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Looking Ahead - Sports - May 17, 2013

Wednesday
Baseball
• Las Vegas Train Robbers at Roswell, 7 p.m., Roswell
• Class 2A state tournament quarterfinal: Pecos vs. Cobre, 1 p.m., Cleveland High, Rio Rancho
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games
Softball
• Class 2A state tournament quarterfinals: Mora vs. Estancia, 10 a.m., Rio Rancho field 3; Pecos vs. Cobre, noon, Rio Rancho field 4
Tee-ball
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games

Thursday

Looking Back - May 15, 2013

In 1963

Annual Bike Rodeo for kids Saturday

Submitted to the Optic

The 22nd annual Kiwanis Bike Safety Rodeo is set for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Saturday at the parking lot of the Wilson Gym Complex at Highlands University.

In Brief - New Mexico News - May 17, 2013

The Associated Press

Mom chases down abductor
ALBUQUERQUE — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt, Albuquerque police said Thursday.
The young girl was playing in her yard at an apartment complex in Albuquerque’s North Valley when a group of teenagers saw the kidnapping and ran to alert the girl’s mother.

Nursing Home week
Looking Ahead - Sports - May 8, 2013

Wednesday
Baseball
• NMHU at RMAC tournament, TBA, Grand Junction, Colo.
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games
Tee-ball
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games
Tennis
• State tournaments TBA, Albuquerque

Thursday
Baseball
• NMHU at RMAC tournament, TBA, Grand Junction, Colo.
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games
Softball

Cowboys No. 3 seed in RMAC

The long-awaited “second season” begins Wednesday for the New Mexico Highlands baseball team (28-22 overall, 24-16 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference).

NMHU is the No. 3 seed in the RMAC tournament and plays No. 4 Regis. Whoever prevails advances to play either No. 2 Colorado State-Pueblo or No. 5 Metro State at 7 p.m. Thursday. The loser plays in a 3:30 p.m. Thursday game against whoever wins the first-rounder between No. 1 Colorado Mesa and No. 6 Colorado School of Mines.

State brackets set

BASEBALL

In their fight for respect in the state baseball ranks, the Robertson Cardinals took a leap forward this season under first-year head coach Ken Sandoval.

The Redbirds (19-7 overall) earned the highest state tournament seeding in recent history at No. 4 and will host a first-round Class 3A state tournament best-of-three series against Shiprock beginning Friday afternoon and continuing on Saturday.

Game times will be announced later this week.

Looking Ahead - News - May 8, 2013

An investiture ceremony for Gerald E. Baca will be held at 4:30 p.m. this Thursday in the Division 1 courtroom at the courthouse in Las Vegas. Baca was selected to fill the vacant judge position in the 4th Judicial District. Residents of Mora, San Miguel and Guadalupe counties are invited to attend.

Weather - May 8, 2013

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a north wind 10-15 mph, becoming west 20-25 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a west wind 20-25 mph, decreasing to 10-15 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Thursday

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