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Lady Trojan basketball season gets underwayBy Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe Chronicle-News

The Trinidad State Junior College Lady Trojan basketball squad is off to a 2-and-4 start to the 2014 season with a tough week-end of basketball in front of them. They faced Barton Community College (3-1) on Friday, and preseason #22 New Mexico JC (5-0) on Saturday at a tournament in La Junta.

The Trojans started the 2014 season with a pair of losses in Texas, falling to a hot shooting Clarendon 80-49 and to Frank Phillips 71-60. Against the Lady Plainsmen sophomore point guard Claire Ioannidis torched the nets for 26 points to lead the Trojans.

The Following Tuesday the Trojans played their home opener against North-west Kansas Tech. Kori Eurich led TSJC to a 74-57 victory, scoring 21 points and pull-ing down seven boards. Ioannidis added

19 points, eight steals and eight assists and Holly Woodbury came off the bench to put in 18 points and gather 11 rebounds.

The Trojans hosted Clarendon last week-end at the TSJC classic, again falling but in a much tighter game the second time around, 67-61. Eurich put in 20 to pace the Trojans. Last Saturday TSJC handily de-feating Northern New Mexico JV by a final of 79-43. All 14 Lady Trojans scored in the contest.

This past Tuesday the Trojans headed to Española, New Mexico for a rematch with Northern New Mexico’s JV but found a much different team. Despite leading early the Trojans gave up 34 second half points, falling 59-52. Eurich again led the Trojans with 20 points and eight boards and fellow sophomore Marcella Sanchez pulled down 11 rebounds.

The Lady Trojans will play their final home game of the semester next Tuesday, November 18, when they host Adams State JV at 6 p.m. at Scott Gym.

Photo courtesy of Matt YoungFreshman Kyrie Joslyn-McCant splits a pair of Eagle defenders during the Trojans 79-43 win over Northern New Mexico JV at the TSJC Classic.

Associated Press

Police officer charged in fatal shooting ROCKY FORD, Colo. (AP) — A Rocky Ford police officer

who shot and killed a 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder.

Otero County District Attorney James Bullock says 41-year-old officer James Ashby was arrested Friday for the Oct. 12 death of Jack Jacquez Jr., who was shot in his home. Circumstances surrounding the shooting are detailed in the arrest warrant, but that document has been sealed.

The shooting led to protest marches and a candlelight vigil in the southeastern Colorado county.

Jack Jacquez Sr. tells The Denver Post he is “relieved we are getting some justice and this hasn’t been swept under the table.”

Ashby, who had been put on administrative leave during the investigation, is being held on $1 million bail. He is sched-uled to appear in court Wednesday.

Another round of snow for Colorado DENVER (AP) — Areas of southern Colorado are expect-

ing up to a foot of new snow as another storm moved through Colorado on Saturday.

National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin says the Front Range can expect up to three inches of snow, while the mountains can expect up to 15 inches by Sunday.

The ski resort towns of Vail, Snowmass Village, Aspen and Crested Butte are expecting 6 to 12 inches of snow by Sat-urday night. That’s on top of up to two feet of snow that has already fallen over some areas of the High Country over the past week.

Trial set for soldier in girlfriend’s slaying FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — A Fort Carson soldier faces

a military trial on charges of murder and assault in the death of his soldier-girlfriend during a Valentine’s Day quarrel in 2013.

Sgt. Montrell Lamar Anderson Mayo’s court-martial is scheduled to start Thursday at the post outside Colorado Springs.

He is accused of killing 28-year-old Cpl. Kimberly Walk-er of Cincinnati. Friends of Mayo said Walker was visiting Mayo at the time. She was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Her body was found in an off-post motel. The coroner said she had been strangled and struck.

If convicted, Mayo faces up to life in prison without parole.The Army listed his hometown as Greenville, South

Carolina. He was stationed at Fort Carson at the time of Walker’s death.

Suspect in murder found in Colorado SpringsSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A 20-year-old man suspected of

fatally shooting a teenage couple found in a car in Santa Fe last month has been arrested in Colorado.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office says that Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez was located Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Colorado Springs. He was taken into custody without incident.

The U.S. Marshals Service, which assisted in a surveil-lance operation, had added Martinez to its list of New Mex-ico’s Most Wanted Violent fugitives.

Martinez is wanted in the shooting deaths of 18-year-old Venancio Cisneros and 13-year-old Anamarie Ojeda.

Authorities say he will be extradited back to New Mexico within the next two weeks.

Melicendro Martinez, the suspect’s uncle and wanted by New Mexico Corrections Adult Probation and Parole Office, was also taken into custody.

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