Santa Fe Prep 8th grader Sophia Gossum shows signs of things to come by finishing fourth and fifth at the state swimming championships held at the Albuquerque Academy Natatorium Griffin senior Riley Kinlaw had his best state by placing fifth and sixth, and Santa Fe High senior Luke Shankin did the same with a …
Read More »Santa Fe High senior Isaiah Martinez takes state
Santa Fe High senior Isaiah Martinez takes state in the 170 weight, the only wrestler from the Santa Fe school to do so in the state championships Seven others gain championship final, three from the Demons, three from Capital, two from St. Michael’s By Arnie Leshin Two years in a row, Santa …
Read More »Capital High girls wrap up second place
Capital High girls wrap up second place inDistrict 2-5A basketball despite losing Friday night’s game at Los Alamos at the same time that Albuquerque Del Norte was losing at Espanola Jaguars now have time to correct things before hosting the district tournament semifinals Thursday night By Arnie Leshin Despite losing its leading scorer …
Read More »St. Michael’s boy’s basketball outplays West Las Vegas
St. Michael’s boy’s basketball outplays West Las Vegas, 46-35, on the road Friday night to claim second place in the final standings of District 2-4A Junior guard Jevon Montoya leads the way with 16 points that included a trio of 3s, and the Horsemen come away with an impressive defensive display and …
Read More »Pecos girls hoping for a higher seed in state tournament
Pecos girls basketball hoping for a higher seed in the 3A of the state tournament, with head coach Ron Drake aware that it could be a six or seven Panthers’ district is weak, but they own a 23-4 record, are unbeaten in 3-3A, and counting on this for a higher seed …
Read More »Huskies vie for their 12th state championship
Silly talk has Albuquerque Hope Christian’s boy’s basketball team being stopped this year, but once again it’s just “talk” as Huskies vie for their 12th state championship behind their tough schedule Bernalillo, Silver, Shiprock probably have the best chance to overtake Hope, but that’s been heard before By Arnie Leshin Jim Murphy …
Read More »Weekend State Swimming-Diving Championships
Santa Fe Prep girls highlight 8th grader Sophia Gossum and freshman Chelsea Griscom for theannual weekend state swimming-diving championships at Albuquerque Academy And the boys in the spotlight are Griffins’ senior Riley Kinlaw and Santa Fe High seniors Luke Shankin and Bradley Moffett, with both schools qualifying three relays By Arnie Leshin Sometimes swimmers …
Read More »Capital girls remain in contention for first place in District 2-5A
Santa Fe Indian School wrapped up the top spot in 5-4A Despite non district loss to Santa Rosa Tuesday, Happy Birthday Pecos’ coach Ron Drake, whose Panthers finished first in 3-3A By Arnie Leshin Quite a Tuesday night in girl’s basketball. Good news, bad news. For Capital High, it was good news despite …
Read More »Everybody on to the basketball court this week, but only the district champion will get an automatic berth for the state tournament, the rest will come via the NMAA seedings
Capital High girls strive for the runner-up spot or even first place in District 2-5A, while Santa Fe High in 2-6A and St. Michael’s in 2-4A will need a big, big finish By Arnie Leshin The only thing known about the district tournaments is that each school in each district gets …
Read More »The final week of basketball districts will plant the regular-season standings, with Santa Fe High, St. Michael’s and Capital High striving to finish high
Demons have Albuquerque schools, Manzano and Eldorado, Horsemen have big test Friday night at West Las Vegas, Jaguars face Academy and Los Alamos By Arnie Leshin What’s happening in the final week before the district basketball tournaments roll around? Well, it will certainly include important games that will put the respective …
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