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, …
Read More »BIG EAST FINAL
By Arnie Leshin The surging University of Connecticut women’s basketball team has a chance at redemption tonight. After the scheduled Jan. 6 Big East Conference game against Villanova was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic issues with the suburban Philadelphia school, the new date was Feb. 10th at the XL Center in …
Read More »Next stop for St. MIchael’s is in the state tournament quarterfinals
By Arnie Leshin There sits the St. Michael’s boys in the middle of the 3A pack that has advanced to Wednesday’s quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament. Much more comfortable then it was in the early part of this season. And they are having a ball along with the coaching …
Read More »8th-seeded Santa Fe High basketball team came up short
By Arnie Leshin You had to figure it would end this way when 8th-seeded Santa Fe High went down to the final buzzer against the 9th-seeded visitors from Albuquerque Sandia at the Toby Roybal Memorial gymnasium Saturday night. It was a back-and-forth game, a good game before a good turnout in …
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