GALLUP BENGALS

Boys Basketball

(2-8)

12/20: Piedra Vista @ Gallup 65-64

Girls Basketball

(5-6)

01/03: Los Lunas @ Gallup 66-57

12/30: Gallup @ Cleveland 64-59

MIYAMURA PATRIOTS

Boys Basketball

(6-5)

12/30: Miyamura @ Santa Teresa 64-48

12/29: Miyamura @ Gadsen 46-42

Girls Basketball

(4-9)

01/03: Valencia @ Miyamura 48-34

12/30: Valencia vs Miyamura 36-51

12/29: Miyamura vs. Bloomfield 34-40

REHOBOTH CHRISTIAN LYNX

Boys Basketball

(5-4)

01/03: Ramah @ Rehoboth 61-68

WINGATE BEARS

Boys Basketball

(4-6)

01/03: Wingate @ Zuni 67-47

12/28: Wingate @ Taos 39-57

12/27: Pojoaque Valley @ Wingate 65-46

Girls Basketball

(9-4)

01/04:  Crownpoint @ Wingate 39-81

01/03...

The Miyamura High Patriots wrestling team came out on top during their annual invitational meet Jan. 2.

Meet Results

1. Miyamura

2. Albuquerque Academy

3. Bloomfield

4. Gallup

5. Grants

6. Newcomb

Photos by Ryan Hudgeons

The Miyamura girls basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Valencia by a score of 48-34 Jan. 3.

Photos by Ryan Hudgeons

There have been many full moons since I was a little boy but I recall a time when I overheard an intense conversation between my mother and her older brother Charles, my favorite but scary uncle. Uncle Charles was a hard man who worked construction, the tough sort of man who knew his way around the world but didn’t take kindly to others suggesting that he change the way he lived his life.

It was rare for me to ever hear or see my mother cry. I was instantly afraid. After the door slammed shut I eased out to the kitchen where my mother sat with tears in her eyes. She told me that my uncle was very sick. Today I would describe his sickness as “comorbidity,” that is having two or...