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Fishing Report Jan. 2, 2019

by Editor / Jan 03, 2019 / 0 comments

Fishing Report Jan. 2, 2019

The weather has been the big newsmaker here in New Mexico. Since Christmas our state has been slammed with a series of storms, the latest of which dumped more than two feet of snow in Los Alamos and ushered in bone-chilling temperatures that fell below zero and didn’t rise above freezing during the day.

Pojoaque Preps For Ruidoso After Taking Second At Ben Lujan

by Editor / Jan 02, 2019 / 0 comments

Pojoaque Preps For Ruidoso After Taking Second At Ben Lujan Invitational tournament

By George Morse

The Pojoaque Valley boys basketball team prepared to take on the Ruidoso High School Warriors Jan. 3 in the opening round of the Mountain Madness Shootout after a snowy week of practice in Northern New Mexico. The Elks have shown signs of improvement. Pojoaque picked up a couple of victories at the Ben Lujan Invitational tournament hosted by Pojoaque Valley before losing to Bernalillo High School in the championship game.

Pajarito Mountain Kicks Off Ski Season SaturdaybWith 14 Inches Of Snow And More Coming

by Reporter / Dec 28, 2018 / 0 comments

Pajarito Mountain Kicks Off Ski Season SaturdaybWith 14 Inches Of Snow And More Coming

Get those skis and snowboards ready ... Pajarito Mountain kicks off the ski season this Saturday, Dec. 29.

Escalante Picks Up Two Wins After Overtime Loss

by Editor / Dec 27, 2018 / 0 comments

Escalante Bounces Back After Tough Loss

By George Morse

The Escalante High School boys basketball team took a tough loss in the opening round of the Ben Lujan Invitational tournament Dec. 20 at Pojoaque Valley High School. The Lobos took the host Pojoaque Valley into overtime before falling 47-43 to the Elks. Escalante bounced back in the consolation bracket, trouncing Penasco High School 74-45 in the consolation semifinals and smothering Monte del Sol High School 53-25 in the consolation finals to finish fifth at the tournament.

Fishing Report Dec. 26

by Editor / Dec 26, 2018 / 0 comments

Fishing Report Dec. 26

By George Morse Sports and Outdoors

The weather forecast was for snow and very cold temperatures to move into New Mexico this week and it looks like they were right on the money. We had about three inches of snow here in Espanola and the drive to Santa Fe was an adventure with traffic backups. Very cold temperatures are forecast for at least the next four days and lows in some of the mountain valleys will likely fall below zero.

Penasco Battles To Title Game, Falls To Elkettes

by Editor / Dec 26, 2018 / 0 comments

Peñasco Takes Down Two, Loses One

By George Morse

The Class 2A Peñasco High School Lady Panthers took on three bigger high schools and knocked off two of them before falling to the third at the Ben Lujan Invitational basketball tournament at Pojoaque Valley High School. Peñasco defeated Class 4A Bernalillo High School 70-53 Dec. 20 in the opening round of the tournament. The Panthers then staged an incredible comeback against the Class 3A Santa Fe Indian School Lady Braves Dec. 21 in the semifinals, rallying from 10-points down going into the fourth quarter to pull out a 49-47 victory and advance to the championship game.

Elkettes Take Title At Moriarty Tourney, Still Undefeated

by Editor / Dec 21, 2018 / 0 comments

Elkettes Take Title at Moriarty Tourney, Still Undefeated

By George Morse Sports and Outdoors

The Pojoaque Valley High School girls basketball team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 45-30 victory Dec. 18 at Pojoaque. The Elkettes had won the championship of the Alice King Invitational basketball tournament hosted by Moriarty High School. Pojoaque has taken over the top spot in the MaxPreps statewide polls for Class 4A.

Lady Sundevils Vanquish Valencia

by Editor / Dec 20, 2018 / 0 comments

Lady Sundevils Vanquish Valencia

By George Morse Sports and Outdoors

The Espanola Valley High School girls basketball team unleashed a full court press on Valencia High School when the two teams faced off against each other Dec. 18 in Española. The Lady Sundevils created a tsunami of turnovers that overwhelmed the Lady Jaguars. Española took control of the game early and never let up, taking a 64-37 victory.