GAMES
Eagle Bracket
Large school boys
Laguna Acoma 48 Mescalero 47
Turtle bracket
Large school girls
Monument Valley UT. 53 Tseyigai 34
Bear Bracket
Small school boys
Cuba JV 70 Laguna Acoma JV 41
Roadrunner Bracket
Small school girls
NACA 40 Cuba JV 37
Lobo Bracket
Middle school boys
Kewa 43 Cuba 18
Deer Bracket
Middle school girls
Cochiti 37 NACA 35
CONGRATULATIONS to all teams.

A BIG THANK YOU to all SENAI students who entered the essay and logo contests. We are still judging the submissions. We will choose four winners in early March 2020 and present a plaque at their school. They will also get an HP Laptop with a printer, and SENAI t shirt.

SENAI ART CONTEST
First place: Tawney Platero, Tohajiilee Middle School, 6th Grade.
Second Place: Daniel Day, Laguna Middle school, 8th Grade
Third place:
Makayla Yazzie, Tohajiilee Middle School, 8th Grade.
Elaina Ortiz Cerno, Laguna Middle School, 8th Grade.
Honorable Mention:
Emma, Laguna Middle School, 8th Grade
Anastacia Ramos, Cuba Middle School, 7th Grade.
Macy Benally, Tohajiilee Middle School, 8th Grade.
Congratulations!!!!Excellent and talented rising artists. Thanks for participating in our art contest.

THIRD PLACE GAMES

Eagle Bracket
Boys large school
Navajo Pine 55 Dulce 40

Turtle bracket
Girls large school
Laguna Acoma 49 Newcomb 20

Bear Bracket
Boys small school
Tohajiilee 52 NACA 40

Roadrunner Bracket
Girls small school
Alamo Navajo 47 Tohajiilee JV 39

Lobo Bracket
Boys middle school
Kewa 43 Cuba 18

Deer Bracket
Girls middle school
Dulce 36 Kewa 15

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Eagle Bracket Championship
Boys large school
Newcomb 44 Navajo Prep 41

Turtle bracket championship
Girls large school
Navajo Prep 83 Mescalero 56

Bear Bracket Championship
Boys small schools
Tseyigai 50 Alamo Navajo 42
Repeat champion

Roadrunner Bracket Championship
Girls small school
Tohajiilee 65 Navajo Pine 45

Lobo Bracket Championship
Boys middle school
Laguna 35 Tres Volcanoes 27

Deer Bracket Championship
Girls middle school
Laguna 35 Cuba 17

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TEAMS!!!

The most memorable part of the SENAI tournament was the middle school boys game when one of the players passed the ball to an opposing team member who was learning how to play basketball. He even rebounded a missed shot and gave the player a chance to make his first 2 points. Great sportsmanship!!!

Final
GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
To'hajiilee 67
Navajo Pine 45

Final
BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Navajo Prep 41
Newcomb 46

3rd Quarter
GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
To'hajiilee 47
Navajo Pine 33

3rd Quarter
BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Navajo Prep33
Newcomb 39

Halftime Update!
GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
To'hajiilee 35
Navajo Pine 22

Halftime Update!
BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Navajo Prep 26
Newcomb 28

Final
GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
Mescalero 56
Navajo Prep 85

Final
BOYS BEAR BRACKET
Tse Yi G*i 50
Alamo Navajo 42

Halftime Score!
GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
Mescalero 29
Nvavjo Prep 50

Halftime Score!
Boys Bear Bracket
Tse Yi G*i 23
Alamo Navajo 16

BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Dulce 40
Navajo Pine 55

GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
Alamo 47
To'hajiilee JV 39

Halftime Update!
BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Dulce 20
Navajo Pine 30

Half-time Update!
GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
Alamo 23
To'hajiilee JV 26

BOYS BEAR BRACKET
Consolation
Cuba JV

BOYS BEAR BRACKET
6th Place
Laguna-Acoma JV

GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
7th Place
Walatowa

GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
Sportsmanship
Laguna-Acoma JV

SENAI High School Championship Schedule:

7:30 PM Games

GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
Mescalero v Navajo Prep

BOYS BEAR BRACKET
Tse Yi G*i v Alamo Navajo

8:45 PM Games

GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
To'hajiilee v Navajo Pine

BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Navajo Prep v Newcomb

SENAI High School Tournament Evening Schedule:

5:00 PM Games

BOYS BEAR BRACKET
To'hajiilee v NACA

GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
Laguna-Acoma v Newcomb

6:15 PM Games

BOYS EAGLE BRACKET
Dulce v Navajo Pine

GIRLS ROADRUNNER BRACKET
Alamo Navajo v To'hajiilee JV

GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
7th Place
Cuba

GIRLS TURTLE BRACKET
Sportsmanship
Cottonwood Classical