By Arnie Leshin Another challenge for 2A Pecos’ boys basketball team when 5A Clovis visits the Louis J. Sanchez Memorial gymnasium Friday night. The opening tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 as the Panthers continue to play their schedule, one that has already had them playing 3A, 4A, 5A schools before …
Read More »Except for Capital and Santa Fe High’s boys, basketball’s District 5-5A is not one to brag about, the Albuquerque schools are weak, and in girl’s play, only Sandia has a winning record.
By Arnie Leshin As long as Santa Fe High’s enrollment is listed among the state’s bigger schools, it plays its schedule, not overly overjoyed with it, but shouldn’t have any complaints with playing basketball in District 5-5A. Especially in boy’s basketball, where the challenge comes only from cross-town rival Capital …
Read More »Only 2A Magdalena’s boys and 5A Hobbs’ girls still reign supreme, the only remaining undefeated basketball teams in New Mexico.
By Arnie Leshin Undefeated high school basketball teams in New Mexico has dropped to two, only two after Rio Rancho Cleveland lost to Albuquerque Volcano Vista Wednesday night in 5A. That left only 2A Magdalena on the boy’s list at 16-0, with a previous postponed game to be played at …
Read More »Netflix exceeds spending targets in New Mexico
By EDD One year after signing an agreement to open its first U.S. Production hub in New Mexico, Netflix has spent more than $150 million in the state, utilized more than 2,000 production vendors, and hired over 1,600 cast and crew members, Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes and …
Read More »Applications Open For Sen. John Pinto Memorial Filmmakers Fund
By NM Film Office The New Mexico State Film Office (NMFO) is now accepting grant applications for projects for the newly established Senator John Pinto Filmmakers Fund, NMFO Director Todd Christensen announced today. The Native American filmmakers grant fund was spearheaded by the late Sen. John Pinto during his work …
Read More »Department of Health Cautions Medical Providers to Be Alert for Novel Coronavirus
By NMDOH The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports today it is alerting healthcare providers to be proactive and vigilant with regards to a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), particularly with travelers returning home from traveling abroad and presenting fever and respiratory symptoms. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some …
Read More »SFPS Superintendent Clarifies 2020-2021 School Calendar and Extended Learning Options
By SFPS Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Veronica C. Garcia has clarified that SFPS will offer a voluntary K-8 Plus program during the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. The program, which adds 20 days to the calendar in July, is entirely voluntary for both students and teachers and is dependent …
Read More »Gods encouraging word of the day
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only …
Read More »It’s always a hot night of hoops when Pecos takes the court at its Louis G. Sanchez Memorial gymnasium, and Friday night 5A Clovis pays a visit in an anticipated non district contest against the 2A Panthers, and you can except another sellout from the home folks.
By Arnie Leshin Small-town Pecos, right off I-25 West, exit at Glorieta, make a left over the overpass, make a quick right, and when you see the church, go left and tune in to the sound of basketballs on the Panthers’ campus. That’s right, each time the Pecos varsity plays …
Read More »Weekly fishing and stocking report
By NM Game and fish Catches of the week Chama River: Emilee Kupper, of Rio Rancho, with her eight-week-old son Ellis Kupper caught an 18-inch brown trout below El Vado Lake using a Joe’s Flies pink shrimp lure Jan. 18. Glenn May, of Dolores, Colo., caught and released a 20-inch …
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