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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Junior Feeling Good About State By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     The Class 5A state golf tournament begins Monday in Socorro, and the question lingers: Which Chris Ortiz will show up?     The one who tore through the schedule in March, winning everything in sight?     Or ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Ram Girls Crushed in Semifinal Match By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     Three words summed up the Rio Rancho High School girls tennis team's effort Saturday morning against Carlsbad.     We.     Got.     Demolished.     Those were the first words out of Ram coach Nick Morris ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Rams Expect No. 2 Seed After Victory By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     The Rio Rancho High School baseball team solved a couple of problems on Saturday.     The first - a nondistrict matchup with Class 4A's Moriarty, played at Manzano - ensured that the Rams will ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Lots of Wins, but No Team Victory for RR Boys By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     Coach Larry Chavez carefully recited the individual victories Saturday recorded by his Rio Rancho High School boys track and field team.     The Rams won the 100-meter dash, he said. And the ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Potter Is the Right Coach for Storm By James Yodice Of the Journal     Anyone else out there detecting a geographical pattern in the way Rio Rancho is hiring head football coaches for its two high schools?     Can it be a coincidence that Rio Rancho Public Schools has looked south ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Spartans Bounce Back to Win Title By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     LOS ALAMOS - The seventh inning taketh away, the seventh inning giveth. The Bernalillo Spartans were on the right side of a late-game comeback this time.     Three days after blowing a final-frame game ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Wildcats Get 1st Home Win By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     RIO RANCHO - The Utah Saints were late to the party, and then the New Mexico Wildcats made sure they wouldn't wreck it.     Offense, defense and special teams all contributed to the cause Saturday night, as ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 Violation Reverses Rio Rancho Victory By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     An exciting victory on the court turned into a stunning and heartbreaking administrative defeat Friday night for the Rio Rancho High School boys tennis team.     The Rams thought they had beaten Eldorado ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 Galle Loses Decision After 'Haymaker' in 1st By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     This was a first for Lucas Galle - and not one of those firsts a boxer celebrates.     Journeyman Jaime Javier Barahona stunned - and felled - the Rio Rancho 20-year-old with a thunderous ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 Girls Dominate Against Las Cruces and Will Face Carlsbad in the Semifinals By James Yodice Journal Staff Writer     It was just what the Rio Rancho girls tennis team ordered. The Rams romped over Las Cruces High 8-1 on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state ...
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