By Arnie Leshin Santa Fe High’s girl’s soccer has plenty of zeros on their schedule, but its next opponent, Albuquerque Manzano, has more Saturday’s 7-0 loss to visiting District 5-5A foe Albuquerque Sandia, was not only the Demonettes fifth shutout defeat, but also its third-straight setback, all by shutouts. They …
Read More »St. Michael’s defense too strong and aggressive for Santa Fe High
By Arnie Leshin Again, not once, but twice, Santa Fe High reached the St. Michael’s goal line and fell short. And just like last year’s game at Ivan Head Stadium, it became Horsemen’s stout defense that paved the way to their offense Friday night in the 87thmeeting of the long …
Read More »Pecos junior Isaiah Armijo runs second at Saturday morning’s annual Ron Valdez Memorial cross country Invitational hosted by Pecos
By Arnie Leshin Team-wise, host Pecos did well, and so did its sophomore Vanessa Dominguez and junior Isaiah Armijo at Saturday morning’s 5-killonmeter annual Ron Valdez Memorial Cross Country Invitational. Among the boys, the Panthers scored 68 points for second place, but the winner, Navajo Pine, came away with 40. …
Read More »St. Michael’s boys turn in four second half goals in blanking District 2-1A/3A, foe Santa Fe Prep, 5-0, at Brennand Field Saturday
By Arnie Leshin Lacking injuries that it suffered over the last two seasons, the St. Michael’s boys soccer team is in the midst of playing its best ball. Head coach Mike Feldewert was especially pleased after his visiting Horsemen improved to 6-4-1 by shutting down Santa Fe Prep, 5-0, Saturday …
Read More »Junior Hayden Colfax to the rescue as she scores the lone goal in visiting Santa Fe Prep girl’s 1-0 district soccer victory over St. Michael’s Saturday afternoon
By Arnie Leshin Hayden Colfax was sporting her new soccer shoes, sandy-pink is what she called them. One of the state’s finest athlete, the Santa Fe Prep junior had recently recovered from a broken tibia, and on her other leg was an LCL that she was playing with in Saturday’s …
Read More »Santa Fe High welcomed undefeated Bernalillo to Ivan Head Stadium on homecoming night Friday and sent the Spartans back down I-25 south with a stunning 17-15 setback in the non-district contest
By Arnie Leshin Wonder what undefeated Bernalillo was thinking when its bus traveled north on 1-25 for Friday night’s non-district football game at Santa Fe High.? Maybe its 4-0 record, maybe its scoring 92 points and allowing only six, maybe another big win would be a team record and make …
Read More »Santa Fe Prep faces St. Michael’s Saturday in District 2-3 A/3A girl’s soccer opener, with the Griffins winning all three matches last season, putting an end to the Lady Horsemen’s long district winning streak, and making it to state
By Arnie Leshin Round one Santa Fe Prep-St. Michael’s girl’s soccer is set for Saturday at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex, with the match scheduled for 11 a.m. Last season belonged to the Griffins in head coach Stephanie Coppola’s sixth year there. After losing 16 in a row that included …
Read More »High School Sports Schedule For the Week
FRIDAY: September 21 (all games start at 7 p.m.) FOOTBALL – Bernalillo at Santa Fe High Capital at Moriarty Santa Fe Indian School at Zuni …
Read More »The NMOTSC voting comes and goes, and where it stops is sometimes tough to figure, but it’s official until the next state sports voting
By Arnie Leshin Can’t dispute the New Mexico Overtime Sports Center’s (NMOTSC) recent voting for the state’svolleyball and football teams as well as the others seen through the school year. These are individual votes. No body tracks them down. They’re set into place until the next voting comes around. That’s …
Read More »Home to undefeated Taos, followed by a visit from undefeated Bernalillo is what Santa Fe High found on its football schedule, but head coach Andrew Martinez says his kids look forward to it
By Arnie Leshin You can’t blame whoever pieced together Santa Fe High’s football schedule. One reason being, no one knows what to except until the season actually kicks off. And so, the Demons came off the no-time-out left win at Espanola Valley to end their 35-game losing streak. But then …
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