By Arnie Leshin Whoops, another tight tussle goes to the St. Michael’s boys basketball team in Wednesday night‘s state tournament quarterfinals against visiting Navajo Prep. It was the second of back-to-back adventures at Perez-Shelley Memorial gymnasium for the 4th-seeded Horsemen. And with this cliff-hanger 41-40 survival over the 5th-seeded Eagles, …
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By Arnie Leshin It’s a match-up of 2A boys state champions when 2nd-seeded Pecos meets up with reigning 3rd-seeded champion RehobothChristian in Friday night‘s semifinals at the Rio Rancho Events Center, with the tip-off scheduled for 5:30. While Rehoboth (22-3) was surviving a tough 48-47 win over 6th-seeded Jal in …
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By Arnie Leshin Tuesday Girls Quarterfinals Results: 2A — (1) Escalante 64, (8) Albuquerque Menaul, 48 (2) Clayton 51, (10) Mesa Vista 43 (4) Penasco 52, (5) Rehoboth Christian 43 (6) Laguna-Acuma 37, (3) Eunice 35 …
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By Arnie Leshin How long can 11th-seeded Santa Fe Indian School hang around? Its overall record is 9-17 as it plays tonight at 3red-seeded Albuquerque Sandia Prep (16-11), but in its first round game of 3A it hit the road for 6th-seed Raton (16-6) and returned with a 46-40 triumph, …
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By Arnie Leshin After being assistant boys basketball coach under Ira Harge and becoming accustomed to winning state champions, Arthur Gonzales now has a shot at winning the program’s sixth state title. The talent they had, small but full of team play and confidence, brought four-straight hoisting of the blue …
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“Jesus understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.” Hebrews 4:15 God’s strength, unlike ours, has the power to consistently strengthen us as it is part of our relationship with Him. Even while we are weak God sympathizes with our weakness, …
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By Arnie Leshin As Wednesday night‘s quarterfinals of the boys state tournament bounces in, just a quick check of what occurred in last Saturday’s opening round. Home court advantage went to all but Raton in 3A and Silver in 4A. The 6th-seeded Colts took a 63-51 fall against 11th-seeded …
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By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to strategically implement prescribed burns across the forest this spring to reduce hazardous fuels before the onset of the 2022 wildland fire season. With the second La Niña winter in a row and persistent drought conditions, the …
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By Arnie Leshin Nothing like home sweet home, which is where District 2-3A schools Robertson and Santa Fe Indian School will take the court in Tuesday night‘s girls quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament. The top-seeded Cardinals are the No. 1 seed and has lost only once in 26 starts, …
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By Arnie Leshin The surging University of Connecticut women’s basketball team has a chance at redemption tonight. After the scheduled Jan. 6 Big East Conference game against Villanova was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic issues with the suburban Philadelphia school, the new date was Feb. 10th at the XL Center in …
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