Category: Sports

The Las Cruces High School vs Mayfield High School football game is widely regarded as one of the best rivalries not only New Mexico, but the entire country. 

Golf in the Olympics is very similar to what we are used to in our broader community with two distinctions. 1) There is no “cut” after the second round of 18–all competitors play 72 holes. 2) There are sudden-death tie breaker rounds for all medals.

Competing naked is widely accepted as the only way the Greeks would perform in the original Olympic games.

Our broader community is dynamic. Because of the changing nature of the place we call home, the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) has been forced to play the district shuffling game.

In the final game of Group C play, Team USA dominated Puerto Rico, 104-83. Of the impressive roster of star basketball players to take the court for Team USA, Tyrese Haliburton was the only player to not score a single point.

Larrison joins the Aggies after an extensive career as private throws coach and volunteer for the University of Kansas.

For the first time in the history of the Cruces-Mayfield (or Mayfield-Cruces, if you prefer) rivalry, the storied match up will be the season opener.

Both the New York Post and Sports Illustrated made hay about Team USA Women’s High Jump competitor, Rachel Glenn, and her decision to leave the University of South Carolina for the Razorbacks of Arkansas for non-athletic reasons.

When the local community doesn’t have anyone “homegrown” to represent them in the Olympics, we have to find those athletes who represent something we are passionate about.

Both Chiles and Biles will compete in each of the four event rounds; Suni Lee will fill the third spot on uneven bars and balance beam and floor exercise, while Jade Carey will round out the slots on the vault.

No, Jordan Thompson is not from around here. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find any connection to our local community… except for her name–Jordan.

The second edition of NM State Volleyball in Conference USA is on the horizon. Mike Head Coach Mike Jordan, entering his 27th season with the program, announced the full 31-match slate of 2024 competitions.

Mariah Duran played many sports while growing up in Albuquerque, but when her brothers gifted her a skateboard on her 10th birthday – suddenly things changed. Just three years later, Mariah was entering her first skateboarding competition.

Aggie legend joins former teammate Tatyana Battle on Mike Jordan’s bench.

After stellar DII football career, he found a path to a college degree and the Paris Olympics playing… Rugby.

Javier Delgadillo, Alvaro Morales and River Smalley receive recognition for athletic and academic achievements.

DEA recently hosted a third One Pill Can Kill Game Over esports tournament, featuring fentanyl awareness messaging alongside eight universities competing in the video game Rocket League.

Thomas was a former player under Head Coach Jason Hooten at Sam Houston.

Watkins, Yarro, David, Peleti and Smith represent NM State.

NM State and Liberty were the only CUSA programs to receive honors.

Being a college athlete has its share of challenges. Injuries happen. An athlete may get less playing time than they were expecting.

July 24-27, 2024, NMHSCA will honor several coaches from our broader community, including Coach of the Year (Keith Leupold/Volleyball) and Hall of Honor Inductee (Jimmy Miller/Football).

Aggies finish 2023-24 year with highest team GPA among all conference teams.