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By Arnie Leshin  To first address the defeat on a cold day in the City of Brotherly Love, Washington is now all even at .500, and the 5-5 franchise now being investigated by the NFL via inside front office problems dealing primarily with owner Daniel Snyder, also has its other problems ahead …

Catches of the week Navajo Lake: Rick Romero and Rick Marino both caught their limits of kokanee salmon using 6/0 snagging hooks Nov. 1. Rio Grande: Ian Smuczynski of Taos caught and released a 21-inch brown trout using a streamer fly Nov. 2. Seven Springs Brood Pond: Brantley T. Whaler, age 8, of …

By Arnie Leshin  In the regular season schedules of top-seeded 3A Socorro and 2nd-seeded visiting St. Michael’s, there’s one advantage that the Warriors own, and that’s home field. Otherwise, the schedules could make the Horsemen about a 2-touchdown pick. Their lone loss was at home, 28-20, to district rival Robertson, …

FRIDAY FOOTBALL RESULTS: West Las Vegas 13 Ruidoso 52 3A Cobre 14 Socorro 21 3A Portales 23 Lovington 29 4A Deming 28 Goddard 13 5A Albuquerque Volcano Vista 35 Hobbs 31 6A Farmington 6 Albuquerque La Cueva 38 6A   Rio Rancho 23 Centennial   36 6A Los Lunas 6 Cleveland  …

By Arnie Leshin  I first met Valerie Sandoval on the phone in 2014. She had applied for the head coaching girls volleyball position at St. Michael’s, her alma mater. She had played there, and at this time had been rather busy with a few other important jobs, but when the …

New building, same address! Surrounded by red rock canyons and cottonwoods, the new Jemez Ranger Station is located at 051 Woodsy Lane, the same scenic spot off NM Highway 4 in Jemez Springs. The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) celebrated the Jemez District’s new facilities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last …

By Arnie Leshin  With all due respect to Dawn Staley and her 6-foot-5 All-America senior Elliyah Boston, they can thank Geno the genius Aureimma for not keeping an eye on his own players. Not to say it would have made a difference that would have dropped defending national champion South Carolina …

By Arnie Leshin  2A: FRIDAY — (2) TEXICO (7-3) at (3) SANTA ROSA (9-2), 7 P.M. SATURDAY — (1) JAL (9-0) at (4) EUNICE (7-3), 1 P.M.   3A: FRIDAY — (9) COBRE (5-6) at (1) SOCORRO (10-0), 7 P.M.  FRIDAY — (7) (WEST LAS VEGAS (6-5A) at (2) RUIDOSO …

By Arnie Leshin  Lots of mysterious dismal times in Lincoln, Nebraska. First the Cornhuskers gave former quarterback Scott Frost as head coach some added time to round his alma mater’s program into shape. About two weeks later, he was replaced. Now 3-6 and in another up-and-down season, for some reasons, …

All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Offices will resume regular business hours on Monday, Nov. 14. In honor of the men and women who have served in the armed forces, all national public lands will waive fees at …