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Today's Sports

  • Highlands boots ASC

    Ending an eight-game slide, the New Mexico Highlands women's soccer team rode a strong first half to defeat Adams State 2-0 on Friday at Perkins Stadium.

    The Cowgirls and Justin Wagar were to play Sunday, carrying a 3-11 RMAC record.

    Yolanda Elias struck first for Highlands on Friday, drawing a penalty in what turned out to be a physical, foul-plagued afternoon. She booted a penalty kick at the 12:20 mark off Grizzly goalkeeper Kirsten Dorsey.

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  • Kazingo, Kirui are all-RMAC

    New Mexico Highlands' Nicaise Kazingo and Moses Kirui earned all-conference honors Saturday, setting the pace for a pair of seventh-place team finishes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference cross country championships.

    Highlands' men were seventh of 11 schools; the NMHU women seventh of 13 in the meet, hosted by Metro State in Denver.

    Adams State added to its string of team championships in both races and is considered a leading contender for the national title on the men's and women's sides.

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  • Cards, Elks both on rise in...

    Two of the most-improved prep football teams in the state meet up Friday night at Cardinal Stadium, each looking to establish itself as a legitimate contender out of District 2-3A.

    Robertson (4-3, 0-1) plays host to Pojoaque (6-2, 1-1); kickoff is 7 p.m.

    Under the guidance of coach Richard Martinez and staff, the Cardinals have built a winning record despite being a predominantly young group playing a rigorous schedule chock full of ranked teams.

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  • Las Vegas native fights Friday

    Las Vegas native Michael Coca Gallegos is slated to fight his second professional boxing match Friday in Las Vegas, Nev.

    Gallegos, 31, will box as part of a card at the Orleans Hotel and Casino. His announced opponent is Lawrence Hughes.

    The card is headlined by a heavyweight battle between Oliver McCall and Lance Whitaker. Other bouts are cruiserweights Arthur Williams vs. Victor Barragan, junior welterweights Juan Heraldez vs. Ivan Diaz, and heavies Elijah McCall vs. Andre Carthron.

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  • Twice as nice!

    Tuesday night’s cluster of lightning strikes in the Las Vegas area caused no known injuries, but the Robertson girls’ soccer team got a charge out of them anyway.

    Through the first 26 minutes and 12 seconds of Robertson’s home finale with Pojoaque, neither team could muster enough offensive chances to take control of the game. Then the first lightning bolts flashed along the western skyline, and officials declared a mandatory 30-minute delay.

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  • Cardinals trounce Elks

    Beginning with a safety and punctuated by a forced (and recovered) fumble, Friday night's 40-7 Robertson football victory over Pojoaque belonged largely to the Cardinal defense.

    Consistently throughout the night, the host Redbirds harassed Elks quarterback Michael Garcia and they effectively shut down drive after drive from a Pojoaque team that has already eclipsed its previous best start to a football season.

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  • Dave's Drive-In: Mostly...

    In 1983, when “All the Right Moves” was hitting theaters, only a secondary role in “Taps” had separated a young Tom Cruise from obscurity.

    This formulaic football movie helped get Cruise on the road to superstardom, but it has rightly been relegated to the bargain bin of modern sports cinema.

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  • Cops take court Thursday night

    A number of the Meadow City’s finest will be lacing up their sneakers for a good cause this Thursday night.

    Las Vegas Police Department representatives will take on counterparts from the New Mexico State Police in a basketball game that tips off at 6 p.m. at the Abe Montoya Recreation Center. Admission to witness this contest is $1.

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  • RMAC names soccer sites

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Metropolitan State College of Denver will host the 2009 RMAC Women’s Soccer Tournament November 6-8. The Roadrunners lead the RMAC with a 13-0-0 record.

    Meanwhile, Fort Lewis College in Durango will host the 2009 RMAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Nov. 6-8 at Dirks Field. The Skyhawks lead the RMAC with a 10-0-0 record.

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  • Redbirds outlast No. 5 Warriors

    Dalan Abreu and Daniel Martinez scored touchdowns as Robertson slipped past Socorro 20-13 on Friday night.

    It was a major non-district win for the Cardinals and coach Richard Martinez. Socorro entered the weekend ranked fifth in the New Mexico High School Coaches Association poll for Class 3A football.

    The competitiveness of the game harkened back to another memorable Cards-Warriors meeting — in the 2006 state playoffs, when RHS squeaked out a 21-14 decision en route to a championship.

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