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By Arnie Leshin  It wasn’t certified as flag day for the packed house looking down at Clemson’s comeback against visiting Syracuse in Atlantic Coast Conference college football early Saturday, and the same was said at Oklahoma State when the flags were tossed only against visiting Texas in midday. Believe it, …

THURSDAYS RESULTS CAPITAL 6 CLOVIS 40 ALBUQERQUE MANZANO 55 ALBUQUERQUE DEL NORTE 26 CENTENNIAL 34 ALAMAGORDO 20 JEMEZ VALLEY 6 NM SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 51 MVCS 27 LORDSBURG 66 WINGATE 58 CUBA 7 ZUNI 0 NEWCOMB 50 DEMING 53 CHAPARREL 0 FRIDAYS RESULTS  Santa Fe High 0 Albuquerque High …

FRIDAY: FOOTBALL — Santa Fe High at Albuquerque High, 7 p.m.                          West Las Vegas at Santa Fe Indian School, 7 p.m.                          Raton at Robertson, 7 p.m.    …

By Arnie Leshin  Roger Maris arrived in New York wearing a crewcut, a flannel shirt, jeans and a pair of white Pat Boone buckskin shoes. This was 1960, when all good New York Yankees wore stylist suits and ties. The North Dakota native had just been traded from Kansas City …

Catches of the week Alumni Pond: Makayla Frietze of Las Cruces caught and released a 26.5-inch catfish using beef liver Oct. 12. Adian Baca of Las Cruces caught a 2-pound largemouth bass using a crankbait Oct. 9. Canjilon Lakes: Mileya Castillo, age 3, caught a 19-inch rainbow trout using red …

By Arnie Leshin  Founded by William Penn and where Ben Franklin flew a kite, the city of Philadelphia is on a roll in the world of sports. If this keeps up, the Liberty Bell will be sounded. While the Eagles, the lone undefeated team in the National Football League, are …

By Arnie Leshin  Well at least the surprising New York Jets are getting some respect. At 4-2 and with three road victories, the go-figure underdog odds that had their Sunday game at the 2-4 struggling Denver Broncos drop from the early line of four to one point. Still, with the …

By Arnie Leshin  You figured Santa Fe Prep had it all figured out. One of the state’s better 3A girls soccer program, it played two weeks ago at St. Michael’s Christian Brothers Athletic Complex and although it lost only 2-1, it was also a no contest rout. Yes, that match …

The estimated Powerball® jackpot for Wednesday’s October 19, 2022, draw is $508 Million. This is the second time this year that the Powerball jackpot eclipsed $500 Million. The last time the Powerball jackpot was above $500 million was for the January 5 drawing, when tickets in California and Wisconsin split …

By Arnie Leshin  Undefeated at the Christian Brothers Athletic Conference soccer field that it calls home, St. Michael’s girls team was trailing 1-0 and 2-1 to visiting Robertson in a key District 2-3A match played Monday, so it reached out to say “Grace.” That was a call for senior midfielder/forward Grace …