By Arnie Leshin In the boys 4A and 5A of the state basketball tournament, both have the No. 1 seeds into the Friday semifinals. In the big school 5A, there’s the top team in the state in undefeated Las Cruces (30-0) in 4A it’s No. 1 Albuquerque Highland (24-3), and …
Read More »Once more it was heroics for St Michaels High
By Arnie Leshin Whoops, another tight tussle goes to the St. Michael’s boys basketball team in Wednesday night‘s state tournament quarterfinals against visiting Navajo Prep. It was the second of back-to-back adventures at Perez-Shelley Memorial gymnasium for the 4th-seeded Horsemen. And with this cliff-hanger 41-40 survival over the 5th-seeded Eagles, …
Read More »Pecos boys advance to the 2A state basketball tournament semifinals
By Arnie Leshin It’s a match-up of 2A boys state champions when 2nd-seeded Pecos meets up with reigning 3rd-seeded champion RehobothChristian in Friday night‘s semifinals at the Rio Rancho Events Center, with the tip-off scheduled for 5:30. While Rehoboth (22-3) was surviving a tough 48-47 win over 6th-seeded Jal in …
Read More »NM HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS QUARTERFINALS SCHEDULE
By Arnie Leshin Tuesday Girls Quarterfinals Results: 2A — (1) Escalante 64, (8) Albuquerque Menaul, 48 (2) Clayton 51, (10) Mesa Vista 43 (4) Penasco 52, (5) Rehoboth Christian 43 (6) Laguna-Acuma 37, (3) Eunice 35 …
Read More »Santa Fe Indian School Tonight in the state boys tournament quarterfinals
By Arnie Leshin How long can 11th-seeded Santa Fe Indian School hang around? Its overall record is 9-17 as it plays tonight at 3red-seeded Albuquerque Sandia Prep (16-11), but in its first round game of 3A it hit the road for 6th-seed Raton (16-6) and returned with a 46-40 triumph, …
Read More »2nd-seeded Panthers home tonight in the quarterfinals against Hagerman
By Arnie Leshin After being assistant boys basketball coach under Ira Harge and becoming accustomed to winning state champions, Arthur Gonzales now has a shot at winning the program’s sixth state title. The talent they had, small but full of team play and confidence, brought four-straight hoisting of the blue …
Read More »God’s Encouraging Word of the day
“Jesus understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.” Hebrews 4:15 God’s strength, unlike ours, has the power to consistently strengthen us as it is part of our relationship with Him. Even while we are weak God sympathizes with our weakness, …
Read More »BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
By Arnie Leshin As Wednesday night‘s quarterfinals of the boys state tournament bounces in, just a quick check of what occurred in last Saturday’s opening round. Home court advantage went to all but Raton in 3A and Silver in 4A. The 6th-seeded Colts took a 63-51 fall against 11th-seeded …
Read More »SFNF Announces Prescribed Burns Planned for Spring
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to strategically implement prescribed burns across the forest this spring to reduce hazardous fuels before the onset of the 2022 wildland fire season. With the second La Niña winter in a row and persistent drought conditions, the …
Read More »HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
By Arnie Leshin Nothing like home sweet home, which is where District 2-3A schools Robertson and Santa Fe Indian School will take the court in Tuesday night‘s girls quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament. The top-seeded Cardinals are the No. 1 seed and has lost only once in 26 starts, …
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