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The Daily Times

SPORTSB FRIDAYFebruary 1, 2013

Sports editor: John Livingston 505-564-4648 jlivingston@daily-times.com

today inSPORTS

Farmington, New Mexico

Sy sparks NMSUpast Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas —Bandja Sy provided a big sparkfor New Mexico State on Thurs-day night with 24 points and 13rebounds in an 86-72 victoryover Texas State.

Sy helped New MexicoState (14-8, 8-2 Western Ath-letic) to a 55.6 percent shootingeffort from the field by hitting 9of his 11 shots and convertedboth of his 3-point attempts.

Daniel Mullings scored 22points for the Aggies, includinga perfect 10 of 10 from thefree-throw line.

Sim Bhullar helped NewMexico State post a 42-33rebounding edge with nine.Bhullar scored 10 points, as didRemi Barry.

Texas State (7-15, 3-7) onlycould shoot 36.4 percent fromthe field.

Matt Staff led Texas Statewith 20 points and 10rebounds. Corey Stern scored16 points and Joel Wrightscored 14.

Imitation jerseyshelp fund drug war

Authorities say buying acheap imitation NFL jersey maybe more harmful than you think.

Kevin Abar, assistant spe-cial agent in charge of Home-land Security Investigations inNew Mexico, said there’s evi-dence that Mexican drug car-tels are getting involved in thecounterfeit NFL black markettrade because they can makequick money.

“A lot of folks may think thatthere’s nothing wrong with buy-ing a knockoff Denver Broncosjersey, but in reality, the moneyis being used to fund the drugwar in Mexico,” Abar said.

Neurologists to work2013 NFL games

NEW ORLEANS — NFLgeneral counsel Jeff Pashsays he expects independentneurological consultants to beon sidelines during gamesnext season to help diagnoseand treat concussions.

Speaking at a pre-SuperBowl news conference Thurs-day, Pash explained that thedoctors would not be paid bythe clubs or hired as teamphysicians. There could bemore than one neurologistassigned to each team todivide home and road games.

Pash said "details need tobe worked through" with theNFL Players Association.

The NFL is facing concus-sion-related lawsuits fromthousands of former players.

In a series of interviewsabout head injuries with TheAssociated Press in Decem-ber 2011, 31 of 44 playerssaid they wanted the leagueto have independent neurolo-gists at games.

Gay-rights waiting forits Jackie Robinson

NEW ORLEANS — Bren-don Ayanbadejo has beenencouraged by all those whoapplaud his support of gaymarriage.

Then, just days before thebiggest game of the year, hereceived a striking reminder ofthe macho attitudes that stillprevail in the NFL.

San Francisco 49ers cor-nerback Chris Culliver apolo-gized Thursday for saying dur-ing Super Bowl media daythat he wouldn't welcome agay player in the locker room.Culliver insists he was onlyjoking and that's "not what's inmy heart."

But Ayanbadejo, a Balti-more Ravens linebacker, esti-mates that at least half of theNFL's players would agree withwhat Culliver said. And thatwould make it difficult for ahomosexual player to come outpublicly. Ayanbadejo says it willtake a Jackie Robinson-typefigure to break down the barrier.

Still no HGH testing in NFL

NEW ORLEANS — Whenthe Baltimore Ravens and SanFrancisco 49ers meet in theSuper Bowl on Sunday, twocomplete seasons will havecome and gone without a singleHGH test being administered,even though the league and theNFL Players Association pavedthe way for it in the 10-year col-lective bargaining agreementthey signed in August 2011.

Since then, the sides havehaggled over various elements,primarily the union's insistencethat it needs more informationabout the validity of a test thatthe Olympic sports and MajorLeague Baseball use to detectthe banned performance-enhancing drug.

The Associated Press

59 LIPS OUTMickelson oh soclose to 59| B3

Watson accused of brutally beating manLas Cruces Sun-News

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico Statesenior basketball forward Tyrone Watsonhas been suspended indefinitely, accordingto an announcement made Thursday byhead coach Marvin Menzies.

In a written statement, Menzies saidWatson has been suspended for violationof team rules.

The announcement comes during apolice investigation that Watson alleged-ly beat up another student at an off-campus party last weekend. Pho-tos surfaced of Miguel Rascon,the victim, with facial injuries -he reportedly was being treatedfor three facial fractures, a gashrequiring 13 stitches and othercuts and bruises.

“Our team rules are strict andthey exist for the betterment ofthe university, the basketball team and theplayers,” Menzies said in a written state-ment. “Tyrone Watson has been a phenom-enal student-athlete in our program forfour years, so obviously these allegationsare extremely shocking and disturbing.Our investigation is ongoing. At the sametime, we take allegations seriously and weare sensitive to the nature of the injuriessustained by the individual in this matter.”

Early Saturday morning, Las CrucesPolice encountered 19-year-old MiguelRascon at Memorial Medical Center,according to an incident report. Rascon

was receiving treatment for injuries —three facial fractures, a gash requiring 13stitches and other cuts and bruises, Rasconsaid — suffered during a party on the 1000block of Maple Street.

The LCPD incident report, enteredMonday morning, listed Watson as a sus-pect.

Rascon told police Saturday that he didnot want to pursue charges against Watson.

“I guess I wasn’t thinking right,” Ras-con said Wednesday from is moth-

er’s home in El Paso, where he isrecovering.

Rascon, who doesn’t remem-ber much of the attack, said hewent to the party based on a textmessage he had received.

“It was packed,” he said.Rascon said an acquaintance

at the party asked him to standbehind her, so that nobody would ask herto dance. The woman, another NMSU stu-dent, described she and Watson onWednesday as “a couple.”

She and Rascon both said they weren’tdancing together.

“I barely know how to dance,” Rasconsaid.

The woman, who said she is datingWatson, told the Sun-News that the twohad been bickering last week, though itwas “nothing major.” They went separatelyto the party.

Don Ryan/The Associated PressIn this March 15, 2012 file photo, New Mexico forwardTyrone Watson brings the ball up court during anNCAA tournament second-round college basketballgame against Indiana in Portland, Ore.See WATSON, B2

Tragic fallCalebMooredoes aflip beforehecrashedduring theESPNWinter X Gamessnowmo-bilefreestylecompeti-tion Jan. 24 inAspen,Colo.

Chris CouncilAspen DailyNews

Moore crashes afterdoing the flip.

Christian MurdockThe Colorado SpringsGazette

Moore, center,is helped offthe snow following hiscrash.

Chris CouncilAspen Daily News

Winter X Gamessnowmobiler diesafter Colo. crash

By Pat GrahamThe Associated Press

DENVER — Caleb Moore was a Texaskid drawn to the snow, rehearsing compli-cated tricks on a snowmobile into a foampit back home until they became secondnature and ready for the mountains.

With his younger brother followingalong and constantly pushing him, Moorebecame a rising talent in action sports.

The innovative freestyle snowmobilerider, who was hurt in a crash at theWinter X Games in Colorado, diedThursday morning. He was 25.

Moore had been undergoing care at ahospital in Grand Junction since the Jan.24 crash. Family spokeswoman ChelseaLawson confirmed his death, the first inthe 18-year history of the X Games.

“He lived his life to the fullest. Hewas an inspiration,” Lawson said.

A former all-terrain vehicle racer, Mooreswitched over to snowmobiles as a teenagerand quickly rose to the top of the sport. Hewon four Winter X Games medals, includ-ing a bronze last season when his youngerbrother, Colten, captured gold.

Caleb Moore was attempting a back-flip in the freestyle event in Aspen lastweek when the skis on his 450-poundsnowmobile caught the lip of the land-ing area, sending him flying over thehandlebars. Moore landed face first intothe snow with his snowmobile rollingover him.

See MOORE, B3

Amap for including disabled students in sportsBy Kyle Potter

The Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. —After a tough 5-1 loss, Jor-dan Anderson was sweaty,short of breath and sorry hehadn’t played strongerdefense during the floorhockey game at HumboldtHigh. He resolved toimprove next time.

“I can get the puck out ofmy team’s end better,” hesaid.

The junior with epilepsyand a developmental disabil-ity spends a lot time in thegym. He plays soccer in thefall, floor hockey in the win-ter and softball and bowlingin the spring.

As the federal govern-ment pushes schools to

include more students likeAnderson in sports, Min-nesota offers a map for howto do it and a look at thechallenges that come alongthe way.

What started 40 years agoas a game of wheelchair floorhockey among friends hasgrown into a thrivingstatewide league that offersfour sports. Disabled studentscan earn letters and win statechampionships.

“I would say we’re themodel state,” said Jim Muck-enhirn, who runs the Minneso-ta Adapted Athletics Associa-tion. “It’s a matter of takingwhat we’ve already done” andcreating similar programs inother states.

The Education Depart-

ment last week declared thatschools should make “rea-sonable modifications” fordisabled students who wantto play on traditional sportsteams or in their ownleagues. It’s not clear exactlyhow the order will be imple-mented. Officials said theydidn’t intend to guaranteestudents with disabilities aspot on competitive teams.

Minnesota’s programtraces its roots to the early1970s, when Jim Christy, astudent with cerebral palsy,asked his gym teacher atMarshall-University HighSchool in Minneapolis whyhe and his friends couldn’tplay hockey against otherschools, like their classmates.

Jim Mone/The Associated PressHigh school students participate in a floor hockeygame between the Humboldt High School Hawks(in black) and the Rochester Raiders on Jan. 29 in St. Paul, Minn. See ADAPTIVE, B2

High schoolathletes likethe pow, too

You don’t have to look very far to seean Aztec Tiger sticker in the DurangoMountain Resort parking lot on winterweekends.

Purgatory and Wolf Creek are filledwith high school kids from Colorado andNew Mexico. Plenty of student-athletesare among them.

“Don’t tell coach,” they say when rec-ognized on chair lifts.

From star pitchers to state championwrestlers, many athletes flock to the snowwhenever they can sneak away to themountain.

Risking injury on the mountain as ahigh school varsity athlete comes withplenty of scrutiny fromcoaches, parents andeven teammates, butthat is a risk many arewilling to take.

“I went to the slopesto get away from all thestress,” said 2012Bloomfield graduateMikey Loy, a three-sport athlete who won a4A state wrestlingchampionship his seniorseason. “It was a dan-gerous risk going duringthe season, but it wasworth it to get a fewdays in during the sport seasons because itbenefitted me by relieving stress.”

Most avid skiers or snowboardersadmit one good run through powder snowis enough to melt away the worries ofevery day life.

But, when caught hitting the slopesagainst the wishes of parents and coaches,going to the hill may result in moreheadaches during the school week.

I asked local athletes via Twitter if ski-ing and snowboarding in high school wasworth risking injury and what the penaltiesmight look like if they get caught.

“We would be threatened with runningif we went during basketball season,” saidCheyanne Corley, a 2012 graduate ofFarmington High and daughter of Farm-ington boys’ basketball coach Paul Corley.

Those “threats” are enough to keepmany would-be shredders in the highschool gym through the winter.

“My whole wrestling career I never setfoot out there. Why risk a state champi-onship doing that when you can do all thatlater on,” said 2011 Piedra Vista graduateand wrestling state champion JhettGomez. “I couldn’t tell you (what thepenalty would be). No one did it. We werescared to try it.”

There is also social pressure fromteammates to stay away from enticing ter-rain parks and black runs.

JOHNLIVINGSTON

Sports Editor

See LIVINGSTON, B2

The Daily Times

SPORTSB FRIDAYFebruary 1, 2013

Sports editor: John Livingston 505-564-4648 jlivingston@daily-times.com

today inSPORTS

Farmington, New Mexico

Sy sparks NMSUpast Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas —Bandja Sy provided a big sparkfor New Mexico State on Thurs-day night with 24 points and 13rebounds in an 86-72 victoryover Texas State.

Sy helped New MexicoState (14-8, 8-2 Western Ath-letic) to a 55.6 percent shootingeffort from the field by hitting 9of his 11 shots and convertedboth of his 3-point attempts.

Daniel Mullings scored 22points for the Aggies, includinga perfect 10 of 10 from thefree-throw line.

Sim Bhullar helped NewMexico State post a 42-33rebounding edge with nine.Bhullar scored 10 points, as didRemi Barry.

Texas State (7-15, 3-7) onlycould shoot 36.4 percent fromthe field.

Matt Staff led Texas Statewith 20 points and 10rebounds. Corey Stern scored16 points and Joel Wrightscored 14.

Imitation jerseyshelp fund drug war

Authorities say buying acheap imitation NFL jersey maybe more harmful than you think.

Kevin Abar, assistant spe-cial agent in charge of Home-land Security Investigations inNew Mexico, said there’s evi-dence that Mexican drug car-tels are getting involved in thecounterfeit NFL black markettrade because they can makequick money.

“A lot of folks may think thatthere’s nothing wrong with buy-ing a knockoff Denver Broncosjersey, but in reality, the moneyis being used to fund the drugwar in Mexico,” Abar said.

Neurologists to work2013 NFL games

NEW ORLEANS — NFLgeneral counsel Jeff Pashsays he expects independentneurological consultants to beon sidelines during gamesnext season to help diagnoseand treat concussions.

Speaking at a pre-SuperBowl news conference Thurs-day, Pash explained that thedoctors would not be paid bythe clubs or hired as teamphysicians. There could bemore than one neurologistassigned to each team todivide home and road games.

Pash said "details need tobe worked through" with theNFL Players Association.

The NFL is facing concus-sion-related lawsuits fromthousands of former players.

In a series of interviewsabout head injuries with TheAssociated Press in Decem-ber 2011, 31 of 44 playerssaid they wanted the leagueto have independent neurolo-gists at games.

Gay-rights waiting forits Jackie Robinson

NEW ORLEANS — Bren-don Ayanbadejo has beenencouraged by all those whoapplaud his support of gaymarriage.

Then, just days before thebiggest game of the year, hereceived a striking reminder ofthe macho attitudes that stillprevail in the NFL.

San Francisco 49ers cor-nerback Chris Culliver apolo-gized Thursday for saying dur-ing Super Bowl media daythat he wouldn't welcome agay player in the locker room.Culliver insists he was onlyjoking and that's "not what's inmy heart."

But Ayanbadejo, a Balti-more Ravens linebacker, esti-mates that at least half of theNFL's players would agree withwhat Culliver said. And thatwould make it difficult for ahomosexual player to come outpublicly. Ayanbadejo says it willtake a Jackie Robinson-typefigure to break down the barrier.

Still no HGH testing in NFL

NEW ORLEANS — Whenthe Baltimore Ravens and SanFrancisco 49ers meet in theSuper Bowl on Sunday, twocomplete seasons will havecome and gone without a singleHGH test being administered,even though the league and theNFL Players Association pavedthe way for it in the 10-year col-lective bargaining agreementthey signed in August 2011.

Since then, the sides havehaggled over various elements,primarily the union's insistencethat it needs more informationabout the validity of a test thatthe Olympic sports and MajorLeague Baseball use to detectthe banned performance-enhancing drug.

The Associated Press

59 LIPS OUTMickelson oh soclose to 59| B3

Watson accused of brutally beating manLas Cruces Sun-News

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico Statesenior basketball forward Tyrone Watsonhas been suspended indefinitely, accordingto an announcement made Thursday byhead coach Marvin Menzies.

In a written statement, Menzies saidWatson has been suspended for violationof team rules.

The announcement comes during apolice investigation that Watson alleged-ly beat up another student at an off-campus party last weekend. Pho-tos surfaced of Miguel Rascon,the victim, with facial injuries -he reportedly was being treatedfor three facial fractures, a gashrequiring 13 stitches and othercuts and bruises.

“Our team rules are strict andthey exist for the betterment ofthe university, the basketball team and theplayers,” Menzies said in a written state-ment. “Tyrone Watson has been a phenom-enal student-athlete in our program forfour years, so obviously these allegationsare extremely shocking and disturbing.Our investigation is ongoing. At the sametime, we take allegations seriously and weare sensitive to the nature of the injuriessustained by the individual in this matter.”

Early Saturday morning, Las CrucesPolice encountered 19-year-old MiguelRascon at Memorial Medical Center,according to an incident report. Rascon

was receiving treatment for injuries —three facial fractures, a gash requiring 13stitches and other cuts and bruises, Rasconsaid — suffered during a party on the 1000block of Maple Street.

The LCPD incident report, enteredMonday morning, listed Watson as a sus-pect.

Rascon told police Saturday that he didnot want to pursue charges against Watson.

“I guess I wasn’t thinking right,” Ras-con said Wednesday from is moth-

er’s home in El Paso, where he isrecovering.

Rascon, who doesn’t remem-ber much of the attack, said hewent to the party based on a textmessage he had received.

“It was packed,” he said.Rascon said an acquaintance

at the party asked him to standbehind her, so that nobody would ask herto dance. The woman, another NMSU stu-dent, described she and Watson onWednesday as “a couple.”

She and Rascon both said they weren’tdancing together.

“I barely know how to dance,” Rasconsaid.

The woman, who said she is datingWatson, told the Sun-News that the twohad been bickering last week, though itwas “nothing major.” They went separatelyto the party.

Don Ryan/The Associated PressIn this March 15, 2012 file photo, New Mexico forwardTyrone Watson brings the ball up court during anNCAA tournament second-round college basketballgame against Indiana in Portland, Ore.See WATSON, B2

Tragic fallCalebMooredoes aflip beforehecrashedduring theESPNWinter X Gamessnowmo-bilefreestylecompeti-tion Jan. 24 inAspen,Colo.

Chris CouncilAspen DailyNews

Moore crashes afterdoing the flip.

Christian MurdockThe Colorado SpringsGazette

Moore, center,is helped offthe snow following hiscrash.

Chris CouncilAspen Daily News

Winter X Gamessnowmobiler diesafter Colo. crash

By Pat GrahamThe Associated Press

DENVER — Caleb Moore was a Texaskid drawn to the snow, rehearsing compli-cated tricks on a snowmobile into a foampit back home until they became secondnature and ready for the mountains.

With his younger brother followingalong and constantly pushing him, Moorebecame a rising talent in action sports.

The innovative freestyle snowmobilerider, who was hurt in a crash at theWinter X Games in Colorado, diedThursday morning. He was 25.

Moore had been undergoing care at ahospital in Grand Junction since the Jan.24 crash. Family spokeswoman ChelseaLawson confirmed his death, the first inthe 18-year history of the X Games.

“He lived his life to the fullest. Hewas an inspiration,” Lawson said.

A former all-terrain vehicle racer, Mooreswitched over to snowmobiles as a teenagerand quickly rose to the top of the sport. Hewon four Winter X Games medals, includ-ing a bronze last season when his youngerbrother, Colten, captured gold.

Caleb Moore was attempting a back-flip in the freestyle event in Aspen lastweek when the skis on his 450-poundsnowmobile caught the lip of the land-ing area, sending him flying over thehandlebars. Moore landed face first intothe snow with his snowmobile rollingover him.

See MOORE, B3

Amap for including disabled students in sportsBy Kyle Potter

The Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. —After a tough 5-1 loss, Jor-dan Anderson was sweaty,short of breath and sorry hehadn’t played strongerdefense during the floorhockey game at HumboldtHigh. He resolved toimprove next time.

“I can get the puck out ofmy team’s end better,” hesaid.

The junior with epilepsyand a developmental disabil-ity spends a lot time in thegym. He plays soccer in thefall, floor hockey in the win-ter and softball and bowlingin the spring.

As the federal govern-ment pushes schools to

include more students likeAnderson in sports, Min-nesota offers a map for howto do it and a look at thechallenges that come alongthe way.

What started 40 years agoas a game of wheelchair floorhockey among friends hasgrown into a thrivingstatewide league that offersfour sports. Disabled studentscan earn letters and win statechampionships.

“I would say we’re themodel state,” said Jim Muck-enhirn, who runs the Minneso-ta Adapted Athletics Associa-tion. “It’s a matter of takingwhat we’ve already done” andcreating similar programs inother states.

The Education Depart-

ment last week declared thatschools should make “rea-sonable modifications” fordisabled students who wantto play on traditional sportsteams or in their ownleagues. It’s not clear exactlyhow the order will be imple-mented. Officials said theydidn’t intend to guaranteestudents with disabilities aspot on competitive teams.

Minnesota’s programtraces its roots to the early1970s, when Jim Christy, astudent with cerebral palsy,asked his gym teacher atMarshall-University HighSchool in Minneapolis whyhe and his friends couldn’tplay hockey against otherschools, like their classmates.

Jim Mone/The Associated PressHigh school students participate in a floor hockeygame between the Humboldt High School Hawks(in black) and the Rochester Raiders on Jan. 29 in St. Paul, Minn. See ADAPTIVE, B2

High schoolathletes likethe pow, too

You don’t have to look very far to seean Aztec Tiger sticker in the DurangoMountain Resort parking lot on winterweekends.

Purgatory and Wolf Creek are filledwith high school kids from Colorado andNew Mexico. Plenty of student-athletesare among them.

“Don’t tell coach,” they say when rec-ognized on chair lifts.

From star pitchers to state championwrestlers, many athletes flock to the snowwhenever they can sneak away to themountain.

Risking injury on the mountain as ahigh school varsity athlete comes withplenty of scrutiny fromcoaches, parents andeven teammates, butthat is a risk many arewilling to take.

“I went to the slopesto get away from all thestress,” said 2012Bloomfield graduateMikey Loy, a three-sport athlete who won a4A state wrestlingchampionship his seniorseason. “It was a dan-gerous risk going duringthe season, but it wasworth it to get a fewdays in during the sport seasons because itbenefitted me by relieving stress.”

Most avid skiers or snowboardersadmit one good run through powder snowis enough to melt away the worries ofevery day life.

But, when caught hitting the slopesagainst the wishes of parents and coaches,going to the hill may result in moreheadaches during the school week.

I asked local athletes via Twitter if ski-ing and snowboarding in high school wasworth risking injury and what the penaltiesmight look like if they get caught.

“We would be threatened with runningif we went during basketball season,” saidCheyanne Corley, a 2012 graduate ofFarmington High and daughter of Farm-ington boys’ basketball coach Paul Corley.

Those “threats” are enough to keepmany would-be shredders in the highschool gym through the winter.

“My whole wrestling career I never setfoot out there. Why risk a state champi-onship doing that when you can do all thatlater on,” said 2011 Piedra Vista graduateand wrestling state champion JhettGomez. “I couldn’t tell you (what thepenalty would be). No one did it. We werescared to try it.”

There is also social pressure fromteammates to stay away from enticing ter-rain parks and black runs.

JOHNLIVINGSTON

Sports Editor

See LIVINGSTON, B2

The Daily Times

SPORTSB FRIDAYFebruary 1, 2013

Sports editor: John Livingston 505-564-4648 jlivingston@daily-times.com

today inSPORTS

Farmington, New Mexico

Sy sparks NMSUpast Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas —Bandja Sy provided a big sparkfor New Mexico State on Thurs-day night with 24 points and 13rebounds in an 86-72 victoryover Texas State.

Sy helped New MexicoState (14-8, 8-2 Western Ath-letic) to a 55.6 percent shootingeffort from the field by hitting 9of his 11 shots and convertedboth of his 3-point attempts.

Daniel Mullings scored 22points for the Aggies, includinga perfect 10 of 10 from thefree-throw line.

Sim Bhullar helped NewMexico State post a 42-33rebounding edge with nine.Bhullar scored 10 points, as didRemi Barry.

Texas State (7-15, 3-7) onlycould shoot 36.4 percent fromthe field.

Matt Staff led Texas Statewith 20 points and 10rebounds. Corey Stern scored16 points and Joel Wrightscored 14.

Imitation jerseyshelp fund drug war

Authorities say buying acheap imitation NFL jersey maybe more harmful than you think.

Kevin Abar, assistant spe-cial agent in charge of Home-land Security Investigations inNew Mexico, said there’s evi-dence that Mexican drug car-tels are getting involved in thecounterfeit NFL black markettrade because they can makequick money.

“A lot of folks may think thatthere’s nothing wrong with buy-ing a knockoff Denver Broncosjersey, but in reality, the moneyis being used to fund the drugwar in Mexico,” Abar said.

Neurologists to work2013 NFL games

NEW ORLEANS — NFLgeneral counsel Jeff Pashsays he expects independentneurological consultants to beon sidelines during gamesnext season to help diagnoseand treat concussions.

Speaking at a pre-SuperBowl news conference Thurs-day, Pash explained that thedoctors would not be paid bythe clubs or hired as teamphysicians. There could bemore than one neurologistassigned to each team todivide home and road games.

Pash said "details need tobe worked through" with theNFL Players Association.

The NFL is facing concus-sion-related lawsuits fromthousands of former players.

In a series of interviewsabout head injuries with TheAssociated Press in Decem-ber 2011, 31 of 44 playerssaid they wanted the leagueto have independent neurolo-gists at games.

Gay-rights waiting forits Jackie Robinson

NEW ORLEANS — Bren-don Ayanbadejo has beenencouraged by all those whoapplaud his support of gaymarriage.

Then, just days before thebiggest game of the year, hereceived a striking reminder ofthe macho attitudes that stillprevail in the NFL.

San Francisco 49ers cor-nerback Chris Culliver apolo-gized Thursday for saying dur-ing Super Bowl media daythat he wouldn't welcome agay player in the locker room.Culliver insists he was onlyjoking and that's "not what's inmy heart."

But Ayanbadejo, a Balti-more Ravens linebacker, esti-mates that at least half of theNFL's players would agree withwhat Culliver said. And thatwould make it difficult for ahomosexual player to come outpublicly. Ayanbadejo says it willtake a Jackie Robinson-typefigure to break down the barrier.

Still no HGH testing in NFL

NEW ORLEANS — Whenthe Baltimore Ravens and SanFrancisco 49ers meet in theSuper Bowl on Sunday, twocomplete seasons will havecome and gone without a singleHGH test being administered,even though the league and theNFL Players Association pavedthe way for it in the 10-year col-lective bargaining agreementthey signed in August 2011.

Since then, the sides havehaggled over various elements,primarily the union's insistencethat it needs more informationabout the validity of a test thatthe Olympic sports and MajorLeague Baseball use to detectthe banned performance-enhancing drug.

The Associated Press

59 LIPS OUTMickelson oh soclose to 59| B3

Watson accused of brutally beating manLas Cruces Sun-News

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico Statesenior basketball forward Tyrone Watsonhas been suspended indefinitely, accordingto an announcement made Thursday byhead coach Marvin Menzies.

In a written statement, Menzies saidWatson has been suspended for violationof team rules.

The announcement comes during apolice investigation that Watson alleged-ly beat up another student at an off-campus party last weekend. Pho-tos surfaced of Miguel Rascon,the victim, with facial injuries -he reportedly was being treatedfor three facial fractures, a gashrequiring 13 stitches and othercuts and bruises.

“Our team rules are strict andthey exist for the betterment ofthe university, the basketball team and theplayers,” Menzies said in a written state-ment. “Tyrone Watson has been a phenom-enal student-athlete in our program forfour years, so obviously these allegationsare extremely shocking and disturbing.Our investigation is ongoing. At the sametime, we take allegations seriously and weare sensitive to the nature of the injuriessustained by the individual in this matter.”

Early Saturday morning, Las CrucesPolice encountered 19-year-old MiguelRascon at Memorial Medical Center,according to an incident report. Rascon

was receiving treatment for injuries —three facial fractures, a gash requiring 13stitches and other cuts and bruises, Rasconsaid — suffered during a party on the 1000block of Maple Street.

The LCPD incident report, enteredMonday morning, listed Watson as a sus-pect.

Rascon told police Saturday that he didnot want to pursue charges against Watson.

“I guess I wasn’t thinking right,” Ras-con said Wednesday from is moth-

er’s home in El Paso, where he isrecovering.

Rascon, who doesn’t remem-ber much of the attack, said hewent to the party based on a textmessage he had received.

“It was packed,” he said.Rascon said an acquaintance

at the party asked him to standbehind her, so that nobody would ask herto dance. The woman, another NMSU stu-dent, described she and Watson onWednesday as “a couple.”

She and Rascon both said they weren’tdancing together.

“I barely know how to dance,” Rasconsaid.

The woman, who said she is datingWatson, told the Sun-News that the twohad been bickering last week, though itwas “nothing major.” They went separatelyto the party.

Don Ryan/The Associated PressIn this March 15, 2012 file photo, New Mexico forwardTyrone Watson brings the ball up court during anNCAA tournament second-round college basketballgame against Indiana in Portland, Ore.See WATSON, B2

Tragic fallCalebMooredoes aflip beforehecrashedduring theESPNWinter X Gamessnowmo-bilefreestylecompeti-tion Jan. 24 inAspen,Colo.

