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Eight years.

That’s how long I’ve lived in Las Vegas. Long enough to have become familiar with the community and its people, but not nearly long enough to become anything other than an outsider, at least to some people.

I guess I don’t mind. I was born and raised in Arkansas, and yet I’ve always felt sort of different there too.

Unless I’m with my family. There, I belong.

Shooting at a 58 percent clip in the second half, the New Mexico Highlands men’s basketball team pulled away from Iowa Wesleyan for a 100-78 win on Saturday in Alamosa, Colo.

The Cowboys and head coach Joe Harge evened their season record at 1-1. They were to play Northern New Mexico on Sunday, also as part of the Alamosa Tourism & Bankers Classic hosted by Adams State University.

Five Cowboys finished in double figures on Saturday, and all 12 who got playing time contributed to the victory.

Overcoming a two-touchdown deficit in the state football playoffs is just part of the story for Robertson in its 40-26 triumph over visiting Portales on a cool Saturday afternoon at Cardinal Stadium.

The Cardinals (7-4) also found a way to overcome its penchant for incurring expensive penalties on both sides of the ball. And they overcame less-than-optimal health across the roster, finding a way to win against an improved Rams outfit with its own injury issues.

By The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — Nevada’s Cody Fajardo threw three touchdown passes and ran for a career-high 186 yards Saturday to help the Wolf Pack beat New Mexico 31-24 and end a three-game losing streak.

Fajardo hit Brandon Wimberly from 2 yards out for what proved to be the winning score with 4 minutes left in the third quarter for Nevada (7-4, 4-3 Mountain West).