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Today's Sports

  • Football picks contest open to...

    Once again, the Optic is offering its readers the opportunity to prove they know their stuff when it comes to predicting the outcome of professional and college football games.

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  • Lovington strong in 44-0 win

    In the NFL, the so-called Wildcat offense has really taken off, using the simple principle that opposing defenses should never be too sure which player will get the snap from center.

    In Friday night’s Robertson-Lovington game, the Wildcat offense worked no matter who was taking snaps from center.

    Lovington (1-1) had three quarterbacks rotate into the contest, all successfully, and two of them — juniors Jacob Jameson and Kyler Gilbreath — orchestrated what may be the state’s best gridiron attack in a 44-0 defeat of host Robertson (0-2).

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  • Washburn heartburn for Cowboys

    Both the Cowboys and Ichabods demonstrated offensive balance on Friday night in Topeka, Kans. The home team just had a lot more firepower in an 82- 21 romp.

    Washburn improved to 2-0 and sent New Mexico Highlands to 0-2 in a dominant performance that churned out 534 yards of offense, including 284 on the ground and 250 through the air.

    That overshadowed an improved effort from Chad Roanhaus’ Cowboys, who piled up 141 yards passing and 128 rushing, including a 103-yard game by Robert Grant.

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  • Bears maul young Dons 50-0

    One miserable second quarter reduced an otherwise competitive —  if ugly — game into a blowout Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium.

    Visiting Estancia scored 44 points in that 12-minute span en route to a 50-0 victory over West Las Vegas, spoiling the home debut of the Dons and first-year head coach Mike Ulibarri.

    Bears quarterback Destry Oberg went 12 of 29 for 286 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to Derek Georgia. Oberg rushed for an additional score in the middle of the decisive second-period barrage.

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    Both the Cowboys and Ichabods demonstrated offensive balance on Friday night in Topeka, Kans. The home team just had a lot more firepower in an 82- 21 romp.

    Washburn improved to 2-0 and sent New Mexico Highlands to 0-2 in a dominant performance that churned out 534 yards of offense, including 284 on the ground and 250 through the air.

    That overshadowed an improved effort from Chad Roanhaus' Cowboys, who piled up 141 yards passing and 128 rushing, including a 103-yard game by Grant.

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  • Dons football team learning new...

    Training camp has taken on a new meaning at West Las Vegas this fall.

    New head football coach Mike Ulibarri has made sure of that.

    Ulibarri wants his Dons football players to learn and embrace not only a new set of X’s and O’s but also a new mindset about playing the game.

    First, the latter. “At every position, you have to be a player, you have to be an athlete,” he says. What that means is a focus on helping the team, regardless of job description.

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  • Cardinals 'a whole...

    A full offseason program — and a preseason uncomplicated by the troubles that befell last year’s team — have apparently made a major difference for the Robertson High football team.

    “We’re a whole different team from last year,” says RHS head coach Richard Martinez.

    Most of the players who took the field last fall are back, of course. But with stability back in the program, the optimism has returned to Cardinal country.

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  • Cowboys in Kansas on Friday

    New Mexico Highlands didn’t make a whole lot of mistakes on the gridiron this past weekend at Midwestern State. Trouble is, the mistakes they did make turned into points for the host Mustangs, who played a hyper-efficient game on both sides of the ball.

    The Cowboys can put that 41-0 defeat in the rear view mirror Friday night with a good showing at Washburn in Topeka, Kans. It’s the first gridiron meeting between the schools.

    NMHU plays the Ichabods at 5 p.m. Mountain time Friday. The game is slated to be broadcast live on KMDZ-FM 96.7.

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  • Chavez a Royal

    Former New Mexico Highlands University Cowboy Chris Chavez recently received the best news he’s had yet in his professional baseball career.

    He was called up to the Triple A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, the Omaha Royals, after being in the organization the past four seasons.

    Chavez was part of the Highlands baseball team in 2006.

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  • Young Cowgirl kickers look for...

    Featuring a slew of young players, the New Mexico Highlands University women’s soccer team is off to a competitive — if yet winless — start under first-year head coach Justin Wagar.

    Returners include goalkeeper Shannon Delarosbil, field players Stephanie Devisser, Yolanda Elias, Amanda Piho, Aspen Proctor,  Ashley Rosales and Caitlyn Syner.

    A dozen freshmen and another half dozen sophomores are listed on a deep but youthful roster.

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