Today's Sports

A new 16-and-under softball team, the K-aos is battling in a double-elimination state tournament this weekend in Albuquerque and representing much of northern New Mexico.

The team — managed by Steve Montoya and Coached by Dominique Montoya, Anthony Lovato and Pete Garcia — includes girls from Pojoaque, Española and Las Vegas who were in need of a program to continue playing through the summer.

Jesse Estrada has had his share of thrills on the football field. As a star running back and linebacker for Robertson High, he played in multiple state championship games and scored a touchdown in the elite North-South contest reserved for the best of the best.

But while he enjoyed the glory of the gridiron, Estrada — soon to be a sophomore at New Mexico Highlands University — says there’s nothing more exciting than trying to ride a bucking horse for eight seconds.

Cubs fans, rejoice!

Cubs fans in La Plaza Little League, that is.

With dual victories in Saturday's LPLL majors and minors division championship games, the league's two Cubs baseball outfits finished a week of playoffs the way they began the week -- as No. 1 in their respective divisions.

On Saturday morning, the minors Cubs took down the White Sox 13-1 for the title.

Changes both major and minor to the classification of high school athletics in New Mexico are on the way.

The New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors signed off on a sweeping overhaul of athletic districts, with the changes to become effective in fall 2010, one year from this coming autumn.