Will Webber

Santa Fe

Sports Writer at Santa Fe New Mexican

Husband, dad, owner of seven woodland creatures disguised as pets. Sportswriter of 20-some years, a gig that pays the bills (sort of) and riles the masses.

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Articles

Curtis, Kaufman deal with injuries in dramatic finals match

6 days ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

ALBUQUERQUEWell, that’s one way to do it. Waging an epic three-set thriller against the top-seeded player in Thursday’s Class 1A-4A boys tennis singles state finals, Albuquerque Academy’s Austin Curtis rallied for a dramatic 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory that saw both players suffer leg injuries when the tension of the third set was at its highest.
Santa Fe Prep's Voinescu overcomes distractions to advance in 1A-4A state tennis tournament

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

ALBUQUERQUE — There were only a handful of fans left in the concrete grandstand of Albuquerque Academy’s sprawling tennis complex when Santa Fe Prep’s Andrea Voinescu found herself serving in the opening set of a quarterfinal match during Wednesday’s Class 1A-4A state tennis tournament. An unforced error here, an inability to return a volley there. It all added up. Her opponent, Silver’s Hadassah Mathieu, was making things interesting by winning four games in the opening set.
New Mexico Highlands parts ways with athletic director Halalilo

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

New Mexico Highlands University has parted ways with athletic director Shanna Halalilo. A school spokesman and Halalilo herself confirmed the move Tuesday, but neither elaborated on the details. The spokesman said Halalilo was offered a different position within the university but said the restructured role would no longer be connected with athletics. It was unclear if Halalilo was fired for cause or removed from her position due to her performance.
New Mexico Highlands baseball slowly headed in right direction

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

LAS VEGAS, N.M.The signs of potential are there — if you look under the surface to find them. It starts with a literal sign, one that greets visitors to baseball’s Brandt Field at the north end of the New Mexico Highlands University campus. A few paces to the east is basketball’s John A. Wilson Complex and standing a chip shot to the south is football’s Sanchez Family Stadium.
No surprise as Cardinals, Horsemen earn byes in state baseball championships

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

As expected. Pairings for the state baseball championships were released Sunday afternoon and, to little fanfare, the brackets lined up pretty much as expected for local teams. Robertson and St. Michael’s got byes into the quarterfinals of the Class 3A tournament while all of District 2-3A landed inside the top seven seeds.
St. Michael’s coach sees great risk from being high seed

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

Forehead smack, engaged. Remember grandpa when he'd squeeze out a boomer-ism such as, “Ya can’t win for losing”? Turns out, he was talking about the plight of the top four seeds in the annual Class 3A and 2A state baseball tournaments. Pairings for the respective 12-team fields will be announced Sunday afternoon by the New Mexico Activities Association, which means it’s time for a weird annual tradition of watching the state’s top teams struggle to stay afloat.
State baseball needs fixing; here's how

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

High school baseball’s playoff format has a problem and there’s a simple way to fix it. Sort of. As usual, the best ideas don’t often translate to the real world. Logistics have a funny way of ruining the greatest back-of-the-napkin epiphanies. Pairings for the state tournaments from Class 1A through 5A come out this weekend and postseason games start as early as Wednesday. State champions will be crowned May 17. So far, so good.
Horsemen clinch District 2-3A baseball tie behind Bird's pitching gem

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — And now the waiting game begins. Tuesday brought us Robertson baseball’s doubleheader sweep at Santa Fe Indian School and a St. Michael’s win at West Las Vegas. It also delivered the end of the regular season, an end that — fittingly — came with rival schools Robertson and St. Mike’s tied for the top spot in District 2-3A.
Bryce Melton still key to Santa Fe High's track success

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber |James Barron

A lot was unveiled during this weekend’s Richard Harper Memorial Invitational track and field meet at Albuquerque Academy. Perhaps the biggest regular-season meet of the year, the Harper had some of the best teams in Class 4A and 5A in attendance, with Santa Fe High and Los Alamos in particular. Here is what we learned:Bryce Melton holds the key for Santa Fe High: Melton skipped the Harper, in part to keep himself healthy and also because he is competing at a high school meet in Arizona this week.
Horsemen pitcher throws no-hitter against Santa Fe Indian School; St. Michael's wins doubleheader

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Will Webber

If Saturday is for the boys, at least a portion of this weekend’s windy, sun-soaked day belonged to a freshman from St. Michael’s. Carson West, a lean and — as his coach will tell you — head-strong flamethrower tossed a no-hitter in the nightcap of a doubleheader against visiting Santa Fe Indian School. His eight-strikeout, three-walk masterpiece capped an 8-5 and 2-0 sweep for the Horsemen and set them up for at least a share of the District 2-3A title when they travel Tuesday to West Las Vegas.