Chris CouncilAspen DailyNews

Moore crashes afterdoing the flip.

Christian MurdockThe Colorado SpringsGazette

Moore, center,is helped offthe snow following hiscrash.

Chris CouncilAspen Daily News

Winter X Gamessnowmobiler diesafter Colo. crash

By Pat GrahamThe Associated Press

DENVER — Caleb Moore was a Texaskid drawn to the snow, rehearsing compli-cated tricks on a snowmobile into a foampit back home until they became secondnature and ready for the mountains.

With his younger brother followingalong and constantly pushing him, Moorebecame a rising talent in action sports.

The innovative freestyle snowmobilerider, who was hurt in a crash at theWinter X Games in Colorado, diedThursday morning. He was 25.

Moore had been undergoing care at ahospital in Grand Junction since the Jan.24 crash. Family spokeswoman ChelseaLawson confirmed his death, the first inthe 18-year history of the X Games.

“He lived his life to the fullest. Hewas an inspiration,” Lawson said.

A former all-terrain vehicle racer, Mooreswitched over to snowmobiles as a teenagerand quickly rose to the top of the sport. Hewon four Winter X Games medals, includ-ing a bronze last season when his youngerbrother, Colten, captured gold.

Caleb Moore was attempting a back-flip in the freestyle event in Aspen lastweek when the skis on his 450-poundsnowmobile caught the lip of the land-ing area, sending him flying over thehandlebars. Moore landed face first intothe snow with his snowmobile rollingover him.

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Amap for including disabled students in sportsBy Kyle Potter

The Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. —After a tough 5-1 loss, Jor-dan Anderson was sweaty,short of breath and sorry hehadn’t played strongerdefense during the floorhockey game at HumboldtHigh. He resolved toimprove next time.

“I can get the puck out ofmy team’s end better,” hesaid.

The junior with epilepsyand a developmental disabil-ity spends a lot time in thegym. He plays soccer in thefall, floor hockey in the win-ter and softball and bowlingin the spring.

As the federal govern-ment pushes schools to

include more students likeAnderson in sports, Min-nesota offers a map for howto do it and a look at thechallenges that come alongthe way.

What started 40 years agoas a game of wheelchair floorhockey among friends hasgrown into a thrivingstatewide league that offersfour sports. Disabled studentscan earn letters and win statechampionships.

“I would say we’re themodel state,” said Jim Muck-enhirn, who runs the Minneso-ta Adapted Athletics Associa-tion. “It’s a matter of takingwhat we’ve already done” andcreating similar programs inother states.

The Education Depart-

ment last week declared thatschools should make “rea-sonable modifications” fordisabled students who wantto play on traditional sportsteams or in their ownleagues. It’s not clear exactlyhow the order will be imple-mented. Officials said theydidn’t intend to guaranteestudents with disabilities aspot on competitive teams.

Minnesota’s programtraces its roots to the early1970s, when Jim Christy, astudent with cerebral palsy,asked his gym teacher atMarshall-University HighSchool in Minneapolis whyhe and his friends couldn’tplay hockey against otherschools, like their classmates.

Jim Mone/The Associated PressHigh school students participate in a floor hockeygame between the Humboldt High School Hawks(in black) and the Rochester Raiders on Jan. 29 in St. Paul, Minn. See ADAPTIVE, B2

High schoolathletes likethe pow, too

You don’t have to look very far to seean Aztec Tiger sticker in the DurangoMountain Resort parking lot on winterweekends.

Purgatory and Wolf Creek are filledwith high school kids from Colorado andNew Mexico. Plenty of student-athletesare among them.

“Don’t tell coach,” they say when rec-ognized on chair lifts.

From star pitchers to state championwrestlers, many athletes flock to the snowwhenever they can sneak away to themountain.

Risking injury on the mountain as ahigh school varsity athlete comes withplenty of scrutiny fromcoaches, parents andeven teammates, butthat is a risk many arewilling to take.

“I went to the slopesto get away from all thestress,” said 2012Bloomfield graduateMikey Loy, a three-sport athlete who won a4A state wrestlingchampionship his seniorseason. “It was a dan-gerous risk going duringthe season, but it wasworth it to get a fewdays in during the sport seasons because itbenefitted me by relieving stress.”

Most avid skiers or snowboardersadmit one good run through powder snowis enough to melt away the worries ofevery day life.

But, when caught hitting the slopesagainst the wishes of parents and coaches,going to the hill may result in moreheadaches during the school week.

I asked local athletes via Twitter if ski-ing and snowboarding in high school wasworth risking injury and what the penaltiesmight look like if they get caught.

“We would be threatened with runningif we went during basketball season,” saidCheyanne Corley, a 2012 graduate ofFarmington High and daughter of Farm-ington boys’ basketball coach Paul Corley.

Those “threats” are enough to keepmany would-be shredders in the highschool gym through the winter.

“My whole wrestling career I never setfoot out there. Why risk a state champi-onship doing that when you can do all thatlater on,” said 2011 Piedra Vista graduateand wrestling state champion JhettGomez. “I couldn’t tell you (what thepenalty would be). No one did it. We werescared to try it.”

There is also social pressure fromteammates to stay away from enticing ter-rain parks and black runs.

JOHNLIVINGSTON

Sports Editor

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Farmington, New Mexico The Daily TimesB2 Friday, February 1, 2013 SPORTSSubscribe to The Daily Times online at http://www.daily-times.com

SCOREBOARDEditor’s note: To report a local sports score,

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys Basketball

Farmington 57, Shiprock 48

Navajo Prep at Ramah No Score Reported

Aztec 54, Bloomfield 52

Girls Basketball

Los Lunas 62, Piedra Vista 36

Zuni at Navajo Prep PPD/Weather

Shiprock 40, Page, Ariz. 32

THURSDAY

Boys Basketball

Albuquerque High 50, West Mesa 40

Atrisco Heritage 74, Highland 58

Carlsbad 69, Goddard 54

Elida 43, Lake Arthur 14

Fort Sumner 49, Logan 31

Hondo 79, Gateway Christian 47

La Cueva 81, Del Norte 67

Mescalero Apache 47, Carrizozo 43

Mesilla Valley Christian 52, Chaparral 40

NMMI 53, Hagerman 52

Santa Fe Prep 57, Mora 45

St. Pius 45, Cibola 42

Volcano Vista 52, Eldorado 48

Walatowa Charter 58, NMSD 43

Girls Basketball

Albuquerque Academy 56, Artesia 51

Clovis Christian 56, Clovis - C Team 47

Corona 65, Vaughn 23

Fort Sumner 60, Logan 41

Grants 44, Valencia 40

Hondo 55, Gateway Christian 18

Hope Christian 61, Pojoaque 47

La Cueva 48, Rio Rancho 25

Mora 53, Santa Fe Prep 41

NMMI 51, Hagerman 34

Portales 35, Goddard 29

Santa Fe Indian 70, Hot Springs 33

Taos 58, West Las Vegas 41

Volcano Vista 66, Sandia 42

FRIDAY

Boys Basketball

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Thoreau at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Bloomfield at Wingate 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Shiprock at Thoreau 1 p.m

Wingate at Bloomfield 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Kirtland Central at Navajo Prep 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Bloomfield at Ignacio, Colo. Invite 9 a.m.

TOURNAMENTS

Aztec, Kirtland Central at Robertson Invitational Feb. 1-2

Farmington at the Cardinal Tournament in Las Vegas,

Feb. 1-2

NFLSuper Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 28 15 .651 —

Brooklyn 27 19 .587 2.5

Boston 22 23 .489 7

Philadelphia 19 26 .422 10

Toronto 16 30 .348 13.5

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 29 13 .690 —

Atlanta 26 19 .578 4.5

Orlando 14 31 .311 16.5

Washington 11 33 .250 19

Charlotte 11 34 .244 19.5

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 28 17 .622 —

Indiana 27 19 .587 1.5

Milwaukee 24 20 .545 3.5

Detroit 17 29 .370 11.5

Cleveland 13 33 .283 15.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 37 11 .771 —

Memphis 29 16 .644 6.5

Houston 25 23 .521 12

Dallas 19 26 .422 16.5

New Orleans 15 31 .326 21

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City35 11 .761 —

Denver 29 18 .617 6.5

Utah 25 21 .543 10

Portland 23 22 .511 11.5

Minnesota 17 25 .405 16

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 34 13 .723 —

Golden State 28 17 .622 5

L.A. Lakers 20 26 .435 13.5

Sacramento 17 30 .362 17

Phoenix 16 30 .348 17.5

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia 92, Washington 84

Indiana 98, Detroit 79

Boston 99, Sacramento 81

New York 113, Orlando 97

Atlanta 93, Toronto 92

L.A. Clippers 96, Minnesota 90

Chicago 104, Milwaukee 88

Miami 105, Brooklyn 85

San Antonio 102, Charlotte 78

Denver 118, Houston 110

Utah 104, New Orleans 99

Phoenix 92, L.A. Lakers 86

Thursday’s Games

Oklahoma City 106, Memphis 89 *DNF at press time.

Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Chicago at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Washington at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 7 4 2 1 9 27 23

New Jersey 6 3 0 3 9 16 14

Pittsburgh 7 4 3 0 8 19 18

N.Y. Rangers 7 3 4 0 6 16 20

Philadelphia 7 2 5 0 4 14 20

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 7 5 1 1 11 23 19

Ottawa 7 5 1 1 11 24 13

Montreal 6 4 2 0 8 18 15

Toronto 7 4 3 0 8 21 22

Buffalo 7 3 3 1 7 23 23

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 6 5 1 0 10 29 15

Winnipeg 7 3 3 1 7 21 24

Carolina 5 2 3 0 4 14 18

Florida 7 2 5 0 4 16 27

Washington 7 1 5 1 3 15 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 7 6 0 1 13 24 16

St. Louis 7 6 1 0 12 28 14

Detroit 6 3 2 1 7 15 17

Columbus 8 2 5 1 5 14 26

Nashville 6 1 2 3 5 10 18

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 7 4 2 1 9 19 19

Edmonton 6 4 2 0 8 17 15

Vancouver 7 3 2 2 8 19 19

Colorado 7 3 4 0 6 16 19

Calgary 5 1 3 1 3 14 21

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 6 6 0 0 12 26 10

Anaheim 5 3 1 1 7 17 17

Dallas 7 2 4 1 5 13 18

Los Angeles 5 2 2 1 5 11 14

Phoenix 7 2 4 1 5 22 22

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, SO

Ottawa 5, Montreal 1

Edmonton 2, Phoenix 1, OT

Vancouver 3, Colorado 0

Thursday’s Games

Buffalo 7, Boston 4

Toronto 3, Washington 2

N.Y. Islanders 5, New Jersey 4, OT

Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0

St. Louis 4, Columbus 1

Florida 6, Winnipeg 3

Colorado 6, Calgary 3

Nashville at Los Angeles, * DNF at press time

Edmonton at San Jose, * DNF at press time

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday's Games

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 12 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BasketballAP Top 25 Thursday results

1. Michigan (20-1) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Indiana,

Saturday.

2. Kansas (19-1) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State,

Saturday.

3. Indiana (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Michigan,

Saturday.

4. Florida (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Mississippi,

Saturday.

5. Duke (18-2) did not play. Next: at Florida State,

Saturday.

6. Syracuse (18-2) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh,

Saturday.

7. Gonzaga (19-2) at Loyola Marymount. Next: at San

Diego, Saturday.

8. Arizona (18-2) beat Washington 57-53. Next: at

Washington State, Saturday.

9. Butler (17-4) lost to St. Louis 75-58. Next: vs. Rhode

Island, Saturday.

10. Oregon (18-3) did not play. Next: at California,

Saturday.

11. Ohio State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Nebraska,

Saturday.

12. Louisville (17-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 25

Marquette, Sunday.

13. Michigan State (18-4) beat Illinois 78-75. Next: vs. No.

23 Minnesota, Wednesday.

14. Miami (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 19 N.C. State,

Saturday.

15. Wichita State (19-3) did not play. Next: at Northern

Iowa, Saturday.

16. Mississippi (17-3) did not play. Next: at No. 4 Florida,

Saturday.

17. Missouri (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Auburn,

Saturday.

18. Kansas State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma,

Saturday.

19. N.C. State (16-5) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Duke,

Thursday, Feb. 7.

20. New Mexico (18-3) did not play. Next: vs. Nevada,

Saturday.

21. Creighton (19-3) did not play. Next: vs. Bradley,

Saturday.

22. San Diego State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Air

Force, Saturday.

23. Minnesota (16-5) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa, Sunday.

24. Cincinnati (17-4) did not play. Next: at Seton Hall,

Saturday.

25. Marquette (15-4) did not play. Next: at No. 12

Louisville, Sunday.

MORE SCORESEAST

Bryant 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 63

CCSU 78, Monmouth (NJ) 58

Canisius 91, Loyola (Md.) 79

LIU Brooklyn 82, St. Francis (Pa.) 62

Mount St. Mary's 77, Quinnipiac 73

Niagara 93, Iona 90, OT

St. Francis (NY) 71, Robert Morris 61

St. Peter's 70, Marist 68, OT

UConn 82, Providence 79, OT

Wagner 84, Sacred Heart 78, OT

SOUTHDavidson 71, Samford 51

Drexel 58, George Mason 54

Elon 72, UNC Greensboro 66

FAU 76, Louisiana-Monroe 71

Florida Gulf Coast 89, North Florida 75

Furman 81, Georgia Southern 74

Jacksonville 71, Stetson 70

James Madison 62, Hofstra 41

Middle Tennessee 66, FIU 64

N. Kentucky 70, ETSU 68

SC-Upstate 83, Lipscomb 71

The Citadel 69, Wofford 63

UT-Martin 72, E. Kentucky 65

W. Kentucky 65, Troy 61

MIDWESTMichigan St. 80, Illinois 75

N. Dakota St. 71, UMKC 34

S. Dakota St. 67, South Dakota 54

SOUTHWESTArkansas St. 74, South Alabama 62

Denver 71, UTSA 57

New Mexico St. 86, Texas St. 72

Northwestern St. 85, Lamar 63

Oral Roberts 90, Nicholls St. 78

SE Louisiana 70, Cent. Arkansas 69

FAR WESTArizona 57, Washington 53

California 71, Oregon St. 68

E. Washington 72, Montana St. 68

Long Beach St. 57, UC Santa Barbara 55

N. Colorado 78, Idaho St. 63

S. Utah 79, Sacramento St. 67

TV ListingsBOXING7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Junior middleweights, Carlos Molina (20-5-

2) vs. Cory Spinks (39-7-0), at Chicago

GOLF2 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Phoenix Open, second round, at

Scottsdale, Ariz.

2 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai Desert Classic,

third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

NBA BASKETBALL5 p.m.

ESPN — Miami at Indiana

7:30 p.m.ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Minnesota

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX_Promoted Pam Kenn to senior direc-

tor of public affairs. Named Kevin Gregg director of media

relations.

CLEVELAND INDIANS_Signed RHP Matt Capps to a

minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Agreed to terms with INF Bill

Hall on a minor league contract. Named Omar Vizquel rov-

ing infield instructor.

NEW YORK YANKEES_Signed OF Matt Diaz, INF Dan

Johnson, OF Thomas Neal, OF Juan Rivera and C Bobby

Wilson to minor league contracts.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Agreed to terms with

INF/OF Martin Pradoon a four-year contract through 2016.

CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with OF Chris

Heisey and RHP Alfredo Simon On one-year contracts.

NEW YORK METS_Signed RHP LaTroy Hawkins to a

minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Agreed to terms with 2B Neil

Walker and RHP James McDonald.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NBA_Fined Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey $25,000

for public criticism of officiating.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Traded F Peter LeBlanc to the

Washington Capitals for future considerations. Acquired F

Mathieu Beaudoin from Hershey (AHL) for future consider-

ations.

EDMONTON OILERS_Assigned LW Magnus Paajarvi to

Oklahoma City (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS_Acquired F Zach Hamill from

Washington for F Casey Wellman.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS_Activated C Adam Henrique.

Assigned RW Cam Janssen to Albany (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_Claimed F Frazer McLaren

off waivers from San Jose. Called up LW Ryan Hamilton

from Toronto (AHL). Placed RW Mike Brown on injured

reserve.

COLLEGECARTHAGE_Named Mike DuFrane, Jared Elliott, Dustin

Hass and Kyle Rooker assistant football coaches.

HAMLINE_Named Jim Weyandt baseball coach.

HOFSTRA_Named Lauren Leo director of tennis.

KANSAS STATE —Signed football coach Bill Snyder to a

five-year contract through 2017.

MANHATTAN_nAMED Nick Derba volunteer assistant

baseball coach.

OREGON_Promoted Scott Frost to offensive coordinator.

PRESBYTERIAN_Named Kyle Owings assistant men's

and women's golf coach.

ST. JOSEPH'S (LI)_Named Jeanette Dunnigan and Heidi

Kissinger women's assistant lacrosse coaches.

SAN JOSE STATE_Named Jimmie Dougherty offensive

coordinator/quarterbacks coach, Hank Fraley offensive line

coach, James Jones defensive line coach, Greg Lewis

wide receivers coach, Joe Staab safeties coach, Kenwick

Thompson defensive coordinator/linebackers coach,

Donte Williams cornerbacks coach, Kirk Jones coordina-

tor of football operations, and Gary Uribe strength, condi-

tioning and athletic performance coach.

Livingston

“Why risk all that for oneday on the mountain,” asked2011 Aztec graduate Cory Sax-on, who won a football statechampionship. “You only havefour years, five in some cases,to win a title.”

PV wrestling coach LeviStout hopes to keep hiswrestlers in the mat room andoff the ski hill until after thestate tournament in late Febru-ary.

“Even worse than the penal-ty from coaches is letting yourteam down and possibly costingyour team a state title,” Stoutsaid.

The risk of injury to theseathletes is undeniable. Even theslightest mistake can cause yourbody to twist and turn in ways itshouldn’t.

“My wife, Melanie, saysATV’s in the summer and skiersand boarders in the winter keepher in her job as a pediatricnurse,” Stout said.

But Loy has advice for anyathlete heading up the moun-tain: stay safe and ride inside

your comfort zone.“I knew not to do anything

crazy that would risk the chanceof me getting injured,” Loysaid. “I believe other athletescould do the same thing.”

Still, just going out for oneday on the hill can leave youcatching grief from teammateswho are dedicating their time totheir high school sport.

“You have people who claimto be ‘hurt’ when practicecomes around and they are real-ly out there,” said FarmingtonHigh baseball star Austin Davis.

A few hours on the slopesappears to be worth a few dis-gruntled teammates.

Powder stashes are waitingto get ripped up this weekendafter a big storm dumped overthree feet of snow in the lastweek at nearby ski areas.

That is a scary thought forspring sports coaches whobegin tryouts and practicesMonday.

You can bet at least a few ofthose athletes with state cham-pionship dreams will be shred-ding a slope somewhere thisweekend.

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Adaptive

Christy and his friends startedchanging floor hockey rules so“kids with wheelchairs and walk-ers would be able to play.” Soonthey had a three-team league.Then more teams joined. Indoorsoccer and softball were eventual-ly added.

Parents, coaches and adminis-trators pushed for years to get thestate to recognize adapted athlet-ics. In 1992, the Minnesota StateHigh School League took charge.It has separate divisions for ath-letes with physical and cognitivedisabilities.

Participation in the state’sadapted sports has more than dou-bled since 1994 — up to 1,700registrations last season.

Over the past two decades,Minnesota officials have learnedhow to modify sports for disabledathletes to keep games fair yetcompetitive, like moving all gamesindoors (so students on wheels canplay) and instituting a no-runningrule (to minimize the advantage ofmore mobile athletes).

They’ve also confronted bigchallenges, mostly involving cost.In St. Paul public schools, for

example, about 3 percent of stu-dents played an adapted sport lastyear, but the adapted sports budgetconsumed more than 10 percent ofthe overall athletics budget.

Teams with players in wheel-chairs have to hire buses with lifts.And because many schools haveto combine to field enough playersfor a team, they need several busesto get players to and from prac-tices and games.

Those transportation costs arefar higher in rural areas, wherehaving fewer disabled studentsmeans traveling longer distances.It’s why almost all of Minnesota’sadapted sports teams are in theMinneapolis-St. Paul area.

To cut costs, some schools playsharply limited schedules. InBrainerd, in central Minnesota, theWarriors’ adapted floor hockeyteam has no opponent nearer than100 miles. Athletics DirectorCharlie Campbell said the teamplays just 10 games — five home,five away — to save money. Evenso, the expense would daunt manyschools, Campbell said.

“How do you add a pretty goodline-item to the budget when mostof what you’re doing is trying tofigure out how to do more with

less?” Campbell asked.In St. Paul, Jordan Anderson’s

game against the RochesterRaiders this week didn’t attract abig crowd — perhaps 20 people,mainly parents and family mem-bers. But the game was competi-tive, and the fans loved it.

The Hawks and Raiders jock-eyed to win face-offs, shouted atone another for poor passing andcelebrated goals with high-fivesand hugs. Despite the no-runningrule, players moved around thecourt at a brisk jog, some a bitawkwardly or with a limp.

Bohland has coached floorhockey, soccer and softball atHumboldt for more than 15 years.She works during the day withmany of her players, and said it’smade them feel a part of theschool.

She recalled what it meant toone of her players a few years agowhen he earned a letter jacketbefore his two brothers did. Theywere both players on the varsityfootball team.

“That was like the biggest thingto him,” Bohland said. “We’re avarsity sport. We’re not a recre-ational sport. And my players gettreated as varsity players.”

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Watson

She added that she“never introduced” Watsonto Rascon.

“I usually do (introduceWatson) to my guyfriends,” she said.

Stephanie Campos, afriend of Rascon and thewoman, said Watsonthought Rascon was “try-ing to get with his girl.

“He wasn’t.”That, witnesses say, is

when Watson stormedacross the living room toRascon, plucked him up bythe neck, then punched himin the face.

“He came out ofnowhere,” Campos said.

Watson, who is listed at6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, isknown on the basketballcourt for his strength.

Rascon said he is “about

5-10” and 140 pounds.Said Watson’s girl-

friend: “He just blew up, Iguess.”

While there is littlequestion about the degreeof Rascon’s injuries — hemay need surgery to repaira broken sinus and his auntsaid he has trouble breath-ing — the account of howthose injuries occurred iscloudy. Witnesses thatspoke with the Sun-Newsgave differing accounts.

Manuel Rodriguez, afriend of Rascon’s, saidWatson slammed Rasconagainst an interior wallthen knocked him out withthe left-handed punch.While Rascon was uncon-scious on the floor,Rodriguez said, Watson“stomped” Rascon’s face.

Rodriguez, who said hedid not know Watson nor

recognize him as a basket-ball player, called theattack brutal.

“Very inhumane,” hesaid.

Campos said that afterRascon blacked out, he“fell on his face.”

Watson’s girlfriend saidhe couldn’t have steppedon Rascon’s face becauseother partygoers immedi-ately pulled Watson offRascon.

She said she wasshocked to see Rascon’sgraphic injuries, and onthe way to the hospitalwith Rascon called Wat-son, saying, “How couldyou do this?”

But based on what shesaw and conversations withWatson, she contends thatothers at the party also beatRascon. She said that hap-pened while he was on the

ground, and after she andWatson were ushered outside.

“A lot of people didn’tsee the whole thing,” shesaid.

One thing that Campossaw sticks in her mind:While Rascon lied on theground, Watson stood overhim, laughing, Campos said.

“I personally confrontedhim,” Campos said. “Iasked him, ‘How can youdo that to someone?’”

It doesn’t surprise her,she said, because Watsonhas a reputation for gettinginto fights. Watson has noprevious convictions listedon the New Mexico courtswebsite.

That’s not the Watsonthat his girlfriend knows.

She said that in laterconversation, Watsonadmitted to punching Ras-con once, and that he

knows it was wrong.“I’ve never seen him act

that way before,” said thegirlfriend, who hasreceived harassing textmessages from outsiders inthe wake of the incident.“He’s never shown a sideof jealousy, never evenraised his tone at me. He’sgenuinely a nice person.”

Aggie basketball coachMarvin Menzies declinedto comment Wednesday.

On Tuesday during anews conference, Menziessaid he was aware of theincident.

“We are fact finding atthe administration levelright now,” he said.

When reached for com-ment late Wednesday,NMSU athletics directorMcKinley Boston saidWatson’s fate, at thispoint, would be deter-

mined by Menzies.“The policy at the

moment is that coach Men-zies has a relationship withhis player and will make adetermination to playTyrone or suspend Tyrone,”Boston said. “Withoutcharges against Tyrone, it’sa violation of team policy.”

Boston added that Wat-son has been cooperativewith the investigation.

“At this point (Watson)is remorseful and heacknowledged that hemade an emotional, baddecision,” Boston said.

To that end, Rascon saidWatson’s girlfriend textedhim, writing that Watsonwanted to apologize.

Rascon said he didn’trespond. He doesn’t wantto speak with Watson.

He just hopes to returnto class next week.

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SCOREBOARDEditor’s note: To report a local sports score,

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys Basketball

Farmington 57, Shiprock 48

Navajo Prep at Ramah No Score Reported

Aztec 54, Bloomfield 52

Girls Basketball

Los Lunas 62, Piedra Vista 36

Zuni at Navajo Prep PPD/Weather

Shiprock 40, Page, Ariz. 32

THURSDAY

Boys Basketball

Albuquerque High 50, West Mesa 40

Atrisco Heritage 74, Highland 58

Carlsbad 69, Goddard 54

Elida 43, Lake Arthur 14

Fort Sumner 49, Logan 31

Hondo 79, Gateway Christian 47

La Cueva 81, Del Norte 67

Mescalero Apache 47, Carrizozo 43

Mesilla Valley Christian 52, Chaparral 40

NMMI 53, Hagerman 52

Santa Fe Prep 57, Mora 45

St. Pius 45, Cibola 42

Volcano Vista 52, Eldorado 48

Walatowa Charter 58, NMSD 43

Girls Basketball

Albuquerque Academy 56, Artesia 51

Clovis Christian 56, Clovis - C Team 47

Corona 65, Vaughn 23

Fort Sumner 60, Logan 41

Grants 44, Valencia 40

Hondo 55, Gateway Christian 18

Hope Christian 61, Pojoaque 47

La Cueva 48, Rio Rancho 25

Mora 53, Santa Fe Prep 41

NMMI 51, Hagerman 34

Portales 35, Goddard 29

Santa Fe Indian 70, Hot Springs 33

Taos 58, West Las Vegas 41

Volcano Vista 66, Sandia 42

FRIDAY

Boys Basketball

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Thoreau at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Bloomfield at Wingate 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Shiprock at Thoreau 1 p.m

Wingate at Bloomfield 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Kirtland Central at Navajo Prep 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Bloomfield at Ignacio, Colo. Invite 9 a.m.

TOURNAMENTS

Aztec, Kirtland Central at Robertson Invitational Feb. 1-2

Farmington at the Cardinal Tournament in Las Vegas,

Feb. 1-2

NFLSuper Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 28 15 .651 —

Brooklyn 27 19 .587 2.5

Boston 22 23 .489 7

Philadelphia 19 26 .422 10

Toronto 16 30 .348 13.5

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 29 13 .690 —

Atlanta 26 19 .578 4.5

Orlando 14 31 .311 16.5

Washington 11 33 .250 19

Charlotte 11 34 .244 19.5

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 28 17 .622 —

Indiana 27 19 .587 1.5

Milwaukee 24 20 .545 3.5

Detroit 17 29 .370 11.5

Cleveland 13 33 .283 15.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 37 11 .771 —

Memphis 29 16 .644 6.5

Houston 25 23 .521 12

Dallas 19 26 .422 16.5

New Orleans 15 31 .326 21

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City35 11 .761 —

Denver 29 18 .617 6.5

Utah 25 21 .543 10

Portland 23 22 .511 11.5

Minnesota 17 25 .405 16

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 34 13 .723 —

Golden State 28 17 .622 5

L.A. Lakers 20 26 .435 13.5

Sacramento 17 30 .362 17

Phoenix 16 30 .348 17.5

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia 92, Washington 84

Indiana 98, Detroit 79

Boston 99, Sacramento 81

New York 113, Orlando 97

Atlanta 93, Toronto 92

L.A. Clippers 96, Minnesota 90

Chicago 104, Milwaukee 88

Miami 105, Brooklyn 85

San Antonio 102, Charlotte 78

Denver 118, Houston 110

Utah 104, New Orleans 99

Phoenix 92, L.A. Lakers 86

Thursday’s Games

Oklahoma City 106, Memphis 89 *DNF at press time.

Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Chicago at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Washington at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 7 4 2 1 9 27 23

New Jersey 6 3 0 3 9 16 14

Pittsburgh 7 4 3 0 8 19 18

N.Y. Rangers 7 3 4 0 6 16 20

Philadelphia 7 2 5 0 4 14 20

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 7 5 1 1 11 23 19

Ottawa 7 5 1 1 11 24 13

Montreal 6 4 2 0 8 18 15

Toronto 7 4 3 0 8 21 22

Buffalo 7 3 3 1 7 23 23

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 6 5 1 0 10 29 15

Winnipeg 7 3 3 1 7 21 24

Carolina 5 2 3 0 4 14 18

Florida 7 2 5 0 4 16 27

Washington 7 1 5 1 3 15 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 7 6 0 1 13 24 16

St. Louis 7 6 1 0 12 28 14

Detroit 6 3 2 1 7 15 17

Columbus 8 2 5 1 5 14 26

Nashville 6 1 2 3 5 10 18

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 7 4 2 1 9 19 19

Edmonton 6 4 2 0 8 17 15

Vancouver 7 3 2 2 8 19 19

Colorado 7 3 4 0 6 16 19

Calgary 5 1 3 1 3 14 21

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 6 6 0 0 12 26 10

Anaheim 5 3 1 1 7 17 17

Dallas 7 2 4 1 5 13 18

Los Angeles 5 2 2 1 5 11 14

Phoenix 7 2 4 1 5 22 22

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, SO

Ottawa 5, Montreal 1

Edmonton 2, Phoenix 1, OT

Vancouver 3, Colorado 0

Thursday’s Games

Buffalo 7, Boston 4

Toronto 3, Washington 2

N.Y. Islanders 5, New Jersey 4, OT

Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0

St. Louis 4, Columbus 1

Florida 6, Winnipeg 3

Colorado 6, Calgary 3

Nashville at Los Angeles, * DNF at press time

Edmonton at San Jose, * DNF at press time

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday's Games

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 12 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BasketballAP Top 25 Thursday results

1. Michigan (20-1) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Indiana,

Saturday.

2. Kansas (19-1) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State,

Saturday.

3. Indiana (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Michigan,

Saturday.

4. Florida (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Mississippi,

Saturday.

5. Duke (18-2) did not play. Next: at Florida State,

Saturday.

6. Syracuse (18-2) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh,

Saturday.

7. Gonzaga (19-2) at Loyola Marymount. Next: at San

Diego, Saturday.

8. Arizona (18-2) beat Washington 57-53. Next: at

Washington State, Saturday.

9. Butler (17-4) lost to St. Louis 75-58. Next: vs. Rhode

Island, Saturday.

10. Oregon (18-3) did not play. Next: at California,

Saturday.

11. Ohio State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Nebraska,

Saturday.

12. Louisville (17-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 25

Marquette, Sunday.

13. Michigan State (18-4) beat Illinois 78-75. Next: vs. No.

23 Minnesota, Wednesday.

14. Miami (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 19 N.C. State,

Saturday.

15. Wichita State (19-3) did not play. Next: at Northern

Iowa, Saturday.

16. Mississippi (17-3) did not play. Next: at No. 4 Florida,

Saturday.

17. Missouri (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Auburn,

Saturday.

18. Kansas State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma,

Saturday.

19. N.C. State (16-5) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Duke,

Thursday, Feb. 7.

20. New Mexico (18-3) did not play. Next: vs. Nevada,

Saturday.

21. Creighton (19-3) did not play. Next: vs. Bradley,

Saturday.

22. San Diego State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Air

Force, Saturday.

23. Minnesota (16-5) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa, Sunday.

24. Cincinnati (17-4) did not play. Next: at Seton Hall,

Saturday.

25. Marquette (15-4) did not play. Next: at No. 12

Louisville, Sunday.

MORE SCORESEAST

Bryant 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 63

CCSU 78, Monmouth (NJ) 58

Canisius 91, Loyola (Md.) 79

LIU Brooklyn 82, St. Francis (Pa.) 62

Mount St. Mary's 77, Quinnipiac 73

Niagara 93, Iona 90, OT

St. Francis (NY) 71, Robert Morris 61

St. Peter's 70, Marist 68, OT

UConn 82, Providence 79, OT

Wagner 84, Sacred Heart 78, OT

SOUTHDavidson 71, Samford 51

Drexel 58, George Mason 54

Elon 72, UNC Greensboro 66

FAU 76, Louisiana-Monroe 71

Florida Gulf Coast 89, North Florida 75

Furman 81, Georgia Southern 74

Jacksonville 71, Stetson 70

James Madison 62, Hofstra 41

Middle Tennessee 66, FIU 64

N. Kentucky 70, ETSU 68

SC-Upstate 83, Lipscomb 71

The Citadel 69, Wofford 63

UT-Martin 72, E. Kentucky 65

W. Kentucky 65, Troy 61

MIDWESTMichigan St. 80, Illinois 75

N. Dakota St. 71, UMKC 34

S. Dakota St. 67, South Dakota 54

SOUTHWESTArkansas St. 74, South Alabama 62

Denver 71, UTSA 57

New Mexico St. 86, Texas St. 72

Northwestern St. 85, Lamar 63

Oral Roberts 90, Nicholls St. 78

SE Louisiana 70, Cent. Arkansas 69

FAR WESTArizona 57, Washington 53

California 71, Oregon St. 68

E. Washington 72, Montana St. 68

Long Beach St. 57, UC Santa Barbara 55

N. Colorado 78, Idaho St. 63

S. Utah 79, Sacramento St. 67

TV ListingsBOXING7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Junior middleweights, Carlos Molina (20-5-

2) vs. Cory Spinks (39-7-0), at Chicago

GOLF2 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Phoenix Open, second round, at

Scottsdale, Ariz.

2 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai Desert Classic,

third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

NBA BASKETBALL5 p.m.

ESPN — Miami at Indiana

7:30 p.m.ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Minnesota

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX_Promoted Pam Kenn to senior direc-

tor of public affairs. Named Kevin Gregg director of media

relations.

CLEVELAND INDIANS_Signed RHP Matt Capps to a

minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Agreed to terms with INF Bill

Hall on a minor league contract. Named Omar Vizquel rov-

ing infield instructor.

NEW YORK YANKEES_Signed OF Matt Diaz, INF Dan

Johnson, OF Thomas Neal, OF Juan Rivera and C Bobby

Wilson to minor league contracts.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Agreed to terms with

INF/OF Martin Pradoon a four-year contract through 2016.

CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with OF Chris

Heisey and RHP Alfredo Simon On one-year contracts.

NEW YORK METS_Signed RHP LaTroy Hawkins to a

minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Agreed to terms with 2B Neil

Walker and RHP James McDonald.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NBA_Fined Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey $25,000

for public criticism of officiating.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Traded F Peter LeBlanc to the

Washington Capitals for future considerations. Acquired F

Mathieu Beaudoin from Hershey (AHL) for future consider-

ations.

EDMONTON OILERS_Assigned LW Magnus Paajarvi to

Oklahoma City (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS_Acquired F Zach Hamill from

Washington for F Casey Wellman.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS_Activated C Adam Henrique.

Assigned RW Cam Janssen to Albany (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_Claimed F Frazer McLaren

off waivers from San Jose. Called up LW Ryan Hamilton

from Toronto (AHL). Placed RW Mike Brown on injured

reserve.

COLLEGECARTHAGE_Named Mike DuFrane, Jared Elliott, Dustin

Hass and Kyle Rooker assistant football coaches.

HAMLINE_Named Jim Weyandt baseball coach.

HOFSTRA_Named Lauren Leo director of tennis.

KANSAS STATE —Signed football coach Bill Snyder to a

five-year contract through 2017.

MANHATTAN_nAMED Nick Derba volunteer assistant

baseball coach.

OREGON_Promoted Scott Frost to offensive coordinator.

PRESBYTERIAN_Named Kyle Owings assistant men's

and women's golf coach.

ST. JOSEPH'S (LI)_Named Jeanette Dunnigan and Heidi

Kissinger women's assistant lacrosse coaches.

SAN JOSE STATE_Named Jimmie Dougherty offensive

coordinator/quarterbacks coach, Hank Fraley offensive line

coach, James Jones defensive line coach, Greg Lewis

wide receivers coach, Joe Staab safeties coach, Kenwick

Thompson defensive coordinator/linebackers coach,

Donte Williams cornerbacks coach, Kirk Jones coordina-

tor of football operations, and Gary Uribe strength, condi-

tioning and athletic performance coach.

Livingston

“Why risk all that for oneday on the mountain,” asked2011 Aztec graduate Cory Sax-on, who won a football statechampionship. “You only havefour years, five in some cases,to win a title.”

PV wrestling coach LeviStout hopes to keep hiswrestlers in the mat room andoff the ski hill until after thestate tournament in late Febru-ary.

“Even worse than the penal-ty from coaches is letting yourteam down and possibly costingyour team a state title,” Stoutsaid.

The risk of injury to theseathletes is undeniable. Even theslightest mistake can cause yourbody to twist and turn in ways itshouldn’t.

“My wife, Melanie, saysATV’s in the summer and skiersand boarders in the winter keepher in her job as a pediatricnurse,” Stout said.

But Loy has advice for anyathlete heading up the moun-tain: stay safe and ride inside

your comfort zone.“I knew not to do anything

crazy that would risk the chanceof me getting injured,” Loysaid. “I believe other athletescould do the same thing.”

Still, just going out for oneday on the hill can leave youcatching grief from teammateswho are dedicating their time totheir high school sport.

“You have people who claimto be ‘hurt’ when practicecomes around and they are real-ly out there,” said FarmingtonHigh baseball star Austin Davis.

A few hours on the slopesappears to be worth a few dis-gruntled teammates.

Powder stashes are waitingto get ripped up this weekendafter a big storm dumped overthree feet of snow in the lastweek at nearby ski areas.

That is a scary thought forspring sports coaches whobegin tryouts and practicesMonday.

You can bet at least a few ofthose athletes with state cham-pionship dreams will be shred-ding a slope somewhere thisweekend.

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Adaptive

Christy and his friends startedchanging floor hockey rules so“kids with wheelchairs and walk-ers would be able to play.” Soonthey had a three-team league.Then more teams joined. Indoorsoccer and softball were eventual-ly added.

Parents, coaches and adminis-trators pushed for years to get thestate to recognize adapted athlet-ics. In 1992, the Minnesota StateHigh School League took charge.It has separate divisions for ath-letes with physical and cognitivedisabilities.

Participation in the state’sadapted sports has more than dou-bled since 1994 — up to 1,700registrations last season.

Over the past two decades,Minnesota officials have learnedhow to modify sports for disabledathletes to keep games fair yetcompetitive, like moving all gamesindoors (so students on wheels canplay) and instituting a no-runningrule (to minimize the advantage ofmore mobile athletes).

They’ve also confronted bigchallenges, mostly involving cost.In St. Paul public schools, for

example, about 3 percent of stu-dents played an adapted sport lastyear, but the adapted sports budgetconsumed more than 10 percent ofthe overall athletics budget.

Teams with players in wheel-chairs have to hire buses with lifts.And because many schools haveto combine to field enough playersfor a team, they need several busesto get players to and from prac-tices and games.

Those transportation costs arefar higher in rural areas, wherehaving fewer disabled studentsmeans traveling longer distances.It’s why almost all of Minnesota’sadapted sports teams are in theMinneapolis-St. Paul area.

To cut costs, some schools playsharply limited schedules. InBrainerd, in central Minnesota, theWarriors’ adapted floor hockeyteam has no opponent nearer than100 miles. Athletics DirectorCharlie Campbell said the teamplays just 10 games — five home,five away — to save money. Evenso, the expense would daunt manyschools, Campbell said.

“How do you add a pretty goodline-item to the budget when mostof what you’re doing is trying tofigure out how to do more with

less?” Campbell asked.In St. Paul, Jordan Anderson’s

game against the RochesterRaiders this week didn’t attract abig crowd — perhaps 20 people,mainly parents and family mem-bers. But the game was competi-tive, and the fans loved it.

The Hawks and Raiders jock-eyed to win face-offs, shouted atone another for poor passing andcelebrated goals with high-fivesand hugs. Despite the no-runningrule, players moved around thecourt at a brisk jog, some a bitawkwardly or with a limp.

Bohland has coached floorhockey, soccer and softball atHumboldt for more than 15 years.She works during the day withmany of her players, and said it’smade them feel a part of theschool.

She recalled what it meant toone of her players a few years agowhen he earned a letter jacketbefore his two brothers did. Theywere both players on the varsityfootball team.

“That was like the biggest thingto him,” Bohland said. “We’re avarsity sport. We’re not a recre-ational sport. And my players gettreated as varsity players.”

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Watson

She added that she“never introduced” Watsonto Rascon.

“I usually do (introduceWatson) to my guyfriends,” she said.

Stephanie Campos, afriend of Rascon and thewoman, said Watsonthought Rascon was “try-ing to get with his girl.

“He wasn’t.”That, witnesses say, is

when Watson stormedacross the living room toRascon, plucked him up bythe neck, then punched himin the face.

“He came out ofnowhere,” Campos said.

Watson, who is listed at6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, isknown on the basketballcourt for his strength.

Rascon said he is “about

5-10” and 140 pounds.Said Watson’s girl-

friend: “He just blew up, Iguess.”

While there is littlequestion about the degreeof Rascon’s injuries — hemay need surgery to repaira broken sinus and his auntsaid he has trouble breath-ing — the account of howthose injuries occurred iscloudy. Witnesses thatspoke with the Sun-Newsgave differing accounts.

Manuel Rodriguez, afriend of Rascon’s, saidWatson slammed Rasconagainst an interior wallthen knocked him out withthe left-handed punch.While Rascon was uncon-scious on the floor,Rodriguez said, Watson“stomped” Rascon’s face.

Rodriguez, who said hedid not know Watson nor

recognize him as a basket-ball player, called theattack brutal.

“Very inhumane,” hesaid.

Campos said that afterRascon blacked out, he“fell on his face.”

Watson’s girlfriend saidhe couldn’t have steppedon Rascon’s face becauseother partygoers immedi-ately pulled Watson offRascon.

She said she wasshocked to see Rascon’sgraphic injuries, and onthe way to the hospitalwith Rascon called Wat-son, saying, “How couldyou do this?”

But based on what shesaw and conversations withWatson, she contends thatothers at the party also beatRascon. She said that hap-pened while he was on the

ground, and after she andWatson were ushered outside.

“A lot of people didn’tsee the whole thing,” shesaid.

One thing that Campossaw sticks in her mind:While Rascon lied on theground, Watson stood overhim, laughing, Campos said.

“I personally confrontedhim,” Campos said. “Iasked him, ‘How can youdo that to someone?’”

It doesn’t surprise her,she said, because Watsonhas a reputation for gettinginto fights. Watson has noprevious convictions listedon the New Mexico courtswebsite.

That’s not the Watsonthat his girlfriend knows.

She said that in laterconversation, Watsonadmitted to punching Ras-con once, and that he

knows it was wrong.“I’ve never seen him act

that way before,” said thegirlfriend, who hasreceived harassing textmessages from outsiders inthe wake of the incident.“He’s never shown a sideof jealousy, never evenraised his tone at me. He’sgenuinely a nice person.”

Aggie basketball coachMarvin Menzies declinedto comment Wednesday.

On Tuesday during anews conference, Menziessaid he was aware of theincident.

“We are fact finding atthe administration levelright now,” he said.

When reached for com-ment late Wednesday,NMSU athletics directorMcKinley Boston saidWatson’s fate, at thispoint, would be deter-

mined by Menzies.“The policy at the

moment is that coach Men-zies has a relationship withhis player and will make adetermination to playTyrone or suspend Tyrone,”Boston said. “Withoutcharges against Tyrone, it’sa violation of team policy.”

Boston added that Wat-son has been cooperativewith the investigation.

“At this point (Watson)is remorseful and heacknowledged that hemade an emotional, baddecision,” Boston said.

To that end, Rascon saidWatson’s girlfriend textedhim, writing that Watsonwanted to apologize.

Rascon said he didn’trespond. He doesn’t wantto speak with Watson.

He just hopes to returnto class next week.

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Farmington Daily Times Friday, February 1, 2013

The Daily Times

SPORTSB MONDAYJanuary 28, 2013

Sports editor: John Livingston 505-564-4648 jlivingston@daily-times.com

today inSPORTS

Farmington, New Mexico

Titans interested inhiring Williams

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aperson familiar with the situa-tion says the Titans havetalked with suspended defen-sive coordinator GreggWilliams and are interested inhiring him.

The person said SundayTitans coach Mike Munchakhas talked with Williams abouta position on his staff. Theperson spoke to The Associat-ed Press on condition ofanonymity because the Titansdo not discuss personnelmoves until they are finalized.

Commissioner RogerGoodell suspended Williamsindefinitely for his role in theNew Orleans Saints bountyprogram. Williams must bereinstated by the NFL beforehe can be hired by any team.NFL spokesman Greg Aiellosays the league has not yetaddressed Williams potentialreinstatement.

Williams was the Saintsdefensive coordinator from2009-11 and was hired by St.Louis last season before hissuspension.

Messi scores 200thleague goal

BARCELONA, Spain —Lionel Messi scored fourgoals to pass the 200-mark inthe Spanish league, leadingBarcelona to a 5-1 rout ofOsasuna on Sunday night.

With his 22nd hat trick forBarcelona and fifth game offour goals or more, Messiincreased his La Liga goalstotal to 202. The 25-year-oldbecame the eighth player toreach 200, joining Telmo Zarra(251), Hugo Sanchez (234),Raul Gonzalez (228), Alfredodi Stefano (227), CesarRodriguez (223), Quini (219)and Pahino (210).

Messi has 44 goals thisseason, including 33 in LaLiga.

Cristiano Ronaldo scoredhis 20th career hat trick in an11-minute span to leaddefending champion RealMadrid over Getafe 4-0.

Barcelona (19-1-1) has an11-point lead over second-place Atletico Madrid (15-3-2),which was at Athletic Bilbaolater Sunday. Real Madrid (13-4-4) trails Barcelona by 15points.

Barcelona hosts Real onWednesday in the first leg ofthe Copa del Rey semifinals.

Aaron wins first USmen’s skating title

OMAHA, Neb. — MaxAaron sure knows how toshake things up, jumping fromfourth to first at the U.S. Fig-ure Skating Championshipson Sunday.

It was the first title for the20-year-old, who has donevery little of note since win-ning the U.S. junior title twoyears ago. But if he keeps thisup, there’s sure to be moresuccess in store. Aaron fin-ished with 255 points, almostfour better than Ross Miner.When Aaron saw his marks,his mouth dropped open andhe let out a roar.

Jeremy Abbott, who hadwon three of the last four U.S.titles, dropped to third with aflawed free skate.

Anthony hits 9 3sto beat Atlanta

NEW YORK — CarmeloAnthony tied a franchiserecord with nine 3-pointers,then converted a go-ahead,three-point play with 12.5 sec-onds left to cap a 42-pointnight and lead the New YorkKnicks to a 106-104 victoryover the Atlanta Hawks onSunday.

The Hawks shot a sea-son-high 60 percent from thefield but had their three-gamewinning streak snapped whenJosh Smith, burned on Antho-ny’s basket, missed a 3-point-er on Atlanta’s final posses-sion.

Amare Stoudemire andJ.R. Smith each had 18 pointsfor the Knicks, who were 16 of27 (59 percent) from 3-pointrange. Raymond Felton had12 points and 10 assists in hissecond game back from abroken right pinky.

Jeff Teague scored 27points for the Hawks. Smithadded 20 and Al Horford had16.

The Associated Press

PRO BOWLNFC blows outAFC | B3

By John PyeThe Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Aus-tralia — No shirt rippingor bare-chested flexing thistime.

Novak Djokovic com-pleted his work beforemidnight, defeating AndyMurray in four sets for histhird consecutive Aus-tralian Open title andfourth overall.

It was also the secondtime in three yearsDjokovic had beaten hislongtime friend in thisfinal. So the celebrationwas muted: a small victoryshuffle, raised arms, a kissfor the trophy. No grandhistrionics, although that’snot to say the moment waslost on him.

“Winning it three in arow, it’s incredible,”Djokovic said after his 6-7(2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 victo-ry Sunday night. “It’s verythrilling. I’m full of joyright now. It’s going togive me a lot of confidencefor the rest of the season,that’s for sure.”

Nine other men hadwon consecutive Aus-tralian titles in the Openera, but none three straightyears. One of them wasAndre Agassi, who pre-sented Djokovic with thetrophy.

A year ago, Djokovicbegan his season with anepic 5-hour, 53-minutefive-set win over RafaelNadal at the AustralianOpen, the longest GrandSlam final. He tore off hisshirt to celebrate, the TVreplays repeated constantlyat this tournament.

He mimicked that cele-bration after coming backto beat Stanislas Wawrinkain five hours in a surpris-ingly tough fourth-roundvictory this time.

Since then, he’s lookedevery bit the No. 1 player.He said he played “perfect-ly” in his 89-minute winover fourth-seeded DavidFerrer in the semifinalsThursday night. Murraystruggled to beat 17-timemajor winner Roger Feder-er in five sets in the semifi-nals Friday night, and still

had the bad blisters on hisfeet to show for it in thefinal.

In a final that had themakings of a classic whentwo of the best returners intennis were unable to get abreak of serve in the firsttwo sets that lasted 2:13,the difference may have

hinged on something aslight as a feather.

Preparing for a secondserve at 2-2 in the secondset tiebreaker, Murray wasrocking back about to tossthe ball when he stopped,paused and then walkedonto the court and tried tograb a small white feather

that was floating in hisview. He went back to thebaseline, bounced the ballanother eight times andserved too long.

After being called for adouble-fault, Murrayknocked the ball away inanger and flung his armdown. He didn’t get closefor the rest of the tiebreak-er and was the first to dropserve in the match — inthe eighth game of thethird set. Djokovic brokehim twice in the fourth set,which by then had turnedinto an easy march to vic-tory.

“It was strange,” saidDjokovic, adding that itswung the momentum hisway. “It obviously did. ...He made a crucial double-fault.”

Murray didn’t blame hisloss on the one distraction.

“I mean, I could haveserved. It just caught myeye before I served. Ithought it was a good ideato move it,” he said.“Maybe it wasn’t because Iobviously double-faulted.

Djokovic wins third straight Australian Open title

Andy Wong/The Associated PressNovak Djokovic tosses his racquet as he celebrateshis win over Andy Murray in the men’s final at theAustralian Open in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday.

See OPEN, B2

By Howard UlmanThe Associated Press

BOSTON — A dou-ble-overtime victoryagainst LeBron Jamesand the defending NBAchampions was difficultto celebrate for PaulPierce and the Celtics.

News of Rajon Ron-do’s season-ending kneeinjury spoiled the party.

“Everyone was reallyhappy for the win,”Pierce said after Bostonbeat the Miami Heat 100-98 Sunday. “It brought adark cloud in this roomwhen you heard thenews.”

When coach DocRivers told his playersafter the game, the joy ofending their six-gamelosing streak stopped,even if they had just out-lasted the team with thebest record in the EasternConference, which camein with a four-game win-ning streak.

Now the Celtics musttry to keep winning with-out their leader, who suf-fered a torn anterior cru-ciate ligament in his rightknee late in Fridaynight’s 123-112 win, alsoin double overtime, inAtlanta.

They won Sundayafter Pierce’s 22-footjumper with 31 secondsleft gave them a 99-98lead.

But making the play-

offs got harder as theCeltics try to hang on tothe eighth and final post-season spot in the confer-ence with a 2 1-2-gamelead over the Philadel-phia 76ers.

“Obviously, the Ron-do news is pretty tough. Iknew it before thegame,” Rivers said. “Ijust didn’t think it wasany time to tell any ofour guys.”

This game was thefirst in Boston for RayAllen since he left theCeltics after five seasonsand signed as a freeagent with Miami. Hescored 21 points.

Kevin Garnett had 24points and 11 rebounds,and Pierce added 17points, 13 rebounds and10 assists for the Celtics.

Rondo’s injury “putsthis team and the rest ofthe guys in a position tobe ready to step up,”Pierce said. Sunday’s win“was a perfect example.We showed we are capa-ble.”

James had 34 pointsfor the Heat, whose win-ning streak stopped atfour.

“As much as I’vebeen a rival with Bostonover the years, I neverwant to see anyone godown,” James said. “It’sterrible, not only for theirteam but for the league.”

Celtics beat Heat,Rondo out for theyear with torn ACL

Steven Senne/The Associated PressBoston Celtics guard Courtney Lee, left, and for-ward Kevin Garnett (5) celebrate on the sidelineafter a score against the Miami Heat as forwardJeff Green (8) and guard Jason Terry (4) walk upduring the fourth quarter of a game at TD Gardenin Boston, on Sunday.

In control

Lenny Ignelzi/The Associated PressTiger Woods hits his tee shot on the par three third hole on the South Course atTorrey Pines during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, in San Diego.

Woods cruising at Torrey Pines

See BOSTON, B3

By Doug FergusonThe Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Due tothe fog that wiped out anentire day of golf, theFarmers Insurance Openwas never going to end onSunday.

Tiger Woods just madeit look as if it was over.

Hands thrust in thepockets of his rain pants,Woods walked off TorreyPines in the chill of twi-light with a six-shot leadand only 11 more holesstanding in the way of win-ning on the public coursealong the Pacific Ocean forthe eighth time in his procareer.

He drove the ball withsuperb control in the thirdround on his way to a 3-under 69 to build a four-shot lead after threerounds. He lost controlwith his driver in thefourth round and still man-aged three birdies in sevenholes.

“All we can do tomor-row is go out and try to

make him think about it alittle bit and see what hap-pens,” said Nick Watney,one of two former winnersat Torrey Pines who facedthe tough task of trying tomake up six shots onWoods.

The other was defend-ing champion BrandtSnedeker.

“I’ve got a guy at thetop of the leaderboard thatdoesn’t like giving upleads,” Snedeker said. “SoI have to go catch him.”

Woods was at 17-underpar for the tournament andwill resume his round onthe par-3 eighth hole. CBSSports wants to televise theMonday finish — no sur-prise with Woods in thelead — so play won’t startuntil 2 p.m. EST.

Snedeker played 13holes of the final round.Watney played eight holes.Both were at 11-under par.

Woods played 25 holes.He started with a two-shotlead and tripled it beforedarkness suspended thefinal round.

“It was a long day ...and I played well today,”Woods said. “Overall, I’mvery pleased that I wasable to build on my lead.”

Thick fog washed outall of Saturday, forcingplayers to go from sunriseto sunset Sunday. They fin-ished the third round, tookabout 30 minutes for lunchand went right back ontothe golf course.

Woods finished 54holes at 14-under 202 andwas four shots ahead ofCanadian rookie BradFritsch. It was the 16thtime in his PGA Tourcareer that Woods had a54-hole lead of at leastfour shots.

If that wasn’t enough tomake the outcome lookinevitable, everything wasgoing his way in the finalhour.

His tee shot was so farleft on No. 2 that the ballfinished in the first cut ofrough in the sixth fairway.He still saved par.

By Teddy FeinbergLas Cruces Sun-News

LAS CRUCES - Themystery that is New Mexi-co State football knows noboundaries.

The mysteryof no bowl gamein 52 years.

A combined29-93 recordsince the lastwinning seasonin 2002. Justfour winningseasons since 1967.

The many coaches thathave fallen by the wayside.Since the days of WarrenWoodson (1958-67), none

of the names have goneunscathed.

The irony: DeWayneWalker leaving the pro-gram this past week on hisown volition, taking an

assistant coach-ing job in theNFL, could beconsidered a bet-ter alternativethan his Aggieposition, and hada better endingthan many of his

predecessors.From the days of Gil

Krueger and Fred Zech-man, to Jim Hess and TonySamuel, finding a better

fate than that of Walker’sis trying.

We look back at the his-tory, primarily the last twocoaches hired during theMcKinley Boston era asNMSU Athletics Director:Hal Mumme and Walker.

Hal Mumme (2005-08)Record: 11-38 (.224)Coming in: “Sure. We

will win here. I don’t feelany different this time thisyear than I did this timelast year. The only differ-ence is I know everybodybetter.” - Hal Mummeupon entering the 2006season. In 2005, the Aggieswent 0-12.

