Class AAAA state championship: Española falls short to Roswell, thirsty for trophy

ALBUQUERQUE — The Valley has their trophy. The color was all wrong, though. Red might be one of the featured colors of Española Valley High School, but it was not what most of a sellout crowd of 14,500 and the 18 players and coaches that made up the 2009-10 edition of Sundevils wanted to ... »Story,

Class AAAA state championship:Española fans leave a lasting impression

Geoff Grammer | The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — It was about 90 minutes before tip-off of the title game of the Class AAAA Boys Basketball Tournament, and an unidentified, non-Española Valley basketball fan seemed to have the answer. The woman leaned over a railing near a ramp t ... »Story,

Class AAAA state championship:Carrying call to linger in mind of Martinez

James Staley | For The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Española Valley head coach Richard Martinez, for better or worse, lives and dies with every moment of Sundevils basketball. So it should come as little surprise to those that know him or have watched Española play that Martinez spe ... »Story,

Basketball: NMSU wins WAC Tournament title

Maggie Thach | For The New Mexican RENO, Nev. — Throughout the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, New Mexico State's Jahmar Young has been full of big shots. It was his 15-footer with 3.8 seconds remaining that lifted the Aggies to a one-point win over Nevada in the WAC Tou ... »Story,

Basketball: Mesa State advances as Highlands falls in opener

The New Mexican | Similar to snowflakes in an avalanche, no single point ended the New Mexico Highlands University men's basketball season Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Division II Tournament. But a 27-2 flurry by Augustana College submerged the Cowboys by inter ... »Story,

Baseball: Brown pitches gem for Highlands

The New Mexican | Danny Brown's bat is dangerous. On Saturday, so was his arm. Brown, a senior right fielder for New Mexico Highlands University, took the mound as the starting pitcher for the first time in his career in the second game against Metropolitan ... »Story,

Santa Fe Indian School girls fight through injury, tragedy to win state title in overtime

James Barron | The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Exactly one week ago, DeShauna Lynn and Del Lynn Peshlakai were foes. On Friday night in The Pit, they were sisters of the Santa Fe Indian School program. Their faces adorned the white T-shirts 12 Lady Braves wore in honor o ... »Story,

Class AAA state: Braves' season ends in semifinal loss

Kenn Rodriguez | For The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Something was amiss for Santa Fe Indian School in the second half of its Class AAA State Basketball Tournament semifinal against No. 2 Albuquerque Sandia Preparatory on Friday. For one, the Braves' notoriously noisy fans, sitting i ... »Story,

Class AAA state: Lady Dons enior honored, keeps team in title game

James Staley | For The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Before the tip-off of Friday's final of the Class AAA Girls State Basketball Tournament the New Mexico Activities Association honored West Las Vegas senior Linda Esquibel. While she received a plaque and posed for the obligatory ph ... »Story,

MWC Tournament: Win over New Mexico helps Aztecs pad their résumé; bust bubble

Pete Herrera | For The New Mexican LAS VEGAS, Nev. — That bubble the San Diego State University Aztecs have been sitting on this week doesn't seem so fragile this morning. The big and burly Aztecs helped their chances to get into the NCAA Tournament field with a bruising win over ... »Story,

Live blog basketball coverage: Espanola Valley comes up short in state final 63-60

| The New Mexican Stop in and join today's live blog coverage of the state round. Sports writers James Barron and Geoff Grammer will be live blogging from the tournament.Photographer Natalie Guillen has been working the basketball tournament this week capturing incred ... »Story,

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Española Valley boys get chance at title at last

James Barron | The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Generations have waited as the decades have passed. The time has been marked by anticipation, hope and some despair. But it's finally here for the Northern New Mexico community nestled between the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez mo ... »Story,

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Class AAA state: St. Michael's drive not enough to stop Hope Christian

Geoff Grammer | The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Maybe Antonio Garcia doesn't know any better. Maybe he was still shaking out the cobwebs from the nasty spill he took in Wednesday's quarterfinal win over Lovington in which he slammed his head on the court and left the game with ... »Story,

Lady Dons: West Las Vegas makes history with win over St. Michael's

James Staley | For The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — Eyes red and wet with emotion, the trio of West Las Vegas High School basketball players and their head coach entered the interview room beneath The Pit after Thursday's semifinal of the Class AAA Girls State Basketball Championships in ... »Story,

SFIS overcomes 15-point deficit to reach championship

Geoff Grammer | The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — With the season on the line in the final minute of one of the most thrilling, intense and improbable come-from-behind victories of the 2010 Girls State Basketball Championships, there was no time for jokes. Unless you're Lakeshia P ... »Story,

Class AAAA girls: Española's solid run ends

Glen Rosales | For The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — If ever there was a contrast in programs, it had to be in Thursday's semifinals of the Class AAAA Girls State Basketball Championships. Kirtland-Central owns 17 state championships. And Española Valley, well the Lady Sundevils got ... »Story,

Girls Class AA: Peñasco can't quite keep up with Texico

Kenn Rodriguez | For The New Mexican RIO RANCHO — It's said success breeds success. That's one lesson Peñasco head coach David Sanchez said Thursday he wants his Lady Panthers to learn in the wake of a 58-41 loss to traditional powerhouse Texico in a semifinal of the Class AA Girls Stat ... »Story,

UNM Lobos survives scare from Air Force

ARNIE STAPLETON | The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Darrington Hobson's 28 points helped eighth-ranked New Mexico stave off a scare from the scrappy Air Force Falcons 75-69 Thursday in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals.Dairese Gary added 20 points for the Lobos (29-3), who set ... »Story,

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