After an unfortunate defeat in the final of the National Maxi Basketball Championship, the Juárez team won the silver medal in the +55 category.
The team led by José Luis Vázquez held an exciting match against the representative of Sonora, whose score ended in a tie after four periods, the players played an overtime round to define the winner of the trophy.
However, fortune favored the Sonorenses, who climbed to the first place podium after defeating those from Ciudad Juárez by a score of 38-33.
The tournament brought together the best 12 teams in Mexico, with the Juarenses as representatives of the state of Chihuahua. The squad faced the hosts of the contest, Puebla, in the group stage. After defeating the locals, they maintained a perfect pass against those from Oaxaca and Tlaxcala, with whom they sealed their pass to the semifinal of the contest.
In this instance, they faced a second team that also came from Tlaxcala, whom they managed to beat with a result of 35-27 to sneak into the grand final of the national tournament. However, it was in this match that the work of Luis Vázquez and his players met an unstoppable team from Sonora, who competed strongly with their counterparts from Ciudad Juárez to win the gold medal.
The team made up of Graciela Rojas, Ana Barragán, Elva Gutiérrez, Maricela Huerta, América Vargas, Rosa Cano, Norma Aguilera and Verónica Flores returned to Ciudad Juárez with second place in the contest, a not inconsiderable medal for their coach, because weeks ago, The Juárez basketball team in the +49 category won the national championship after beating the San Luis team with a wide score of 42-22 in the final of the contest, played in the city of Pabellón Artega, Aguascalientes.
Which places Vázquez as one of the most effective coaches in the municipality in the Maxi category and puts the spotlight on his work for future projects in this sport.
