Sports

Española Valley to Replace Girls Basketball Coach

Española Valley has officially opened applications for its girls basketball coaching position. Española Valley Athletic Director Matt Abeyta confirmed that the district was currently seeking...

Española Dedicates Baseball Field to Former Coach

RA Martinez starts every day with a host of text messages, dozens of them. Friends, family, neighbors and former students all receive a daily Good...

Ryan Cordova Hired as Pojoaque Boys Basketball Coach

Ryan Cordova is returning to high school. After a tough personal year, the longtime Northern New Mexico College men’s basketball coach and athletic director is...

Pojoaque Hires Cindy Roybal as Girls Basketball Coach

Pojoaque Valley High School is bringing a Hall of Famer to their sidelines. Cindy Roybal has been hired to coach the Pojoaque girls basketball team,...

Española Hosts Elementary School Track Meet

Over 200 fifth- and sixth-graders took to the track at Española to try to win a gold medal, or just to have a good...

Former Escalante Great Santiago Rivas Heading to Hobbs

Santiago Rivas had never been on a plane before. While competing with Albuquerque Basketball Prep School, a post-grad program aimed at finding athletes college opportunities,...

Two Elks Win Medals at State Track

Sonya Quintana’s medal seemed to be slipping away after years of work. She finished in seventh place in both the javelin and the 100-meter dash...

Española Shut out of Medal Stand at State Track

Española had two qualifiers for the state track and field championships: sophomore Victor Parra and junior Alex Chavez. Both competed on May 12 in Albuquerque...

Missed Opportunities Haunt McCurdy in Quarterfinal Loss

Little mistakes added up to a big loss for McCurdy, and the end of the career of a storied head coach. Early missed opportunities haunted...

POLL: Pick the May 18 Athlete of the Week

Voting ends at 1 p.m. on Tuesday Thomas Bolton, McCurdy Baseball Though McCurdy lost their state quarterfinal game to Rehoboth Christian, the junior leadoff hitter did...

Española Tennis Program Reaches New Heights at the State Tournament

The most exciting part of Española tennis’ weekend was what happened after they lost. Team coach Nancy Suazo said that everyone wanted to stay for...

Local Athletes Win State Track Golds

Nate Martinez was never the favorite in the 110-meter hurdles. The best time entering the state championship was from Malik Barrens of Pecos, who was...

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