[Photo Gallery] State Track and Field Championships: Lady Hilltoppers extend win streak with 4th straight title
James Barron | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- For the previous three Mays, the Los Alamos girls track and field team has made the Class AAAA State Championships its own block party. And there's been plenty to celebrate. Three straight team titles. Three consecutive 400-meter ...Story, »

[Photo Gallery] State Track and Field Championships: St. Michael's senior caps career with winning performance
Will Webber | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- On a day when the threat of Mother Nature's wrath wreaked havoc on the schedule, Andres Gonzales capped his prep career with a final kick that sent him to the top step of the winner's podium -- again. The St. Michael's senior capped ...Story, »

Moss quits Capital after 1-9 season
James Barron | The New Mexican
The Charles Moss Era didn't last long. Moss resigned his post as head football coach at Capital High School after just one season and a 1-9 mark. Santa Fe Public Schools athletic director Kim Loomis confirmed that Moss submitted his resignation l ...Story, »

The Anti-Fan: Hoping his maturity catches up to his talent
Jim Gordon | The New Mexican
On his way to the big leagues, Washington's Bryce Harper gave every indication of being a jerk. In both junior college and minor league ball, Harper became known for throwing tantrums and showing a fondness for the strut. His self-absorption isn' ...Story, »

Isotopes snap Salt Lake's winning streak
| The New Mexican
Talk about a buzz kill. Ivan De Jesus smacked a two-out double in the top of the seventh inning that pushed runners Tyler Henson and Elian Herrera across home plate and gave the Albuquerque Isotopes insurance runs they needed in a 5-4 win over the ...Story, »

Pojoaque's Berryman keeps outward cool for career best
Isaac Avilucea | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- There they were, darting up the stairs floor to floor, raiding the Sheraton Albuquerque's ice machines. C.J. Berryman and other members of the Pojoaque Valley track and field team grabbed pillowcases from their rooms and filled them ...Story, »

Los Alamos' Ealey eases way to record
James Barron | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- Welcome to the new Chase Ealey. The one who isn't a bundle of nerves, who doesn't get knots in the pit of her stomach when she prepares to perform. No, this Chase Ealey was calm, confident, even serene. The Los Alamos High senior ...Story, »

Cobre ends St. Michael's season
Will Webber | The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- In the year of the pitcher, it was the three-headed monster of bad baserunning, shaky defense and inconsistent offense that left the top-seeded baseball team in Class AAA one game short of a state championship game appearance. The St. ...Story, »

Lady Rams upset West Las Vegas
Glen Rosales | For The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- For a brief moment Friday, it appeared the West Las Vegas softball team was going to advance in the Class AAA State Championships. The third-seeded Lady Dons had just put up four runs in the top of the sixth inning to break a 2-all ti ...Story, »

Friedman and Brandt stifle Silver to power Horsemen into AAA semis
Will Webber | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- The site of last year's demise was but the latest step in one team's methodical march toward a potential state championship. As usual, that team did it with top-quality pitching. Behind the one-two punch of Colin Friedman and Marc ...Story, »

Bad pitching, errors help Portales defeat Las Vegas Robertson in AAA state baseball
James Barron | The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- As Antonio Arguello left the pitcher's mound in the fifth inning, his head dropped down for the long walk to the Las Vegas Robertson dugout. Who could blame him? It was a mystifying start for the Cardinals' right-hander, and the score ...Story, »

Los Alamos bounced from state softball
Isaac Avilucea | The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- No one could have blamed Roger Anaya had he evoked Bobby Knight. Instead, the Los Alamos head softball coach went Bobby Flay. He stewed in his own competitive juices, watching helplessly as his ball club's Class AAAA State Softball Ch ...Story, »

Anderson not ready to quit coaching track
James Barron | The New Mexican
Paul Anderson knows there is a future in which he is no longer a track and field coach. But he can look to a mentor to see how soon that might be. Anderson, the head coach at Los Alamos High School, is approaching retirement eligibility, which is ...Story, »

Lady Dons face Portales for title shot
Glen Rosales | For The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- The bats were alive for West Las Vegas on Thursday at the Class AAA State Softball Championships, but the Lady Dons ran into an even hotter team at the plate. No. 2 seed Silver cranked out 18 hits in the third-round game at Cleveland ...Story, »

[Photo Gallery] Near brawl, coaching ejections, bad pitching, defense highlight Fuego's home-opening victory
Will Webber | The New Mexican
It began with a bang as 1,150 fans filed into Fort Marcy Ballpark for Wednesday night's home debut of the Santa Fe Fuego. It ended with little more than a whisper as all but about two dozen of those fans had gone home after more than four hours of ...Story, »

Throwing error costs Questa in semis
Isaac Avilucea | The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE -- The scoreboard said that No. 1 seed Capitan High School was three runs better than No. 4 Questa. In reality, the Tigers were one play better than the Wildcats. Wednesday's semifinal matchup in the Class A State Baseball Championshi ...Story, »

McCurdy ousted by Eunice in A-AA softball
Todd Bailey | For The New Mexican
RIO RANCHO -- Momentum. She's a fickle girl who can be at your side for one minute and be gone the next. No. 10 seed McCurdy School learned that lesson Wednesday against No. 7 Eunice in their single elimination game of the Class A-AA State Softba ...Story, »