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Sleep-deprived weekend for UNM’s Ridenour: Vegas on Friday night, Portales Saturday morning It’s going to be a crazy 48 hours — Heath Ridenour Heath Ridenour, UNM’s quarterbacks coach, has a whole lot...
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The Cibola goalkeeper kept this first-half corner kick from going into his net, but...
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The Rams and their fans enjoy having won a point in a recent home match in the RAC. RRHS is back...
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The Rams surround Giancarlo Figueroa (11) after his second-half goal tied their game at Volcano...
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Rio Rancho quarterback JJ Arellano out-runs Farmington defenders in the Rams’ big win in...
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At least, these two girls are looking up, after a collision Friday afternoon at Rio Rancho...
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Type “chronic absenteeism” into Google on your browser and you see about 124,000,000...
Read MoreThis Curly Crow dude sure gets around. He’s gone camping and he’s gone to the river; now he’s going to school. And it won’t be too long, says this bird’s “owner,” Nicholas Aragon, that he’ll be going to the beach, going to the...
Read MoreBeing a long-time sports editor at the Observer, I’ve enjoyed countless games and matches involving the city’s high school teams. I fondly remember the New Mexico Activities Association’s mantra, “Compete with Class,” and I’ve...
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Storm spikers, from left, Sophia Bacahui (3), Kendra Frazier (7), Aubrey Ortiz (1), Maddie Del...
Read MoreIt seems like the 2022 high school football season just kicked off, and now we’re already hit the midway mark. Both teams were on the road Friday night, and the press deadline couldn’t be met, so you’ll have to read about the...
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Rams freshman Kieara Trujillo-Garcia took a tumble in the second half Thursday, but was uninjured....
Read MoreSenior Josh Perry had the company answer when asked what was a bigger thrill, being named Homecoming king or scoring three touchdowns: “A Stormcoming victory, for sure.” Perry finished with close to 250 rushing yards, with TD...
Read MoreGary Herron on Cleveland and Rio sports last week
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Cleveland High junior outside hitter Baylee Savage takes a cut at the Bears in Saturday’s...
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Rio Rancho High School celebrated its 2022 Homecoming contest the evening of Sept. 9 with visiting...
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In a sentimental moment before Rio Rancho’s High School football game last Friday, the Rams...
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Rio Rancho High School mascot Rowdy photo-bombed this shot of 2022 Homecoming Queen Maya Romero...
Read MoreWith the Sept. 9 induction of three new members of the Rio Rancho High School Sports Hall of Fame, here is the list of all those in that “hall” (Student-athletes’ graduating class in parentheses): 2014: Student-athletes: Danyel...
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This is what you like to see for your Homecoming game, an enthusiastic crowd of students ready to...
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Not that it mattered in the game’s final minute Thursday afternoon at Albuquerque High, but you...
Read MoreRemember the late Rodney Dangerfield … the guy who “got no respect”? Sometimes that’s how I feel about the Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as the Santa Ana Star Center. I was there the day they broke ground. I wrote a...
Read MoreThere’ll be “Friday Night Lights” in the City of Vision for the third time in the last four weeks this week, when Rio Rancho High School meets Organ Mountain High School in the Rams’ Homecoming game. Kickoff at Rio Rancho...
Read MoreEvery baseball fan knows the Yankees’ Aaron Judge is a big guy. Yeah, 6-foot, 7-inches tall, he weighs in at 282 pounds. That’s big by any standard. Not so fast: How about legendary outfielder Buster Logan, born in May of 1928,...
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A JROTC honor guard carries the colors to midfield Tuesday, prior to the national anthem sung by...
Read MoreEastern New Mexico University recently announced its 2022 inductees to the Hall of Honors. Seven members were chosen based on their efforts as student-athletes, coaches, and supporters of Eastern. The two locals are: Larry...
Read MoreGary Herron’s weekly sports update!
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Former Cleveland High standout Luke Wysong (15) finds some running room along the west sideline,...
Read MoreThe eighth class of the Rio Rancho High School Sports Hall of Fame will be formally inducted Friday at 5 p.m. in the school’s Black Box Theater, and then introduced at halftime of the Rams’ homecoming game that evening vs. Organ...
Read MoreNic Trujillo scored three times and Josh Perry scored twice in Amarillo Friday night, as the Cleveland Storm beat the host Amarillo High Sandies 47-30. Senior quarterback Evan Wysong accounted for five touchdowns, one on a...
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(Gallery) Balloon lands next to Iris Rd., collapses… (1086)
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Planning to get underway for extension of Paseo Del Volcan (238)
It’s lights out at the San Juan Generating Station (224)
Get your kicks at this new Route 66 visitors center (110)
UPDATE: Police shoot man after SWAT standoff in SE ABQ (67)
