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Elkettes Sweep Double-Header

    The Pojoaque Elkettes picked up their first two victories of the softball season with a doubleheader sweep 14-9 and 8-6 of the Capital...

McCurdy Stumbles Early in Tucumcari Invitational

    The McCurdy Bobcats got a big wake-up call at the Tucumcari Invitational tournament. After knocking off Monte del Sol 8-7 in the opening...

Morse Code: Española Valley High School Athletics Have Seen Better Times

It’s been 11 years since I started writing for the Rio Grande SUN and I don’t think I’ve ever seen things as chaotic as...

Morse Code: Local Teams Miss Out, But State Tourney Full of Surprises

The state basketball tournament ended early for me and I never got to the Pit.     The Pojoaque boys were the last of my teams...

Laying the Groundwork to Play Ball

    The snow is flying and a cold wind is blowing. It must be baseball season in New Mexico.     The fickle spring weather in...

Elks Fade in 2nd Round of State

    For all of the first quarter, the Pojoaque Elks stuck to their game plan and patiently moved the ball around while looking for...

Morse Code: Parents Hold Key To Teaching Youths the World Outside of Sports

While talking with Northern New Mexico College men’s basketball coach and athletic director Ryan Cordova March 1, he surprised me when he spoke about...

Elks Alone Advance to 2nd Round

    The eighth-seeded Pojoaque Valley boys basketball team overcame poor free-throw shooting that could have cost them the game and out-lasted a stubborn Lovington...

Sundevils’ State Hopes Sunk

    It was payback time for the 12th-seeded Miyamura Lady Patriots.     After being bounced by Española Valley in the opening round of the 2011...

This Time, Dulce No Match for Mora

    The Dulce Hawks have come a long way since 2010 when coach Stanford Salazar took over the boys basketball program.     After winning just...

Morse Code: In Thick of Hoops Hype, Writer Looks to Spring

Two more weeks and basketball season will be over. I can hardly wait.     I know this may sound like blasphemy to Northern New Mexico...

Hawks Top Trojans in Rematch

    Dulce coach Stanford Salazar took over the coaching reins at Dulce in 2010 after the Hawks had won just nine games the previous...

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