Going out: “We’ve hada good group of seniorsand they have worked hard... We do wish that wewould have won moregames and achieved ourgoals.” - Mumme enteringthe final game of his tenureduring the 2008 season.

Aggie legacy: Mummewas hired to replaceSamuel as NMSU waspreparing to enter theWestern Athletic Confer-ence from the Sun Belt.Mumme was brought in asa big name (formally thehead coach at Kentucky)with a pass-happy offense(coined the Air Raid). Adisastrous 0-12 first season

followed, headlined by areligious discriminationlawsuit that ended in a pri-vate settlement. The threeyears after saw the Aggiesmake signs of progress - astrong end to the 2006 sea-son, beating UTEP twiceduring Mumme’s tenureand a road win over WACpower Nevada. But it alsohad its shortcomings -close losses at times topoor teams, a one-dimen-sional offense and poorkicking game which result-ed bad field position andtime-of-possession differ-ential for the defense.

Can anyone succeed with NMSU football?

See NMSU, B2

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys Basketball

Farmington at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Navajo Prep at Ramah 7 p.m.

Bloomfield at Aztec 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Piedra Vista at Los Lunas 6 p.m

Zuni at Navajo Prep 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Girls Basketball

Page, Ariz. at Shiprock 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

Boys Basketball

Zuni at Navajo Prep 7 p..m

FRIDAY

Boys Basketball

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Thoreau at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Bloomfield at Wingate 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Kirtland Central at Farmington 7 p.m.

Shiprock at Thoreau 7 p.m

Wingate at Bloomfield 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Kirtland Central at Navajo Prep 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Bloomfield at Ignacio, Colo. Invite 9 a.m.

TOURNAMENTS

Aztec, Kirtland Central at Robertson Invitational Feb.

1-2

Farmington at the Cardinal Tournament in Las Vegas,

NM Feb. 1-2

NFLPro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27

At Honolulu

NFC 62, AFC 35

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 27 15 .643 —

Brooklyn 26 18 .591 2

Boston 21 23 .477 7

Philadelphia 18 25 .419 9.5

Toronto 16 28 .364 12

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 28 13 .683 —

Atlanta 25 19 .568 4.5

Orlando 14 29 .326 15

Washington 11 31 .262 17.5

Charlotte 11 32 .256 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 26 17 .605 —

Indiana 26 18 .591 .5

Milwaukee 23 19 .548 2.5

Detroit 17 27 .386 9.5

Cleveland 13 32 .289 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 36 11 .766 —

Memphis 28 15 .651 6

Houston 24 22 .522 11.5

Dallas 19 25 .432 15.5

New Orleans 15 29 .341 19.5

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City34 11 .756 —

Denver 27 18 .600 7

Utah 24 20 .545 9.5

Portland 22 21 .512 11

Minnesota 17 24 .415 15

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 32 13 .711 —

Golden State 26 17 .605 5

L.A. Lakers 19 25 .432 12.5

Sacramento 16 29 .356 16

Phoenix 15 30 .333 17

Saturday's Games

Philadelphia 97, New York 80

Cleveland 99, Toronto 98

Washington 86, Chicago 73

Charlotte 102, Minnesota 101

Houston 119, Brooklyn 106

San Antonio 108, Phoenix 99

Milwaukee 109, Golden State 102

Denver 121, Sacramento 93

Utah 114, Indiana 110, OT

Portland 101, L.A. Clippers 100

Sunday's Games

Boston 100, Miami 98,2OT

L.A. Lakers 105, Oklahoma City 96

New Orleans 91, Memphis 83

Detroit 104, Orlando 102

New York 106, Atlanta 104

Dallas 110, Phoenix 95

Portland at L.A. Clippers, DNF by press time

Monday's Games

Memphis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Washington, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Denver, 7 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 7 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

Golden State at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 4 3 0 1 7 11 7

Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 15 14

N.Y. Islanders 5 2 2 1 5 18 18

N.Y. Rangers 5 2 3 0 4 14 16

Philadelphia 6 2 4 0 4 13 18

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 4 3 0 1 7 12 8

Ottawa 5 3 1 1 7 16 10

Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 13 7

Buffalo 5 2 3 0 4 13 15

Toronto 5 2 3 0 4 14 17

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 5 4 1 0 8 24 13

Winnipeg 5 3 1 1 7 15 14

Carolina 4 2 2 0 4 11 13

Washington 5 1 3 1 3 11 19

Florida 5 1 4 0 2 8 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 6 6 0 0 12 22 13

St. Louis 6 5 1 0 10 24 13

Detroit 5 2 2 1 5 11 16

Nashville 5 1 1 3 5 10 14

Columbus 5 1 3 1 3 9 18

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 5 2 2 1 5 13 15

Vancouver 5 2 2 1 5 14 16

Colorado 4 2 2 0 4 9 9

Edmonton 4 2 2 0 4 11 13

Calgary 4 1 2 1 3 11 15

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 5 5 0 0 10 23 8

Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 15 14

Dallas 5 2 2 1 5 11 12

Los Angeles 4 1 2 1 3 8 12

Phoenix 5 1 4 0 2 17 20

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.

Saturday's Games

San Jose 4, Colorado 0

N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 2

Chicago 3, Columbus 2

Philadelphia 7, Florida 1

St. Louis 4, Dallas 3

Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 2

Calgary 4, Edmonton 3

Anaheim 3, Nashville 2, SO

Sunday's Games

Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1, SO

Washington 3, Buffalo 2

Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, OT

Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 1

Chicago 2, Detroit 1, OT

St. Louis 5, Minnesota 4, OT

Winnipeg 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT

San Jose 4, Vancouver 1

Monday's Games

Boston at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BasketballTop 25 Sunday results

1. Duke (17-2) did not play. Next: at Wake Forest,

Wednesday.

2. Michigan (19-1) beat Illinois 74-60. Next: vs.

Northwestern, Wednesday.

3. Kansas (18-1) did not play. Next: at West Virginia,

Monday.

3. Syracuse (18-2) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh,

Saturday.

5. Louisville (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh,

Monday.

6. Arizona (17-2) did not play. Next: at Washington,

Thursday.

7. Indiana (18-2) beat No. 13 Michigan State 75-70. Next:

at Purdue, Wednesday.

8. Florida (16-2) did not play. Next: vs. South Carolina,

Wednesday.

9. Butler (17-3) did not play. Next: at St. Louis, Thursday.

10. Gonzaga (19-2) did not play. Next: at Loyola

Marymount, Thursday.

11. Kansas State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Texas,

Wednesday.

12. Minnesota (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Nebraska,

Tuesday.

13. Michigan State (17-4) lost to No. 7 Indiana 75-70.

Next: vs. Illinois, Thursday.

14. Ohio State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin,

Tuesday.

15. New Mexico (17-3) did not play. Next: at Wyoming,

Wednesday.

16. Oregon (18-2) did not play. Next: at Stanford,

Wednesday.

17. Creighton (18-3) beat Southern Illinois 81-51. Next:

vs. Murray State, Wednesday.

18. N.C. State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Virginia,

Tuesday.

19. VCU (16-5) did not play. Next: at Rhode Island,

Wednesday.

20. Wichita State (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. Indiana

State, Tuesday.

21. Cincinnati (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers,

Wednesday.

22. Missouri (15-4) did not play. Next: at LSU,

Wednesday.

23. Mississippi (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. Kentucky,

Tuesday.

24. Notre Dame (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Villanova,

Wednesday.

25. Miami (15-3) beat Florida State 71-47. Next: at

Virginia Tech, Wednesday.

MORE SCORES

EAST

Fairfield 61, St. Peter's 54

Iona 79, Loyola (Md.) 71

Lafayette 78, Lehigh 57

Manhattan 62, Rider 51

Niagara 66, Canisius 65

Northeastern 71, George Mason 51

Princeton 71, College of NJ 33

Siena 79, Marist 75

St. John's 71, Seton Hall 67

UConn 66, Rutgers 54

UMass 70, Richmond 65

SOUTH

Clemson 77, Virginia Tech 70

Miami 71, Florida St. 47

South Alabama 60, FIU 58

UNC Greensboro 77, Chattanooga 69

MIDWEST

Creighton 81, S. Illinois 51

Indiana 75, Michigan St. 70

Michigan 74, Illinois 60

Missouri St. 78, Drake 72

Purdue 65, Iowa 62, OT

FAR WEST

Colorado 81, California 71

Stanford 87, Utah 56

Australian OpenSunday

At Melbourne Park

Melbourne, Australia

Purse: $31.608 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Championship

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain,

6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

Mixed

Championship

Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden, Australia, def.

Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic,

6-3, 7-5.

TV ListingsMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

ESPN — Pittsburgh at Louisville

NBCSN — Delaware at Drexel

7 p.m.

ESPN — Kansas at West Virginia

WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Tennessee

TransactionsHOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned F Peter Holland and D

Jordan Hendry to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled F Emerson

Etem and D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk.

DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Richard Bachman from

Texas (AHL). Placed G Cristopher Nilstorp on injured

reserve.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Returned F Quinton Howden

and F Drew Shore to San Antonio (AHL).

NMSU

Where is he now?:Mumme landed as headcoach at McMurry Univer-sity, a Division III sportsinstitution, where heresigned on Friday afterhaving led the program toa bowl game in 2012.

DeWayne Walker(2009-2012)

Record: 10-40 (.200)Coming in: "You have

to be honest, you have tohave integrity, you have tohave character, you have toteach these young men tobe men. I want our guys tobe prepared for life beyondcollege." - Walker duringhis first day on the Aggiejob.

Going out: "I'm notgoing to lie, this was atough year .... I came hereto try and change this pro-gram and that's what Iwant to continue to do.There's been a lot of soulsearching." - Walker dur-ing an early-January con-versation following the2012 season.

Aggie legacy: A first-time head coach, Walkerpoured a lot into trying tomake Aggie football a win-ning outfit. Three of hisfour years saw NMSU

remain largely uncompeti-tive. The 2011 season wasthe exception, when theAggies were a respectable4-9 and took some stepsforward. At times Walkerlearned on the job, and hesuffered from coachingturnover - he essentiallyfired two offensive coordi-nators, saw one depart fol-lowing the 2010 seasonand another (current inter-im coach Doug Martin)advance to Boston Collegefor a year. He also enduredfour NMSU presidents infour years at the school(three as interim, as well asBarbara Couture). Walkerwas honest and spoke oftenabout the program's budgetconstraints and lack offinancial support, perhapsthe No. 1 factors that mustbe addressed in turningaround Aggie footballmoving forward.

Where is he now?:Walker accepted an NFLassistant job this pastweek, and will coachdefensive backs with theJacksonville Jaguars in2013.

Aggie football coachesin the modern era

Since the days of War-ren Woodson, no coach'srecord has gone unscathed.

A look back at past Aggiecoaches:

Warren WoodsonTenure: 1958-67Record: 63-36-6 (.626)Legacy: The most suc-

cessful coach in Aggie his-tory, Woodson was also ahard driver who ran hisprogram that way, leadingthe Aggies to their last twobowl games in 1959 and1960. He was ahead of histime offensively - imple-menting a balanced attack -and that fact is articulatedin some of his offensivetalent: QuarterbackCharley Johnson and run-ning backs Pervis Atkins,Bob Gaiters and Jim Bohl.Woodson's tenure endedwhen he was supposedlyforced into retirement byNMSU administration.Longtime Aggie fans recallhis departure as "TheCurse of Warren Wood-son," with some claiming itstill hangs over the pro-gram today.

Jim WoodTenure: 1968-72Record: 21-30-1 (.427)Legacy: After going

.500 three of his first fourseasons in charge of Aggiefootball, Wood oversaw aprogram that went 2-9 in1972. A shift in Aggie ath-

letics began, and the foot-ball program began itsdecline.

Jim BradleyTenure: 1973-77Record: 23-31-1 (.427)Legacy: Coming from

Mayfield High Schoolafter winning a state cham-pionship in football,Bradley had a moderatelysuccessful record with theAggies - at least in hind-sight. He led the team to ahandful of sub-.500records and finished over.500 three of his five yearsin the Missouri ValleyConference. The schooldidn't bring him back justbefore the football pro-gram moved into AggieMemorial Stadium, a sorepoint Bradley talked aboutlate into his high schoolcoaching career.

Gil KruegerTenure: 1978-82Record: 17-37-1 (.318)Legacy: A successful

coach of at NorthernMichigan University,Krueger got his shot atDivision-I New MexicoState. His first year sawhim bring a winning men-tality - a 5-1 league record,as the Aggies won the Mis-souri Valley Conferenceoutright. A strong assistant

coaching staff dwindled,however, and Kruegerwould go 11-32-1 in hisremaining three years atthe school.

Fred ZechmanTenure: 1983-85Record: 8-25 (.242)Legacy: A quarterbacks

coach at Ohio State (wherehe tutored Art Schlichter)the Aggies rolled the diceon an up-and-comingassistant coach through thecollege ranks. It wascounter to their previoushire of Krueger, who hadhead-coaching experience,although Zechman couldnever quite get it done atNMSU.

Mike KnollTenure: 1986-89Record: 4-40 (.091)Legacy: Parallel to the

hire of Zechman, NMSUwent the assistant-coachingranks again, hiring anotherhot up-and-comer from theMiami Hurricanes. Knoll,however, was a youngcoach who was in for arude awakening. After win-ning at Kansas in 1988 - avictory thought to possiblybe a turning-point momentfor the program - Knoll'sAggies were saddled witha 17-game losing streak his

final two years with theprogram.

Jim HessTenure: 1990-96Record: 22-55 (.286)Legacy: A highly-suc-

cessful coach at AngeloState and Stephen F.Austin, Hess understoodthe situation he steppedinto in Aggie land. Hesnapped the nation'slongest losing streak at 27,when he won the 1990 sea-son finale. A 6-5 record in1992 followed, then a 5-6mark in he following year.But, like those before him,the final years saw theteam taper, culminatingwith a 1-10 mark in 1996.

Tony SamuelTenure: 1997-2004Record: 34-57 (.363)Legacy: Perhaps the

most successful coach forthe Aggies during the mod-ern era. ConsideringSamuel had two winningseasons (while NMSU hasjust four the past 43 years),he had success on the field.Academic troubles werepresent during Samuel'stenure, and competitivelyhe was hurt when a core ofsolid assistant coachesmoved onto better opportu-nities elsewhere.

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Open

"You know, at this levelit can come down to just afew points here or there.My biggest chance was atthe beginning of the sec-ond set — didn't quite getit. When Novak had hischance at the end of thethird, he got his."

Djokovic had fivebreak-point chances in theopening set, including fourafter having Murray at 0-40 in the seventh game, butwasn't able to convert anyof them.

Then he surrendered thetiebreaker with sixunforced errors. Murrayappeared to be the strongerof the two at the time. He'dbeaten Djokovic in theirlast Grand Slam encounter,the U.S. Open final, andhad the Serb so off balanceat times in the first set thathe slipped to the court andtook skin off his knee.

Murray held serve toopen the second set andhad three break points at 0-40 in the second game, butDjokovic dug himself outof trouble and held.

"After that I felt justmentally a little bit lighterand more confident on thecourt than I've done in thefirst hour or so," Djokovicsaid. "I was serving betteragainst him today in thefirst two sets than I've donein any of the match in thelast two years."

Djokovic said he lovesplaying at Rod Laver Are-na, where he won his firstmajor title in 2008. Henow has six Grand Slamtitles altogether. Federerhas won four of his 17majors at Melbourne Park,and Agassi is the only oth-er player to have won thatmany in Australia since1968.

Djokovic was just find-ing his way at the top levelwhen Agassi retired in2006, but he had watchedenough of the eight-timemajor winner to appreciatehis impact.

"He's I think one of theplayers that changed thegame — not just the gameitself, but also the way thepeople see it," Djokovicsaid. "So it was obviouslya big pleasure and honor

for me to receive the tro-phy from him."

Agassi was among theVIPs in the crowd, alongwith actor Kevin Spaceyand Victoria Azarenka,who won the women'sfinal in three sets againstLi Na the previous night.

Murray broke the 76-year drought for Britishmen at the majors when hewon the U.S. Open lastyear and said he'll leaveMelbourne slightly moreupbeat than he has afterdefeats here in previousyears.

"The last few monthshave been the best tennisof my life. I mean, I madeWimbledon final, won theOlympics, won the U.S.Open. You know, I wasclose here as well," hesaid. "No one's ever won aslam (immediately) afterwinning their first one. It'snot the easiest thing to do.And I got extremely close.

"So, you know, I haveto try and look at the posi-tives of the last fewmonths, and I think I'mgoing the right direction."

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Dita Alangkara/The Associated PressNovak Djokovic kisses his trophy after defeating Andy Murray in the men's final atthe Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday.

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys Basketball

Farmington at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Navajo Prep at Ramah 7 p.m.

Bloomfield at Aztec 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Piedra Vista at Los Lunas 6 p.m

Zuni at Navajo Prep 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Girls Basketball

Page, Ariz. at Shiprock 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

Boys Basketball

Zuni at Navajo Prep 7 p..m

FRIDAY

Boys Basketball

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Farmington at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

Thoreau at Shiprock 7 p.m.

Newcomb at Navajo Prep 5 p.m.

Bloomfield at Wingate 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball

Aztec at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.

Kirtland Central at Farmington 7 p.m.

Shiprock at Thoreau 7 p.m

Wingate at Bloomfield 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Kirtland Central at Navajo Prep 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Bloomfield at Ignacio, Colo. Invite 9 a.m.

TOURNAMENTS

Aztec, Kirtland Central at Robertson Invitational Feb.

1-2

Farmington at the Cardinal Tournament in Las Vegas,

NM Feb. 1-2

NFLPro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27

At Honolulu

NFC 62, AFC 35

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 27 15 .643 —

Brooklyn 26 18 .591 2

Boston 21 23 .477 7

Philadelphia 18 25 .419 9.5

Toronto 16 28 .364 12

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 28 13 .683 —

Atlanta 25 19 .568 4.5

Orlando 14 29 .326 15

Washington 11 31 .262 17.5

Charlotte 11 32 .256 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 26 17 .605 —

Indiana 26 18 .591 .5

Milwaukee 23 19 .548 2.5

Detroit 17 27 .386 9.5

Cleveland 13 32 .289 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 36 11 .766 —

Memphis 28 15 .651 6

Houston 24 22 .522 11.5

Dallas 19 25 .432 15.5

New Orleans 15 29 .341 19.5

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City34 11 .756 —

Denver 27 18 .600 7

Utah 24 20 .545 9.5

Portland 22 21 .512 11

Minnesota 17 24 .415 15

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 32 13 .711 —

Golden State 26 17 .605 5

L.A. Lakers 19 25 .432 12.5

Sacramento 16 29 .356 16

Phoenix 15 30 .333 17

Saturday's Games

Philadelphia 97, New York 80

Cleveland 99, Toronto 98

Washington 86, Chicago 73

Charlotte 102, Minnesota 101

Houston 119, Brooklyn 106

San Antonio 108, Phoenix 99

Milwaukee 109, Golden State 102

Denver 121, Sacramento 93

Utah 114, Indiana 110, OT

Portland 101, L.A. Clippers 100

Sunday's Games

Boston 100, Miami 98,2OT

L.A. Lakers 105, Oklahoma City 96

New Orleans 91, Memphis 83

Detroit 104, Orlando 102

New York 106, Atlanta 104

Dallas 110, Phoenix 95

Portland at L.A. Clippers, DNF by press time

Monday's Games

Memphis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Washington, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Denver, 7 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 7 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

Golden State at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 4 3 0 1 7 11 7

Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 15 14

N.Y. Islanders 5 2 2 1 5 18 18

N.Y. Rangers 5 2 3 0 4 14 16

Philadelphia 6 2 4 0 4 13 18

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 4 3 0 1 7 12 8

Ottawa 5 3 1 1 7 16 10

Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 13 7

Buffalo 5 2 3 0 4 13 15

Toronto 5 2 3 0 4 14 17

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 5 4 1 0 8 24 13

Winnipeg 5 3 1 1 7 15 14

Carolina 4 2 2 0 4 11 13

Washington 5 1 3 1 3 11 19

Florida 5 1 4 0 2 8 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 6 6 0 0 12 22 13

St. Louis 6 5 1 0 10 24 13

Detroit 5 2 2 1 5 11 16

Nashville 5 1 1 3 5 10 14

Columbus 5 1 3 1 3 9 18

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 5 2 2 1 5 13 15

Vancouver 5 2 2 1 5 14 16

Colorado 4 2 2 0 4 9 9

Edmonton 4 2 2 0 4 11 13

Calgary 4 1 2 1 3 11 15

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 5 5 0 0 10 23 8

Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 15 14

Dallas 5 2 2 1 5 11 12

Los Angeles 4 1 2 1 3 8 12

Phoenix 5 1 4 0 2 17 20

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.

Saturday's Games

San Jose 4, Colorado 0

N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 2

Chicago 3, Columbus 2

Philadelphia 7, Florida 1

St. Louis 4, Dallas 3

Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 2

Calgary 4, Edmonton 3

Anaheim 3, Nashville 2, SO

Sunday's Games

Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1, SO

Washington 3, Buffalo 2

Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, OT

Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 1

Chicago 2, Detroit 1, OT

St. Louis 5, Minnesota 4, OT

Winnipeg 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT

San Jose 4, Vancouver 1

Monday's Games

Boston at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BasketballTop 25 Sunday results

1. Duke (17-2) did not play. Next: at Wake Forest,

Wednesday.

2. Michigan (19-1) beat Illinois 74-60. Next: vs.

Northwestern, Wednesday.

3. Kansas (18-1) did not play. Next: at West Virginia,

Monday.

3. Syracuse (18-2) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh,

Saturday.

5. Louisville (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh,

Monday.

6. Arizona (17-2) did not play. Next: at Washington,

Thursday.

7. Indiana (18-2) beat No. 13 Michigan State 75-70. Next:

at Purdue, Wednesday.

8. Florida (16-2) did not play. Next: vs. South Carolina,

Wednesday.

9. Butler (17-3) did not play. Next: at St. Louis, Thursday.

10. Gonzaga (19-2) did not play. Next: at Loyola

Marymount, Thursday.

11. Kansas State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Texas,

Wednesday.

12. Minnesota (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Nebraska,

Tuesday.

13. Michigan State (17-4) lost to No. 7 Indiana 75-70.

Next: vs. Illinois, Thursday.

14. Ohio State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin,

Tuesday.

15. New Mexico (17-3) did not play. Next: at Wyoming,

Wednesday.

16. Oregon (18-2) did not play. Next: at Stanford,

Wednesday.

17. Creighton (18-3) beat Southern Illinois 81-51. Next:

vs. Murray State, Wednesday.

18. N.C. State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Virginia,

Tuesday.

19. VCU (16-5) did not play. Next: at Rhode Island,

Wednesday.

20. Wichita State (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. Indiana

State, Tuesday.

21. Cincinnati (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers,

Wednesday.

22. Missouri (15-4) did not play. Next: at LSU,

Wednesday.

23. Mississippi (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. Kentucky,

Tuesday.

24. Notre Dame (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Villanova,

Wednesday.

25. Miami (15-3) beat Florida State 71-47. Next: at

Virginia Tech, Wednesday.

MORE SCORES

EAST

Fairfield 61, St. Peter's 54

Iona 79, Loyola (Md.) 71

Lafayette 78, Lehigh 57

Manhattan 62, Rider 51

Niagara 66, Canisius 65

Northeastern 71, George Mason 51

Princeton 71, College of NJ 33

Siena 79, Marist 75

St. John's 71, Seton Hall 67

UConn 66, Rutgers 54

UMass 70, Richmond 65

SOUTH

Clemson 77, Virginia Tech 70

Miami 71, Florida St. 47

South Alabama 60, FIU 58

UNC Greensboro 77, Chattanooga 69

MIDWEST

Creighton 81, S. Illinois 51

Indiana 75, Michigan St. 70

Michigan 74, Illinois 60

Missouri St. 78, Drake 72

Purdue 65, Iowa 62, OT

FAR WEST

Colorado 81, California 71

Stanford 87, Utah 56

Australian OpenSunday

At Melbourne Park

Melbourne, Australia

Purse: $31.608 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Championship

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain,

6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

Mixed

Championship

Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden, Australia, def.

Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic,

6-3, 7-5.

TV ListingsMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

ESPN — Pittsburgh at Louisville

NBCSN — Delaware at Drexel

7 p.m.

ESPN — Kansas at West Virginia

WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Tennessee

TransactionsHOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned F Peter Holland and D

Jordan Hendry to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled F Emerson

Etem and D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk.

DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Richard Bachman from

Texas (AHL). Placed G Cristopher Nilstorp on injured

reserve.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Returned F Quinton Howden

and F Drew Shore to San Antonio (AHL).

NMSU

Where is he now?:Mumme landed as headcoach at McMurry Univer-sity, a Division III sportsinstitution, where heresigned on Friday afterhaving led the program toa bowl game in 2012.

DeWayne Walker(2009-2012)

Record: 10-40 (.200)Coming in: "You have

to be honest, you have tohave integrity, you have tohave character, you have toteach these young men tobe men. I want our guys tobe prepared for life beyondcollege." - Walker duringhis first day on the Aggiejob.

Going out: "I'm notgoing to lie, this was atough year .... I came hereto try and change this pro-gram and that's what Iwant to continue to do.There's been a lot of soulsearching." - Walker dur-ing an early-January con-versation following the2012 season.

Aggie legacy: A first-time head coach, Walkerpoured a lot into trying tomake Aggie football a win-ning outfit. Three of hisfour years saw NMSU

remain largely uncompeti-tive. The 2011 season wasthe exception, when theAggies were a respectable4-9 and took some stepsforward. At times Walkerlearned on the job, and hesuffered from coachingturnover - he essentiallyfired two offensive coordi-nators, saw one depart fol-lowing the 2010 seasonand another (current inter-im coach Doug Martin)advance to Boston Collegefor a year. He also enduredfour NMSU presidents infour years at the school(three as interim, as well asBarbara Couture). Walkerwas honest and spoke oftenabout the program's budgetconstraints and lack offinancial support, perhapsthe No. 1 factors that mustbe addressed in turningaround Aggie footballmoving forward.

Where is he now?:Walker accepted an NFLassistant job this pastweek, and will coachdefensive backs with theJacksonville Jaguars in2013.

Aggie football coachesin the modern era

Since the days of War-ren Woodson, no coach'srecord has gone unscathed.

A look back at past Aggiecoaches:

Warren WoodsonTenure: 1958-67Record: 63-36-6 (.626)Legacy: The most suc-

cessful coach in Aggie his-tory, Woodson was also ahard driver who ran hisprogram that way, leadingthe Aggies to their last twobowl games in 1959 and1960. He was ahead of histime offensively - imple-menting a balanced attack -and that fact is articulatedin some of his offensivetalent: QuarterbackCharley Johnson and run-ning backs Pervis Atkins,Bob Gaiters and Jim Bohl.Woodson's tenure endedwhen he was supposedlyforced into retirement byNMSU administration.Longtime Aggie fans recallhis departure as "TheCurse of Warren Wood-son," with some claiming itstill hangs over the pro-gram today.

Jim WoodTenure: 1968-72Record: 21-30-1 (.427)Legacy: After going

.500 three of his first fourseasons in charge of Aggiefootball, Wood oversaw aprogram that went 2-9 in1972. A shift in Aggie ath-

letics began, and the foot-ball program began itsdecline.

Jim BradleyTenure: 1973-77Record: 23-31-1 (.427)Legacy: Coming from

Mayfield High Schoolafter winning a state cham-pionship in football,Bradley had a moderatelysuccessful record with theAggies - at least in hind-sight. He led the team to ahandful of sub-.500records and finished over.500 three of his five yearsin the Missouri ValleyConference. The schooldidn't bring him back justbefore the football pro-gram moved into AggieMemorial Stadium, a sorepoint Bradley talked aboutlate into his high schoolcoaching career.

Gil KruegerTenure: 1978-82Record: 17-37-1 (.318)Legacy: A successful

coach of at NorthernMichigan University,Krueger got his shot atDivision-I New MexicoState. His first year sawhim bring a winning men-tality - a 5-1 league record,as the Aggies won the Mis-souri Valley Conferenceoutright. A strong assistant

coaching staff dwindled,however, and Kruegerwould go 11-32-1 in hisremaining three years atthe school.

