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By Arnie Leshin  It’s just a short ride crosstown for the follow-up to the annual Bobby Rodriguez/Capital City basketball tournament. Just five days after host Santa Fe High’s undefeated boys turned back district and city rival Capital in overtime, and the unbeaten Rio Rancho Cleveland girls got past Espanola Valley …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s tough to keep up with Matt Martinez, not the Matt Martinez who is presently athletic director up at Pojoaque Valley High School, but the Matt Martinez who is currently athletic director down at Rio Rancho Cleveland, that is after he announced his retirement in the same …

By Arnie Leshin  A run of lead changes mixed with ties and an overtime, brought an anticipated tight boy’s championship game Saturday night at the annual Bobby Rodriguez/Capital City basketball tournament at Santa Fe High’s Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium. And it was the host, undefeated Demons who won their four …

By Arnie Leshin  Depth, lack of depth, not much bench help. Geno Auriemma mentions it sometimes, but most times, you’ll see his UConn women’s basketball team with maybe 6-7 players at his disposal. He has to worry about foul trouble, injuries, lack of experience, being out sized, and playing their butts …

By Arnie Leshin  Jalen Hurts, who transferred from Alabama to Oklahoma for his eligible fifth year, returns to A T & T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., which is sometimes referred to as Jerry Jones Palace and where then-freshman Hurts, in 2015, played his first game as the Crimson Tide’s starting …

By Arnie Leshin  Michigan hiring former Fab Five JuwanHoward as its head basketball coach has certainly hit the spot, which is now as the No. 4 ranked team in the college polls released Monday. This, after winning its first four starts and unranked heading into the tough Battle for Atlantis …

By Arnie Leshin  No celebration for West Las Vegas this time.   Instead, it was St. Michael’s time to celebrate its running game and, unlike last year’s final-second 14-13 setback to the Dons at West Las Vegas, it was the Horsemen at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex turning in a …

By Arnie Leshin  Christopher Humetewa didn’t think he ran well, wasn’t happy with his 12th place finish at Saturday morning’s annual Rio Rancho Jamboree, but his 5-killometer time of 17:00.70 certainly wasn’t slow, considering the Santa Fe Indian School junior was racing in the championship division.   And while he …

By Arnie Leshin  Can you remember when New York Giant Bobby Thomson hit the shot heard round the world against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951 to win the National League pennant?   Or when the Pirates’ Bill Mazorozski hit the ball over the centerfield fence in Pittsburgh to win the …

By Arnie Leshin  Nothing is ever guaranteed, but as the stretch runbegins for the Saturday, Nov. 9, state cross country championships hosted by Rio Rancho High School, Academy of Technology and The Classics junior Maggie Rittmeyer appears to be the one to beat in 3A.   Second last year to …