By Arnie Leshin Welcome to the jungle. Raton High School’s football tigers at 1535 Tiger Circle, about a 2-hour trip from Santa Fe, a short way from the Colorado border, elevation 6,885, population 1,000, Standout individuals senior running back Cayden Walton. And heading up that way along I-25 north Saturday …
Read More »ACADEMY EXTRAVAGANZ CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
By Arnie Leshin There will be a grand total of 126 schools participating in the second annual Albuquerque Extravaganz Cross Country Invitational Saturday and run at Albuquerque Academy, the site of the upcoming state cross country championships. The event will begin at 9 a.m. for the 5A girls and followed …
Read More »NM HIGH SCHOOL AREA SCHOOLS FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND
By Arnie Leshin An update on the high school area schools football this weekend. On Thursday night, Santa Fe Indian School (1-5) is at Robertson (5-2) in District 2-3A, and it could bring the shortened mercy rule. The Cardinals have just too much of everything against the Braves. On Friday …
Read More »ALABAMA WINS AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
By Arnie Leshin Finally, for the first time in 55 years, Alabama is home to an American Legion World Series baseball champion after Troy Post 70 edged two-time defending champion Idaho Falls Post 56, 6-5, in Shelby, N.C., joining Tuscaloosa’s 1967 team as the only ALWS champion from Bama. “I …
Read More »Weekly high school sports schedule
WEDNESDAY: GIRLS SOCCER – Santa Fe High School at Los Lunas, 4 p.m. Capital at Albuquerque High, 3:30 p.m. St. …
Read More »COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
By Arnie Leshin Can hardly wait for the Las Vegas college football odds, with the only thing clear is that 2nd-ranked Ohio State has a bye weekend. Other than that, there’s still 14 undefeated teams in Division I. There are also 10 teams with only one loss. And Saturday looks …
Read More »Freshman Tagoya Pedro of Laguna-Acuma led his team to a one-two individual finish
By Arnie Leshin Laguna-Acuma took the first two individual places, and Los Lunas the two after that, while in the team scoring, Pecos finished third, Santa Fe High fourth and the host Santa Fe Indian School fifth in the boys 500 meters of the annual John Grimsley Memorial Cross Country …
Read More »Santa Fe High drops two in District 5-5A soccer
By Arnie Leshin It was a double dip for Santa High soccer Saturday in home and away District 5-5A marches against Albuquerque High. At the Demonettes’ court, it resulted in a tight 2-1 pair of overtime loss. At the Bulldogs, the Demons were shut out 4-0, and both matches affected …
Read More »visiting Robertson put an end to St. Michael’s undefeated 6-game win streak
By Arnie Leshin No longer led on the football field by 5-foot-5, 120-pound graduated bundle of versatility Mat Gonzalez, the Robertson football team still had enough answers when it arrived for Saturday afternoon‘s District 2-3A test at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. Of late, the Cardinals have had the upper …
Read More »Santa Fe High’s football team figured it might have a chance Friday night
By Arnie Leshin It could have been a better trip to Clovis for Santa Fe High Friday night. Record-wise, the Wildcats and Demons were similar for this District 5-5A game, but when all was done, it was all Clovis in what became a 53-0 rout and if Santa Fe High …
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