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By Arnie Leshin  It didn’t take long for Santa Fe Prep junior Hayden Colfax and senior Sam Sparks to qualify for the state 3A track and field championships.   And not just one event, but four for Colfax and a pair for Sparks at the Jemez Valley Warrior Invitational. So …

By Arnie Leshin  You either noticed it in on the New Mexico Activities Association’s basketball scoreboard, saw it in one of the newspapers or even heard it through the grapevine, but the biggest upset in the state tournament Saturday night occurred in Las Cruces.   Previously undefeated and with a …

By Arnie Leshin  They must have a chip on their shoulder in Las Cruces. Their boy’s basketball team has been perfect, perfecto in any language. They have won all their 28 games, and are the lone team in the state undefeated as the state tournament bounces in this weekend. The …

By Arnie Leshin  If it sounds like a rerun, you can call it that, but here comes Albuquerque Manzano’s boy’s basketball to Santa Fe again.   Can’t blame the New Mexico Activities Association. It doesn’t think of it that way, it only announces the schools qualifying for the state tournament. …

By Arnie Leshin  Ira Harge, Jr, has done a remarkable job as head coach of the Pecos boy’s basketball program.   It would make things somewhat easier if he had a veteran group over, let’s say, the last three years, but that’s not so. As he goes from back-to-back state …

By Arnie Leshin  Being deeper and taller once again paved the way to the fourth time this season that St. Michael’s has turned back Santa Fe Indian School, this time for the District 2-3A tournament championship at Perez-Shelley Memorial gymnasium Saturday night.   It put the top-ranked Horsemen at 19-8 …

By Arnie Leshin  They both deserve a round of applause, Santa Fe High for overcoming the loss of its two tallest injured starters and still climbing to the top of the District 5-5A basketball standings, and cross town rival Capital having to play four times in five days and still …

By Arnie Leshin  The Santa Fe High boys can thank cross town district rival Capital for helping them get a chance to play for the top spot in District 5-5A.   That opportunity came when the Demons headed for Albuquerque Rio Rancho Wednesday night in second place. A game ahead …

By Arnie Leshin  In the six years that I hosted Inside Santa Fe Sports televised on Comcast from the Santa Fe Community College, there was much fun, interesting guests, no shows, and lots of laughs . Now Joey Fernandez, the record winning head coach of the football and track and …

By Arnie Leshin  Geno Auriemma said the right thing, the NCAA women’s ranking committee did the wrong thing.   The Hall of Fame coach, winner of a record 11 national championships, had just watched his UConn women demolish the University of Central Florida, the second place team in their conference, …