basketball
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club based in
Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...
,
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
. The Rayos play in the
Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit ( or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. The matches take place from March to June.
History
A leag ...
(CIBACOPA) and play their home games at the
Arena Sonora
The Arena Sonora is an indoor arena located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Inaugurated in 1969, it seats 3,500 spectators. The arena is the home venue of the Rayos de Hermosillo of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA).
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They have won four league titles (2012, 2013,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2024
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).
History
The Rayos de Hermosillo took the spot of the Vaqueros de Agua Prieta for the 2009 CIBACOPA season. The last team to play in the city, the Soles de Hermosillo, competed in CIBACOPA from 2003 to 2005.
The Rayos reached the CIBACOPA Finals in 2011, but were swept by the Mineros de Cananea.
Hermosillo won back-to-back titles after defeating the
Ostioneros de Guaymas
The Ostioneros de Guaymas were a professional baseball team based in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. The Ostioneros played in the Mexican Pacific League and used the Estadio Abelardo L. Rodríguez as their home ballpark. During its existence, the club wo ...
in 2012 and the
Garra Cañera de Navolato
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in 2013, both in seven-game series.
In 2019, the Rayos faced the Mantarrayas de La Paz in the league finals. After going down 2 games to 3, Hermosillo defeated La Paz 99–59 in game six before taking game seven by a score of 90–77 to win their third league title in eight years.Terrence Drisdom and
Jeremy Hollowell
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led the team in scoring with 22 and 19 points, respectively, with Hollowell being named Finals MVP.
The Rayos won their record-breaking fourth title in
2024
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after sweeping the
Astros de Jalisco
Astros de Jalisco (English: ''Jalisco Astros'') is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The Astros are part the CIBACOPA and the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in ...
in four games.
Media
Rayos home games have been broadcast across the internet since 2010. In 2014, they reached a deal with
Megacable
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