ALBUQUERQUE — Hannah Johnson had the final word as she spoke to the Johnson Center crowd after playing her final home match as a Lobo on Senior Night.

“I remembered today that we had to do a speech and I knew I had to do this, so I wrote it all down,” Johnson said.

But, along with fellow senior Skye Gullatt, she also had the final word against Utah State Nov. 18.

Johnson dished out a game-high 35 assists and connected with Gullatt for the game’s final kills as New Mexico volleyball turned away Utah State in three sets, 25-18, 27-25, 25-21 on Senior Night.

“At game point, I knew I had to give it to Skye,” Johnson said. “I wanted to do everything in my power to get...

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015

GHS GBB vs. Shiprock, 7

GHS SWM @ Los Lunas, 9 am

MHS SWM @ Los Lunas, 9 am

ToHS GBB vs Window Rock, 1

Monday, Nov. 23, 2015

ToHS GBB @ Laguna Acoma, 4

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015

GHS BBB @ Del Norte, 5:30

GHS GBB @ Del Norte, 7

RCHS GBB vs Northwest, 6:30

ToHS BBB vs Navajo Pine, 4

Friday, Nov. 27, 2015

WHS BBB @ Pecos, 3

 

If the headline for this column is true, there must have been a lot of happy people in Gallup last week.

Dancing

Kristy Tiley and her dancers always put on a great show, whether it is for halftime or in this competitive environment of the Turquoise Classic. She starts with mini-dancers – about the age of four – and tries to keep them interested and improving every year right through high school.

The ultimate goal for most of these young ladies is to become a member of the Gallup High Bengal Girls Dance Team, a highly evolved and greatly experienced team of teenagers that at the least make you want to tap your feet as they move. A few go beyond even that goal and continue their...

There were two styles of Rugby played on Nov. 10 at Public School Stadium, one before the snow started (BS) and one after the sudden storm kicked into high gear (AS).

It was quite an invitation to a team of Indigenous Australians that had traveled several thousand miles to play a mostly local team of Indigenous Warriors, especially based on a feature video that was distributed in over 100 countries. But the invitation was accepted by the team from Down Under and Gallup’s Rugby maven Timaris Montano put together a group of former Gallup High players to meet the challenge.

It was more of a ‘fun’ event than an actual contest. The Australians had played together for some...