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By Arnie Leshin  Same site, same distance, same result for St. Michael’s sophomore Raylee Hunt at Saturday’s second annual Academy Extravaganza cross country raced at Albuquerque Academy. The Chargers will again host the upcoming state championships and it  has become a familiar course for Hunt, the 3A state champion last …

By Arnie Leshin  Raton senior Cayden Walton, highly recruited and perhaps the most dynamic running back in the state, turned it up over the first two quarters as visiting St. Michael’s took the field after the almost 2 and one-half hour trip at the Tigers with a 15-point halftime deficit. …

By Arnie Leshin  For the University of New Mexico, it looked good as a 7-point favorite over and at state rival New Mexico State Saturday night. And it still appeared promising when the Lobos scored first on a 44-yard field goal by Luke Drzewieck’s to go up 3-0 in the …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s nothing new, it happens weekly. Injuries, player suspensions and the Las Vegas early college football odds take a bounce. In undefeated third-ranked Alabama’s Saturday game at unbeaten No. 6 Tennessee, Bama’s odds dropped from 13 and a half to seven. In undefeated fourth-ranked Clemson’s tilt at …

By Arnie Leshin  Five area high school football games were played Thursday and Friday and none were much of contests. It began Thursday night at Robertson in District 2-3 and visiting Santa Fe Indian School had no answers on either side of the ball as the Cardinals rolled up a …

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded three northern New Mexico native tribes $400,000 in grant money for projects that support transit services for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages in rural areas. The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) submitted grant requests on behalf of Santa Clara Pueblo …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …