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5 days ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber |James Barron
Time will do him in. As The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Saturday, Santa Fe Fuego outfielder Jesus Chavez is within striking distance of a triple crown in the Pecos League. Barring a shift in the way things are, he won’t get it. The 28-year-old Española Valley graduate is shredding opposing pitching three weeks into the season, ranking first in home runs (15), second in batting (.493) and fourth in runs batted in (39).
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
Upon first glance, the view toward the right-field fence at Fort Marcy Ballpark in Wednesday’s late afternoon sun might look normal, even ominous to any pitcher toeing the rubber. But a harder look reveals what the Santa Fe Fuego hope is a solution for their pitching woes that have plagued the franchise for almost all of their 14 years: A 25-foot tall, roughly 110-foot-wide black netting that stretches atop that section of the fence.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
Garden City 22, Santa Fe 9Pitching did in the Fuego again. Not even Fort Marcy Ballpark's new right-field netting that acts like a 30-foot "fence" changed that. The Wind opened the scoring with a three-run homer by Dominic Enbody in the first inning and scored in every inning except the second. Fuego pitchers not only allowed 16 hits, but they also issued 17 walks.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber |James Barron
The local media will get its first look at the University of New Mexico’s completely rebuilt men’s basketball team this week when the Lobos open their summer workouts for a couple of hours Tuesday. Head coach Eric Olen still has a few spots left for his 14-player roster, but most of the names are already in place and on campus. Twelve players have been officially signed, as has Olen’s support staff.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
Summer is here, and that should mean plenty of fun and sun as prep students and teachers enjoy a break from school. While they bask in the afterglow of the end of the 2024-25 school year, some athletic directors and school districts are hard at work trying to fill coaching positions as the 2025-26 season is just two months away.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
Summer is here, and that should mean plenty of fun and sun as prep students and teachers enjoy a break from school. While they bask in the afterglow of the end of the 2024-25 school year, some athletic directors and school districts are hard at work trying to fill coaching positions as the 2025-26 season is just two months away.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
A week ago, the Las Vegas Robertson athletic department announced something historic — it was going to share the New Mexico Activities Association’s Director’s Cup trophy for the first time. That tune changed Thursday as Robertson self-reported several discrepancies in the tally previously presented to the NMAA, losing 260 points to finish second to St. Michael’s in the overall standings with 1,700 points. Prior to the adjustment, Robertson tied St. Michael’s with 1,960 points.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
A pair of recent Las Vegas Robertson graduates and former football players died Tuesday in a car crash in Las Vegas, N.M.Former Robertson head football coach Leroy Gonzalez confirmed Orlando "Orly" Romero and Marquez Espinoza, both 18, were the victims of a single-vehicle, late-night crash. Both had played under him and had graduated together in May. "They are a part of a family, and the Robertson football family is pretty tight, as well," Gonzalez said.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | James Barron
Get ready for the University of New Mexico's official dip into the name, image and likeness pool. The Lobo Alliance initiative will assume responsibility for compensating student-athletes for their NIL usage, UNM athletic director Fernando Lovo said in a statement released Monday afternoon. The alliance is an arm of the Lobo Club, the longtime nonprofit fundraising organization that helps raise money for athletic scholarships, facilities and programs.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber |James Barron
The 2025 season will be the last as we know it for the current configuration of the Mountain West Conference. If all goes as expected, there shouldn’t be much to write home about for the Lobos. This week, ESPN published its preseason prognostications for the 11-team league and, well, let’s just say there aren’t many folks who think highly of the University of New Mexico’s football team on the sports mothership.
