Pecos 7, Santa Fe 6 (11 innings)

Enchantment, coached by former Lobo great Kenny Thomas and a staff that includes former UNM assistant Craig Snow, got the send-off it needed with a 72-71 win over the alumni team.

Pecos 7, Santa Fe 6

ALBUQUERQUE — Kenny Thomas made $54.6 million over the course of an 11-year NBA career that took him from Houston to Philadelphia and Sacramento.

Steven Lebron scored an unearned run with two outs in the top of the 12th to keep the Fuego’s dwindling playoff hopes alive in Pecos, Texas.

Roswell Invaders infielder Lucas Scott was crowned the league’s home run derby champion after smacking 15 homers including, at one point, nine straight pitches out of the park.

The hot topic in recent months is the MWC’s place in future alignments.

Santa Fe 24, Austin 8

Marissa Sandoval-Moya is no stranger to the bright lights and high intensity of the USA Volleyball club circuit.

The Fuego beat the visiting Austin Weirdos 27-26 in a wild 53-run, 43-hit, 31-walk, seven-error, nearly five-hour game.

UNM is coming off its most successful season since its last bowl appearance in 2016, going 4-8 in a year that ended with Danny Gonzales getting fired as the head coach. 

Truth is, Santa Fe’s still a healthy home in the Pecos League. The fans and local sponsors support the team enough to make it work, but the city whose name is on the front or the jersey needs to do more.

North Platte 11, Santa Fe 7

Santa Fe High and Capital had their first sessions of the newly implemented two-week, full-contact summer practice period for football teams.

Make it 15 straight losses for the Santa Fe Fuego.

Sunday’s 4-2 loss at Trinidad extended the team’s losing streak to 14 games, dropping it to 7-25 — the third-worst mark in the 16-team league.

The starting centerfielder for the Fuego and easily one of the bright spots in what has been an otherwise challenging season for Santa Fe’s professional baseball team, Scarver is literally a self-made player.

Burton, 17, earned a bronze medal in the under-20 female division at the USA Weightlifting Junior National Championships in Pittsburgh.

Make it an even dozen.

You thought school was out, but here is one report card everyone will be reviewing.

It was just like being in high school again for Joe Ray Anaya, and preparation was key.

We won't say these 10 records will never be broken, but it’s a safe bet it will be a while before anyone comes close to erasing them from the historical books.

More than a month after the season ended, the All-State baseball teams were slowly unveiled.

The track and field portion of the Olympics start Aug. 1, with the shot put scheduled for Aug. 8-9.

The best part about the hire, Bobby Romero said, is that he lives across the street from the school. It beats the 45-minute drive from work to ATC.

Montoya said he expressed interest in the position to Principal Martin Sandoval and received a job offer about a week later.

The Pecos League adopted a pitch clock Wednesday when the Fuego hosted Trinidad.

Alex Waggoner, a 2022 graduate of Santa Fe High, has transferred from the University of Michigan to Portland for what he hopes is the remainder of his college soccer career.

The Fuego lost 15-0 to the Oklahoma FlyCatchers on Tuesday, and Oklahoma's star pitcher struck out the Fuego 21 times in eight innings for a new Pecos League record.

We’ve reached the dreaded summer doldrums in the world of sports.

This list highlights the top athletic programs from this season. You probably won't be surprised by who is at the top of the list, but there might be a school or two that gets a bump for all of their athletic success for the 2023-24 school year. 

Eastern New Mexico University received a gift Monday in the form of a $2.5 million donation from a Greyhounds graduate.

Recent grads Terrin Dickey, Kevin Enriquez and Mekhi Martinez will be playing at new schools in 2024.

Coaches from around the North say getting padded summer reps will help players learn and get used to hitting before the grind of fall camp.

The product of college sports is nothing close to what it was a dozen years ago when Richard Pitino was settling in for his first head coaching job.

Participation in the camp has risen steadily since the pandemic to the point it is now outpacing the growth it saw in its first three years. 

You don’t need a crash course in the complexities of human emotion to see how much baseball means to Dominic Scotti.

From its humble beginnings in 1949, the Rodeo de Santa Fe has become not only a staple of summer in the city but also a popular venue for cowboys and cowgirls alike.

Estrella Flores, middle school athletic coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools and a 2012 graduate of Desert Academy, was introduced Wednesday as Capital's new head girls basketball coach. 

The NMAA is considering whether all state football championships should be played at a central site in Albuquerque. 

Valdez, who was a fixture at most games as the official scorekeeper and the public address announcer, died last week after a battle with cancer. He was 78.

The powerbrokers of New Mexico’s high school football community have spoken and it appears a break in tradition for the state playoff system is inevitable.

The diminutive 5-foot-7 guard was 51 years old and is survived by two daughters — and by a passionate Lobo fan base who will never forget his two seasons in cherry and silver.

Manuel Gonzales, a 1991 Capital graduate, suffered a heart attack and died at his Rio Rancho home June 6.

On June 29, Scioscia will add another footnote to his memorable career when he is inducted into the Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.

If Roybal doesn't again return to coaching, she will leave a remarkable legacy. She holds a 403-137 record as a prep coach.

It was a good weekend for Northern New Mexico athletes at the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic in Albuquerque.

“Her energy is just unmatched,” said Los Alamos junior Allie Holland, who is a teammate of Wetteland’s on Los Alamos’ swimming and track and field teams.