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By Arnie Leshin  It was the 1990 Super Bowl XXV. It was New York versus New York, the Buffalo Bills versus the Giants, who actually played in New Jersey.   The entire press box area was jammed, and so those without their publication name on a space, were out of …

By Arnie Leshin  Santa Fe High seniors Maya Holder and Simone Ropp took top-10 places in the girl’s varsity, and senior Tanner Black was the first Demon to finish at Saturday’s Belen Invitational 5,000-meter run at Los Lunas High School.   It was a preparation of head coach Peter Graham’s …

By Arnie Leshin  Bernalillo obviously had an accurate scouting report on the visitors from Santa Fe High.   Defensively, the Spartans went right to work pressuring Demons’ sophomore quarterback Luc Jaramillo, and their offense did what it had to in posting Friday night’s 20-6 non district victory over 5A 10th …

By Arnie Leshin  Navajo Pine showed its heels to the rest of the boy’s field at Saturday morning’s annual Ron Valdez Memorial Cross Country Invitational hosted by Pecos.   Navajo Pine showed its might by finishing in the first three places, with its senior Calvin Curley winning in 16:07, followed …

By Arnie Leshin  Capital knew all about Moriarty’s preference for running the ball, so the Jaguars retaliated by presenting their own rushing weapon and shut down the visitors offense in Friday night’ 41-0 zip at Jaguar Field.   With the impressive win, Capital evened its record at 2-2 and the …

By Arnie Leshin  Kudos to the Los Alamos boy’s soccer team.   At the Albuquerque Academy Invitational last week, the Hilltoppers edged Santa Fe High, 3-2, than they accepted the challenge from the Demons for the Thursday rematch at Ivan Head Stadium, and prevailed again, this time 2-0.   They …

By Arnie Leshin  Moriarty has already played in the City Different this season, taking a 19-13 defeat home against Santa Fe High at Ivan Head Stadium.   The Pintos had lost their opener, 25-6 at West Las Vegas. Next came a 35-11 setback at home versus Albuquerque Hope Christian. But …

By Arnie Leshin  Tough loss for the Santa Fe High boy’s soccer team.   Deadlocked with Los Alamos at 3-3 after regulation at the Albuquerque Academy Invitational, the Hilltoppers won 3-2 on penalty kicks to finish fifth in the tournament.   Also in the Invitational, the Demons (3-2-2) had no …

By Arnie Leshin  Save it for a rainy day doesn’t exactly fit in here. There was plenty of sunshine, but lightening and a thunderstorm lingering a few miles east of St. Michael’s Christian Brothers Athletic Complex put an end to the annual St. Michael’s-Capital football rivalry Saturday afternoon.   They …

By Arnie Leshin  Lesson to be learned, patience, just have patience.   Eddy Segura, who grew up with a love for soccer and had his finest years on the pitch playing club ball in Costa Rica, had coached the girl’s team at Academy of Technology and The Classics from 2014 …