Glen Rosales

Albuquerque

Writer at Freelance

Editor at The Independent (Edgewood, NM)

Freelance writer. Always looking for interesting stories. #BearDown!

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Articles

Athletes of the Year: Arambula Excels in Each Sport

3 weeks ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

For a decade, volleyball has been a big part of Mariana Arambula’s life. “I love how we’re all playing as a team,” she said. “I love spiking the ball over and hitting it down. And getting so hyped up with my team after a spike or a serve ace. I just really enjoy volleyball. It’s my most favorite sport.”Luckily for McCurdy, she also enjoys playing other sports, like basketball and softball, plus this year she also competed in track and field.
Athletes of the Year: Salazar Helps Change the EVHS Football Team’s Culture

3 weeks ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

As an eighth grader, Leandro Salazar was more fluff than substance. So much, that one of the seniors on the Española Valley football team dubbed him “Chungas” or, in this context, fat rabbit. “Kind of like Bugs Bunny,” Salazar said with a laugh. It was a nickname that stuck, even if it quickly became less appropriate to the athlete into which Salazar made himself.
One Last Trip Around the Diamond

3 weeks ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

RIO RANCHO — McCurdy High School baseball coach Ian Maestas looked like a kid on Christmas morning this past weekend. He and his staff of assistant coaches Robbie Garcia and Alejandro Martinez were last minute replacements to be in the dugout at the New Mexico High School Coaches Association Class 1A-3A Red-Green All-Star Baseball series, and they got the chance to be involved in three of their seniors’ final competitive game on the diamond.
Zamora gets his chance on the mound

3 weeks ago | dchieftain.com | Glen Rosales

RIO RANCHO – It was a moment of levity Saturday afternoon during the New Mexico High School Coaches Association Class 1A-3A Red-Green All-Star Baseball series. Red coach Ian Maestas of McCurdy, marched down the dugout at the Cleveland High School baseball stadium, saying, “Yes coach, I can pitch. Okay, go pitch. Great coach. This will be my first time pitching all season.”Maestas slapped his forehead and laughed as he joked with Magdalena’s Joseph Zamora.
Athletes at the Top of Their Games

1 month ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

GirlsCross CountryAubrey Cordova, senior, McCurdy. The Bobcats runners have been a strong contingent of athletes for quite some time and it culminated in the program’s first state championship, led by Cordova, who finished individually in 20 minutes, 53.2 seconds. As the team’s only senior, Cordova led a solid pack of Bobcats in which all five runners finished among the top 20. SoccerLilah Herrera, junior, Pojoaque Valley.
Herschbach, Zamora and Tafoya will join the All-Star Series

1 month ago | dchieftain.com | Glen Rosales

Since he was five years old, Ayden Herschbach has been playing baseball – as well as plenty of other sports -- alongside fellow Magdalena graduated seniors Joseph Zamora and Taven Tafoya. But now the three Steers who have made such an impact on the various sports in which they participated will be opponents in what is their last time representing their high school during Class 1A-3A three-game, All-Star Series at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. “It means a lot,” Herschbach said.
Athletes Choose Track Meet Over Graduation

1 month ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

ALBUQUERQUE — Pojoaque Valley seniors Mikayla Calabaza and Steven Dolcine recently faced a tough choice: walk across the stage Saturday morning with their fellow graduates to collect their high school diplomas or compete in the sport they love in one last attempt to grab state gold. While many of their teammates opted for the former, Calabaza and Dolcine were at the New Mexico state track and field meet at The University of New Mexico Track and Soccer Complex.
NMT Rugby won its first match

1 month ago | dchieftain.com | Glen Rosales

With a young group of inexperienced players, the New Mexico Tech rugby team faced a daunting task in its efforts to add to its trophy case. So it wasn’t all that surprising that the Miners came home from the national men’s Division III 7s Cup of the 2025 Collegiate Rugby Championship empty handed. “It was a new experience and also a trying one to get these guys to understand the game of rugby, but more importantly to work as a team,” said coach Jason Oliphant.
Steers’ diamond drought done

1 month ago | dchieftain.com | Glen Rosales

ALBUQUERQUE – Greeted by a line of cars in Socorro, the Magdalena baseball team just may have experienced the longest championship parade in history. Winding the 28 miles along NM 60, the trail of vehicles followed the team bus as it brought the triumphant Steers back home, where they were greeted by still more revelers. “We had a bunch of cars parked through Socorro and they were out, clapping and cheering for us,” said junior pitcher Josiah Candelaria.
Española Valley Finishes With Best-Ever Season

1 month ago | riograndesun.com | Glen Rosales

It was a noteworthy season for the Española Valley boys tennis program. The doubles team of Damian Gallegos and Owen Silva Vigil reached heights that no other Sundevils duo has achieved. The pair was seeded second in the individual doubles portion of the New Mexico state tournament and ended up reaching the semifinals. “It was the boys turn I was very excited about their accomplishments,” coach Nancy Suazo said not only of Gallegos and Silva Vigil, but the rest of the squad.