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Daniel Martinez on Saturday joined his older brothers Adam and Jake in a select group of New Mexico high school wrestlers who have won four state championships.

With one year of eligibility remaining, the Robertson junior now has a chance at five — a distinction earned by only Carlsbad’s Michael Scott Owen.

Martinez and Robertson senior Estevan Vigil both went 3-0 at the state tournament over the weekend, each defending the titles at the weight classes they’d competed in a year earlier — 152 and 171, respectively.

Adam Martinez and Jake Martinez are part of an elite club in the history of New Mexico high school wrestling.

Having won four individual state championships, they are two of only 12 grapplers to have done so. (Only one wrestler — Carlsbad’s Michael Scott Owen — has ever won five.)

If he can win another state title Saturday at Rio Rancho’s Santa Ana Star Center, Robertson High junior Daniel Martinez will join his older brothers in that exclusive group.

Modest runs of 5-0 and 8-0 paved the way to one of the Highlands Cowgirls’ finest wins in recent history Tuesday for Senior Night at the Wilson Complex.

The Cowgirls surprised defending league champion Colorado State-Pueblo 62-49 to improve to 10-13 overall and 4-11 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. CSUP (15-9, 11-5) stays on track for a postseason run, but it was a feel-good night for coach Tiffany Darling and a Highlands team that has come a long way in a year.

New Mexico Highlands University head baseball coach Steve Jones has broken the All-Time wins record for the NMHU baseball program — and in doing so, became the winningest coach in NMHU history.

Jones earned his 385th win on  Feb. 14 as his Cowboys defeated Hardin Simmons University by a final score of 16-3.

Jones now has a career record of 385-294 with a .567 winning percentage in his 13 years at the helm of the Cowboy baseball program, which also makes him the fastest to reach 385 wins in school history.