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By Arnie Leshin  The only thing that’s missing now for Bob Hurley is to coach a school to a national championship. After his 18th ranked Arizona State basketball team knocked off No. 1 Kansas in Tempe Saturday night, he took another step up the ladder of success. His Sun Devils …

By Arnie Leshin  Take it from a former sailor, the tide has changed. For years we’ve praised the Navy Academy’s football teams, even gave some kudos to the teams from the Air Force Academy, but this was Army’s season, West Point Army, the Cadets, the Black Knights, and they dominated …

By Arnie Leshin Nothing new in the championship games of the annual Ben Lujan Memorial basketball tournament. For the second-straight year, the boys line up with Bernalillo and host Pojoaque Valley. Same with the girls as undefeated Pojoaque and Penasco meet up again. And the two teams representing the host …

By Arnie Leshin It began like a usual University of Connecticut women’s basketball game. It was quickly 6-0 for the top-ranked, undefeated visitors, and it was once again a huge turnout that came to see the Huskies perform, but the young Oklahoma team had other ideas. Going with three freshmen …

By Arnie Leshin If you check the latest boys and girls basketball standings in 4A, you might think there’s a typo. But it’s not, for at the bottom of the overall standings is Albuquerque Hope Christian, and both the girls and boys are winless. But that’s because of their respective …

By Arnie Leshin  Fortunately Mark Hussey stepped in as the new head wrestling coach at Santa Fe High. He takes over after Stephen Burns resigned for personal reasons, and in the four years since he took over that role (three as head coach), Burns turned the program into one with …

WEDNESDAY:   Dec. 12 BOYS BASKETBALL == Aztec at Taos, 6 p.m. WRESTLING == Dual Meet – Espanola at Pojoaque, 4 p.m.   THURSDAY:   Dec. 13 BOYS BASKETBALL ==  Mesa Vista at Monte del Sol, 6:30 p.m.                         …

By Arnie Leshin Santa Fe High’s boys came away with the biggest prize, but the other schools from the City Different also did well at the annual Bobby Rodriguez Capital City basketball Invitational played at the Demons’ Toby Roybal Memorial gymnasium Saturday. The final day began with the opening game …

By Arnie Leshin  On Brave Old Army Team has not replaced Anchors Away, nor has the Cadets Black, Gold and Gray anthem replaced the Midshipmen’s Blue & Gold. But on the football field, the tide has turned. It has splashed over from the military academy on Annapolis Bay to the …

By Arnie Leshin Has the tide for the Army-Navy football game changed? Saturday, in Philadelphia, they will meet for the 119th time. That hasn’t changed, except that after losing American’s Game nine straight times, the Cadets have brought confidence to West Point. Not only have they defeated the Midshipman in …