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By Arnie Leshin  Surprise, surprise. Go figure. Bur what figured to be top-seeded St. Michael’s and 2nd-seeded Albuquerque Sandia Prep moving into the semifinals of the state 3A baseball tournament turned into an unexpected flip-flop. While the Horsemen and Sundevils packed their gear for what amounted to season finals at …

By Arnie Leshin  Back in the day, there were cute jingles and I do remember one. It was simply “My mother gave me a nickel to buy a pickle, but I didn’t buy a pickle, I bought some chewing gum.” Now a days I haven’t eaten many pickles or chewed …

By Arnie Leshin  Can the law of averages favor 8th-seeded Santa Fe Indian School when it faces top-seeded, District 2-3A rival St. Michael’s Thursday in the state baseball quarterfinals at RIo Rancho Cleveland? This will be the fourth time they have met up and no doubt the chili-hot Horsemen have …

By Arnie Leshin  Circle Wednesday morning when the state softball tournament pairs St. Michael’s against Navajo Prep in the first round at Rio Rancho Cleveland. This is single-elimination play. The 10th-seeded Lady Horsemen are 11-14, 7th-seeded Navajo Prep is 14-13, but head coach Joe Alvarez of St. Michael’s is happy to take …

By Arnie Leshin  Almost” is not the answer after you play Oklahoma University’s softball team. Neither is “moral victory.” You can’t win either time. Nobody has, if you include once in almost 50 outings. This remarkable top-ranked team in the land has been on a roll, and this includes its …

By Arnie Leshin  Circle Wednesday morning when the state softball tournament pairs St. Michael’s against Navajo Prep in the first round at Rio Rancho Cleveland. This is single-elimination play. The 10th-seeded Lady Horsemen are 11-14, 7th-seeded Navajo Prep is 14-13, but head coach Joe Alvarez of St. Michael’s is happy to take …

By Arnie Leshin  The state high school baseball tournament begins for top-seeded St. Michael’s Thursday when it opens against a familiar foe, District 2-3A rival Santa Fe Indian School at 4 p.m. at Rio Rancho Cleveland. The Horsemen (19-6) have already played the Braves three times, swept them in a …

By Arnie Leshin  Taylor Bacon, who graduated from Princeton University in 2019 and did some time with the Tigers’ cross country and track and field teams, also spent five years on top of the heap running for Desert Academy, even set numerous records. But when reached to find out that …

By Arnie Leshin  Meet the current New York Mets. It’s tough to beat them now as they rived their biggest comeback in 25 years by buzzing past the startled Phillies in Philadelphia Thursday night. It was Friday the 13th in September of 1997 when they trailed by at least six runs …

By Arnie Leshin  Bedlam in Sooners softball land as top-ranked University of Oklahoma is looking to continue its decade of dominance in the Big 12 Conference. Game one of the best-of-3 series before another packed house at Marita Hayes field in Norman Thursday night against state and conference rival Oklahoma …