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By Arnie Leshin  They were a wild three years for the pro football New Jersey Generals. No. 1, after an uphill battle for a lease in the United States Football League, at then Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, and owned by young 37-year-old real estate dynamite Donald J. Trump, they …

By Arnie Leshin  Wake-up call for the Academy of Technology and The Classics boys basketball team that just doesn’t believe in calling in its results. But at least the ACTAC girls let their results be known, with a Saturday 46-23 non-district romp over visiting Mora that put their record at …

By Arnie Leshin  It was two decades ago, a sunny Saturday afternoon at St. Michael’s Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. It was the semifinals of the then-state 4A playoffs. It was a back-and-forth tussle now in the fourth overtime as the sun continued to fade into the sunset. “We had spoken …

By Arnie Leshin  They are down to the nitty gritty on the New Mexico high school football field. Excluding the conclusion of 6 and 8-team ball, five state classes was the opening number, and last Friday night it became four when 2A wound down with undefeated top-seeded visiting Jal turning …

By Arnie Leshin  Ruidoso has preferred to sleep in its own beds instead of hitting the 193-mile road to Santa Fe on Friday, having a practice, and then getting set for the state high school football championship scheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Ivan Head Stadium. Ivan Head was …

By Arnie Leshin  There’s always something added to surprises when you play high school football up at Raton. And last Saturday afternoon, neither the 6th-seeded Tigers or visitors from 2nd-seeded Ruidoso weren’t well prepared. You always have to check weather conditions up there some 3 hours north of Santa Fe. …

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD Blue Buses will not be in service on Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The exception will be the 255 RTD Mountain Trail to the Santa Fe National Forest which will …

By Arnie Leshin  Not to tackle a Gone with the Wind announcement, it’s best to just get the date and time correct into a shortie that has the state 3A football championship moved from St. Michael’s Athletic One-Side Complex to Ivan Head Stadium. one good thing, both list it as …

By Arnie Leshin  Umps, I first thought they were ignoring Geno the genus again. Remember last women’s basketball season? No thoughts of his University of Connecticut’s team hoisting his record 12th NCAA championship. But then came the drum roll … Ranked No. 7, a national quarterfinals win over 3rd-ranked North Carolina …

By Arnie Leshin  The sites are set for Saturday afternoon‘s annual state high school football championships, with all kickoffs scheduled for 1 o’clock. Only the 2A final is history, with undefeated top-seed Jal winning its first title since 1999 in hitting the road and prevailing 41-21 at No. 2 seed …