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Valley High team members pose off site with the trophy after capturing a state basketball title at the Pit in March, just when COVID-19 was emerging. (Jim Thompson/Journal)
Yes, there was bad. And sure, there was ugly.
But during the abbreviated portion of 2020 that actually afforded us a chance to enjoy prep sports – a mere 10 weeks – there was also an abundance of good, untouched by the coronavirus, to emerge from the general dreariness of this neverending calendar year.
• Despite the final three days being played without fans, the state basketball tournament doggedly forged ahead, with officials intent on completing New Mexico’s centerpiece postseason event, even in an eerily silent Pit.