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By Arnie Leshin  After a close game that had all the makings of a neighborhood rivalry, Santa Fe High and St. Michael’s bid farewell for this season. Tuesday night’s non district contest at the Lady Horsemen’s Perez-Shelley gymnasium went to the Demonettes, 59-57, and it ended their four-game losing streak …

By Arnie Leshin  Kyler Murray’s time at Oklahoma has officially come to an end. Instead of returning to Sooner land to play his senior season, the Heisman Trophy winner has entered his name and submitted the paperwork forthe National Football League draft. This, after a bonus signing of $4.5 million …

By Arnie Leshin  A look at the boy’s basketball District 2-3A does not look all that impressive, except that district has yet to begin and all six schools stand at 0-0. Yet, the overall records have half of these teams above .500, barely. St. Michael’s is 8-7, Santa Fe Indian …

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 the NFL’s …

By Arnie Leshin  The guessing game has begun. Eight National Football League teams are left in quest of the confetti falling and another Super Bowl team celebrating. Last year it was the Philadelphia Eagles carrying off the championship trophy for the second time and keeping the New England Patriots from …

By Arnie Leshin  The American Football Conference won’t have to go through New England this time. Regardless who wins the Sunday playoff game between the visiting 5th seeded Los Angeles Chargers and the 2nd seeded Patriots in New England, the AFC championship game will be hosted by the top-seeded Kansas …

By Arnie Leshin  Silver and St. Michael’s have a recent history of meeting on the football field, home or away and usually in the state tournament. But the schools, separated by an approximate 5-6 hours drive along I-25, are now matching up on the basketball court. In last year’s Horsemen …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s hard to keep up with the many New Mexico high school state basketball rankings, and some look like a popularity contest. This one that is posted weekly isn’t perfect, just like the others, but some are on the right track. Not all of them, but enough …

By Arnie Leshin A happy group of Pecos girls basketball team and coaches after winning the championship of the Northern New Mexico Rio Grande Invitational over Penasco. Panthers are 10-2 and have won 10  in a row under head coach Ron Drake. Photo By Joseph Vigil

By Arnie Leshin State champion Isaiah Martinez has graduated, but first-year Santa Fe High head coach Mark Hussey has a good group of wrestlers led by sophomore Miguel Padilla and junior Issac Beltran.  Both did well last year at the state 5A championships. Padilla came in at 113 and lost …