After years and years of coaching, Rodriguez has nowrun into a dilemma of putting a full lineup together By Arnie Leshin In his many years as a head coach, Ernie Rodriguez can’t recall ever calling in a forfeit. Until now. But that’s the situation he finds himself in. His Desert …
Read More »Santa Fe High and St. Michael’s win in boys basketball
Santa Fe High boys start well at home Tuesday night in District 2-6A opening win over Albuquerque Sandia, while St. Michael’s boys do the same in 2-4A opener at Las Vegas Robertson Demons win 37-32, Horsemen 67-52, but Santa Fe High girls drop district opener, 57-53, to Sandia By Arnie Leshin …
Read More »Close call for top-ranked, undefeated University of Connecticut women on Monday night against 9th-ranked Texas in Austin, surviving at 75-71
Longhorns make Huskies work for their 16th straight victory, with junior Azura Stevens and sophomore Crystal Dangerfield employing the punch down the stretch By Arnie Leshin No pity please for Geno Auriemma, not when you’ve been as successful as him. And so there he was at the conclusion of last night’s tussle …
Read More »Weekly high school sports schedule
THURSDAY: Boys Basketball — Tierra Encantada at Pecos, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball – Capital High at Del Norte, 7 p.m. Santa Fe Prep at Albuquerque Bosque, 6:30 Tierra Encantada at Pecos, 5:30 p.m. Ruidoso at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m. Taos at Espanola McCurdy, 7 p.m. FRIDAY: Boys Basketball – …
Read More »St. Michael’s senior Dominic Smith comes away with a fifth-place in the 138 weight of the annual Joe Vivian Wrestling Classic held at Albuquerque’s Cibola High this past weekend
Horsemen sophomore Jaden Mifsud finishes among the top eight at 170 pounds, with St. Michael’s competing next at Taos High in a Wednesday afternoon dual meet By Arnie Leshin As usual, the annual Joe Vivian Wrestling Classic offered top-notch competition, with 32 schools taking to the mats at Albuquerque Cibola High …
Read More »Santa Fe High and Santa Fe Prep swimmers qualify for state
Seniors Brett Moffett and Riley Kinlaw of Santa Fe High and Santa Fe Prep, respectively, win a race each in state qualifying time at the Albuquerque Academy Swimming Invitational Moffett claims the 50-yard freestyle in 21:15 and Kinlaw the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.75 in a meet dominated by the host Chargers …
Read More »Tonight: Santa Fe High Demon girls and boys basketball
Streaking Santa Fe High girls open District 2-6A basketball play Tuesday night at home against Albuquerque Sandia and the Demon boys also on a run as they hit the road to face the Matadors Demonettes have won four-straight, Demons three in a row, while both Sandia teams are on a losing …
Read More »Bernalillo High boys bounced from undefeated list in Thursday night’s 61-54 loss at Belen, while Las Cruces’ girls and boys are unbeaten and on-top the 6A charts
In St. Michael’s Round Robin boy’s tournament tonight, Santa Fe Indian School plays Silver at 5:30 and the hostHorsemen follow against Portales By Arnie Leshin After 16 straight victories, the Bernalillo boys are no longer on the undefeated basketball list. Thursday night’s 61-54 defeat at 5A Belen for the 4A Spartans …
Read More »Las Vegas Robertson girls finally get to play in their own gymnasium Wednesday night and hand Penasco a 82-44 whooping in a non district contest
Four Cardinals in double figures at rejuvenated gym, but Robertson boys not so fortunate in 76-61 setback at Mora By Arnie Leshin Arnie Leshin Two schools with impressive girl’s basketball resumes, Penasco in Class 2A versus Robertson in Class 4A, turned into a mismatch in Wednesday night’s non district game …
Read More »St. Michael’s boys host their 4-school, 3-day basketball round robin
Friday, the Horsemen meet up with Portales, Saturday they take on Santa Fe Indian School, and Tuesday they open District 2-4A play by visiting Las Vegas Robertson By Arnie Leshin In this day and age, it’s not appropriate to spread “shootout” around, especially linked to a high school basketball event. But …
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