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By Keep Santa Fe Beautiful  SAVE THE DATE: Keep Santa Fe Beautiful will host the Great American Cleanup on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022.* Participants must register and pick up supplies in advance of the cleanup – no registration or supplies pickup will be allowed on the morning of 4/23/22. Registered …

By Arnie Leshin  Head coach Joe Alvarez is hopeful that his usual starting pitcher, senior Mariah Valdez, recovers from a pitching arm injury when the St. Michael’s softball team plays visiting Pojoaque Valley Tuesday. Valdez’ injury occurred in the third inning of the 17-8 loss to Bernalillo in Saturday afternoon‘s …

By SFNF Snow on the ground and forecasted weather have delayed the planned implementation of the previously announced Las Dispensas prescribed burn on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District this weekend. Fire managers look at multiple factors, including resource availability, fuel moisture levels, air quality, ventilation, and forecasted weather and wind, …

By Arnie Leshin  A 0-5 start by the Santa Fe High baseball team has turned into a seventh straight win streak following its 8-1 success Saturday over Bernalillo for the 12th annual Jim Pierce Memorial Tournament championship, the second for the Demons at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. The turnaround …

By Arnie Leshin  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A dateline, why not? And why not enclose the manner in which the 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s University men’s basketball team pulled off back-to-back stunning upsets over the likes of 2nd-seeded Kentucky and 7th-seeded Murray State. Well, you could say they were down the …

By Arnie Leshin  Mariah Valdez, one of two seniors on undefeated St. Michael’s young softball team, took care of the pitching with a one-hit, run-rule five innings, and added a 3-run home run in Friday afternoon‘s 9-1 win over Pojoaque Valley in the annual Roseanne Noedel Memorial Invitational at the …

By Arnie Leshin  Kudos to the tiny private college in Jersey City. Let’s get right to the chase when Thursday night‘s final score of the first-round game of the NCAA Basketball Tournament was posted — Saint Peter’s University 85, Kentucky 79, in overtime, as the 15th-seeded Peacocks stunned the 2nd-seeded Wildcats …

By Arnie Leshin  St. Michael’s swept the girls and boys state 3A track and field championships last year, can it repeat? Could be. On the girl’s side, it has two of the finest athletes in the state in freshman Rayee Hunt, the state cross country champion who will be competing …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Elephant Butte Lake: Javier Rubio, age 17, of El Paso, Texascaught and released a 25-pound striper and a 10-pound largemouth bass using live bait and jigs, respectively, March 8. Morphy Lake: Justin Estrada of Las Vegas caught and released an 18-inch cutthroat …

By Arnie Leshin  Until her final season in 2016, Roseanne Noedel, had been St. Michael’s head softball coach since 1988, after she passed away from a battle with cancer, it was sad, and now her former assistant Joe Alvarez begins his fourth season at the helm with the annual Noedel …