Sports with Steve Bortstein

12/20/2025

Sophomore Allyson Tsosie led the Broncos with 14 points, while senior Kaylyn Cadman scored 13 points and junior Zoey Benally added 10 points to the win. Kirtland Central (7-1) has won three straight games while the Scorpions (8-1) suffered their first loss of the season.

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FARMINGTON – A trio of Kirtland Central girls basketball players scored in double figures Friday night, leading the Broncos to a 62-48 win over Farmington inside the Scorpion Arena. Sophomore Allyson ...

12/15/2025

Chavarria finished the season with 53 touchdown passes, completing nearly 63% of his throws for more than 3500 yards. He led the state in all classifications in TD passes and yards and was named to the All-State first team roster at the position by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association.

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BLOOMFIELD – There’s a mindset that sets in with certain athletes when they take on the responsibility of being a leader for a team. Senior quarterback Manuel Chavarria, affectionately referred to his...

12/14/2025

Sophomore Houston Brown scored 15 points and senior David Lunn added 11 as Volcano Vista withstood Farmington’s pressure defense for a 50-45 victory Saturday night, claiming the Marv Sanders Memorial Invitational title at the Scorpion Arena.

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FARMINGTON – Sophomore Houston Brown scored 15 points and senior David Lunn added 11 as Volcano Vista withstood Farmington’s pressure defense for a 50-45 victory Saturday night, claiming the Marv Sand...

12/14/2025

For the second time in as many years, the Farmington High girls basketball team captured the championship game of the Marv Sanders Memorial Invitational girls basketball tournament, clinching the title Saturday night at the Scorpion Arena in a decisive 49-30 victory over Navajo Prep.

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FARMINGTON – For the second time in as many years, the Farmington High girls basketball team captured the championship game of the Marv Sanders Memorial Invitational girls basketball tournament, clinc...

12/13/2025

Marv Sanders Tournament Scoreboard
Friday Boys Second Round

Farmington 68, Durango 38
Volcano Vista 65, Maryvale 60
Canon City 58, Shiprock 43
Grand Junction 51, Window Rock 36

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FARMINGTON – The Volcano Vista High boys basketball team stormed back in the second half Friday to stun Maryvale (Ariz.) 65-60 inside Scorpion Arena and punch its ticket to the Marv Sanders Memorial I...

12/13/2025

The Scorpions, which already own a tournament title this season, having won the Capital City Invitational in Santa Fe last weekend, improved to 6-0 on the season and will face Navajo Prep on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. in hopes of maintaining their perfect start to the season.

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FARMINGTON – The duo of seniors Kjani Anitielu and Caris Dale led the Farmington High girls basketball with a combined 44 points, guiding the Scorpions into the championship game of the Marv Sanders M...

11/27/2025

My intent is not to disparage or promote any city or community within the borders of the state. I would ask when it was unilaterally decided that Albuquerque was the center of the prep football universe within the borders of the Land of Enchantment.

The debate over where to hold high school state championship football games has valid points on all sides. If you live in a small town such as Eunice or Texico (combined population just over 4,000), p...

11/01/2025

In what was billed as a matchup of two of the top teams in Class 4A, with Grants entering the game ranked third in the classification, Bloomfield wasted little time dispatching the Pirates, scoring all 50 points in the first half, forcing the game to be called at halftime due to the mercy rule.

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BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School football team made an emphatic statement Friday night, finishing their regular season schedule with a 50-0 beatdown over district rival Grants at Bobcat Stadium...

06/09/2025

The final tally...

The sports department of the Tricityrecordnm will wrap up coverage of the 2024-25 high school season this week with our final choices for the top student athletes this spring.

With those stories coming out on Monday and Wednesday, I did the math and came up with the following.

More than 450 stories containing more than 270,000 words, as well as more than 400 photos in the paper and nearly a hundred videos posted online.

Not bad for three people!

Thank you to Jaeden Day. Thank you to Turkeyboy Photography. Thank you to W. Dean Howard Photography. Thank you to Lee Begaye Photography. Thank you to Chancey Bush, Jon Austria, the folks at the The Durango Herald, Cortez Journal and everyone who helped lend a hand along the way.

02/03/2025

Shakers No Secret, a two-time winner at Sunland Park, also owns a win in the 2023 West Texas Maturity. He now has 10 wins from 29 career starts and has recorded earnings of more than $712,000.



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SUNLAND PARK – Under strong urging from Sunland Park's leading quarter horse jockey Christian Ramos, Shakers No Secret earned his second Grade 1 victory Sunday afternoon, capturing the 23rd running of...

02/01/2025

The victory over the Tigers snapped a two-game losing streak for the Broncos and evens their district record to 2-2 heading with six more games remaining on the schedule.



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KIRTLAND – Freshman Kollin Brady capped off a Kirtland Central boys basketball rally Friday night, hitting a 3-point shot at the buzzer as the Broncos topped Aztec 56-53 in an emotional District 1-4A ...

01/31/2025

The Eagles will look to extend their winning streak Tuesday night when they visit Tohatchi. Navajo Prep topped the Cougars 57-29 at the Eagles Nest last month in the opening game of the district slate for both teams.



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FARMINGTON – Maintaining their unblemished record atop the standings in District 1-3A, the Navajo Prep girls basketball team won at home Thursday night, beating district rival Newcomb 52-46 at the Eag...