Halcones de Ciudad Obregón

Halcones de Ciudad Obregón (English: Ciudad Obregón Falcons) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The Halcones are members of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play their games in the Gimnasio Municipal Manuel Lira García.

Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
LeagueCIBACOPA
Founded2016
HistoryHalcones de Ciudad Obregón
(2016–present)
ArenaGimnasio Municipal Manuel Lira García
Capacity3,000
LocationCiudad Obregón, Mexico
Head coachMartin Knezevic
OwnershipRafael Lira Valenzuela
Championships1 (2017)
WebsiteOfficial site

History

The Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón were founding members of CIBACOPA in 2001, and won three championships until the issue of poor attendance forced the club to abandon the league in 2013.[1]

The Halcones were founded in 2016 by a group of local businessmen looking to bring professional basketball back to the city to develop and promote the sport.[2] The team joined the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) as an expansion team for the 2016 season, where they had a seventh-place regular-season finish before getting swept 4-0 by the eventual champions Nauticos de Mazatlán in the first round of the playoffs.

Ahead of the 2017 season, the Halcones signed American imports Kevin Capers,[3] Mike Glover[4] and Glen Rice Jr.[5] That year in the playoffs, they defeated the Nauticos in seven games before dispatching the Pioneros de Los Mochis in five. In the finals, they defeated Rayos de Hermosillo 4–2 to win their first-ever championship.[6] Rice Jr. was named Finals MVP after averaging a near-30-point triple double in the series.[7]

In 2018, the team added Isaiah Wilkerson, J. R. Giddens and former Halcón Geron Johnson. The Halcones had a poor regular season showing, barely clinching a playoff spot with an eighth-place finish. The team again reached the finals, falling to the Tijuana Zonkeys in a six-game series.[8]

In February 2019, Spaniard Pedro Carrillo was hired as head coach, having previously coached the Ángeles de Puebla in the LNBP.[9] He also won a LNBP championship with Fuerza Regia de Monterrey in 2016–17 as an assistant.[10] Although he was selected to coach the North squad at the 2019 CIBACOPA All-Star Game in Guadalajara,[11] Carrillo left the team in June for personal reasons.[12] In the postseason, the Halcones lost in the semi-finals to the Mantarrayas de La Paz in seven games.[13] The Halcones lost game seven at home by a score of 105–92 despite 29 points from José Estrada.[14]

American former top high school recruit Tony Farmer joined the team in 2020, as did Jarvis Summers and Reggie Holmes.[15] The Halcones played two games of the 2020 season, losses to Rayos de Hermosillo and Ostioneros de Guaymas, before the league announced the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Halcones de Ciudad Obregón roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C 0 Carrillo, Hassiel
F 1 Atterberry, Landon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
G 2 Estrada, José David 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 3 Martínez, Antonio
G 5 Arreaga, Alberto
F 7 Akano, Sam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G 8 Isby, Deangelo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
PF/C 9 Haro, Carlos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
SG 11 Holmes, Reggie 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
F 15 Rivera, Heriberto 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 16 Delgado, Raul 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
G/F 18 García, Kareem
G 22 Valencia, Daniel
PF 26 Robles, Isaías 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
C 31 Washington, Andre 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 109 kg (240 lb)
G 32 Summers, Jarvis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb)
SF 33 Rosales, Fernando
SF 55 Farmer, Tony 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb)
F Soriano, Stephen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
PF Perez, Aaron 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
Head coach
  • Martin Knezevic
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: May 2, 2020

Head coaches
  • Eduardo Opezzo (2017)
  • Ronald Guillen (2018)
  • Pedro Carrillo (2019)
  • Martin Knezevic (2020–)

Honours

Domestic competitions

References
  1. González, Ángel (9 June 2019). "Play off a la vista" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. "Club Halcones" (in Spanish). visitaobregon.gob.mx. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "Capers Inks Pro Deal in Mexico". fscmocs.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. "Empiezan Halcones a tomar forma" (in Spanish). mediosobson.com. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. "La enésima oportunidad de Glen Rice Jr" (in Spanish). zonadebasquet.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. Arredonde, José Francisco (11 July 2017). "¡Halcones de Obregón, rey del Cibacopa!; Rice Jr, MVP" (in Spanish). gradanorte.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. Gutiérrez, Ernesto (11 July 2017). "Se corona Halcones de Ciudad Obregón en el Cibacopa" (in Spanish). noroeste.com.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. "Zonkeys se lleva el campeonato de la Cibacopa" (in Spanish). La Jornada Baja California. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. Luna, Joel (25 February 2019). "Pedro Carrillo, coach designado por Halcones" (in Spanish). Diario del Yaqui. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. "Más México para Pedro Carrillo: Será el entrenador de Halcones de Ciudad Obregón en la CIBACOPA" (in Spanish). Cancha Latina. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. Maldonado, Julio (3 May 2019). "Cibacopa da a conocer lista de jugadores que estarán en el Juego de Estrellas 2019" (in Spanish). revistasuperdeportivo.com.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. Luna, Joel (4 June 2019). "Sale el coach Pedro Carrillo de Halcones" (in Spanish). Diario del Yaqui. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. "Mantarrayas disputará la final del Cibacopa" (in Spanish). EL Sudcaliforniano. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. Rodriguez, Luis (5 July 2019). "Rayos vs Mantarrayas en la final de CIBACOPA" (in Spanish). Mexicali Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  15. "Los Halcones de Obregón inician el vuelo en la campaña 2020 del Cibacopa" (in Spanish). tribuna.com.mx/. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  16. Soto Mendoza, Christian (17 March 2020). "Cibacopa suspende sus actividades" (in Spanish). debate.com.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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