Over 200 bowlers participated in the Eighth Annual Willie ‘Iceman’ Knight Bowling Tournament on May 9-10 at Gal-A-Bowl. They were registered in three divisions: Red, White and Blue and were allowed to participate in more than one division, according to their season’s averages.

Winning the Red Division was the team of Cathy Mitchell and Donna Gonzales, while second place went to Karmela Kinsel and Roger Kinsel. Sheila Canete and Ed Canete took third, and Alex Patterson and P.J. Montoya were fourth.

In the White Division, Serenity Smith and Joe Quicero placed first, Zach Beasley and Cory Gonzales were second, Ranee Cleveland and Nolan Kelly were third, and Peter Gonzales and Mitch...

Thursday, May 7

RCHS Softball 12, Navajo Prep 1

RCHS Softball 13, Navajo Prep 3

Friday, May 8

GHS Softball 0, Valencia 10

Saturday, May 9

MHS Softball 4, Artesia 19

RCHS – Senior Shelby Peterson wins State 3A championship in 100-meter Hurdles in 16.46 seconds. Girls’ team finished 12th with 16.50 points.



Scores in this column are for Gallup, Miyamura, Rehoboth and Wingate High schools, the area high schools covered at this time. These four schools are color coded for easier reference while schools outside of our coverage area are always in black. The Gallup Sun encourages coaches in all sports at these schools to submit their scores weekly, no later than   Wednesday...

MONDAY - MAY 18

ROD CAREW LEAGUE

(T-BALL PARK)

6pm Braves vs. D-backs
7pm Cardinals vs. Indians

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

(INDIAN HILLS PARK)

6pm Reds vs. Angels

U-8 SOFTBALL

(FATHER DUNSTAN PARK)

6pm Padres at Angels

WILLIE MAYS

(STAFIE FIELD)

6pm D-Backs vs Yankees

PEE WEE REESE LEAGUE

(PEE WEE REESE FIELD)

6pm Braves vs Dodgers

U-12 SOFTBALL

(F.C. SOFTBALL FIELD)

6pm Braves vs Giants

SANDY KOUFAX LEAGUE

(MICKEY MANTLE FIELD)

6pm Giants vs. Yankees

TUESDAY - MAY 19

ROD CAREW LEAGUE

(T-BALL PARK)

6pm Rockies vs. Tigers
7pm Pirates vs. Yankees

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

(INDIAN HILLS PARK)

6pm Tigers vs. Twins

WILLIE MAYS

(STAFIE FIELD)

6pm A’s vs Dodgers

U-10...

A 1993 graduate of Gallup High, Brian Silva took his diploma and baseball skills to Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma for two years, where his team missed the World Series by just a game. Returning to New Mexico for a try at NMJC, that didn’t work out well for him, he finished his college years in Portales as a Greyhound.

That move was not totally unexpected since one of his coaches in Connie Mack summer ball was Mickey Menapace, whose story was on these pages recently.

Brian had other good coaches as he worked his way up from the Gallup T-Ball start, including the legendary-like Johnny Espinosa – many stories have been written about him – his dad Ron Silva, Doug Howes, and in...