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He recently was head girl’s coach at Valencia, but decided to head north and landed with the Sundevils   By Arnie Leshin The Espanola Valley girl’s basketball program has had quality teams and faithful fans, but has never hoisted the state championship trophy. Now it welcomes new head coach Joe …

Santa Fe Indian School, the 12th seed, goes against 4thseeded Portales in the quarters after wining its opening round in a best-of-three at New Mexico Military Institute By Arnie Leshin  Second seeded in 4A, Silver played Socorro five times and it almost cost the Colts. It was last weekend’s opening …

Retiring Griffins head coach Tove Shere was happy with her boys, and the girls hoisted the championship trophy By Arnie Leshin  Sam Sparks qualified in five events for the state 3A track and field championships, but the three that brought him a first, second and third got the Santa Fe …

Griffin sophomore Hayden Colfax wins the triple jump, the 100 hurdles, takes third in the 300 hurdles, fourth in the high jump and Prep piles up 79 points   By Arnie Leshin  Through her 21 years of coaching track and field at Santa Fe Prep, Tove Shere has often waited until …

She and partner Grace Vivian came in unseeded and lost in three sets to the top-seeded Fulgenzi cousins By Arnie Leshin  From the tennis courts at Albuquerque Academy to the track and field complex at the University of New Mexico. That’s what Santa Fe Prep 8th grader Isabel Voinescu has done …

Friday has St. Michael’s playing host to district rival Taos In first round of 4A, and if necessary, a doubleheader will be played on Saturday By Arnie Leshin  Down went Santa Fe Prep. Down went Espanola McCurdy, Down went Pecos. Down went Raton. Out went District 2/3-3A from the state baseball tournament. …

Santa Fe Prep junior Sam Sparks has also qualified in five events, and New Mexico School for the Deaf’s Myra Malone and Deven Thompson in three throwing events for the second straight year By Arnie Leshin  Hayden Colfax picked up a sixth place as an 8thgrader, a first as a freshman, and …

Braves rout visiting East Mountain and Jaguars sweep visiting St. Michael’s in regular-season contests Tuesday By Arnie Leshin  Santa Fe Indian School knows it will be playing in the state 4A softball tournament, but will have to await Saturday’s NMAA seeding selections for the 12-school field. “I hope we get …

Horsemen and Tigers have met twice in the regular season, with St. Michael’s losing one on the road and sweeping the doubleheader at home By Arnie Leshin  To Augustin Ruiz, there’s nothing like playing at home. In last year’s opening round of the state 4A baseball tournament, St. Michael’s first-year head …

Also in the running is Santa Fe Prep, Desert Academy, Pecos and Academy of Technology and The Classics By Arnie Leshin  When Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen was a freshman at Desert Academy, his brother, Jakob, then a 7thgrader, was always in the conversation. Ineligible until the following year, the Wildcats now had …