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Roderick Martinez struck out 10 and allowed just one baserunner — via a walk — to lead Mora (6-2) to a 12-0 shutout of Peñasco on Friday.

The Rangers pinned five runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first, added one in the second and doubled their lead in the third; the game ended after four and a half innings.

Tripp to leave WLV post

For a second time, Richard Tripp is retiring from West Las Vegas.

Tripp, whose first go-round working for his alma mater included 29 years teaching English and history in addition to coaching basketball, baseball and football, said he is leaving his athletic coordinator post as of July 1. He had been serving in that capacity since 2014, lured out of retirement after a brief stint at Atrisco Heritage.

One assistant DA no longer on...

The latest development in the case of former school superintendent Charles Trujillo doesn’t directly involve him. In fact, it doesn’t even involve the Fourth District Attorney’s lead prosecutor in the case.

A global sport: UWC embraces...

By Dave Wheelock
Special to the Optic

A dozen or so teenage women stand close together on the grass, listening intently to the young man offering real-world advice in an African accent.

Each is clad in the navy blue jerseys, shorts, and knee stockings of the Montezuma Rugby Club, and all are students at the United World College near Las Vegas, New Mexico. One girl wears a Muslim hijab and leggings. None of the girls has ever played in a “live” rugby match before today.

Nuestra cultura

By Margaret McKinney, N.M. Highlands University

The 24th annual New Mexico Highlands University Fiesta de la Hispanidad brings music and dance center stage back to Ilfeld Auditorium — on a different day of the week and time from when it’s been held in past years.

The fiesta, a collection of local cultural music, has typically been held on Friday or Saturday nights in March or April. This year’s event is set for Sunday at 2 p.m.

The President's Choice

By Margaret McKinney/Highlands University

Both unbeaten in 2-4A, RHS and...

On paper, Robertson and Miyamura softball teams entered Tuesday’s head-to-head meeting as two evenly matched teams.

On the dirt, it was a different story.

Robertson (12-6 overall, 4-0 District 2-4A) swept the non-district doubleheader 5-0 and 12-8, sending the Class 5A Patriots home 9-7-1.

Man arrested after being found...

A man was arrested recently after a Las Vegas Police officer found the man in possession of a knife that he’d apparently used to break into a home.

Police were called to a home in the 1300 block of Seventh Street at about 11 a.m. March 3 for a burglary in progress. An officer observed Mark Ludi, 47, of Las Vegas, sitting on a wall behind a residence, according to a statement of probable cause.

N.M. homelessness — as seen by a...

My name is Annika, and I am a volunteer at the Samaritan House in Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. Currently, I’m studying at the United World college in Montezuma, but primarily, I live in Norway.

I moved here in August 2017 to attend the World College, and since then I have been going to the shelter with a group of other people from my school, every week.

Considering the background I come from, I was not very familiar with homelessness before coming here.

Students receive recognition for...

By Margaret McKinney
N.M. Highlands University

New Mexico Highlands University students received recognition for their outstanding leadership in and out of the classroom and other contributions to the university at the 20th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet April 4.

The Office of Campus Life, directed by Margaret Gonzales, organizes the event each year.