Fred ZechmanTenure: 1983-85Record: 8-25 (.242)Legacy: A quarterbacks

coach at Ohio State (wherehe tutored Art Schlichter)the Aggies rolled the diceon an up-and-comingassistant coach through thecollege ranks. It wascounter to their previoushire of Krueger, who hadhead-coaching experience,although Zechman couldnever quite get it done atNMSU.

Mike KnollTenure: 1986-89Record: 4-40 (.091)Legacy: Parallel to the

hire of Zechman, NMSUwent the assistant-coachingranks again, hiring anotherhot up-and-comer from theMiami Hurricanes. Knoll,however, was a youngcoach who was in for arude awakening. After win-ning at Kansas in 1988 - avictory thought to possiblybe a turning-point momentfor the program - Knoll'sAggies were saddled witha 17-game losing streak his

final two years with theprogram.

Jim HessTenure: 1990-96Record: 22-55 (.286)Legacy: A highly-suc-

cessful coach at AngeloState and Stephen F.Austin, Hess understoodthe situation he steppedinto in Aggie land. Hesnapped the nation'slongest losing streak at 27,when he won the 1990 sea-son finale. A 6-5 record in1992 followed, then a 5-6mark in he following year.But, like those before him,the final years saw theteam taper, culminatingwith a 1-10 mark in 1996.

Tony SamuelTenure: 1997-2004Record: 34-57 (.363)Legacy: Perhaps the

most successful coach forthe Aggies during the mod-ern era. ConsideringSamuel had two winningseasons (while NMSU hasjust four the past 43 years),he had success on the field.Academic troubles werepresent during Samuel'stenure, and competitivelyhe was hurt when a core ofsolid assistant coachesmoved onto better opportu-nities elsewhere.

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Open

"You know, at this levelit can come down to just afew points here or there.My biggest chance was atthe beginning of the sec-ond set — didn't quite getit. When Novak had hischance at the end of thethird, he got his."

Djokovic had fivebreak-point chances in theopening set, including fourafter having Murray at 0-40 in the seventh game, butwasn't able to convert anyof them.

Then he surrendered thetiebreaker with sixunforced errors. Murrayappeared to be the strongerof the two at the time. He'dbeaten Djokovic in theirlast Grand Slam encounter,the U.S. Open final, andhad the Serb so off balanceat times in the first set thathe slipped to the court andtook skin off his knee.

Murray held serve toopen the second set andhad three break points at 0-40 in the second game, butDjokovic dug himself outof trouble and held.

"After that I felt justmentally a little bit lighterand more confident on thecourt than I've done in thefirst hour or so," Djokovicsaid. "I was serving betteragainst him today in thefirst two sets than I've donein any of the match in thelast two years."

Djokovic said he lovesplaying at Rod Laver Are-na, where he won his firstmajor title in 2008. Henow has six Grand Slamtitles altogether. Federerhas won four of his 17majors at Melbourne Park,and Agassi is the only oth-er player to have won thatmany in Australia since1968.

Djokovic was just find-ing his way at the top levelwhen Agassi retired in2006, but he had watchedenough of the eight-timemajor winner to appreciatehis impact.

"He's I think one of theplayers that changed thegame — not just the gameitself, but also the way thepeople see it," Djokovicsaid. "So it was obviouslya big pleasure and honor

for me to receive the tro-phy from him."

Agassi was among theVIPs in the crowd, alongwith actor Kevin Spaceyand Victoria Azarenka,who won the women'sfinal in three sets againstLi Na the previous night.

Murray broke the 76-year drought for Britishmen at the majors when hewon the U.S. Open lastyear and said he'll leaveMelbourne slightly moreupbeat than he has afterdefeats here in previousyears.

"The last few monthshave been the best tennisof my life. I mean, I madeWimbledon final, won theOlympics, won the U.S.Open. You know, I wasclose here as well," hesaid. "No one's ever won aslam (immediately) afterwinning their first one. It'snot the easiest thing to do.And I got extremely close.

"So, you know, I haveto try and look at the posi-tives of the last fewmonths, and I think I'mgoing the right direction."

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Dita Alangkara/The Associated PressNovak Djokovic kisses his trophy after defeating Andy Murray in the men's final atthe Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday.

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Hornets announcename change

NEW ORLEANS — Hor-nets owner Tom Benson sayschanging his team’s nicknameto the Pelicans will create abond with the city that couldlead to a championship.

The Hornets announcedThursday they are goingahead with the name change.The NBA has to approve it,but Commissioner DavidStern has said he wouldn’tobject to any name Bensonchose. The league is expectedto expedite the change at thestart of next season.

The new color scheme isblue, gold and red, a depar-ture from the Hornets’ teal,purple, gold and white.

The Hornets have been inNew Orleans since movingfrom Charlotte in 2002.

Nichols jumps toCNN, Turner Sports

LOS ANGELES — ESPNreporter Rachel Nichols isleaving to work for CNN andTurner Sports.

The companies announcedThursday that Nichols willanchor a new weekend CNNsports program beginning laterthis year, and will report on awide range of sports.

Nichols’hiring comes as newCNN Worldwide President JeffZucker puts his stamp on thestruggling U.S.news channel,which he’s promised to makemore “vibrant and exciting.”

Nichols will be an impor-tant part of expanding CNN’sprogramming, the former NBCUniversal chief said Thursday.

Nichols, who worked atESPN for nine years, said she“couldn’t be more excited”about working for CNN andTurner Sports. Both are divi-sions of Turner BroadcastingSystem Inc.

Busch signs deal tostay with JGR

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. —Kyle Busch has signed a long-term extension with Joe GibbsRacing to keep driving the No.18 Toyota Camry.

Terms of the deal were notdisclosed by JGR on Thursday.

Busch, who has won 24NASCAR Sprint Cup racesand made the Chase for theCup five times since 2005,says he’s staying with JGRafter considering at least twoother ownership groups.

Also, JGR will field the No.54 Monster Energy Toyota inthe Nationwide Series for atleast 25 races, with Buschserving as the primary driver.Busch has 105 career winsspanning all three NASCARseries, including 51 on theNationwide Series.

Martinez returns to Red Sox

BOSTON — On Thursday,Pedro Martinez, a three-timeCy Young Award winner andeight-time All-Star, who spentseven seasons in Boston, wasbrought back to the franchise.He will serve as a specialassistant to general managerBen Cherington.

Martinez became a RedSox starting pitcher in 1998and was a key cog in the 2004team that brought a WorldSeries title to Boston for thefirst time since 1918.

With the Red Sox, he went117-37 with a 2.52 ERA. Hehas the best winning percent-age in franchise history, andranks third in strikeouts (1,683)and sixth in wins (117).

Duncan gets 14thAll-Star nod

NEW YORK — Tim Dun-can was selected to his 14thAll-Star game, and Spursteammate Tony Parker is join-ing him for next month’s gamein Houston.

Joakim Noah and LuolDeng were picked from theBulls, who have stayed in thethick of the Eastern Confer-ence playoff race despite theseason-long absence of pointguard Derrick Rose. Noah isone of five first-time All-Starsfor the East, along with NewYork’s Tyson Chandler, Indi-ana’s Paul George, Cleve-land’s Kyrie Irving, andPhiladelphia’s Jrue Holiday.

Miami’s Chris Bosh, pickedfor his eighth All-Star team,rounded out the East squad.

West forwards David Lee(Golden State), LaMarcusAldridge (Portland) and ZachRandolph (Memphis) all werepicked for the second time.Houston’s James Harden waschosen for the first time andjoins former Oklahoma Cityteammate Russell Westbrook,headed to his third straight All-Star game.

The Associated Press

HOT STARTWoods trails Snedeker,Choi by 3 strokes | B3

Sports are a civil right for disabled, US saysBy Philip Elliott

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Breakingnew ground, the U.S. EducationDepartment is telling schools theymust include students with disabil-ities in sports programs or provideequal alternative options. Thedirective, reminiscent of the TitleIX expansion of athletic opportu-nities for women, could bringsweeping changes to school budg-ets and locker rooms for years tocome.

Schools would be required tomake “reasonable modifications”for students with disabilities orcreate parallel athletic programsthat have comparable standing asmainstream programs.

“Sports can provide invaluablelessons in discipline, selflessness,passion and courage, and thisguidance will help schools ensurethat students with disabilities havean equal opportunity to benefitfrom the life lessons they can learnon the playing field or on thecourt,” Education Secretary ArneDuncan said in a statement

announcing the new guidance onFriday.

Federal laws, including the1973 Rehabilitation Act and theIndividuals with Disabilities Edu-

cation Act, require states to pro-vide a free public education to allstudents and bans schools thatreceive federal funds from dis-criminating against students with

disabilities. Going further, the newdirective from the EducationDepartment’s civil rights divisionexplicitly tells schools and col-leges that access to interscholastic,intramural and intercollegiate ath-letics is a right.

“This is a landmark moment forstudents with disabilities. This willdo for students with disabilitieswhat Title IX did for women,” saidTerri Lakowski, who led a coali-tion pushing for the changes for adecade. “This is a huge victory.”

Education Department officialsemphasized they did not intend tochange sports’ traditions dramati-cally or guarantee students withdisabilities a spot on competitiveteams. Instead, they insistedschools cannot exclude studentsbased on their disabilities if theycan keep up with their classmates.

“It’s not about changing thenature of the game or the athleticactivity,” said Seth Galanter, theacting assistant secretary for civilrights at the Education Depart-ment.

Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free PressIn this Aug. 6, file photo, 19-year-old Eric Dompierre, right, who hasDown syndrome and is the kicker for the Ishpeming High Schoolvarsity football team, arrives on the field for the first day of practiceat the Ishpeming Playgrounds in Ishpeming, Mich.

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Anything but net WalkerleavesNMSU forJaguars job

By Teddy Feinbergtfeinberg@lcsun-news.com

LAS CRUCES — DeWayne Walkeris officially off to Jacksonville, agree-ing to a multi-year contract with theJaguars of the NFL.

The agreement was confirmedThursday by New Mexico State Athlet-ics Director McKinley Boston. Walkerwill be leaving his head coaching posi-tion with the Aggies to be an assistantin Jacksonville, where he will serve asthe team’s defensive backs coach.

“He is going to resign and accept aposition in Jack-sonville,” Bostonsaid Thursday morn-ing. “It’s official.”

The Aggies havenamed offensivecoordinator DougMartin as interimcoach, while anational search isexpected to followfor a full-timereplacement. Martinis expected to beamong the candidates to replace Walker.

“(Martin will be) interim coachuntil a permanent head coach is deter-mined,” Boston said. “That process hasnot been finalized.”

Speculation heated up Tuesday nightthat Walker might be headed out oftown, following his fourth year atNMSU. He’s been in the running forother jobs during past offseasons at theschool - once as a possible candidate forthe Seattle Seahawks defensive coordi-nator position and again for a similarposition at the University of Texas.

He interviewed Tuesday with Jack-sonville, and shortly thereafter theInternet rumor mill picked up steam.The website footballscoop.com report-ed that Walker accepted an offer fromthe Jaguars, as did a handful of region-al media outlets.

Still, nothing was confirmed untilWednesday, as Walker and his agentDon Yee were seeking a multi-yearagreement from the Jaguars - some-what of a rarity amongst NFL assistantcoaches.

A source with knowledge of theagreement with Jacksonville saidWalker could get a slight annual raiseby taking the pro job, meaning a multi-year agreement gives him some finan-cial protection.

Walker

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Diamondbacks send Upton to Braves in 7-player dealBy Bob Baum

The Associated Press

PHOENIX — JustinUpton is having a familyreunion in Atlanta.

Arizona traded its starright fielder to the Braveson Thursday in a seven-player deal that sent formerAll-Star infielder MartinPrado to the Diamondbacks.

For the first time sincehe was a high school fresh-man, Upton will have olderbrother B.J. Upton as ateammate.

The brothers combinewith Jason Heyward, whowon a Gold Glove in 2012,in an outfield potentiallypacked with power andspeed.

“If we push ourselves tothe next level, I feel withthe extra push from each

other there’s no questionwe can be the best outfieldin baseball,” Justin Uptonsaid in a telephone inter-view. “I’m not going to

give us that label until weprove it.”

The Braves, who alsoget third baseman ChrisJohnson, are giving up one

of their top pitchingprospects, Randall Delga-do, and three minor lea-guers in the deal.

They are right-handerZeke Spruill, shortstopNick Ahmed and first base-man Brandon Drury.

Prado, projected to playthird base for the Dia-mondbacks, can become afree agent after this season,but Arizona general man-ager Kevin Towers said healready was working withPrado’s agent on a long-term deal.

B.J. Upton, 28, signed afive-year, $75.25 millioncontract with Atlanta inNovember.

Justin Upton, who hasfive full seasons in themajors but is just 25, said healready got tips from hisbrother from afar. Now there

will be more chances for thetwo to help each other.

“I think from thatstandpoint it will be good,but I think more than any-thing being able to showup at the ballpark genuine-ly excited every day andhave that energy,” he said.“The more energy you canbring from the start everyday, it makes you a betterplayer.”

Braves general managerFrank Wren said heexpects the brothers willpush each other.

“I do think it will drivethem,” Wren said. “We’vebeen looking for thatyoung dynamic, right-handed, power-hitting out-fielder that can hit in themiddle of the lineup andmakes that other teamthink a little bit.”

Matt York/The Associated PressIn this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Arizona DiamondbackJustin Upton waits on deck during the first inning of agame against the Chicago Cubs in Phoenix.

Bobcats beatBroncos inlow-scoring

contestBy John Livingston

jlivingston@daily-times.com

Kirtland Central didn’tscore a point in the first quar-ter, and still trailed Bloom-field by only six points.

In a very low-scoring gameThursday night in Bloomfield,the Bobcats defense tamed theBroncos en route to a 35-26win.

“It was a really good winfor us. Our guys played realhard,” said Bloomfield headcoach Devon Manning. “Ourguys could have crumbled afew times, but they picked itup and made the plays theyneeded to win.”

Bloomfield (6-12) led Kirt-land Central (8-11) 13-9 athalftime. The Broncos scoredonly four more points in thethird quarter, trailing the Bob-cats 22-13 after three quarters.

“We shot the ball terrible— just 23 percent,” said Kirt-land Central head coach JohnZecca. “We had no points inthe first quarter. That is a firstfor me.

“As bad as we shot theball, we were only down fourat the half. We didn’t respondin the third quarter, though,and we only scored fourpoints. We couldn’t get any-thing going all night.”

Zecca credited Bloom-field’s hustle on defense forshutting down his team’soffense, but said the team hadopportunities and simplycouldn’t knock down shots.

“Nobody could make one.They played their zonedefense, and have really got-ten better at it, but when ateam does that you have tomake your open shots,” Zeccasaid. “Give it to Bloomfield,they rebounded very well andlimited our chances.”

Kirtland Central trimmedBloomfield’s lead to just onepoint with under two minutesto play, but the Bobcats wenton another run to extend thelead and come away with thewin.

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TOP: BloomfieldʼsDustin Dugger(31) draws acharge againstKirtland CentralʼsChristianMackey onThursday inBloomfield.

BOTTOM:BloomfieldʼsRyan Johnson(33) takes ashot in front of KirtlandCentralʼsReese Foutz(24).

Photos by Jesse HankinsFor The Daily Times

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SPORTSB FRIDAYJanuary 24, 2013

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Hornets announcename change

NEW ORLEANS — Hor-nets owner Tom Benson sayschanging his team’s nicknameto the Pelicans will create abond with the city that couldlead to a championship.

The Hornets announcedThursday they are goingahead with the name change.The NBA has to approve it,but Commissioner DavidStern has said he wouldn’tobject to any name Bensonchose. The league is expectedto expedite the change at thestart of next season.

The new color scheme isblue, gold and red, a depar-ture from the Hornets’ teal,purple, gold and white.

The Hornets have been inNew Orleans since movingfrom Charlotte in 2002.

Nichols jumps toCNN, Turner Sports

LOS ANGELES — ESPNreporter Rachel Nichols isleaving to work for CNN andTurner Sports.

The companies announcedThursday that Nichols willanchor a new weekend CNNsports program beginning laterthis year, and will report on awide range of sports.

Nichols’hiring comes as newCNN Worldwide President JeffZucker puts his stamp on thestruggling U.S.news channel,which he’s promised to makemore “vibrant and exciting.”

Nichols will be an impor-tant part of expanding CNN’sprogramming, the former NBCUniversal chief said Thursday.

Nichols, who worked atESPN for nine years, said she“couldn’t be more excited”about working for CNN andTurner Sports. Both are divi-sions of Turner BroadcastingSystem Inc.

Busch signs deal tostay with JGR

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. —Kyle Busch has signed a long-term extension with Joe GibbsRacing to keep driving the No.18 Toyota Camry.

Terms of the deal were notdisclosed by JGR on Thursday.

Busch, who has won 24NASCAR Sprint Cup racesand made the Chase for theCup five times since 2005,says he’s staying with JGRafter considering at least twoother ownership groups.

Also, JGR will field the No.54 Monster Energy Toyota inthe Nationwide Series for atleast 25 races, with Buschserving as the primary driver.Busch has 105 career winsspanning all three NASCARseries, including 51 on theNationwide Series.

Martinez returns to Red Sox

BOSTON — On Thursday,Pedro Martinez, a three-timeCy Young Award winner andeight-time All-Star, who spentseven seasons in Boston, wasbrought back to the franchise.He will serve as a specialassistant to general managerBen Cherington.

Martinez became a RedSox starting pitcher in 1998and was a key cog in the 2004team that brought a WorldSeries title to Boston for thefirst time since 1918.

With the Red Sox, he went117-37 with a 2.52 ERA. Hehas the best winning percent-age in franchise history, andranks third in strikeouts (1,683)and sixth in wins (117).

Duncan gets 14thAll-Star nod

NEW YORK — Tim Dun-can was selected to his 14thAll-Star game, and Spursteammate Tony Parker is join-ing him for next month’s gamein Houston.

Joakim Noah and LuolDeng were picked from theBulls, who have stayed in thethick of the Eastern Confer-ence playoff race despite theseason-long absence of pointguard Derrick Rose. Noah isone of five first-time All-Starsfor the East, along with NewYork’s Tyson Chandler, Indi-ana’s Paul George, Cleve-land’s Kyrie Irving, andPhiladelphia’s Jrue Holiday.

Miami’s Chris Bosh, pickedfor his eighth All-Star team,rounded out the East squad.

West forwards David Lee(Golden State), LaMarcusAldridge (Portland) and ZachRandolph (Memphis) all werepicked for the second time.Houston’s James Harden waschosen for the first time andjoins former Oklahoma Cityteammate Russell Westbrook,headed to his third straight All-Star game.

The Associated Press

HOT STARTWoods trails Snedeker,Choi by 3 strokes | B3

Sports are a civil right for disabled, US saysBy Philip Elliott

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Breakingnew ground, the U.S. EducationDepartment is telling schools theymust include students with disabil-ities in sports programs or provideequal alternative options. Thedirective, reminiscent of the TitleIX expansion of athletic opportu-nities for women, could bringsweeping changes to school budg-ets and locker rooms for years tocome.

Schools would be required tomake “reasonable modifications”for students with disabilities orcreate parallel athletic programsthat have comparable standing asmainstream programs.

“Sports can provide invaluablelessons in discipline, selflessness,passion and courage, and thisguidance will help schools ensurethat students with disabilities havean equal opportunity to benefitfrom the life lessons they can learnon the playing field or on thecourt,” Education Secretary ArneDuncan said in a statement

announcing the new guidance onFriday.

Federal laws, including the1973 Rehabilitation Act and theIndividuals with Disabilities Edu-

cation Act, require states to pro-vide a free public education to allstudents and bans schools thatreceive federal funds from dis-criminating against students with

disabilities. Going further, the newdirective from the EducationDepartment’s civil rights divisionexplicitly tells schools and col-leges that access to interscholastic,intramural and intercollegiate ath-letics is a right.

“This is a landmark moment forstudents with disabilities. This willdo for students with disabilitieswhat Title IX did for women,” saidTerri Lakowski, who led a coali-tion pushing for the changes for adecade. “This is a huge victory.”

Education Department officialsemphasized they did not intend tochange sports’ traditions dramati-cally or guarantee students withdisabilities a spot on competitiveteams. Instead, they insistedschools cannot exclude studentsbased on their disabilities if theycan keep up with their classmates.

“It’s not about changing thenature of the game or the athleticactivity,” said Seth Galanter, theacting assistant secretary for civilrights at the Education Depart-ment.

Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free PressIn this Aug. 6, file photo, 19-year-old Eric Dompierre, right, who hasDown syndrome and is the kicker for the Ishpeming High Schoolvarsity football team, arrives on the field for the first day of practiceat the Ishpeming Playgrounds in Ishpeming, Mich.

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PREP ROUNDUP

Anything but net WalkerleavesNMSU forJaguars job

By Teddy Feinbergtfeinberg@lcsun-news.com

LAS CRUCES — DeWayne Walkeris officially off to Jacksonville, agree-ing to a multi-year contract with theJaguars of the NFL.

The agreement was confirmedThursday by New Mexico State Athlet-ics Director McKinley Boston. Walkerwill be leaving his head coaching posi-tion with the Aggies to be an assistantin Jacksonville, where he will serve asthe team’s defensive backs coach.

“He is going to resign and accept aposition in Jack-sonville,” Bostonsaid Thursday morn-ing. “It’s official.”

The Aggies havenamed offensivecoordinator DougMartin as interimcoach, while anational search isexpected to followfor a full-timereplacement. Martinis expected to beamong the candidates to replace Walker.

“(Martin will be) interim coachuntil a permanent head coach is deter-mined,” Boston said. “That process hasnot been finalized.”

Speculation heated up Tuesday nightthat Walker might be headed out oftown, following his fourth year atNMSU. He’s been in the running forother jobs during past offseasons at theschool - once as a possible candidate forthe Seattle Seahawks defensive coordi-nator position and again for a similarposition at the University of Texas.

He interviewed Tuesday with Jack-sonville, and shortly thereafter theInternet rumor mill picked up steam.The website footballscoop.com report-ed that Walker accepted an offer fromthe Jaguars, as did a handful of region-al media outlets.

Still, nothing was confirmed untilWednesday, as Walker and his agentDon Yee were seeking a multi-yearagreement from the Jaguars - some-what of a rarity amongst NFL assistantcoaches.

A source with knowledge of theagreement with Jacksonville saidWalker could get a slight annual raiseby taking the pro job, meaning a multi-year agreement gives him some finan-cial protection.

Walker

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Diamondbacks send Upton to Braves in 7-player dealBy Bob Baum

The Associated Press

PHOENIX — JustinUpton is having a familyreunion in Atlanta.

Arizona traded its starright fielder to the Braveson Thursday in a seven-player deal that sent formerAll-Star infielder MartinPrado to the Diamondbacks.

For the first time sincehe was a high school fresh-man, Upton will have olderbrother B.J. Upton as ateammate.

The brothers combinewith Jason Heyward, whowon a Gold Glove in 2012,in an outfield potentiallypacked with power andspeed.

“If we push ourselves tothe next level, I feel withthe extra push from each

other there’s no questionwe can be the best outfieldin baseball,” Justin Uptonsaid in a telephone inter-view. “I’m not going to

give us that label until weprove it.”

The Braves, who alsoget third baseman ChrisJohnson, are giving up one

of their top pitchingprospects, Randall Delga-do, and three minor lea-guers in the deal.

They are right-handerZeke Spruill, shortstopNick Ahmed and first base-man Brandon Drury.

Prado, projected to playthird base for the Dia-mondbacks, can become afree agent after this season,but Arizona general man-ager Kevin Towers said healready was working withPrado’s agent on a long-term deal.

B.J. Upton, 28, signed afive-year, $75.25 millioncontract with Atlanta inNovember.

Justin Upton, who hasfive full seasons in themajors but is just 25, said healready got tips from hisbrother from afar. Now there

will be more chances for thetwo to help each other.

“I think from thatstandpoint it will be good,but I think more than any-thing being able to showup at the ballpark genuine-ly excited every day andhave that energy,” he said.“The more energy you canbring from the start everyday, it makes you a betterplayer.”

Braves general managerFrank Wren said heexpects the brothers willpush each other.

“I do think it will drivethem,” Wren said. “We’vebeen looking for thatyoung dynamic, right-handed, power-hitting out-fielder that can hit in themiddle of the lineup andmakes that other teamthink a little bit.”

Matt York/The Associated PressIn this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Arizona DiamondbackJustin Upton waits on deck during the first inning of agame against the Chicago Cubs in Phoenix.

Bobcats beatBroncos inlow-scoring

contestBy John Livingston

jlivingston@daily-times.com

Kirtland Central didn’tscore a point in the first quar-ter, and still trailed Bloom-field by only six points.

In a very low-scoring gameThursday night in Bloomfield,the Bobcats defense tamed theBroncos en route to a 35-26win.

“It was a really good winfor us. Our guys played realhard,” said Bloomfield headcoach Devon Manning. “Ourguys could have crumbled afew times, but they picked itup and made the plays theyneeded to win.”

Bloomfield (6-12) led Kirt-land Central (8-11) 13-9 athalftime. The Broncos scoredonly four more points in thethird quarter, trailing the Bob-cats 22-13 after three quarters.

“We shot the ball terrible— just 23 percent,” said Kirt-land Central head coach JohnZecca. “We had no points inthe first quarter. That is a firstfor me.

“As bad as we shot theball, we were only down fourat the half. We didn’t respondin the third quarter, though,and we only scored fourpoints. We couldn’t get any-thing going all night.”

Zecca credited Bloom-field’s hustle on defense forshutting down his team’soffense, but said the team hadopportunities and simplycouldn’t knock down shots.

“Nobody could make one.They played their zonedefense, and have really got-ten better at it, but when ateam does that you have tomake your open shots,” Zeccasaid. “Give it to Bloomfield,they rebounded very well andlimited our chances.”

Kirtland Central trimmedBloomfield’s lead to just onepoint with under two minutesto play, but the Bobcats wenton another run to extend thelead and come away with thewin.

See HOOPS, B3

TOP: BloomfieldʼsDustin Dugger(31) draws acharge againstKirtland CentralʼsChristianMackey onThursday inBloomfield.

BOTTOM:BloomfieldʼsRyan Johnson(33) takes ashot in front of KirtlandCentralʼsReese Foutz(24).

Photos by Jesse HankinsFor The Daily Times

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys BasketballCrownpoint 64, Navajo Prep 60Farmington 48, Bloomfield 40Miyamura 60, Aztec 53

Girls BasketballBloomfield 50, Farmington 42Navajo Prep at Crownpoint No score reported

WrestlingPiedra Vista 68, Bloomfield 6

WEDNESDAYGirls Basketball

Shiprock 57, Tuba City, Ariz., 43THURSDAY

Boys BasketballBloomfield 35, Kirtland Central 26

Girls BasketballNavajo Prep 77, Tohatchi 55

FRIDAYBoys Basketball

Bloomfield at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.Shiprock at Aztec 7 p.m.Navajo Prep at Tohatchi 7 p.m.

Girls BasketballAztec at Bloomfield 7 p.m.Wingate at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

SATURDAYBoys Basketball

St. Pius X at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.Girls Basketball

Ramah at Navajo Prep 1 p.mBloomfield at Dulce 7 p.m.

WrestlingAztec, Bloomfield, Farmington and Kirtland Central atthe Aztec Tiger Duals 8 a.m.

SwimmingFarmington, Piedra Vista at the Four Corners Invite atthe Farmington Aquatic Center

TOURNAMENTSWrestling

Piedra Vista at the Garden City tournament in GardenCity, Kan. Jan .25-26.

