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By Arnie Leshin  It’s almost district basketball time, so it’s a good time to check out how our area schools have done in non district play, and how the districts are the only way to get invited to the state tournament. So far, we’ve got Pecos boys and girls right …

By Arnie Leshin  And the undefeated Pojoaque Valley girls continue to roll along. Not mixing a beat, they won their 12th in a row by dominating Santa Fe High, 68-30, in a non district game Saturday afternoon at Toby Roybal Memorial gymnasium. It was also the third straight setback for …

THURSDAY — Jan. 10 BOYS BASKETBALL:    Horsemen Round Robin at St. Michael’s                                                         Silver vs. Moriarty, 5:30 p.m.         …

By Arnie Leshin There were a number of turnovers and the parade to the foul line wasn’t pretty, but Saturday night’s girl’s championship game of the annual Northern New Mexico Rio Grande Invitational was as close as this and turned into a dandy of a final. It was a clash …

By Arnie Leshin  Doesn’t matter how many players head coach Benny Gomez loses, his Capital boys basketball program is always right up there. Then there’s Santa Fe High, ranked No. 4 in 5A, that proved once again it’s here to stay in turning back previously unbeaten Rio Rancho Cleveland, 63-62, …

By Arnie Leshin  Back on the basketball courts after a 3-day break, Pojoaque Valley’s girls remained undefeated, and Pecos, Mora, Dulce and Penasco gained the Friday semis of the annual Northern New Mexico Rio Grande Classic While the Elkettes took to the road and edged Albuquerque Hope Christian in overtime, …

By Arnie Leshin If there’s one team in the National Football League playoffs with a genuine chip on its shoulder, it’s the Los Angeles Chargers. A long- time resident in San Diego, when their contract expired and the  picturesque city by the sea did not offer to build a new …

By Arnie Leshin  High school hoops in New Mexico gets a break, no more basketball until Thursday. That’s when more tournaments bounce in and some interesting head-to-head contests also grace the New Years schedule. So Happy New Year, and there’s still college football bowl games to be played, six today …

By Arnie Leshin The three Wednesday college football bowl games all had their own way along the gridiron. To start with, let’s begin with the Servopro Bowl played at historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It didn’t last long, not everyone worked up a sweat, but with 5:08 remaining in the …

FRIDAY – Dec. 28 BOYS BASKETBALL:     Village of Los Lunas Holiday Classic –                                                             Semifinals         …