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By Arnie Leshin  Maybe the Las Cruces Centennial girls had a chip on their shoulder arriving at Saturday’s state 5A volleyball championship as the No. 2 seed and facing the overall top-seeded Santa Fe High team, and if so, the Hawks took it out on the outplayed Demonettes to claim …

By Arnie Leshin St. Michael’s, the top seed in the 4-school state 1A-3A girls soccer tournament, plays host to Albuquerque Sandia Prep Tuesday afternoon in the 4 o’clock semifinals.   The Lady Horsemen won their District 2-3A at 4-0 and compiled a 6-0-1 overall record. They scored 38 times and …

“As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where …

By Arnie Leshin In what had been the highest seed total to ever reach the Sweet 16 of the men’s NCAA Division I basketball tournament, only 11th-seeded UCLA remains for the Final Four to be played Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Making a bid but falling short were …

By Arnie Leshin  In this shortened high school football season, you take whatever game is available, and so St. Michael’s will be playing at Raton Saturday afternoon in a game three days shy of the original date of March 6th, when the Horsemen were scheduled to visit the Tigers, but …

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 Good Friday is the day Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. We can celebrate on Good Friday …

By Arnie Leshin  With an overall record of 7-0-1 and the District 2-3A championship in hand, first-year head St. Michael’s girls soccer coach Alfonso Camarena now awaits the state tournament seedings to be announced Saturday night by the New Mexico Activities Association. The regular season wound up with the Lady …

By Arnie Leshin  The women’s Division I Final Four fell into place for overall top-seeded Stanford and No. 1 seeded South Carolina, and  while No. 1 seed Connecticut probably expected the other No. 1 seed North Carolina State, the Huskies instead got 3rd-seeded Arizona in Friday’s other game played in …

By Arnie Leshin  Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Major League baseball season is upon us, making it through spring training without interruption, and a full 162-game regular season schedule is on deck. Last year’s abbreviated 60-game slate was unique and a big change of pace, for this year’s …

By Arnie Leshin  The Governor’s Commission on Disability [GCD], Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing [CDHH], Commission for the Blind [CFB], New Mexico Department of Health [DOH], Aging and Long-Term Services Department [ALTSD], and Developmental Disabilities Planning Council [DDPC] announced a multitude of programs aimed at providing vaccines …