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The Atrisco Heritage High dancing squad performs during halftime during the boys basketball game against Volcano Vista Friday night. Spectators were allowed to attend a game for the first time in over a year. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
The first, obvious sign that fans had returned to high school gyms in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho was not seeing the hundreds of bodies in the bleachers, nor was it the higher decibel level created by their noise.
It was the number of parking spaces being filled outside.
For the duration of this abbreviated prep basketball season, those spaces were not only easy to find, but they were relatively close to the front door.
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University of New Mexico baseball coach Ray Birmingham will retire at the end of the season. On Monday afternoon, UNM and the baseball team held a press conference to make the announcement at home plate on the Santa Ana Star Center field. (Roberto E. Rosales/Journal)
Ray Birmingham started his slow ride into the New Mexico sunset Monday in uncharacteristic fashion.
He choked up.
Moments into his prepared comments during a media conference at Santa Ana Star Field, the University of New Mexico’s veteran baseball coach paused and stepped away from the microphone. Birmingham, who on Sunday announced his intention to retire at season’s end, had to battle his emotions throughout the public ceremony.
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Show Transcript CHOOSING TO CLOSE ON THEIR OWN EL DORADO HIGH IN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE FORCED TO CLOSE AFTER MORE THAN 10 STUDENTS AND FACULTY TESTED POSITIVE ACTION 7 NEWS. ANCHOR KAYLA NORWOOD JOINS US THERE LIVE WITH HOW THIS IS IMPACTING STUDENTS KAELYN. WELL, HEY SHELLY. I SPOKE TO A SENIOR HERE TONIGHT. HE CALLED THIS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HIM AND HIS FRIENDS NOW. HE ALSO TOLD ME THOUGH THAT HE SAW THIS COMING. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING ON I THINK I’M ONE OF THEM A SENIOR YEAR FAR FROM NORMAL JOSEPH LABOR PLAYS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT EL DORADO HIGH IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE SPRING NOT FALL AND INSTEAD OF CROWDED FANS NEAR EMPTY STANDS NOW A WEEK AFTER THE SCHOOL IS FINALLY BANK OPEN THE STAGE. SH
High School senior shares impact of school shutting down due to COVID-19 cases
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) A student at Eldorado High called the school’s forced closure due to COVID-19 cases a “big disappointment.”
Eldorado High is the first public school in the state that’s been forced to close after more than 10 students and faculty tested positive.
“I think a lot of people are missing out,” said Joseph Leyba, a senior at Eldorado High. “I think I’m one of them.”
A senior year that’s anything but normal.
Joseph Leyba plays on the football team at Eldorado High. Their season took place in the spring, not fall and instead of a crowd of fans, there were near-empty stands. Now one week after the school is finally back open, the state shut it down.