NFLPro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27At Honolulu

AFC vs. NFC, 5 p.m. (NBC)Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 26 14 .650 —Brooklyn 26 16 .619 1Boston 20 22 .476 7Philadelphia 17 25 .405 10Toronto 16 27 .372 11.5

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 27 12 .692 —Atlanta 24 18 .571 4.5Orlando 14 28 .333 14.5Charlotte 10 32 .238 18.5Washington 9 31 .225 18.5

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 25 16 .610 —Indiana 26 17 .605 —Milwaukee 22 18 .550 2.5Detroit 16 26 .381 9.5Cleveland 11 32 .256 15

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 34 11 .756 —Memphis 27 14 .659 5Houston 22 22 .500 11.5Dallas 18 24 .429 14.5

New Orleans 14 28 .333 18.5Northwest Division

W L Pct GBOklahoma City33 10 .767 —Denver 26 18 .591 7.5Utah 23 19 .548 9.5Portland 21 21 .500 11.5Minnesota 17 22 .436 14

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 32 11 .744 —Golden State 26 15 .634 5L.A. Lakers 17 25 .405 14.5Sacramento 16 27 .372 16Phoenix 14 28 .333 17.5

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta 104, Charlotte 92Miami 123, Toronto 116, OTChicago 85, Detroit 82Denver 105, Houston 95Memphis 106, L.A. Lakers 93Brooklyn 91, Minnesota 83San Antonio 106, New Orleans 102Utah 92, Washington 88Portland 100, Indiana 80Phoenix 106, Sacramento 96Golden State 104, Oklahoma City 99

Thursday’s GamesToronto 97, Orlando 95New York 89, Boston 86L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, *DNF at press time

Friday’s GamesMinnesota at Washington, 5 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m.San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m.Golden State at Chicago, 6 p.m.Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m.Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 8 p.m.Utah at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 3 2 1 0 4 12 9New Jersey 2 2 0 0 4 5 1Pittsburgh 3 2 1 0 4 11 9N.Y. Rangers 4 1 3 0 2 9 14Philadelphia 4 1 3 0 2 5 12

Northeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Ottawa 3 3 0 0 6 11 2Boston 3 2 0 1 5 8 6Buffalo 3 2 1 0 4 10 9Montreal 3 2 1 0 4 9 4Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 12 12

Southeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 3 2 1 0 4 13 8Winnipeg 3 1 1 1 3 6 8Carolina 3 1 2 0 2 8 12Florida 4 1 3 0 2 7 12Washington 3 0 3 0 0 6 14

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 4 4 0 0 8 17 10St. Louis 4 3 1 0 6 15 6Nashville 4 1 1 2 4 8 11Columbus 4 1 2 1 3 7 15Detroit 3 1 2 0 2 5 11

Northwest DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 9 5Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 8 9Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 6 5Vancouver 3 1 1 1 3 8 12Calgary 3 0 2 1 1 7 12

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Dallas 4 2 1 1 5 8 8Anaheim 2 2 0 0 4 12 7San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 10 4Phoenix 3 1 2 0 2 12 11Los Angeles 3 0 2 1 1 4 10

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtimeloss.

Wednesday’s GamesVancouver 3, Calgary 2, SOToronto 5, Pittsburgh 2N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OTPhoenix 5, Columbus 1

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders 7, Toronto 4Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1Montreal 4, Washington 1Carolina 6, Buffalo 3Ottawa 3, Florida 1St. Louis 3, Nashville 0Chicago 3, Dallas 2, OTColorado 4, Columbus 0Edmonton 2, Los Angeles 1, OTPhoenix at San Jose, *DNF at press time

Friday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at Boston, 5 p.m.Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.Washington at New Jersey, 5 p.m.Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

NCAA BasketballTop 25 on Thursday

1. Duke (16-2) did not play. Next: vs. Maryland, Saturday.2. Michigan (18-1) beat Purdue 68-53. Next: at Illinois,Sunday.3. Kansas (17-1) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma,Saturday.3. Syracuse (18-1) did not play. Next: at Villanova,Saturday.5. Louisville (16-3) did not play. Next: at Georgetown,Saturday.6. Arizona (16-2) lost to UCLA 84-73. Next: vs. SouthernCal, Saturday.7. Indiana (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 MichiganState, Sunday.8. Florida (15-2) did not play. Next: at Mississippi State,Saturday.9. Butler (16-3) did not play. Next: vs. Temple, Saturday.10. Gonzaga (17-2) vs. BYU. Next: vs. San Francisco,Saturday.11. Kansas State (15-3) did not play. Next: at Iowa State,Saturday.12. Minnesota (15-4) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin,Saturday.13. Michigan State (17-3) did not play. Next: at No. 7Indiana, Sunday.14. Ohio State (14-4) did not play. Next: at Penn State,Saturday.15. New Mexico (17-2) did not play. Next: at San DiegoState, Saturday.16. Oregon (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. Washington,Saturday.17. Creighton (17-3) did not play. Next: at SouthernIllinois, Sunday.18. N.C. State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. NorthCarolina, Saturday.19. VCU (16-4) lost to Richmond 86-74, OT. Next: vs. LaSalle, Saturday.20. Wichita State (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. Bradley,Saturday.21. Cincinnati (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers,Wednesday.22. Missouri (14-4) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt,Saturday.23. Mississippi (16-2) beat Tennessee 62-56. Next: atAuburn, Saturday.24. Notre Dame (15-4) did not play. Next: at SouthFlorida, Saturday.25. Miami (14-3) did not play. Next: vs. Florida State,Sunday.

SCORESEAST

Fairfield 71, Marist 37Hartford 51, New Hampshire 40LIU Brooklyn 78, St. Francis (NY) 68Monmouth (NJ) 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 54Quinnipiac 85, CCSU 78Robert Morris 84, St. Francis (Pa.) 70Sacred Heart 87, Bryant 76Wagner 52, Mount St. Mary’s 50

SOUTHAppalachian St. 64, Georgia Southern 62, OT

Belmont 64, Morehead St. 63Coll. of Charleston 69, The Citadel 54Davidson 79, W. Carolina 74E. Kentucky 76, Tennessee St. 67Elon 85, Chattanooga 61FIU 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 75Florida St. 60, Clemson 57Jacksonville 83, ETSU 80Jacksonville St. 81, Austin Peay 74Lipscomb 79, Kennesaw St. 72, OTMississippi 62, Tennessee 56Murray St. 47, Tennessee Tech 39N. Kentucky 63, Mercer 46Nicholls St. 69, Texas A&M-CC 62Richmond 86, VCU 74, OTSC-Upstate 63, North Florida 57SE Louisiana 69, Sam Houston St. 65South Alabama 65, W. Kentucky 57Troy 74, Arkansas St. 67, OTUNC Greensboro 66, Samford 64Virginia 74, Virginia Tech 58Wofford 63, Furman 50

MIDWESTE. Illinois 69, UT-Martin 56Michigan 68, Purdue 53Nebraska-Omaha 95, South Dakota 90Oakland 89, IUPUI 71SIU-Edwardsville 80, SE Missouri 77W. Illinois 43, IPFW 40

SOUTHWESTCent. Arkansas 103, McNeese St. 98, 3OTMiddle Tennessee 72, North Texas 64Oral Roberts 91, Lamar 74UALR 65, FAU 62

FAR WESTCal Poly 88, Hawaii 59California 62, Utah 57Montana 70, Idaho St. 51Montana St. 79, Weber St. 74N. Arizona 67, N. Colorado 65Pepperdine 60, Loyola Marymount 57S. Utah 76, Portland St. 63Texas-Arlington 74, Utah St. 68UCLA 84, Arizona 73UNLV 62, Wyoming 50

Australian OpenThursday

At Melbourne ParkMelbourne, Australia

Purse: $31.608 million (Grand Slam)Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SinglesMen

SemifinalsNovak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Ferrer (4), Spain,6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

WomenSemifinals

Li Na (6), China, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 6-2, 6-2.Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Sloane Stephens(29), United States, 6-1, 6-4.

DoublesMen

SemifinalsBob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. SimoneBolelli and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, def. MarcelGranollers and Marc Lopez (3), Spain, 7-5, 6-4.

TV ListingsBOXING7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Champion Brian Vera (21-6-0) vs. SergiyDzinziruk (36-1-1), for NABO middleweight title, atVerona, N.Y.

8 p.m.SHO — Junior welterweights, Raymond Serrano (18-1-0) vs. Emmanuel Taylor (15-1-0); junior middleweights,Demetrius Andrade (18-0-0) vs. Freddy Hernandez(30-3-0), at Huntington, N.Y.

CYCLING1:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Tour Down Under, stage 4, Modbury toTanunda, Australia (same-day tape)

EXTREME SPORTS1 p.m.

ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

8:30 p.m.ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

GOLF2:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, third

round, at Doha, Qatar

1 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, second

round, at San Diego

MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Yale at Cornell

NBA BASKETBALL6 p.m.

ESPN — San Antonio at Dallas

TENNIS10 a.m.

ESPN — Australian Open, men’s semifinal, at

Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape)

1 a.m.ESPN — Australian Open, women’s championship, at

Melbourne, Australia

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Craig

Breslow on a two-year contracts. Named Pedro Martinez

special assistant to the general manager.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Zach Stewart

off waivers from Pittsburgh.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded OF Justin Upton

and 3B Chris Johnson to Atlanta for INF Martin Prado,

RHP Randy Delgado, RHP Zeke Spruill, SS Nick Ahmed

and 1B Brandon Drury.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Pat Meyer assistant offen-sive line coach.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Brian Baker outsidelinebackers coach and Jon Embree tight ends coach.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named DeWayne Walkerdefensive backs coach, Frank Scelfo quarterbacks coachand George Yarno offensive line coach.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DE MarcusBenard, RB James Develin, WR Jeremy Ebert, WRAndre Holmes, QB Mike Kafka, DL Tracy Robertson andLB Jeff Tarpinian to reserve/future contracts.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Fired defensive coordinatorSteve Spagnuolo and secondary coach Ken Flajole.NEW YORK JETS — Named Dennis Thurman defensivecoordinator, David Lee quarterbacks coach and TimMcDonald defensive backs coach. Signed WR VidalHazelton to a reserve/future contract.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned D Colby Cohen from

Providence (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D Patrick

Cullity from Springfield (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL).

DALLAS STARS_Agreed to terms with C Jamie Benn on

a five-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Andrej

Nestrasil and RW Trevor Parkes from Grand Rapids

(AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Traded F Chad Kolarik to

Pittsburgh for F Benn Ferriero. Recalled F Kris Newbury

from Connecticut (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned D Jeff Woywitka to Peoria

(AHL).

COLLEGEASSUMPTION — Named Maureen Atkins women’s vol-

leyball coach.

MAINE-FARMINGTON — Promoted men’s and women’s

assistant cross country coach Joseph Staples to head

coach.

MARIAN — Named Mark Henninger football coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE — Announced the resignation of

football coach DeWayne Walker. Named Doug Martin

interim football coach.

TEXAS A&M — Named Jake Spavital co-offensive coor-

dinator and quarterbacks coach and Jeff Banks special

teams and tight ends coach.

Disabilities

It’s not clear whether thenew guidelines will spark asudden uptick in sports par-ticipation. There was a bigincrease in female partici-pation in sports after TitleIX guidance instructedschools to treat female ath-letics on par with maleteams. That led manyschools to cut some men’steams, arguing that it wasnecessary to be able to payfor women’s teams.

There is no deadline forschools to comply with thenew disabilities directive.

But activists cheered thechanges.

“This is historic,” saidBev Vaughn, the executivedirector of the AmericanAssociation of AdaptedSports Programs, a non-profit group that workswith schools to set upsports programs for stu-dents with disabilities. “It’sgoing to open up a wholenew door of opportunity toour nation’s school childrenwith disabilities.”

A Government Account-ability Office study in 2010found that students withdisabilities participated inathletics at consistentlylower rates than those with-out. The study also suggest-ed the benefits of exerciseamong children with dis-

abilities may be evenimportant because they areat greater risk of beingsedentary.

“We know that partici-pation in extracurricularactivities can lead to a hostof really good, positive out-comes both inside and out-side of the classroom,” saidKareem Dale, a WhiteHouse official who guidesthe administration’s policiesfor disabled Americans.

Dale, who is blind,wrestled as a high schoolstudent in Chicago along-side students who had fullvision.

“I was able to wrestlemainly because there was agood accommodation toallow me to have equalaccess and opportunity,”Dale said, describing modi-fied rules that required hiscompetitors to keep inphysical contact with himduring matches.

Those types of accom-modations could be a mod-el for schools and collegesnow looking to incorporatestudents with disabilitiesonto sports teams. Forinstance, track and fieldofficials could use a visualcue for a deaf runner tobegin a race.

Some states alreadyoffer such programs. Mary-land, for instance, passed alaw in 2008 that required

schools to create equalopportunities for studentswith disabilities to partici-pate in physical educationprograms and play onmainstream athletic teams.And Minnesota awardsstate titles for disabled stu-dent athletes in six sports.

Increasingly, those withdisabilities are finding spotson their schools’ teams.

“I heard about some ofthe other people who joinedtheir track teams in otherstates. I wanted to try to dothat,” said 15-year-oldCasey Followay, who com-petes on his Ohio highschool track team in a rac-ing wheelchair.

Current rules require

Followay to race on hisown, without competitorsrunning alongside him. Hesaid he hopes the EducationDepartment guidance willchange that and he cancompete against runners.

“It’s going to give methe chance to competeagainst kids at my level,”he said.

In cases where studentswith disabilities need moreserious changes, a separateleague could be required.

Although the letter isdirected to elementary andsecondary schools and thedepartment hasn’t providedcomparable guidance tocolleges, some of the prin-ciples in the letter will be

read closely by administra-tors in higher education,said Scott Lissner, theAmericans with Disabilitiescoordinator at Ohio StateUniversity and president ofthe Association on HigherEducation and Disability.

“The logic that’s in thereapplies us to us as well as itdoes to K-12, for the mostpart,” Lissner said.

While slightly differentportions of civil rights lawapply to colleges and uni-versities, “their approach inthis letter was really moreabout the basic underlyingequity and civil rightsissues” that colleges alsomust ensure they’re apply-ing to pass muster under thelaw.

Generally, Lissner said,as colleges review theirpolicies, the effects wouldmore likely be felt in intra-mural and club sports pro-grams on campus thanintercollegiate ones, Lissnersaid. That’s because rela-tively few people can meetthe standards to compete inintercollegiate sports, andnothing in the guidancerequires a change in suchstandards. But the purposeof intramural and clubsports is broader, and col-leges may have to do moreto ensure students with dis-abilities aren’t deprived of achance to compete.

Some cautioned that thefirst few years would bringfits and starts.

“Is it easy? No,” saidBrad Hedrick, director ofdisability services at theUniversity of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign andhimself a hall-of-famer inthe National WheelchairBasketball Association. “Inmost places, you’re begin-ning from an inertialmoment. But it is feasibleand possible that a mean-ingful and viable program-ming can be created.”

Establishing students’needs would be the firststep, followed by trainingfor educators and coaches.

“We need to determinehow many children wouldqualify and then look towhere kids can be integrat-ed onto traditional teamsappropriately. Where wecan’t, then we need to addan adaptive program,” saidVaughn, who has advisedstates and districts how tobe more inclusive.

“Typically, the largerschool districts realisticallycould field a varsity andjunior varsity team in eachsport. In more rural areas,we would do a regionalteam. It’s not going to over-whelm our schools or dis-tricts. It’s just going to takesome solid planning andcommitment.”

(Continued from Page B1)

Walker

“That was important tothe negotiation,” Walkersaid. “And not just that.We have our whole teamback. My son and mydaughter (attend NMSU).A lot factored in. I twistedand turned at night makingthis decision.”

Walker’s departure wassomewhat anticipated fol-lowing the year, a 1-11campaign that saw theteam take steps backwardin its progression after a2011 season where theAggies finished with acompetitive 4-9 record.

It was Walker’s fourth

season with the program -always a crucial time for acollege football coach. Heheld a 10-40 career recordat the school. With theexception of the 2011Aggies, the other threeyears saw NMSU remainlargely uncompetitive.

Walker spoke frequentlyduring that time of a pro-gram that wasn’t adequate-ly supported enough to putwins in the record books,making it unfair to judgehis coaching acumen entire-ly on his win-loss standing.

Following the finalgame of the 2010 season (a59-24 home loss to the

University of Hawaii)Walker said, “I reallybelieve the more you give,the more you get. And Ijust really believe we haveto study what are you giv-ing? Because I think thiscan get done. I really do.But, it’s going to take apretty detailed plan witheverybody involved for usto get it right.”

Walker pointed to hiscompetition - schools suchas Utah State, San JoseState and Louisiana Tech -saying football investmentswere not comparable interms of assistant coachingsalaries, strength and con-

ditioning and recruiting.“Their university, their

athletic department, theymade a commitment:‘We’re going to have afootball program,’” Walkersaid during an October,2012 interview as it per-tained to Utah State.

“I think it’s unfair for anyhead coach to be judged if hedoesn’t have what his com-petitors have. You can. If youwant to judge me for notdoing more with less, OK.That’s fine. That’s OK,” headded later during the inter-view. “I would tell any headcoach, I think that’s some-thing you have to pay atten-

tion to. You want to makesure you have the resourcesand things to be competitive.”

Boston said despite thelack of wins, he was happywith how Walker con-trolled the team, playersand locker-room cultureover the past four years.

“After lots of thoughtand internal discussionwith his family, he thoughtthe transition to an NFLposition was one that was agood decision for him andhis family,” Boston said.“They thought about itlong and hard. He feelsgood about it and we’rehappy for him.”

For the 52-year-oldWalker, NMSU was his firsthead coaching job, comingto the school in 2009 toreplace Hal Mumme. Walk-er was the 33rd coach inschool history.

Walker still has fouryears remaining on his cur-rent contract, which payshim a base salary of$363,000 annually. Walk-er ’s original contract,which was amended in2011, stated there was nobuyout following thefourth year of the agree-ment. Therefore, Walkerleaves with no buyoutseither way.

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Lisa Followay/The Associated PressCasey Followay competes in the the USATF JuniorOlympics in Maryland on July 28, 2012.

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High SchoolTUESDAY

Boys BasketballCrownpoint 64, Navajo Prep 60Farmington 48, Bloomfield 40Miyamura 60, Aztec 53

Girls BasketballBloomfield 50, Farmington 42Navajo Prep at Crownpoint No score reported

WrestlingPiedra Vista 68, Bloomfield 6

WEDNESDAYGirls Basketball

Shiprock 57, Tuba City, Ariz., 43THURSDAY

Boys BasketballBloomfield 35, Kirtland Central 26

Girls BasketballNavajo Prep 77, Tohatchi 55

FRIDAYBoys Basketball

Bloomfield at Piedra Vista 7 p.m.Shiprock at Aztec 7 p.m.Navajo Prep at Tohatchi 7 p.m.

Girls BasketballAztec at Bloomfield 7 p.m.Wingate at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.

SATURDAYBoys Basketball

St. Pius X at Kirtland Central 7 p.m.Girls Basketball

Ramah at Navajo Prep 1 p.mBloomfield at Dulce 7 p.m.

WrestlingAztec, Bloomfield, Farmington and Kirtland Central atthe Aztec Tiger Duals 8 a.m.

SwimmingFarmington, Piedra Vista at the Four Corners Invite atthe Farmington Aquatic Center

TOURNAMENTSWrestling

Piedra Vista at the Garden City tournament in GardenCity, Kan. Jan .25-26.

NFLPro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27At Honolulu

AFC vs. NFC, 5 p.m. (NBC)Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3At New Orleans

Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 4 p.m. (CBS)

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 26 14 .650 —Brooklyn 26 16 .619 1Boston 20 22 .476 7Philadelphia 17 25 .405 10Toronto 16 27 .372 11.5

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 27 12 .692 —Atlanta 24 18 .571 4.5Orlando 14 28 .333 14.5Charlotte 10 32 .238 18.5Washington 9 31 .225 18.5

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 25 16 .610 —Indiana 26 17 .605 —Milwaukee 22 18 .550 2.5Detroit 16 26 .381 9.5Cleveland 11 32 .256 15

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 34 11 .756 —Memphis 27 14 .659 5Houston 22 22 .500 11.5Dallas 18 24 .429 14.5

New Orleans 14 28 .333 18.5Northwest Division

W L Pct GBOklahoma City33 10 .767 —Denver 26 18 .591 7.5Utah 23 19 .548 9.5Portland 21 21 .500 11.5Minnesota 17 22 .436 14

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 32 11 .744 —Golden State 26 15 .634 5L.A. Lakers 17 25 .405 14.5Sacramento 16 27 .372 16Phoenix 14 28 .333 17.5

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta 104, Charlotte 92Miami 123, Toronto 116, OTChicago 85, Detroit 82Denver 105, Houston 95Memphis 106, L.A. Lakers 93Brooklyn 91, Minnesota 83San Antonio 106, New Orleans 102Utah 92, Washington 88Portland 100, Indiana 80Phoenix 106, Sacramento 96Golden State 104, Oklahoma City 99

Thursday’s GamesToronto 97, Orlando 95New York 89, Boston 86L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, *DNF at press time

Friday’s GamesMinnesota at Washington, 5 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m.San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m.Golden State at Chicago, 6 p.m.Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m.Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 8 p.m.Utah at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 3 2 1 0 4 12 9New Jersey 2 2 0 0 4 5 1Pittsburgh 3 2 1 0 4 11 9N.Y. Rangers 4 1 3 0 2 9 14Philadelphia 4 1 3 0 2 5 12

Northeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Ottawa 3 3 0 0 6 11 2Boston 3 2 0 1 5 8 6Buffalo 3 2 1 0 4 10 9Montreal 3 2 1 0 4 9 4Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 12 12

Southeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 3 2 1 0 4 13 8Winnipeg 3 1 1 1 3 6 8Carolina 3 1 2 0 2 8 12Florida 4 1 3 0 2 7 12Washington 3 0 3 0 0 6 14

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 4 4 0 0 8 17 10St. Louis 4 3 1 0 6 15 6Nashville 4 1 1 2 4 8 11Columbus 4 1 2 1 3 7 15Detroit 3 1 2 0 2 5 11

Northwest DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 9 5Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 8 9Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 6 5Vancouver 3 1 1 1 3 8 12Calgary 3 0 2 1 1 7 12

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Dallas 4 2 1 1 5 8 8Anaheim 2 2 0 0 4 12 7San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 10 4Phoenix 3 1 2 0 2 12 11Los Angeles 3 0 2 1 1 4 10

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtimeloss.

Wednesday’s GamesVancouver 3, Calgary 2, SOToronto 5, Pittsburgh 2N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OTPhoenix 5, Columbus 1

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders 7, Toronto 4Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1Montreal 4, Washington 1Carolina 6, Buffalo 3Ottawa 3, Florida 1St. Louis 3, Nashville 0Chicago 3, Dallas 2, OTColorado 4, Columbus 0Edmonton 2, Los Angeles 1, OTPhoenix at San Jose, *DNF at press time

Friday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at Boston, 5 p.m.Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.Washington at New Jersey, 5 p.m.Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

NCAA BasketballTop 25 on Thursday

1. Duke (16-2) did not play. Next: vs. Maryland, Saturday.2. Michigan (18-1) beat Purdue 68-53. Next: at Illinois,Sunday.3. Kansas (17-1) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma,Saturday.3. Syracuse (18-1) did not play. Next: at Villanova,Saturday.5. Louisville (16-3) did not play. Next: at Georgetown,Saturday.6. Arizona (16-2) lost to UCLA 84-73. Next: vs. SouthernCal, Saturday.7. Indiana (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 MichiganState, Sunday.8. Florida (15-2) did not play. Next: at Mississippi State,Saturday.9. Butler (16-3) did not play. Next: vs. Temple, Saturday.10. Gonzaga (17-2) vs. BYU. Next: vs. San Francisco,Saturday.11. Kansas State (15-3) did not play. Next: at Iowa State,Saturday.12. Minnesota (15-4) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin,Saturday.13. Michigan State (17-3) did not play. Next: at No. 7Indiana, Sunday.14. Ohio State (14-4) did not play. Next: at Penn State,Saturday.15. New Mexico (17-2) did not play. Next: at San DiegoState, Saturday.16. Oregon (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. Washington,Saturday.17. Creighton (17-3) did not play. Next: at SouthernIllinois, Sunday.18. N.C. State (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. NorthCarolina, Saturday.19. VCU (16-4) lost to Richmond 86-74, OT. Next: vs. LaSalle, Saturday.20. Wichita State (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. Bradley,Saturday.21. Cincinnati (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers,Wednesday.22. Missouri (14-4) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt,Saturday.23. Mississippi (16-2) beat Tennessee 62-56. Next: atAuburn, Saturday.24. Notre Dame (15-4) did not play. Next: at SouthFlorida, Saturday.25. Miami (14-3) did not play. Next: vs. Florida State,Sunday.

SCORESEAST

Fairfield 71, Marist 37Hartford 51, New Hampshire 40LIU Brooklyn 78, St. Francis (NY) 68Monmouth (NJ) 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 54Quinnipiac 85, CCSU 78Robert Morris 84, St. Francis (Pa.) 70Sacred Heart 87, Bryant 76Wagner 52, Mount St. Mary’s 50

SOUTHAppalachian St. 64, Georgia Southern 62, OT

Belmont 64, Morehead St. 63Coll. of Charleston 69, The Citadel 54Davidson 79, W. Carolina 74E. Kentucky 76, Tennessee St. 67Elon 85, Chattanooga 61FIU 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 75Florida St. 60, Clemson 57Jacksonville 83, ETSU 80Jacksonville St. 81, Austin Peay 74Lipscomb 79, Kennesaw St. 72, OTMississippi 62, Tennessee 56Murray St. 47, Tennessee Tech 39N. Kentucky 63, Mercer 46Nicholls St. 69, Texas A&M-CC 62Richmond 86, VCU 74, OTSC-Upstate 63, North Florida 57SE Louisiana 69, Sam Houston St. 65South Alabama 65, W. Kentucky 57Troy 74, Arkansas St. 67, OTUNC Greensboro 66, Samford 64Virginia 74, Virginia Tech 58Wofford 63, Furman 50

MIDWESTE. Illinois 69, UT-Martin 56Michigan 68, Purdue 53Nebraska-Omaha 95, South Dakota 90Oakland 89, IUPUI 71SIU-Edwardsville 80, SE Missouri 77W. Illinois 43, IPFW 40

SOUTHWESTCent. Arkansas 103, McNeese St. 98, 3OTMiddle Tennessee 72, North Texas 64Oral Roberts 91, Lamar 74UALR 65, FAU 62

FAR WESTCal Poly 88, Hawaii 59California 62, Utah 57Montana 70, Idaho St. 51Montana St. 79, Weber St. 74N. Arizona 67, N. Colorado 65Pepperdine 60, Loyola Marymount 57S. Utah 76, Portland St. 63Texas-Arlington 74, Utah St. 68UCLA 84, Arizona 73UNLV 62, Wyoming 50

Australian OpenThursday

At Melbourne ParkMelbourne, Australia

Purse: $31.608 million (Grand Slam)Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SinglesMen

SemifinalsNovak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Ferrer (4), Spain,6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

WomenSemifinals

Li Na (6), China, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 6-2, 6-2.Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Sloane Stephens(29), United States, 6-1, 6-4.

DoublesMen

SemifinalsBob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. SimoneBolelli and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, def. MarcelGranollers and Marc Lopez (3), Spain, 7-5, 6-4.

TV ListingsBOXING7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Champion Brian Vera (21-6-0) vs. SergiyDzinziruk (36-1-1), for NABO middleweight title, atVerona, N.Y.

8 p.m.SHO — Junior welterweights, Raymond Serrano (18-1-0) vs. Emmanuel Taylor (15-1-0); junior middleweights,Demetrius Andrade (18-0-0) vs. Freddy Hernandez(30-3-0), at Huntington, N.Y.

CYCLING1:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Tour Down Under, stage 4, Modbury toTanunda, Australia (same-day tape)

EXTREME SPORTS1 p.m.

ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

8:30 p.m.ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

GOLF2:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, third

round, at Doha, Qatar

1 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, second

round, at San Diego

MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Yale at Cornell

NBA BASKETBALL6 p.m.

ESPN — San Antonio at Dallas

TENNIS10 a.m.

ESPN — Australian Open, men’s semifinal, at

Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape)

1 a.m.ESPN — Australian Open, women’s championship, at

Melbourne, Australia

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Craig

Breslow on a two-year contracts. Named Pedro Martinez

special assistant to the general manager.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Zach Stewart

off waivers from Pittsburgh.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded OF Justin Upton

and 3B Chris Johnson to Atlanta for INF Martin Prado,

RHP Randy Delgado, RHP Zeke Spruill, SS Nick Ahmed

and 1B Brandon Drury.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Pat Meyer assistant offen-sive line coach.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Brian Baker outsidelinebackers coach and Jon Embree tight ends coach.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named DeWayne Walkerdefensive backs coach, Frank Scelfo quarterbacks coachand George Yarno offensive line coach.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DE MarcusBenard, RB James Develin, WR Jeremy Ebert, WRAndre Holmes, QB Mike Kafka, DL Tracy Robertson andLB Jeff Tarpinian to reserve/future contracts.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Fired defensive coordinatorSteve Spagnuolo and secondary coach Ken Flajole.NEW YORK JETS — Named Dennis Thurman defensivecoordinator, David Lee quarterbacks coach and TimMcDonald defensive backs coach. Signed WR VidalHazelton to a reserve/future contract.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned D Colby Cohen from

Providence (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D Patrick

Cullity from Springfield (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL).

