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By Arnie Leshin  How many errand plays did the Santa Fe High football team commit in Friday night’s opener against Robertson at Ivan Head Stadium? Enough, too many or whatever way that head coach Andrew Martinez didn’t deserve in his third season. The underdog Demons lost only 6-0, but their …

By Arnie Leshin  There was no doubt. It was all Southwest Region champion Louisianaemerging as also the Little League Baseball World Series champions. From an opening loss, the youngsters from River Edge and the Eastbank LL won its last six games, capping it off by dominating Caribbean Region champions from …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a time of joy, a time to celebrate the ride home from Espanola Valley on Sept. 7 last football season.   And for Santa Fe High, it had been long awaited for. It had been hanging on to a long losing streak (35 games) that …

WEDNESDAY:  AUGUST 21 Boys Soccer –   Santa Fe High at St. Michael’s, 5:30 p.m.                              Santa Fe Prep at Capital, 6 p.m.   Girls Soccer – Santa Fe High at St. Michael’s, 3:30 p.m.     …

By Arnie Leshin  It was expected that perhaps Mid-Atlantic Region champion New Jersey might be able to challenge  defending champion, Hawaii, the West Region winner,  but it never worked out when only a fifthinning rain delay slowed down the Wailuku East Maui domination.   It was 6-0 Hawaii when the …

By Arnie Leshin  In his three decades of coaching football, Bill Moon always hesitated when it came to adding freshmen to his varsity roster. Then along came running back Luke Padilla.   “I thought Padilla was something special,” he had said, “and so even though he’s young and lacks experience, …

By Arnie Leshin  On Thursday’s day one of the 72nd annual International Little League World Series, only one game was played before the skies emptied and never let up, causing the rest of the schedule to be postponed.   But Friday, it was a switch in weather in Williamsport, Pa., …

By Arnie Leshin  The first game of the 72nd annual Little League Baseball World Series was the only one played as the weather became windy and the rain began falling heavily Thursday at Williamsport, Pa.   But the opener did start and finish as Shendrion Martinus of the Caribbean Region’s …

By Arnie Leshin  It was the stretch run of the 1995 high school basketball season in Florida, and down in Fort Lauderdale, the Dillard High kids had no interest in the spring breaks that occurred, they didn’t hang around at the beach.   What was special to the boy’s basketball …

By Arnie Leshin  Italy, the Europe-Africa champion, saved its best for its biggest moment as it stunned previously undefeated West Region power Hawaii, 4-2, last night to advance to tonight’s semifinals of the annual Little League Girls Softball World Series.   This looked like it would be mismatch before theteams …