August 2023

Cross-Country runner Kylie Garcia was named an American Southwest Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete. Garcia exhibited great improvement as a freshman runner and maintained a 3.8 cumulative GPA last spring. She was one of five runners to compete at the ASC Cross-Country Championship and finished with a time of 36:17.3 in the postseason meet. The Lobos finished eighth overall in 2023.

The pennant fight for the Pecos League title between the Tucson Saguaros of the Mountain Division and the San Rafael Pacifics of the Pacific Division came down to a third and deciding game on Saturday. Although the Saguaros forced a game three after their win on Friday of 4-0 over the Pacifics, they were unable to keep up the momentum, and dropped game three with a 2-0 loss, allowing San Rafael to take the Pecos League Championship for 2023.

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GET A GRIP! .

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COVID impacted just about everybody in the world in some way.And everyone was anxious to get back to normal as the virus ran its course. While most of the public health mandates have ended, there is still a lingering sense that things are not quite back to normal. There are just way too many disturbing trends to think we are back to business as usual despite our normalcy bias that would have us think so. Normal isn’t coming back, Jesus is!

In what activities did you participated in high school? In high school I participate in football, basketball, baseball, and UIL. Who was your favorite teacher/coach, and why? My favorite coach was coach Valenzuela because he has always pushed me to do the best I could.

There’s some exciting news in the realm of cooking for all you busy home cooks. It’s quick, it’s easy, and requires minimal effort. That’s my kind of cooking, especially when trying to keep excessive heat from building up in your house on these hot afternoons and evenings.