5 takeaways from Chipotle Nationals girls basketball tournament: DME Academy dominates the field
DME Academy found its groove again to win Chipotle Nationals as the No. 5 seed.
5 takeaways from Chipotle Nationals girls basketball tournament: DME Academy dominates the field originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . High school girls basketball season is officially over for the 2025-26 school year.
As usual, the season concluded with one of the nation's premier tournaments: Chipotle Nationals, which took place (on the girls side) from Apr. 2-4. And DME Academy finished on top – rather emphatically.
Here are five takeaways from 2026 Chipotle Nationals: DME Academy finishes 2025-26 how it started – unstoppable It was a weird – but outstanding – 2025-26 campaign for DME Academy. DME started 18-0 with nearly every win coming by 20 or more points before cooling off considerably, starting with a 52-44 loss to The St. James Performance Academy on Jan.
31. Shortly thereafter, it quickly fell from the top three in the country to nearly out of the top 25 by then losing by double digits to Fort Erie International and a struggling Montverde Academy. DME Academy helped stabilize its stock with a 57-46 win over IMG Academy to end February, but it couldn't sustain momentum for a Grind Session finals run.
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