DALLAS STARS_Agreed to terms with C Jamie Benn on

a five-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Andrej

Nestrasil and RW Trevor Parkes from Grand Rapids

(AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Traded F Chad Kolarik to

Pittsburgh for F Benn Ferriero. Recalled F Kris Newbury

from Connecticut (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned D Jeff Woywitka to Peoria

(AHL).

COLLEGEASSUMPTION — Named Maureen Atkins women’s vol-

leyball coach.

MAINE-FARMINGTON — Promoted men’s and women’s

assistant cross country coach Joseph Staples to head

coach.

MARIAN — Named Mark Henninger football coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE — Announced the resignation of

football coach DeWayne Walker. Named Doug Martin

interim football coach.

TEXAS A&M — Named Jake Spavital co-offensive coor-

dinator and quarterbacks coach and Jeff Banks special

teams and tight ends coach.

Disabilities

It’s not clear whether thenew guidelines will spark asudden uptick in sports par-ticipation. There was a bigincrease in female partici-pation in sports after TitleIX guidance instructedschools to treat female ath-letics on par with maleteams. That led manyschools to cut some men’steams, arguing that it wasnecessary to be able to payfor women’s teams.

There is no deadline forschools to comply with thenew disabilities directive.

But activists cheered thechanges.

“This is historic,” saidBev Vaughn, the executivedirector of the AmericanAssociation of AdaptedSports Programs, a non-profit group that workswith schools to set upsports programs for stu-dents with disabilities. “It’sgoing to open up a wholenew door of opportunity toour nation’s school childrenwith disabilities.”

A Government Account-ability Office study in 2010found that students withdisabilities participated inathletics at consistentlylower rates than those with-out. The study also suggest-ed the benefits of exerciseamong children with dis-

abilities may be evenimportant because they areat greater risk of beingsedentary.

“We know that partici-pation in extracurricularactivities can lead to a hostof really good, positive out-comes both inside and out-side of the classroom,” saidKareem Dale, a WhiteHouse official who guidesthe administration’s policiesfor disabled Americans.

Dale, who is blind,wrestled as a high schoolstudent in Chicago along-side students who had fullvision.

“I was able to wrestlemainly because there was agood accommodation toallow me to have equalaccess and opportunity,”Dale said, describing modi-fied rules that required hiscompetitors to keep inphysical contact with himduring matches.

Those types of accom-modations could be a mod-el for schools and collegesnow looking to incorporatestudents with disabilitiesonto sports teams. Forinstance, track and fieldofficials could use a visualcue for a deaf runner tobegin a race.

Some states alreadyoffer such programs. Mary-land, for instance, passed alaw in 2008 that required

schools to create equalopportunities for studentswith disabilities to partici-pate in physical educationprograms and play onmainstream athletic teams.And Minnesota awardsstate titles for disabled stu-dent athletes in six sports.

Increasingly, those withdisabilities are finding spotson their schools’ teams.

“I heard about some ofthe other people who joinedtheir track teams in otherstates. I wanted to try to dothat,” said 15-year-oldCasey Followay, who com-petes on his Ohio highschool track team in a rac-ing wheelchair.

Current rules require

Followay to race on hisown, without competitorsrunning alongside him. Hesaid he hopes the EducationDepartment guidance willchange that and he cancompete against runners.

“It’s going to give methe chance to competeagainst kids at my level,”he said.

In cases where studentswith disabilities need moreserious changes, a separateleague could be required.

Although the letter isdirected to elementary andsecondary schools and thedepartment hasn’t providedcomparable guidance tocolleges, some of the prin-ciples in the letter will be

read closely by administra-tors in higher education,said Scott Lissner, theAmericans with Disabilitiescoordinator at Ohio StateUniversity and president ofthe Association on HigherEducation and Disability.

“The logic that’s in thereapplies us to us as well as itdoes to K-12, for the mostpart,” Lissner said.

While slightly differentportions of civil rights lawapply to colleges and uni-versities, “their approach inthis letter was really moreabout the basic underlyingequity and civil rightsissues” that colleges alsomust ensure they’re apply-ing to pass muster under thelaw.

Generally, Lissner said,as colleges review theirpolicies, the effects wouldmore likely be felt in intra-mural and club sports pro-grams on campus thanintercollegiate ones, Lissnersaid. That’s because rela-tively few people can meetthe standards to compete inintercollegiate sports, andnothing in the guidancerequires a change in suchstandards. But the purposeof intramural and clubsports is broader, and col-leges may have to do moreto ensure students with dis-abilities aren’t deprived of achance to compete.

Some cautioned that thefirst few years would bringfits and starts.

“Is it easy? No,” saidBrad Hedrick, director ofdisability services at theUniversity of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign andhimself a hall-of-famer inthe National WheelchairBasketball Association. “Inmost places, you’re begin-ning from an inertialmoment. But it is feasibleand possible that a mean-ingful and viable program-ming can be created.”

Establishing students’needs would be the firststep, followed by trainingfor educators and coaches.

“We need to determinehow many children wouldqualify and then look towhere kids can be integrat-ed onto traditional teamsappropriately. Where wecan’t, then we need to addan adaptive program,” saidVaughn, who has advisedstates and districts how tobe more inclusive.

“Typically, the largerschool districts realisticallycould field a varsity andjunior varsity team in eachsport. In more rural areas,we would do a regionalteam. It’s not going to over-whelm our schools or dis-tricts. It’s just going to takesome solid planning andcommitment.”

(Continued from Page B1)

Walker

“That was important tothe negotiation,” Walkersaid. “And not just that.We have our whole teamback. My son and mydaughter (attend NMSU).A lot factored in. I twistedand turned at night makingthis decision.”

Walker’s departure wassomewhat anticipated fol-lowing the year, a 1-11campaign that saw theteam take steps backwardin its progression after a2011 season where theAggies finished with acompetitive 4-9 record.

It was Walker’s fourth

season with the program -always a crucial time for acollege football coach. Heheld a 10-40 career recordat the school. With theexception of the 2011Aggies, the other threeyears saw NMSU remainlargely uncompetitive.

Walker spoke frequentlyduring that time of a pro-gram that wasn’t adequate-ly supported enough to putwins in the record books,making it unfair to judgehis coaching acumen entire-ly on his win-loss standing.

Following the finalgame of the 2010 season (a59-24 home loss to the

University of Hawaii)Walker said, “I reallybelieve the more you give,the more you get. And Ijust really believe we haveto study what are you giv-ing? Because I think thiscan get done. I really do.But, it’s going to take apretty detailed plan witheverybody involved for usto get it right.”

Walker pointed to hiscompetition - schools suchas Utah State, San JoseState and Louisiana Tech -saying football investmentswere not comparable interms of assistant coachingsalaries, strength and con-

ditioning and recruiting.“Their university, their

athletic department, theymade a commitment:‘We’re going to have afootball program,’” Walkersaid during an October,2012 interview as it per-tained to Utah State.

“I think it’s unfair for anyhead coach to be judged if hedoesn’t have what his com-petitors have. You can. If youwant to judge me for notdoing more with less, OK.That’s fine. That’s OK,” headded later during the inter-view. “I would tell any headcoach, I think that’s some-thing you have to pay atten-

tion to. You want to makesure you have the resourcesand things to be competitive.”

Boston said despite thelack of wins, he was happywith how Walker con-trolled the team, playersand locker-room cultureover the past four years.

“After lots of thoughtand internal discussionwith his family, he thoughtthe transition to an NFLposition was one that was agood decision for him andhis family,” Boston said.“They thought about itlong and hard. He feelsgood about it and we’rehappy for him.”

For the 52-year-oldWalker, NMSU was his firsthead coaching job, comingto the school in 2009 toreplace Hal Mumme. Walk-er was the 33rd coach inschool history.

Walker still has fouryears remaining on his cur-rent contract, which payshim a base salary of$363,000 annually. Walk-er ’s original contract,which was amended in2011, stated there was nobuyout following thefourth year of the agree-ment. Therefore, Walkerleaves with no buyoutseither way.

(Continued from Page B1)

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TODAY IN LOCAL HISTORY

FARMINGTONTIMES-HUSTLERJANUARY 18, 1912

Thru the kindness ofRev. R. C. Jackson wewere enabled to read aneditorial in the TorontoGlobe dealing withRoosevelt. It does onegood sometimes to findwhat disinterested per-sons think of our menand affairs. The Globethinks the ex-presidentlacks sincerity, andthere are not a few of

the citizens of the Unit-ed States who share thisview.

R. G. Graf desires tocall the attention offruit growers to the factthat he will deliverLime Sulphur spraymixture, for $12 perbarrel if orders for acar-load can be secured.This is the price f.lo.b.[sic] Farmington cashon delivery. Get ordersin quickly if you areinterested.

Today̓s highlight:On Jan. 18, 1943, dur-

ing World War II, Jewishinsurgents in the WarsawGhetto launched their ini-tial armed resistanceagainst Nazi troops, whoeventually succeeded incrushing the rebellion.The Soviets announcedthey’d broken throughthe long Nazi siege ofLeningrad (it was anotheryear before the siege wasfully lifted). In the U.S., aban on the sale of pre-sliced bread — aimed atreducing bakeries’demand for metalreplacement parts —went into effect.

On this date:In 1778, English navi-

gator Captain James Cookreached the present-dayHawaiian Islands, whichhe named the “SandwichIslands.”

In 1862, the tenth pres-

ident of the United States,John Tyler, died in Rich-mond, Va., at age 71,shortly before he couldtake his seat as an electedmember of the Confeder-ate Congress.

In 1871, William I ofPrussia was proclaimedGerman Emperor in Ver-sailles (vehr-SY’), France.

In 1911, the first land-ing of an aircraft on a shiptook place as pilot EugeneB. Ely brought his Curtissbiplane in for a safe land-ing on the deck of thearmored cruiser USSPennsylvania in San Fran-cisco Harbor.

In 1913, entertainerDanny Kaye was bornDavid Daniel Kaminskyin New York City.

In 1919, the ParisPeace Conference, held tonegotiate peace treatiesending World War I,opened in Versailles(vehr-SY’), France.

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those rodents or theirurine, droppings or nestingmaterials. Outbuildingssuch as barns and shacksare the most frequentlycontaminated settings.

After one to five weeksof coming into contactwith the virus, people withthe disease usually beginto show symptoms offatigue, fever, and muscleaches.

In the later stages, theirlungs begin to fill with flu-ids and they have breath-ing problems. About 38percent of people whocatch the virus die.

Information surround-ing the virus, however, hasbeen limited since it firsthit. The CDC since hasworked on collecting more

longterm information anddata that now can be ana-lyzed and shared with thepublic.

The CDC hopes thatstudents studying publichealth at Diné College willbe some of the first stu-dents to distribute thisinformation.

“The Diné people havetheir own views of what’shappening (with han-tavirus) and how it’s hap-pening,” Rollin said.

Because some misinfor-mation, or outdated infor-mation, is out there, theCDC hopes that Navajostudents will be able tohelp halt the spread of suchinformation, and replace itwith correct information.

“This is a terrific oppor-tunity to bring top expertsin public health to work

directly with our studentsand produce materials thatcan be used right in ourown communities,” saidMark Bauer, who will beteaching the course basedon the project, “Principlesof Health Education.”

Bauer will teach stu-dents about the virus, butalso about how to teachothers about the virus. Thestudents will use a varietyof media, both convention-al and social, to distributethe information — whichwill be in English andNavajo.

“The goal is to provideDiné College with sometools, to have the studentslearning,” said Rollin.“They are learning some-thing that they will be ableto use in the future, in pub-lic health.”

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Courtesy of the Center for Disease Control This image depicts a deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, which was perchedatop a piece of chopped hardwood. Deer mice are the principal reservoir of SinNombre (SN) virus, the primary etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syn-drome (HCPS) in North America.

cleaver. He was chargedwith aggravated assault forlunging at Wilson, ChiefDeputy District AttorneyDustin O’Brien said.

O’Brien said the districtattorneys office has not yetdecided if Wilson will becharged with a crime relatedto the shooting.

Though authorities saidWilson may have been jus-tified in shooting Mclemee,he was arrested. He admit-ted to detectives that afelony amount of metham-phetamine found in Roe’scar was his, according to thedocuments.

Roe’s car was searchedafter he crashed trying to

evade a Bloomfield policeofficer moments after theshooting.

Brian McCarty, aBloomfield police officer,tried to stop Roe’s vehicleshortly after 3:30 a.m. onDelaware Street, a roadoften used to access oil andnatural gas wells, accordingto the documents.

Roe ignored the siren andallegedly sped throughBloomfield streets at speedstopping 70 mph. He ran sev-eral stop signs before hecrashed on U.S. 64 inBloomfield near MustangLane, police said.

Roe and Wilson ran fromthe vehicle after the crash.Wilson was arrested at 5a.m. and Roe was arrested

late Monday night, accord-ing to court documents.

After the crash, Wilsonallegedly broke into aBloomfield home with afirearm and stole clothes andother items to disguise him-self, the sheriff’s office said.

Wilson has beencharged with aggravatedburglary and trafficking acontrolled substance, whichare second-degree felonies,and tampering with evi-dence, possession of a gunby a felon and resistingarrest.

He is being held at thedetention center on a$163,000 bond.

Roe was charged withaggravated fleeing of lawenforcement. He is being

held at the detention centeron a $5,000 bond, accordingto court documents.

Wilson waived his pre-liminary hearing on Thurs-day and his case was boundover to district court.

Roe’s preliminary hear-ing is Jan. 24.

Tom Havel, the adminis-trator of the adult detentioncenter, said jail officialswork to segregate rival gangmembers from each otherwhile they are incarceratedat the facility.

“We’re careful to avoidretaliation against aninmate,” Havel said. Wilsonand Mclemee “are notgoing to see each otherwhile they are in this facili-ty.”

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from different schoolstogether to compete. Thescrimmage was the pro-gram’s first event.

Mesa View AssistantCoach Renee Journey saidshe hopes the program willbridge gaps between theschools as well as betweenthe kids.

“Whenever you have achild that wants to playsports and you want them toget involved, they needsomeone to play against,”Journey said. “The parentswant to bridge that gapbetween everyone but put-ting on a game like this, asimple scrimmage, it helpswith everyone’s selfesteem.”

The fans in the standsapplauded with every basketmade as the special educa-tion athletes ran up anddown the court with theirpartners following behind,trailing their path to thegoal.

The partners were able tohelp the athletes dribble orpass the ball to a teammate.The teams were switched upevery quarter, giving every-one an equal chance to play.

The court was full fromthe combination of the ath-letes and their partners. Andthe majority of game timewas spent with the playersgathered at one end of thecourt or the other.

While the teams werecompeting, both sides werepatient as some athletes

needed more time to preparefor their shot or pass toanother team member. Ahula hoop was taped to bothbackboards to allow stu-dents with less arm strengtha chance to put points on thescoreboard.

Molly Hewitt was eager-ly snapping photos as herson Xander competed, excit-ed to see him having fun.

“It gets him out and getshim around more people, itlets him have a lot of fun,”Hewitt said.

After the basketballgame, floor mats weremoved into the four cornersof the court to setup for themat-ball game.

A variant of kickball,the large mats allow mul-tiple players to be on the

same base at the sametime.

Soccer balls were soonflying through the air aspartners helped the athletesrun between bases and avoidbeing tagged out.

Logan Cooper, a sev-enth-grader from MesaView, said he enjoyed beingable to help out the specialeducation students sincethey might not have thesame opportunities as every-one else.

“I’m sure you would notlike it if you were this ageand you couldn’t do every-thing with everyone,” Coop-er said. “Most of these kidshave wanted to play sportsall their lives and now theyget the opportunity.”

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regionbriefsThreats land formerNM student in prison

LAS CRUCES — A formerNew Mexico State University stu-dent has been sentenced to twoyears in prison for making falsebomb threats.

The U.S. Attorney’s Officesays 30-year-old Daud Anwar willalso be on supervised release forthree years following his prisonsentence. Anwar was read hispunishment Thursday in federalcourt in Las Cruces.

On the morning of March 3,2011, Anwar claimed there was abomb on the NMSU campus andthat there would be casualties ifthe campus wasn’t evacuated.Federal prosecutors say he madesix separate threats via telephoneand the Internet.

Ariz. man pleads guiltyin child abuse case

TUCSON, Ariz.— A Tucsonman has pleaded guilty to two countsof child abuse in a 2011 case.

Pima County prosecutors say27-year-old David Hollenbeck isfacing anything from probation tonearly 24 years in prison whenhe's sentenced March 12.

The Arizona Daily Star saysHollenbeck would have to serveone year in jail if he's sentenced toprobation.

Authorities say Hollenbeckcalled 911 to report his 7-week-old son wasn't breathing on Dec.10, 2011.

Doctors discovered the babyhad a subdural hematoma and askull fracture.

The Associated Press

Coloradomovietheaterreopens

By P. Solomon BandaThe Associated Press

AURORA, Colo. — TheColorado theater where 12people were killed anddozens injured in a shootingrampage last year reopenedThursday with a somberremembrance ceremony anda screening of the latest“Hobbit” film for survivors— but the pain was toomuch, the idea too horrific,for many Aurora victims toattend.

“We as a communityhave not been defeated,”Aurora Mayor Steve Hogantold victims, officials, anddozens of police officersand other first responderswho filled half the theater’sseats at the ceremony.

“We are a community ofsurvivors,” Hogan declared.“We will not let this tragedydefine us.”

Pierce O’Farrill, whowas wounded three times inthe shooting, said: “It’simportant for me to comehere and sit in the same seatthat I was sitting in. It’s allpart of the healing process, Iguess.”

O’Farrill walked to anexit door inside the theaterwhere he remembers theshooter emerging. “The lasttime I saw (the gunman)was right here,” he said.

James Holmes, a formerneuroscience Ph.D. student,is charged with 166 felonycounts, mostly murder andattempted murder, in theJuly 20 shooting at the for-mer Century 16 — nowcalled the Century Aurora.A judge has orderedHolmes to stand trial, but hewon’t enter a plea untilMarch.

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Hatch Valley farms fight for water, survival By Mónica Ortiz Uribe HATCH, N.M. — Lately there's nothing grand about the Rio Grande. Persistent drought across the Southwest has sucked the river dry. Light snowfall and little rain mean the region must brace itself for more of the same this year. It's a wake-up call for city folk and farmers alike that water is increasingly scarce. The Rio Grande cuts through the entire state of New Mexico where the drought has lawmakers, like state Senator Peter Wirth, in a panic. "Well, it's flat out scary," he said. Wirth is the chairman of the Senate Conservation Committee. "What's different is the magnitude of what we're facing," he said. "We're seeing a situation where there's just not water in the river and our aquifers are dwindling." When there's no water in the river, thirsty mouths look underground. New Mexico sits above at least 30 subterranean water sources. Each is different. Some are large, some are small, some are deep and others are shallow. A few are endangered. Experts say it's difficult to predict how long we can subsist on this underground water. What's more is no one knows how long the drought will last. Phillip King, a professor of civil engineering at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, likes to offer his students a helpful analogy. "Think of the surface water as your checking account and the ground water as your savings account," he said. Drought is like unemployment. When someone is jobless he or she will likely rely on a savings account. That person doesn't know when he or she will get a job, and one can only survive off a savings account for so long. And like groundwater sources, some savings are smaller than others. In New Mexico's Hatch Valley, a field hand in a straw hat shovels sand out of an empty irrigation canal. His skin is like the earth, brown and parched. Here the drought threatens the state's most beloved crop: chile. Jason Franzoy, a fourth-generation farmer in Hatch, is worried. The savings account beneath his feet is running dry. "Average well depth is probably about 60 feet deep. Then you hit clay and that's it," he said. In the past decade Franzoy has relied on both river water and ground water to feed his chile and onion fields. But in the last two years he’s had to almost exclusively rely on ground water. The fuel he uses to pump the water from beneath the surface can get expensive. The quality is also poor. For Hatch farmers like him, two or three more years like this could mean a death sentence. "It's getting harder and harder," he said. "In my opinion it's getting worse and worse." Less than a 100 miles south of Hatch, across the state line, Texans are also thirsty. The two irrigation districts on either side of the state border have bickered over water for years. So in 2008 they made a deal they felt evenly distributes water under the current drought. But then New Mexico’s Attorney General, Gary King, jumped in to say their agreement was unfair to his state. “We’re basically arguing that the division of water by the two irrigation districts is inappropriate,” King said. King filed suit to terminate the agreement. That prompted the State of Texas sue back in the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing New Mexico of consuming excessive water. Pat Gordon is an attorney representing the State of Texas. "Well the consequences are the farmers can't grow crops," Gordon said. "There's furloughed fields. Most of the farmers in Texas do not have the ability to do underground pumping because the water in Texas is brackish." The high court has yet to decide if they’ll take the case. But if they do and if Texas prevails, farmers in southern New Mexico say that would spell disaster. "The entire Valley will die if we cannot draw on that savings account during this drought," said Greg Daviet, a pecan farmer outside Las Cruces. Daviet's 50-year-old pecan trees sit on one of the deepest aquifers in the southern valley. But he says a victory by Texas could prevent him from pumping water. He farms on land his great-grandfather sowed a century ago. It's a lifestyle he’d hate to give up. "I like that tie to family and that tie to land," he said. "It's not the most prestigious of jobs, is not the most glamorous, and it's certainly not the highest paying, but I enjoy going to work everyday and that's worth quite a lot." With all the uncertainly that comes with drought, one thing is clear, the legal labyrinth will ultimately spill more dollars than it will ever save water.

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Hidalgo County Herald (Lordsburg) Friday, January 18, 2013

2 HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013

Terry D. GreeneTerry Dale Greene, 63, long-

time Hidalgo County resident,passed away Mon-day, January 14,2013 after a shortbattle with cancer.

Terry was bornJuly 14, 1949 in Al-buquerque, NewMexico, to DaleGreene and MildredMoore. He marriedthe love of his life,Deborah Plave, onMay 22, 1968. Heserved in the UnitedStates Army and was ordained aDeacon in the First BaptistChurch of Lordsburg in 2007. Heenjoyed hunting, fishing andspending time with his family, ofwhich he was extremely proud.

He is survived by his lovingwife of 44 years, Deborah Greene,of Lordsburg; mother MildredChappell of Albuquerque; sisterCheryl Rendace and her husband,Mitch, of Albuquerque; twodaughters, Brenda Hood and herhusband, Thomas, and GlendaGreene, all of Lordsburg; and onegranddaughter, BrittanyGregston and her husband, Larry,of Lordsburg.

He was preceded in death by

Terry D. Greene

his father, Dale Greene, in 2000.Visitation will begin Friday

morning, January 18, 2013 at 10a.m. at the First Baptist Churchwhere funeral services will begin

at 11 a.m. with PastorsRon Cross and WillLackey officiating.Interment will takeplace at MountainView Cemetery.

Pallbearers willbe Mitch Rendace,Thomas Hood, SimsBowers, Alan Strain,Ron Erickson, andCraig Cole.

Ar rangement swere entrusted to the

care of Baca’s Funeral Chapels.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Lawrence K. HoodLawrence K. Hood, 65, a life-

long resident of Lordsburg passedaway Wednesday, January 9,2013 at his home.

Cremation has taken placeand a graveside service was heldTuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11o’clock in the morning at

Shakespeare Cemetery. PastorWill Lackey of the First BaptistChurch officiated.

Larry was born October 23,1947 in Lordsburg to Franklinand Inez (Barka) Hood. Hegraduated from Lordsburg HighSchool and then began his careerin the family business that in-cluded the long time establishedEl Charro Restaurant and even-tually Circle H Grocery. In hisspare time Larry enjoyed the out-doors and liked to go fishing,hunting and camping with hisfamily.

He is survived by his wife,Mary Hood of Lordsburg; chil-dren, Lawrence Hood ofLordsburg, and Pamela Hood andher fiance Greg Ryan of Tucson,AZ; his brother, Franklin Hood Jr.of Lordsburg; 3 grandchildren,Shay Hood, Kelly Hood and CarlySwanson; and 1 great grand-daughter, Mykenzie Lopez. Hewas preceded in death by his par-ents and by a brother, TommyHood.

Arrangements were entrustedto the care of Baca’s FuneralChapels and Mimbres Crematory.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Submitted by US C & B PROTEC-TION/El Paso Sector

El Paso Sector U.S BorderPatrol Agents working the South-west quadrant of New Mexico,arrested two sub-jects convictedfor murder andseized narcoticsin separateevents.

On January12, 2013, BorderPatrol Agents as-signed to theLordsburg, NMstation encoun-tered a group ofpersons who ille-gally entered theUnited States.The subject’sbiometric information was sub-mitted into the Integrated Auto-mated Identification System(IAFIS) which revealed that onesubject, later identified as 40-yearold Inocencio Noveron Sostenesfrom Mexico, was convicted ofmurder in 2004, and served sev-eral years in prison. The subjectwill be criminally prosecuted ona prior order of removal and re-tuned back to Mexico after re-in-statement.

The following day, BorderPatrol Agents assigned to the I-10 checkpoint located west ofLas Cruces, New Mexico, en-countered a Jamaican Nationaltraveling in a rental vehicle toLos Angeles. The subject’s bio-

Two convicted murderers arrested andnarcotics seized by Border Patrol

metric information was submittedinto the IAFIS Data Base. It re-vealed the Jamaican National,44- year old Sirano Thompson,had an extensive criminal history

to include, but notlimited to a convic-tion for attemptedfirst degree murderin Florida.

At the time ofthe arrest, the sub-ject was in posses-sion of approxi-mately $20,000,and later admittedthat the currencywas from illegalnarcotics proceeds.The Jamaican Na-tional will also becriminally pros-

ecuted with a previous order ofremoval from the United Statesafter re-instatement.

In a separate incident, Bor-der Patrol Agents in Lordsburg,NM Station discovered multiplebundles of marijuana in two sepa-rate incidents. The first incidentoccurred on January 12, 2013.The agents encountered eightbundles of abandoned marijuanatotaling approximately 202pounds. The subjects associatedwith the drug smuggling attemptavoided arrest by fleeing back toMexico. The day before, whileconducting patrol duties, agentsencountered footprints that ledthem to four abandoned burlap

backpacks. The backpacks con-tained approximately 186 poundsof marijuana.

Over all, the total amount ofmarijuana seized weighed ap-proximately 388 pounds, with anestimated street value of$311,040.00.

Lordsburg agents seized 388 pounds of marijuana, worth $311,040

Noveron Sostenes

able to over 106,000 studentsstatewide who are in Kindergar-ten through 3rd grade.

• $1 million for professionaldevelopment for teachers,coaches, and administrators onhow to intervene with strugglingreaders.

The $13.5 million fundingproposal for “New Mexico Readsto Lead” will be a part of the Gov-ernors FY14 budget recommen-

Increased investment in EarlyChildhood Reading ProgramsContinued from Page 1 dation. The Governor will also

continue her push for legislationthat would require students to beproficient readers by the end ofthe 3rd grade in order to bepassed onto the next grade level.

Governor Martinez made herremarks today at an educationreform event sponsored by theU.S. Chamber of Commerce de-signed to bring business leaderstogether to discuss their role ineducation reform.

RVT Leaders of the WeekLeaders of the Week at R.V. Traylor Elementary School for the week of January 14, 2013 were, (back)November Foust, Christina Parks, Soledad Fabela, Roman Murillo, Dameon Heath, Anthony Gomez,Adin Jones, (front) Destiney Newell and Darien Heath. Courtesy photo

Submitted by SEN. TOM UDALL̓ SOFFICE/Washington, DC

U.S. Senator Tom Udall re-ported last week that PresidentBarack Obama signed the KatieSepich Enhanced DNA Collec-tion Act of 2012 into law. Katie’sLaw will expand DNA collectionefforts from serious criminal of-fenders in order to save lives,solve crimes and prevent futuretragedies from occurring at thehands of repeat offenders.

The bill was named for a NewMexico State University gradu-ate student who was brutallyraped and murdered in 2003. Be-cause New Mexico did not col-lect DNA from felony arrestees atthe time, her killer was not iden-tified when he was arrested in2003 for unrelated crimes. Itwasn’t until three years later, af-ter his conviction for othercrimes, that his DNA was takenthat identified him as Katie’skiller.

Udall introduced legislationwith then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingamanin March 2011 to create incen-tives for states to implement pro-

grams to collect DNA from indi-viduals arrested or charged withserious crimes.

