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By Arnie Leshin  After wrestling in the Joe Vivian Invitational and this past weekend in the Cardinal Classic at Robertson, the next stop for Santa Fe High and first-year head coach Mark Hussey is Wednesday at Albuquerque Sandia in a match-of District 5-5A foes Sandia and Albuquerque Rio Grande.   …

By Arnie Leshin  Well, at least Martin Esquibel doesn’t have to drive the bus.   Otherwise, the second-year head coach of the St. Michael’s basketball girls is short-handed and preparing for some heavy travel. Tonight, he opens District 2-3A play at Raton.   Tomorrow afternoon, he has a non district …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s a good thing basketball games aren’t won on paper.   In this case it’s because the Santa Fe High boys team will take the court at Albuquerque Sandia tonight with their 6-foot-7 sophomore standout Fedonta “JB” White still sidelined after his knee injury in the non …

By Arnie Leshin  Capital’s girls and boys opened District 5-5A with a sweep, but Santa Fe High, in 5-5A, and Santa Fe Indian School, in 4-3A, settled for a split, and the St. Michael’s boys were successful in their 2-3A start.   The Jaguar boys advanced to 12-3 overall by …

By Arnie Leshin  It can only happen in Brooklyn? You mean, like having about 3,500 empty seats in Monday night’s 123-94 win over the Sacramento Kings at the Barkley Center?   No matter, these Nets are of a different breed this rejuvenated NBA season. They don’t have the fanatic, knowledgeable …

By Arnie Leshin  Some non district basketball games will still be on the menu, but for most, district play bounces in Tuesday.   The pre-district games usually serve as an example of how schools will do when district games make the scene, and where they can lead to the state …

By Arnie Leshin  It was just an ordinary day. Dave Caldwell sat in his office and envisioned another stellar swimmer to come along after Riley Kinlaw graduated, and his son, Ethan, a Santa Fe Prep sophomore, was there doing his homework.   But when athletic director Todd Kurth and head …

By Arnie Leshin  Up, up and away. The defeated Los Angeles Chargers will fly back to the West Coast, the victorious New England Patriots will land inKansas City. That’s the American Conference.   Traveling to New Orleans will be the Los Angeles Rams. That’s the National Conference.   And that’s …

By Arnie Leshin  Santa Fe Prep senior Sam Sparks is quite versatile. He excels in several sports, and one of them is basketball.   So in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Lion Classic played at Santa Rosa, the 6-foot-3 Sparks was there to pave the way to the Griffins’ fifth straight …

By Arnie Leshin  No news is good news? Well, it depends on the MRI results that has Santa Fe High 6-foot-6standout Fedonta “JB” White presently sidelined.   It was originally diagnosed as a just a knee injury after landed awkwardly after blocking a shot in the first quarter of the …