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 By Arnie Leshin It had nothing to do with the current high prices at the gas pump, it was simply the St. Michael’s boys basketball team running out of gas after a long and winding road that followed a dismal start. The dismal starts of 0-10 and 2-12 became history …

By Arnie Leshin Undefeated and number one in the land, Oklahoma got a historic home run Friday from senior Jocelyn Alo in her native state of Hawaii and it brought a thunderous reception from her team and fans and family before an overflow crowd in Honolulu. It had taken Alo eight …

By Arnie Leshin  A familiar scene, Santa Fe Indian School versus Robertson on the basketball court. The Braves’ boys are 0-2 and the girls 0-3, and today they get together again, the 11th-seeded boys against the 2nd-seeded Cardinals at the Pit in a scheduled 4 o’clockstart, and at the Rio …

By Arnie Leshin  In the boys 4A and 5A of the state basketball tournament, both have the No. 1 seeds into the Friday semifinals. In the big school 5A, there’s the top team in the state in undefeated Las Cruces (30-0) in 4A it’s No. 1 Albuquerque Highland (24-3), and …

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, …

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 …

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    …

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, …

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 …

“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, …