The resignation letter of May 21 on Facebook is over 600 words long, and will not be repeated verbatim here, but the board members of the Gallup Amateur Baseball/Softball Association held a lengthy interview on May 26 to further explain their actions.

Their comments were a reaction to a Letter to the Editor, published in the Independent newspaper, criticizing the efforts and actions of the board and/or coach toward her 10-year old son. Written by a parent, Cathy Covington, that slightly overstated her case, it became the straw that broke the back of the board members.

“We had stated before last year’s season that we would only run the league for two years,” said Doctor Lawrence...

This Week in Sports

SATURDAY – MAY 30

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

(INDIAN HILLS PARK)

9am Twins vs. Dodgers

11am Red Sox vs. Yankees

1pm Tigers vs. Mets

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

(STAFIE PARK)

9am Angels vs. Cardinals

11am Reds vs. Padres

1pm Twins vs. Marlins

U-8 SOFTBALL

(FATHER DUNSTAN PARK)

10am Rockies at Nationals

12pm Dodgers at Padres

WILLIE MAYS LEAGUE

(STAFIE PARK)

6pm Yankees vs Rangers

8pm Giants vs Pirates

U-12 SOFTBALL

(F.C. SOFTBALL FIELD)

9am Yankees vs. Pirates

11am D-Backs vs. Braves

U-14 SOFTBALL

(F.C. SOFTBALL FIELD)

1pm Trojans vs. Yankees

3pm D-backs vs. Giants

MONDAY – JUNE 1

ROD CAREW T-BALL

(T-BALL FIELD)

6pm A’s vs. Rockies

7pm Braves vs...

The last time boxing was alive and well in Gallup was several years ago when Jimmy Montano, now the head softball coach at Miyamura High, was working with the Police Athletic League program. Since then, nothing, except for a much more modified event called MMA which involves cage fighting.

Joe Olivas, who has been in Gallup for about five years, hopes to change that with his small group of young “Lights Out” fighters, aided by his assistant Raymond Yazzie. Olivas, a boxer from the age of seven in Oxford, CA had 176 bouts as an amateur and fought in the Olympic Trials in 1988 at the age of 18 at 135 pounds. He turned pro four years later at 140 pounds and trained with...

This writer has written many stories in the last 10 years about the exploits and talents of 14-year old Dylan Vargas. None are more important to me than the overall skills this young man demonstrates in other fields, rounding out his thirst for knowledge and accomplishments that seems never-ending.

His Second Degree Black Belt and the accumulation of 745 trophies and 49 World Championships he has garnered in the last decade are very impressive, but his short life so far has not depended on these accomplishments alone. Dylan is also an awesome sudent, holding a 4.0 GPA as he finishes his eighth-grade year, and holding two Regional Science first place awards. He was unable to attend...