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By Arnie Leshin  It was Santa Fe Prep-Monte del Sol day on the soccer field and on the volleyball court. It was even on the pitch, with the Dragon boys edging the Griffins, 2-1, and the Prep girls shutting down Monte del Sol, 10-0. In the boy’s match at Sun …

By Arnie Leshin  Paced by third-place sophomore Chris Humetewa’s finish in 19:17, Santa Fe Indian School ran off with the top spot among the boys in Saturday morning’s Jemez Valley Cross Country Invitational. The Braves pieced together 66 points to beat out second place Cuba (74) and third place Los …

Griffins, Dragons meet up Tuesday afternoon in non-district action at Sun Mountain Field By Arnie Leshin The Santa Fe Prep soccer boys scored their first win of the young season and Monte del Sol gave undefeated Taos a tough time in Saturday afternoon action. The Griffins, now 1-4, turned back …

Lady Horsemen came out of the toughest pool as the top seed, and just continued on to defeat defending champion Los Lunas in the quarterfinals and Santa Fe in the semis Arnie Leshin  It was quite a field for this year’s annual volleyball Tournament of Champion, so good that there …

Horsemen grabbed the quick lead and won going away with touchdowns in each quarter By Arnie Leshin  No matter where long-time head football coach Joey Fernandez was, his St. Michael’s youngsters did fine under designated interim coach Kevin Hauck. They arrived at Jaguar Field Friday night with a dismal 0-3 record on …

Who’s favored? Well, it’s a guessing game this time around By Arnie Leshin  How about “Pick em”? Doesn’t that sound best for Friday night’s cross-town rival encounter when winless St. Michael’s visits Capital, which has won one, tied another, and comes off a whooping loss at Lovington. Usually, it’s the …

The total fines handed out to her meant little, but by not settling down and resuming play, it brought out her other self, and action by the ITF did not support her By Arnie Leshin  In the aftermath of Sunday night’s Serena Williams versus the chair umpire Carlos Ramos and …

Tigers have never done so in these sports but has been stellar in hoisting recent state championship trophies in cross country and track and field By Arnie Leshin  Take your pick, boy’s soccer or football, two sports that Taos has never won state championships in. But the Tigers have never …

Now 37, she has already won two WNBA championships, a national title with UConn, four Olympic golds, four European League titles, and is one of the best to ever play the game By Arnie Leshin  Sue Bird just didn’t feel comfortable playing basketball for her hometown high school. She lived near-by …

Losing is losing, violations are for everyone, and Serena Williams just let the chair umpire know she doesn’t cheat,  just plays to win as she lost in the U.S. Open final         By Arnie Leshin  Imagine if she was winning, imagine that it wouldn’t be a big deal …