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Today's Sports

  • In Miami, jobs in jeopardy

    By Steven Wine
    AP Sports Writer

    DAVIE, Fla.  — Last month, Richie Incognito said severe repercussions would be warranted if the Miami Dolphins kept allowing sacks at such an alarming rate.

    “Everybody should be fired,” he said.

    Nobody in Miami is talking about sacks anymore. Firings remain a distinct possibility for very different reasons.

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  • NMHU to end season of frustration

    It’s been like a disappointing fishing expedition.

    There’s been a lot of talk about the one that got away.

    New Mexico Highlands’ football team will wrap up its 2013 slate Saturday with a visit to instate rival Western New Mexico in Silver City. Kickoff is set for noon.

    And regardless of the outcome of that game, the Cowboys and head coach Eric Young may still be wondering what might’ve been.

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  • Traynham nets 35; Cowgirls move...

    Sophomore guard Michelle Traynham exploded for 35 points on 11-of-20 shooting, including seven 3-point baskets in 14 attempts Tuesday night, leading New Mexico Highlands past Northern New Mexico College 69-47.

    After the road triumph in Española, the Cowgirls and head coach Tiffany Darling are 2-0 on the young season.

    Traynham narrowly missed a double-double by pulling down eight rebounds. She had two steals and zero turnovers in 26 minutes of action.

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  • Six NMHU wrestlers in top four

    By Vincent Nolasco
    NMHU Sports Information

    Six Cowboy grapplers finished among the top four of their weight classes when New Mexico Highlands’ wrestling team competed in the Oklahoma City Open on Nov. 3.

    Highlands head coach Doug Moses brought 20 grapplers (second most in the tournament), and had six wrestle in the Open division and 14 wrestle in the Freshman/Sophomore division.

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  • Scherzer, Kershaw cruise to Cy...

    The Associated Press
    NEW YORK — Max Scherzer did most everything on the mound this season — led the majors in wins, started the All-Star game, helped put his team in the playoffs.
    Now, the newly minted AL Cy Young Award winner said he will “wait and see” whether he’s returning to the Detroit Tigers next year.
    Scherzer went 21-3 and was an easy pick Wednesday as the American League’s top pitcher, drawing 28 of 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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  • Looking Ahead - Sports - Nov. 15...

    Friday
    Basketball
    • NMHU men vs. Montana State-Northern, 5:30 p.m., Phoenix
    Volleyball
    • NMHU at Fort Lewis, 7 p.m., Durango, Colo.
    • State tournaments, TBA, Rio Rancho
    Saturday
    Basketball
    • NMHU men vs. Bethesda, 5:30 p.m., Phoenix
    * West Las Vegas Middle School girls vs. St. Michael’s, 10 a.m., WLV
    Football
    • NMHU at Western New Mexico, noon, Silver City
    • Class 3A state playoffs: Robertson at Portales, 7 p.m., Portales
    Volleyball

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  • Cardinals face Portales rematch

    Friday, Aug. 30, may seem like such a long time ago in terms of high school football progressions.

    That date has become relevant once again for the Robertson Cardinals and the Portales Rams, who opened the 2013 regular season back then at Blackwater Draw and will renew acquaintances there again this weekend — this time with bigger implications at stake.

    Portales will host Robertson at 7 p.m. Friday in the first round of the Class 3A state football playoffs.

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  • Top three finish
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  • State volleyball pool play opens...

    It’s state tournament time for high school volleyball teams across New Mexico, and the action begins with pool play on Thursday in Rio Rancho.

    West Las Vegas has earned the No. 5 overall seed in Class 3A and will play in a pool along with No. 4 Silver and No. 12 St. Michael’s. As with the other Class 3A pool competitions, the Lady Dons will start at 1 p.m. at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.

    Robertson enters the tourney as the No. 10 seed and will play in a pool against No. 2 Portales and No. 7 Sandia Prep.

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  • Cowgirls’ Smith grabs a record...

    By Vincent Nolasco
    NMHU Sports Information

    HOBBS, N.M. — Behind a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference record-breaking performance by senior China Smith, the New Mexico Highlands women’s basketball team opened its 2013-14 season with a 74-36 victory against the University of the Southwest on Saturday.

    Smith set an  RMAC individual game rebounding record by pulling down 28 rebounds, 14 on the offensive end. The previous record of 27 was held by Pam DeCosta from Mesa State since the 1984-85 season.

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