By Arnie Leshin Well there were the two men’s college basketball teams, the players, coaches and trainers, cant’s forget the referees, employees, and media members, but that was it when Yeshiva University played Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a Division III tournament game played at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Friday. Otherwise, …
Read More »Pecos, the No. 1 seed, had an easy time gaining the 2A Wednesday quarterfinals
By Arnie Leshin Not only did the surging No. 1 seeded Pecos boys have no problem advancing to the state 2A quarterfinals, but they brought district rivals Santa Rosa and Texico in with them. The three-time state champions moved on in quest of a fourth title by trouncing visiting 16th …
Read More »In the first round of the state basketball tournament Friday night
By Arnie Leshin Eight versus nine at the higher seed didn’t stop the visitors from winning three of the five times in Friday night‘s opening round of the girls state basketball tournament. This almost always brings interesting, tight games due to the fact that both of these seeds are thisclose, …
Read More »State basketball tournament bounces in Friday with the girls first round followed by the opening round for the boys on Saturday
By Arnie Leshin Home sweet home, and that’s where eight boys teams from Northern New Mexico will begin the first round of the state basketball tournament, and all to be played at night. Start with 5A’s Capital (25-4) and Santa Fe High (22-5), the only teams from District 5 to …
Read More »To Devin Gonzales, it’s a pleasure and an honor
By Arnie Leshin Did you ever hear about an individual who it’s said it’s better that you don’t know all that much about him? Or her? I have many times.sometimes it’s true, sometime it’s not, sometimes it’s about a family member. a forgotten relative, a neighbor, a close friend, an …
Read More »Capital senior Brandon Saiz’ buzzer-beater at the end of the first half gave the Jaguars there lead to victory
By Arnie Leshin Brandon Saiz to the rescue. It was only one of those exciting buzzer shots, but this one ended the first half and brought visiting Capital its first lead since 8-7, and sent it to the locker room believing this was the spark it needed. Saiz raced …
Read More »Pecos’ boys now envision a fourth straight state championship after dominating visiting Santa Rosa
By Arnie Leshin The Pecos boys won their fifth straight District 7-2A title and are now in quest of a fourth in a row state championship by disposing of second place Santa Rosa for the third time via Saturday night‘s victory at the Panthers’ court. It put Pecos at 25-1 …
Read More »St. Michael’s, Santa Fe High and Capital will be among the schools checking the Internet Sunday for the New Mexico Activities Association state tournament announcements, as well as Pecos, Santa Fe Indian School, Espanola Valley and Pojoaque Valley
By Arnie Leshin All that the St. Michael’s boys can do now is wait for the Sunday state basketball announcements by the New Mexico Activities Association. The Horsemen would have felt better if they had defeated visiting West Las Vegas in Friday night‘s playoff game to decide first place in …
Read More »Cross town rivals meet for the sixth time this season
By Arnie Leshin Yes there will be a 6th game, but Capital didn’t have it easy getting there, as upset-minded Albuquerque High gave the Jaguars all they could handle before a better second half brought the home team a 65-56 triumph that will have it playing Santa Fe High for …
Read More »Only sophomores, Sophie Gossum of Santa Fe Prep and Ethan Manske of St. Michael’s did well at the weekend state swimming-diving championships at Albuquerque Academy, but realize they still have time to win a state title
By Arnie Leshin Maybe the best is yet to come for sophomores Sophie Gossum of Santa Fe Prep and Ethan Manske of St. Michael’s. At the weekend state swimming-diving championships at Albuquerque Academy pool, Gossum continued her quest for a state title by finishing second twice. In the 50 freestyle, …
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