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By Arnie Leshin Rain, rain go away, with Thursday’s late afternoon‘s scheduled 5 o’clock loser’s bracket game between 2nd-ranked Texas and unseeded, unranked Virginia  not starting until 11:35 at night. At TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., the skies emptied early and never let up as the team huddled first …

By Arnie Leshin  Friday should be a busy day for Pojoaque Valley’s Quintana sisters at the state 4A track and field championships. It’s a limited amount of qualifiers for the Elkettes, but Alicia, a senior, and Sonya, a sophomore, have qualified for the 100 and 200 meters, while Alicia is …

By Arnie Leshin  Saturday is the finale for Rio Rancho Cleveland recent graduate Chris Humetewa, who ran for Santa Fe Indian School for three years, but transferred to Cleveland, his district school, when Indian School cancelled its program in regard to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be the fourth state …

By Arnie Leshin  There was no quit in Vanderbilt. In a loser’s bracket survival pairing, win and your’e still in, lose and you go home, and it appeared that the defending champion Commodores were going to pack up and head back to Nashville. Third-seeded Vandy trailed 2-0 after three innings, …

By Arnie Leshin  It just might not have been the final home ice at the Nassau Veteran’s Coliseum for the New York Islanders. First its fiery fans at this adopted arena began the night with a rousing vocal definition of the national anthem, then their team came on to a …

By Arnie Leshin  The 2-day 2-1 St. Michael’s win over Robertson for the District 2-3A title was celebrated until Tuesday afternoon‘s re-match between the 6th-seeded Cardinals and 3rd-seeded Horsemen at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. This time, it was a 11-7 victory by the visitors to close the season down …

By EMNRD The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), State Parks Division announces that the new Crusher Hole Campground is slated to open Friday, June 25th at Navajo Lake State Park. The new campground is adjacent to the Crusher Hole day-use area along the San Juan River. The new …

By Arnie Leshin  The advance notice before the National Hockey League playoffs began was that it could be time for a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1993. It pointed to the Western Conference’s Toronto Maple Leafs, the Edmonton Oilers and the Winnipeg Jets …

By Arnie Leshin  Joey Fernandez is the winnngest coach in Santa Fe and on a Saturday day where temperatures rose to 92 degrees, he added two more when both his girls and boys came away with the 3A state track and field championships. As the blazing sun hung around from …

By Arnie Leshin  Down and out went 3rd-ranked Tennessee after falling in the double-elimination loser’s bracket Monday to 2nd-ranked Texas at the TD Armeritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. The Volunteers wound up at 50-18 after being one of the favorites to carry off the championship. They quickly took a 4-0 …