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By NM Lottery The estimated Powerball® jackpot for the January 1, 2022 draw is now $483 Million. If the jackpot prize lands in New Mexico, it will beat the state’s previous record jackpot of $206.9 million shared by nine Powerball players from the Roswell area in September 2008. New Mexico …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s been decades since the Espanola Valley girls won three-straight Lady Horsemen Christmas tournaments under three different head coaches. Thursday night, it was under head coach Joe Estrada’s surging Sundevils carrying off the championship trophy. Espanola had come into this tournament with a 2-7 record, but bounced …

By Arnie Leshin  Santa Fe High’s girls basketball gained tonight’s championship game of the annual Goddard tournament by getting past Miyamura, 36-30, in Wednesday’s semifinals. The Demonettes advanced to 6-5 and will go against Roswell tonight in tonight’s title game. Roswell is also 6-5. In the quarterfinals, coach Nate Morris’ …

By Arnie Leshin  Played at the Johnson gymnasium, the Braves advanced to 11-1 and on a 4-game win streak after a loss versus Gallup. Their size advantage and defense helped open up a 26-11 lead at halftime, and increased it with a 15-8 run in the fourth quarter. While the …

By Arnie Leshin  Another quality effort became another close loss for the St. Michael’s girls basketball team in last night’s first round of the annual Lady Horsemen Christmas tournament. Its overall record is deceiving, as obvious by the 46-45 setback to Penasco, which entered this tournament at 5-2, the best …

“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27: 13-14 We wait all the time. We wait to fall asleep at night; we wait …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s not puzzling to find No. 1 seeded Alabama as much as a 14-point favorite over 4th-seeded Cincinnati in one College Football Playoffs semifinals, but it’s sure not the same in the other semis between 2nd-seeded Michigan and 3rd-seeded Georgia. Remember now, the Bulldogs had been on …

By Arnie Leshin  While Rutgers had to make quick plans to replace virus-stricken Texas A & M in Friday’s New Years Eve Gator Bowl to be played in Jacksonville, several other bowl games have been cancelled. The Scarlet Knights (5-7) will be taking on 20th-ranked Wake Forest (10-3) and will …

By Arnie Leshin  For months, the Georgia Bulldogs looked every bit the part of the best college football team in the land. Really, it wasn’t even close, but when the Southeastern Conference championship game was played as the regular season wound down, it was once-beaten Alabama taking down previously undefeated …

By Arnie Leshin  Like all true underdogs, New Jersey doesn’t  boast. It lets Philadelphia take credit for the Ben Franklin Bridge and everything else that connects it to the City of Brotherly Love. It allows New York City to take credit for the George Washington Bridge, the tunnels, and even the Staten …