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By Arnie Leshin  Once again, New York rose from the ashes. It was 21 years ago but I can never forget it. It took a slice out of the Big Apple and a chunk out of my heart. I remember the morning of Sept. 11 when I was riding the …

By Arnie Leshin  In his new role as head volleyball coach, Santa Fe Prep athletic director Todd Kurth got his initial win in four starts when the Griffins hit the road for East Mountain in Sandia Park and left with a 3-0 zip. “We showed up this time with more …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a big day indoors and outdoors Wednesday for the St. Michael’s athletic teams. On the volleyball court at Albuquerque St. Pius X, the Lady Horsemen are now undefeated in six matches and ranking atop in 3A with the 3-2 win in five tough sets and …

By Arnie Leshin  Two days after he stunned No. 2 seed, 22-Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, and many hours after he swept past 9th-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia in three sets, 22nd-ranked Frances Tiafoe was watching television in Thursday’s wee small hours of the morning at Flushing Meadows. The red-hot 24-year-old …

By Arnie Leshin  Defending state 6A boys soccer champion Santa Fe High lost for the first time this season in five outings and saw its 21-game win streak also halted in Tuesday afternoon‘s 2-1 non-district setback at Albuquerque Hope Christian. The Huskies scored twice in the first half against goalkeeper …

Highlights: The Southwest Incident Management Team 5 returned to take command of the Calf Canyon incident on Monday, August 5. Team 5 is glad to be back and serving the local communities once again. Private landowners whose property received damage due to fire suppression operations will have until September 12 …

Catches of the week Caballo Lake: Louis James of El Paso, Texas, caught an 18-pound catfish using cut shad bait Aug. 27. Canjilon Lakes: Celeste Edwards-Garcia, age 9, and her grandma Marilyn Garcia of Santa Fe caught an 11.5-inch trout using PowerBait Aug. 14. Andrew Martinez of Santa Fe caught …

TUESDAY: GIRLS SOCCER — Capital at Rio Rancho, 6 p.m.                                 Santa Fe High at Albuquerque Hope Christian, 3:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER — Santa Fe High at Albuquerque Academy, 6 p.m.   VOLLEYBALL — Santa …

By Arnie Leshin  Frances Tiafue appeared very upset. He had just defeated 2nd-ranked legend Rafael Nadal, 6-4, in the opening set Monday of their United States Tennis Open quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows.   So when he didn’t see the 35-year-old Nadal line up for set two, he took off his …

By Arnie Leshin  The Santa Fe High and Santa Fe Prep emerged with boys soccer victories Saturday, with the Demons edging previously undefeated Los Alamos, 3-2, and the Griffins shut down Capital, 2-0, at Jaguar Field, with both non-district games For Santa Fe High, now 4-3, Evan Eadie came up …