By Arnie Leshin It’s just a short ride crosstown for the follow-up to the annual Bobby Rodriguez/Capital City basketball tournament. Just five days after host Santa Fe High’s undefeated boys turned back district and city rival Capital in overtime, and the unbeaten Rio Rancho Cleveland girls got past Espanola Valley …
Read More »Matt Martinez still having a ball, already with a state 6A football championship, as the beat goes on for the long-time Pojoaque Valley athletic director who has now settled into the same role at Rio Rancho Sue Cleveland High School
By Arnie Leshin It’s tough to keep up with Matt Martinez, not the Matt Martinez who is presently athletic director up at Pojoaque Valley High School, but the Matt Martinez who is currently athletic director down at Rio Rancho Cleveland, that is after he announced his retirement in the same …
Read More »Boy’s championship game won by undefeated host Santa Fe High over cross-town, district rival Capital in overtime, 48-45, at the Bobby Rodriguez/Capital City basketball tournament played at Demons’ Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium Saturday night, with unbeaten Rio Rancho Cleveland turning back Espanola Valley, 36-33, for the girl’s title
By Arnie Leshin A run of lead changes mixed with ties and an overtime, brought an anticipated tight boy’s championship game Saturday night at the annual Bobby Rodriguez/Capital City basketball tournament at Santa Fe High’s Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium. And it was the host, undefeated Demons who won their four …
Read More »Something new for the UConn women’s basketball team in Thuhrsday night’s tough 92-78 win at Seton Hall, and it was called depth for a program in recent years that has not called on its bench, has not gone deep, but this time credit the play off the bench of freshmen Audrey Griffin and Anna Makurat and senior Molly Bent to get it past the fired-up Pirates
By Arnie Leshin Depth, lack of depth, not much bench help. Geno Auriemma mentions it sometimes, but most times, you’ll see his UConn women’s basketball team with maybe 6-7 players at his disposal. He has to worry about foul trouble, injuries, lack of experience, being out sized, and playing their butts …
Read More »It’s down to the weekend that decides the college Division 1 Final Four, with undefeated LSU, Ohio State and Clemson sure things and Georgia, Utah and Oklahoma seeking the fourth and final spot when the SEC, Big 10, ACC, PAC 12 and Big 12 conference championships kick off Friday and Saturday
By Arnie Leshin Jalen Hurts, who transferred from Alabama to Oklahoma for his eligible fifth year, returns to A T & T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., which is sometimes referred to as Jerry Jones Palace and where then-freshman Hurts, in 2015, played his first game as the Crimson Tide’s starting …
Read More »Michigan, under new head coach and former Wolverine Fab Five player Juwan Howard, went from unranked to No. 4 in the national collegiate poll, with top-ranked Louisville ahead of them Tuesday night at the Cardinals’ court, with both at 7-0′
By Arnie Leshin Michigan hiring former Fab Five JuwanHoward as its head basketball coach has certainly hit the spot, which is now as the No. 4 ranked team in the college polls released Monday. This, after winning its first four starts and unranked heading into the tough Battle for Atlantis …
Read More »St. Michael’s turns to the run and puts together a 27-19 win over West Las Vegas in Saturday afternoon’s District 2-3A showdown at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex
By Arnie Leshin No celebration for West Las Vegas this time. Instead, it was St. Michael’s time to celebrate its running game and, unlike last year’s final-second 14-13 setback to the Dons at West Las Vegas, it was the Horsemen at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex turning in a …
Read More »Settling for 12th place in the championship division, Christopher Humetewa did just fine in Saturday morning’s Rio Rancho Cross Country Jamboree versus a field of top 5A and 4A runners
By Arnie Leshin Christopher Humetewa didn’t think he ran well, wasn’t happy with his 12th place finish at Saturday morning’s annual Rio Rancho Jamboree, but his 5-killometer time of 17:00.70 certainly wasn’t slow, considering the Santa Fe Indian School junior was racing in the championship division. And while he …
Read More »Little Astro Jose Altuve hit the big shot Saturday night heard round Minute Maid Park in Houston, and the Astros now play their second World Series in three years after their 6-4 victory
By Arnie Leshin Can you remember when New York Giant Bobby Thomson hit the shot heard round the world against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951 to win the National League pennant? Or when the Pirates’ Bill Mazorozski hit the ball over the centerfield fence in Pittsburgh to win the …
Read More »Academy of Technology and The Classics junior Maggie Rittmeyer is coming on fast after finishing 22nd in the Saturday morning annual Rio Rancho Jamboree’s championship division in 20:54.50
By Arnie Leshin Nothing is ever guaranteed, but as the stretch runbegins for the Saturday, Nov. 9, state cross country championships hosted by Rio Rancho High School, Academy of Technology and The Classics junior Maggie Rittmeyer appears to be the one to beat in 3A. Second last year to …
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