“Katie’s parents have dedi-cated their lives to making suretheir daughter’s murder resultedin meaningful action,” said Udall.“Today’s bill signing is a creditto their work and determinationand means that other states canset up DNA collection programslike New Mexico’s to help catchdangerous criminals and preventheartbreaking tragedies likeKatie’s from happening in the fu-ture.”

The goal of the legislation,which was first introduced in2010 by then-U.S. Rep. HarryTeague, is to encourage states thatdon’t have arrestee DNA collec-tion processes to implement them.To that end, the legislation wouldauthorize the Department of Jus-tice to award grants to cover upto 100 percent of a state’s first yearcost of implementing a collectionprogram.

This would allow more statesto implement DNA arrestee col-

lection programs, which allowlaw enforcement to compare DNAcollected from adults who are ar-rested or charged with certain se-rious crimes against the FBI DNAdatabase, known as CODIS.Those crimes include homicide,sexual assault, kidnapping, bur-glary and aggravated assault.

Arrestees that have DNA col-lected for the federal database

President Obama signs Katie Sepich Bill into lawmay have their records expungedif they are acquitted, their con-viction is overturned or if thecharges against them are dis-missed. As a condition of receiv-ing a grant, states must notify in-dividuals who submit DNAsamples of the relevantexpungement procedures andpost the information on a publicwebsite.

2 HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013

Terry D. GreeneTerry Dale Greene, 63, long-

time Hidalgo County resident,passed away Mon-day, January 14,2013 after a shortbattle with cancer.

Terry was bornJuly 14, 1949 in Al-buquerque, NewMexico, to DaleGreene and MildredMoore. He marriedthe love of his life,Deborah Plave, onMay 22, 1968. Heserved in the UnitedStates Army and was ordained aDeacon in the First BaptistChurch of Lordsburg in 2007. Heenjoyed hunting, fishing andspending time with his family, ofwhich he was extremely proud.

He is survived by his lovingwife of 44 years, Deborah Greene,of Lordsburg; mother MildredChappell of Albuquerque; sisterCheryl Rendace and her husband,Mitch, of Albuquerque; twodaughters, Brenda Hood and herhusband, Thomas, and GlendaGreene, all of Lordsburg; and onegranddaughter, BrittanyGregston and her husband, Larry,of Lordsburg.

He was preceded in death by

Terry D. Greene

his father, Dale Greene, in 2000.Visitation will begin Friday

morning, January 18, 2013 at 10a.m. at the First Baptist Churchwhere funeral services will begin

at 11 a.m. with PastorsRon Cross and WillLackey officiating.Interment will takeplace at MountainView Cemetery.

Pallbearers willbe Mitch Rendace,Thomas Hood, SimsBowers, Alan Strain,Ron Erickson, andCraig Cole.

Ar rangement swere entrusted to the

care of Baca’s Funeral Chapels.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Lawrence K. HoodLawrence K. Hood, 65, a life-

long resident of Lordsburg passedaway Wednesday, January 9,2013 at his home.

Cremation has taken placeand a graveside service was heldTuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11o’clock in the morning at

Shakespeare Cemetery. PastorWill Lackey of the First BaptistChurch officiated.

Larry was born October 23,1947 in Lordsburg to Franklinand Inez (Barka) Hood. Hegraduated from Lordsburg HighSchool and then began his careerin the family business that in-cluded the long time establishedEl Charro Restaurant and even-tually Circle H Grocery. In hisspare time Larry enjoyed the out-doors and liked to go fishing,hunting and camping with hisfamily.

He is survived by his wife,Mary Hood of Lordsburg; chil-dren, Lawrence Hood ofLordsburg, and Pamela Hood andher fiance Greg Ryan of Tucson,AZ; his brother, Franklin Hood Jr.of Lordsburg; 3 grandchildren,Shay Hood, Kelly Hood and CarlySwanson; and 1 great grand-daughter, Mykenzie Lopez. Hewas preceded in death by his par-ents and by a brother, TommyHood.

Arrangements were entrustedto the care of Baca’s FuneralChapels and Mimbres Crematory.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Submitted by US C & B PROTEC-TION/El Paso Sector

El Paso Sector U.S BorderPatrol Agents working the South-west quadrant of New Mexico,arrested two sub-jects convictedfor murder andseized narcoticsin separateevents.

On January12, 2013, BorderPatrol Agents as-signed to theLordsburg, NMstation encoun-tered a group ofpersons who ille-gally entered theUnited States.The subject’sbiometric information was sub-mitted into the Integrated Auto-mated Identification System(IAFIS) which revealed that onesubject, later identified as 40-yearold Inocencio Noveron Sostenesfrom Mexico, was convicted ofmurder in 2004, and served sev-eral years in prison. The subjectwill be criminally prosecuted ona prior order of removal and re-tuned back to Mexico after re-in-statement.

The following day, BorderPatrol Agents assigned to the I-10 checkpoint located west ofLas Cruces, New Mexico, en-countered a Jamaican Nationaltraveling in a rental vehicle toLos Angeles. The subject’s bio-

Two convicted murderers arrested andnarcotics seized by Border Patrol

metric information was submittedinto the IAFIS Data Base. It re-vealed the Jamaican National,44- year old Sirano Thompson,had an extensive criminal history

to include, but notlimited to a convic-tion for attemptedfirst degree murderin Florida.

At the time ofthe arrest, the sub-ject was in posses-sion of approxi-mately $20,000,and later admittedthat the currencywas from illegalnarcotics proceeds.The Jamaican Na-tional will also becriminally pros-

ecuted with a previous order ofremoval from the United Statesafter re-instatement.

In a separate incident, Bor-der Patrol Agents in Lordsburg,NM Station discovered multiplebundles of marijuana in two sepa-rate incidents. The first incidentoccurred on January 12, 2013.The agents encountered eightbundles of abandoned marijuanatotaling approximately 202pounds. The subjects associatedwith the drug smuggling attemptavoided arrest by fleeing back toMexico. The day before, whileconducting patrol duties, agentsencountered footprints that ledthem to four abandoned burlap

backpacks. The backpacks con-tained approximately 186 poundsof marijuana.

Over all, the total amount ofmarijuana seized weighed ap-proximately 388 pounds, with anestimated street value of$311,040.00.

Lordsburg agents seized 388 pounds of marijuana, worth $311,040

Noveron Sostenes

able to over 106,000 studentsstatewide who are in Kindergar-ten through 3rd grade.

• $1 million for professionaldevelopment for teachers,coaches, and administrators onhow to intervene with strugglingreaders.

The $13.5 million fundingproposal for “New Mexico Readsto Lead” will be a part of the Gov-ernors FY14 budget recommen-

Increased investment in EarlyChildhood Reading ProgramsContinued from Page 1 dation. The Governor will also

continue her push for legislationthat would require students to beproficient readers by the end ofthe 3rd grade in order to bepassed onto the next grade level.

Governor Martinez made herremarks today at an educationreform event sponsored by theU.S. Chamber of Commerce de-signed to bring business leaderstogether to discuss their role ineducation reform.

RVT Leaders of the WeekLeaders of the Week at R.V. Traylor Elementary School for the week of January 14, 2013 were, (back)November Foust, Christina Parks, Soledad Fabela, Roman Murillo, Dameon Heath, Anthony Gomez,Adin Jones, (front) Destiney Newell and Darien Heath. Courtesy photo

Submitted by SEN. TOM UDALL̓ SOFFICE/Washington, DC

U.S. Senator Tom Udall re-ported last week that PresidentBarack Obama signed the KatieSepich Enhanced DNA Collec-tion Act of 2012 into law. Katie’sLaw will expand DNA collectionefforts from serious criminal of-fenders in order to save lives,solve crimes and prevent futuretragedies from occurring at thehands of repeat offenders.

The bill was named for a NewMexico State University gradu-ate student who was brutallyraped and murdered in 2003. Be-cause New Mexico did not col-lect DNA from felony arrestees atthe time, her killer was not iden-tified when he was arrested in2003 for unrelated crimes. Itwasn’t until three years later, af-ter his conviction for othercrimes, that his DNA was takenthat identified him as Katie’skiller.

Udall introduced legislationwith then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingamanin March 2011 to create incen-tives for states to implement pro-

grams to collect DNA from indi-viduals arrested or charged withserious crimes.

“Katie’s parents have dedi-cated their lives to making suretheir daughter’s murder resultedin meaningful action,” said Udall.“Today’s bill signing is a creditto their work and determinationand means that other states canset up DNA collection programslike New Mexico’s to help catchdangerous criminals and preventheartbreaking tragedies likeKatie’s from happening in the fu-ture.”

The goal of the legislation,which was first introduced in2010 by then-U.S. Rep. HarryTeague, is to encourage states thatdon’t have arrestee DNA collec-tion processes to implement them.To that end, the legislation wouldauthorize the Department of Jus-tice to award grants to cover upto 100 percent of a state’s first yearcost of implementing a collectionprogram.

This would allow more statesto implement DNA arrestee col-

lection programs, which allowlaw enforcement to compare DNAcollected from adults who are ar-rested or charged with certain se-rious crimes against the FBI DNAdatabase, known as CODIS.Those crimes include homicide,sexual assault, kidnapping, bur-glary and aggravated assault.

Arrestees that have DNA col-lected for the federal database

President Obama signs Katie Sepich Bill into lawmay have their records expungedif they are acquitted, their con-viction is overturned or if thecharges against them are dis-missed. As a condition of receiv-ing a grant, states must notify in-dividuals who submit DNAsamples of the relevantexpungement procedures andpost the information on a publicwebsite.

2 HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013

Terry D. GreeneTerry Dale Greene, 63, long-

time Hidalgo County resident,passed away Mon-day, January 14,2013 after a shortbattle with cancer.

Terry was bornJuly 14, 1949 in Al-buquerque, NewMexico, to DaleGreene and MildredMoore. He marriedthe love of his life,Deborah Plave, onMay 22, 1968. Heserved in the UnitedStates Army and was ordained aDeacon in the First BaptistChurch of Lordsburg in 2007. Heenjoyed hunting, fishing andspending time with his family, ofwhich he was extremely proud.

He is survived by his lovingwife of 44 years, Deborah Greene,of Lordsburg; mother MildredChappell of Albuquerque; sisterCheryl Rendace and her husband,Mitch, of Albuquerque; twodaughters, Brenda Hood and herhusband, Thomas, and GlendaGreene, all of Lordsburg; and onegranddaughter, BrittanyGregston and her husband, Larry,of Lordsburg.

He was preceded in death by

Terry D. Greene

his father, Dale Greene, in 2000.Visitation will begin Friday

morning, January 18, 2013 at 10a.m. at the First Baptist Churchwhere funeral services will begin

at 11 a.m. with PastorsRon Cross and WillLackey officiating.Interment will takeplace at MountainView Cemetery.

Pallbearers willbe Mitch Rendace,Thomas Hood, SimsBowers, Alan Strain,Ron Erickson, andCraig Cole.

Ar rangement swere entrusted to the

care of Baca’s Funeral Chapels.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Lawrence K. HoodLawrence K. Hood, 65, a life-

long resident of Lordsburg passedaway Wednesday, January 9,2013 at his home.

Cremation has taken placeand a graveside service was heldTuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11o’clock in the morning at

Shakespeare Cemetery. PastorWill Lackey of the First BaptistChurch officiated.

Larry was born October 23,1947 in Lordsburg to Franklinand Inez (Barka) Hood. Hegraduated from Lordsburg HighSchool and then began his careerin the family business that in-cluded the long time establishedEl Charro Restaurant and even-tually Circle H Grocery. In hisspare time Larry enjoyed the out-doors and liked to go fishing,hunting and camping with hisfamily.

He is survived by his wife,Mary Hood of Lordsburg; chil-dren, Lawrence Hood ofLordsburg, and Pamela Hood andher fiance Greg Ryan of Tucson,AZ; his brother, Franklin Hood Jr.of Lordsburg; 3 grandchildren,Shay Hood, Kelly Hood and CarlySwanson; and 1 great grand-daughter, Mykenzie Lopez. Hewas preceded in death by his par-ents and by a brother, TommyHood.

Arrangements were entrustedto the care of Baca’s FuneralChapels and Mimbres Crematory.Exclusive provider for “Veterans& Family Memorial Care”. Tosign the online guest book or tosend a card, please visit ourwebsite at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave.,Deming, NM 88030. Phone:575.546.9671

Submitted by US C & B PROTEC-TION/El Paso Sector

El Paso Sector U.S BorderPatrol Agents working the South-west quadrant of New Mexico,arrested two sub-jects convictedfor murder andseized narcoticsin separateevents.

On January12, 2013, BorderPatrol Agents as-signed to theLordsburg, NMstation encoun-tered a group ofpersons who ille-gally entered theUnited States.The subject’sbiometric information was sub-mitted into the Integrated Auto-mated Identification System(IAFIS) which revealed that onesubject, later identified as 40-yearold Inocencio Noveron Sostenesfrom Mexico, was convicted ofmurder in 2004, and served sev-eral years in prison. The subjectwill be criminally prosecuted ona prior order of removal and re-tuned back to Mexico after re-in-statement.

The following day, BorderPatrol Agents assigned to the I-10 checkpoint located west ofLas Cruces, New Mexico, en-countered a Jamaican Nationaltraveling in a rental vehicle toLos Angeles. The subject’s bio-

Two convicted murderers arrested andnarcotics seized by Border Patrol

metric information was submittedinto the IAFIS Data Base. It re-vealed the Jamaican National,44- year old Sirano Thompson,had an extensive criminal history

to include, but notlimited to a convic-tion for attemptedfirst degree murderin Florida.

At the time ofthe arrest, the sub-ject was in posses-sion of approxi-mately $20,000,and later admittedthat the currencywas from illegalnarcotics proceeds.The Jamaican Na-tional will also becriminally pros-

ecuted with a previous order ofremoval from the United Statesafter re-instatement.

In a separate incident, Bor-der Patrol Agents in Lordsburg,NM Station discovered multiplebundles of marijuana in two sepa-rate incidents. The first incidentoccurred on January 12, 2013.The agents encountered eightbundles of abandoned marijuanatotaling approximately 202pounds. The subjects associatedwith the drug smuggling attemptavoided arrest by fleeing back toMexico. The day before, whileconducting patrol duties, agentsencountered footprints that ledthem to four abandoned burlap

backpacks. The backpacks con-tained approximately 186 poundsof marijuana.

Over all, the total amount ofmarijuana seized weighed ap-proximately 388 pounds, with anestimated street value of$311,040.00.

Lordsburg agents seized 388 pounds of marijuana, worth $311,040

Noveron Sostenes

able to over 106,000 studentsstatewide who are in Kindergar-ten through 3rd grade.

• $1 million for professionaldevelopment for teachers,coaches, and administrators onhow to intervene with strugglingreaders.

The $13.5 million fundingproposal for “New Mexico Readsto Lead” will be a part of the Gov-ernors FY14 budget recommen-

Increased investment in EarlyChildhood Reading ProgramsContinued from Page 1 dation. The Governor will also

continue her push for legislationthat would require students to beproficient readers by the end ofthe 3rd grade in order to bepassed onto the next grade level.

Governor Martinez made herremarks today at an educationreform event sponsored by theU.S. Chamber of Commerce de-signed to bring business leaderstogether to discuss their role ineducation reform.

RVT Leaders of the WeekLeaders of the Week at R.V. Traylor Elementary School for the week of January 14, 2013 were, (back)November Foust, Christina Parks, Soledad Fabela, Roman Murillo, Dameon Heath, Anthony Gomez,Adin Jones, (front) Destiney Newell and Darien Heath. Courtesy photo

Submitted by SEN. TOM UDALL̓ SOFFICE/Washington, DC

U.S. Senator Tom Udall re-ported last week that PresidentBarack Obama signed the KatieSepich Enhanced DNA Collec-tion Act of 2012 into law. Katie’sLaw will expand DNA collectionefforts from serious criminal of-fenders in order to save lives,solve crimes and prevent futuretragedies from occurring at thehands of repeat offenders.

The bill was named for a NewMexico State University gradu-ate student who was brutallyraped and murdered in 2003. Be-cause New Mexico did not col-lect DNA from felony arrestees atthe time, her killer was not iden-tified when he was arrested in2003 for unrelated crimes. Itwasn’t until three years later, af-ter his conviction for othercrimes, that his DNA was takenthat identified him as Katie’skiller.

Udall introduced legislationwith then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingamanin March 2011 to create incen-tives for states to implement pro-

grams to collect DNA from indi-viduals arrested or charged withserious crimes.

“Katie’s parents have dedi-cated their lives to making suretheir daughter’s murder resultedin meaningful action,” said Udall.“Today’s bill signing is a creditto their work and determinationand means that other states canset up DNA collection programslike New Mexico’s to help catchdangerous criminals and preventheartbreaking tragedies likeKatie’s from happening in the fu-ture.”

The goal of the legislation,which was first introduced in2010 by then-U.S. Rep. HarryTeague, is to encourage states thatdon’t have arrestee DNA collec-tion processes to implement them.To that end, the legislation wouldauthorize the Department of Jus-tice to award grants to cover upto 100 percent of a state’s first yearcost of implementing a collectionprogram.

This would allow more statesto implement DNA arrestee col-

lection programs, which allowlaw enforcement to compare DNAcollected from adults who are ar-rested or charged with certain se-rious crimes against the FBI DNAdatabase, known as CODIS.Those crimes include homicide,sexual assault, kidnapping, bur-glary and aggravated assault.

Arrestees that have DNA col-lected for the federal database

President Obama signs Katie Sepich Bill into lawmay have their records expungedif they are acquitted, their con-viction is overturned or if thecharges against them are dis-missed. As a condition of receiv-ing a grant, states must notify in-dividuals who submit DNAsamples of the relevantexpungement procedures andpost the information on a publicwebsite.

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Local College BoxscoresWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

No. 19 NMJC 99, Clarendon 80

NMJC 50 49 – 99Clarendon 45 35 – 80

NMJC (16-2, 5-0)Ashley Chiorano 1-1 0-0 2; Jashae Lee 6-14 1-2 13; StacieTelles 7-13 6-8 23; Valerie Barriga 7-16 4-6 20; Monique Mul-der 7-15 0-0 15; Brianna Jones 0-4 0-0 0; Jolanna Ford 2-6 0-0 4; Taylor Caspers 10-13 2-4 22. Total 40-82 13-20 99.

Clarendon (10-11, 0-5)Jessica Williams 4-6 1-3 11; Brandi Leal 8-18 0-0 23; Cory Min-jarez 5-15 1-3 13; Clarissa Elizondo 1-3 0-0 2; Baily Gardner 0-1 0-2 0; Alex Stice 1-4 2-2 4; Jae Carrasco 2-6 0-0 5; LaurenBrightwell 1-3 1-2 4; TK Hall 0-1 0-0 0; Sherell Samuels 1-5 0-0 2; Anissa Reyna 3-7 0-0 7; Elizabeth Angong 4-5 0-2 9. Total30-74 5-14 80.

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NMJC 101, Clarendon 80NMJC 57 44 – 101Clarendon 36 44 – 80

NMJC (18-2, 6-0)Alexander Ovcharenko 4-6 1-1 11; Chris Dees 1-3 2-3 4; Jeff

Neverson 1-2 4-6 7; Desmond Lee 12-16 6-7 34; DekabrieanEldridge 4-8 1-1 10; Robert Turner 3-7 3-6 9; Rashaun Madi-son 1-3 0-0 2; Ramon Eaton 3-5 3-4 9; J.J. Davenport 4-6 7-8 15. Total 33-56 27-36 101.

Clarendon (12-8, 1-5)Jerard Graham 5-13 0-0 11; Keon Littleton 5-8 1-2 11; HershellGrant 7-16 1-2 16; Adika Peter-McNeilly 7-15 1-1 17; JuliusFoster 1-5 1-2 3; Mario Garcia 3-6 0-0 8; Alex Harrison 3-10 4-6 10; Darius Singleton 0-1 0-0 0; Romell Bateman 0-1 0-0 0;D’yonne Luke 1-3 0-0 3; Mawen Maywin 0-0 1-2 1. Total 32-789-15 80.

NBAStandings

National Basketball Association At A GlanceBy The Associated Press

All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 26 14 .650 —Brooklyn 26 16 .619 1Boston 20 22 .476 7Philadelphia 17 25 .405 10Toronto 16 27 .372 11 1/2

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 27 12 .692 —Atlanta 24 18 .571 4 1/2Orlando 14 28 .333 14 1/2Charlotte 10 32 .238 18 1/2Washington 9 31 .225 18 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 25 16 .610 —Indiana 26 17 .605 —Milwaukee 22 18 .550 2 1/2Detroit 16 26 .381 9 1/2Cleveland 11 32 .256 15

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 34 11 .756 —Memphis 27 14 .659 5Houston 22 22 .500 11 1/2Dallas 18 24 .429 14 1/2New Orleans 14 28 .333 18 1/2

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 33 10 .767 —Denver 26 18 .591 7 1/2Utah 23 19 .548 9 1/2Portland 21 21 .500 11 1/2Minnesota 17 22 .436 14

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 32 11 .744 —Golden State 26 15 .634 5L.A. Lakers 17 25 .405 14 1/2Sacramento 16 27 .372 16Phoenix 14 28 .333 17 1/2

———Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 104, Charlotte 92Miami 123, Toronto 116, OT

Chicago 85, Detroit 82Denver 105, Houston 95Memphis 106, L.A. Lakers 93Brooklyn 91, Minnesota 83San Antonio 106, New Orleans 102Utah 92, Washington 88Portland 100, Indiana 80Phoenix 106, Sacramento 96Golden State 104, Oklahoma City 99

Thursday’s GamesToronto 97, Orlando 95New York 89, Boston 86L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesMinnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m.San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m.Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m.Brooklyn at Memphis, 8 p.m.Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNew York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m.Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.Brooklyn at Houston, 8 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.Indiana at Utah, 9:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10 p.m.

BoxscoresRaptors-MagicTORONTO (97)

Fields 1-4 2-2 4, E.Davis 5-11 2-4 12, Johnson 9-18 3-5 21,Calderon 4-7 1-1 10, DeRozan 10-17 2-2 22, Lowry 1-3 0-0 3,Anderson 4-9 5-5 13, Gray 1-1 0-0 2, Ross 4-8 0-0 10. Totals39-78 15-19 97.

ORLANDO (95)

Afflalo 6-16 2-2 16, G.Davis 7-12 1-2 15, Vucevic 8-14 3-4 19,Nelson 5-13 1-2 14, Redick 4-11 4-4 14, Nicholson 0-2 0-0 0,Moore 2-7 6-6 11, Harkless 1-2 0-0 2, Ayon 2-3 0-0 4, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 17-20 95.

Toronto 22 26 27 22 — 97Orlando 20 27 19 29 — 95

3-Point Goals—Toronto 4-16 (Ross 2-4, Lowry 1-3, Calderon 1-4, Fields 0-1, Anderson 0-4), Orlando 8-18 (Nelson 3-7, Redick2-3, Afflalo 2-4, Moore 1-3, Harkless 0-1). Fouled Out—None.Rebounds—Toronto 42 (Johnson 10), Orlando 50 (Vucevic14). Assists—Toronto 25 (DeRozan 7), Orlando 22 (Nelson11). Total Fouls—Toronto 20, Orlando 12. Technicals—Torontodefensive three second, G.Davis, Orlando defensive three sec-ond. A—17,145 (18,500).

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NEW YORK (89)

Anthony 11-28 5-6 28, White 2-4 0-0 4, Chandler 1-2 3-3 5,Kidd 5-10 0-0 12, Shumpert 4-10 0-0 10, Smith 3-16 2-3 9,Stoudemire 4-7 7-8 15, Prigioni 2-3 0-0 6, Novak 0-1 0-0 0,Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Brewer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-83 17-20 89.

BOSTON (86)

Pierce 6-15 9-12 22, Bass 1-3 2-2 4, Garnett 3-9 2-4 8, Rondo10-19 3-4 23, Bradley 2-7 0-0 5, Sullinger 2-4 3-4 7, Green 4-7 0-0 9, Collins 0-0 2-2 2, Lee 2-3 0-0 4, Terry 1-6 0-0 2, Bar-bosa 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 21-28 86.New York 20 30 22 17 — 89Boston 24 24 18 20 — 86

3-Point Goals—New York 8-28 (Prigioni 2-3, Shumpert 2-4,Kidd 2-7, Anthony 1-6, Smith 1-6, White 0-1, Novak 0-1), Bos-ton 3-18 (Green 1-3, Bradley 1-4, Pierce 1-5, Garnett 0-1, Bar-bosa 0-1, Lee 0-1, Terry 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New York 54 (Anthony, Stoudemire 9), Boston 52 (Garnett 12).Assists—New York 12 (Prigioni 4), Boston 18 (Rondo 11). TotalFouls—New York 23, Boston 23. Technicals—New York defen-sive three second. A—18,624 (18,624).

Thursday’s Sports TransactionsBy The Associated Press

BASEBALLAmerican League

BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Craig Bres-low on a two-year contracts. Named Pedro Martinez specialassistant to the general manager.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Zach Stewart offwaivers from Pittsburgh.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded OF Justin Upton and3B Chris Johnson to Atlanta for INF Martin Prado, RHP RandyDelgado, RHP Zeke Spruill, SS Nick Ahmed and 1B BrandonDrury.

American AssociationGRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Released C Scott Clement,RHP Ray Silva and RHP Lance Janke.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Pat Meyer assistant offensiveline coach.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Brian Baker outside line-backers coach and Jon Embree tight ends coach.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named DeWayne Walkerdefensive backs coach, Frank Scelfo quarterbacks coach andGeorge Yarno offensive line coach.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DE Marcus Benard, RBJames Develin, WR Jeremy Ebert, WR Andre Holmes, QB MikeKafka, DL Tracy Robertson and LB Jeff Tarpinian toreserve/future contracts.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Fired defensive coordinator SteveSpagnuolo and secondary coach Ken Flajole.NEW YORK JETS — Named Dennis Thurman defensive coor-dinator, David Lee quarterbacks coach and Tim McDonalddefensive backs coach. Signed WR Vidal Hazelton to areserve/future contract.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned D Colby Cohen from Provi-dence (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D Patrick Cullityfrom Springfield (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL).DALLAS STARS—Agreed to terms with C Jamie Benn on afive-year contract.DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Andrej Nestrasiland RW Trevor Parkes from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo(ECHL).NEW YORK RANGERS — Traded F Chad Kolarik to Pittsburghfor F Benn Ferriero. Recalled F Kris Newbury from Connecticut(AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned D Jeff Woywitka to Peoria(AHL).

American Hockey LeagueGRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Released D Erik Spady fromhis professional tryout contract.NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Released F Eric Lampe and FAndrew Rowe from their professional tryout contracts.PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Returned F Tyler McNeely to SouthCarolina (ECHL). Recalled G Adam Morrison from SouthCarolina. Released D Eric Baier from his professional tryoutcontract.

SCOREBOARD 10HOBBS NEWS-SUN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013

Area Schedule

BASKETBALLHigh SchoolToday – Hobbs boys @ Rio Rancho, 7 p.m.; Lovington boys vs. Carlsbad, 7

p.m.; Jal girls, boys @ Hagerman, 4 p.m.; Tatum girls, boys vs. Loving, 4 p.m.Saturday – Hobbs boys @ Cibola, 3 p.m.; Hobbs girls @ Mayfield, 3 p.m.;

Eunice girls, boys vs. Texico, 2 p.m.CollegeSaturday – USW women vs. Texas College, 5:30 p.m.; USW men vs. Texas

College, 7:30 p.m.

WRESTLINGSaturday – Hobbs @ Ruidoso Tournament, TBA

Notables

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On TV Today

BOXING7 p.m.: ESPN2 — Champion Brian Vera (21-6-0) vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-1-1),

for NABO middleweight title, at Verona, N.Y.8 p.m.: SHO — Junior welterweights, Raymond Serrano (18-1-0) vs.

Emmanuel Taylor (15-1-0); junior middleweights, Demetrius Andrade (18-0-0) vs. Freddy Hernandez (30-3-0), at Huntington, N.Y.

CYCLING1:30 p.m.: NBCSN — Tour Down Under, stage 4, Modbury to Tanunda,

Australia (same-day tape)EXTREME SPORTS1 p.m.: ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.8:30 p.m.: ESPN — X Games, at Aspen, Colo.GOLF2:30 a.m.: TGC — European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, third round, at Doha,

Qatar1 p.m.: TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, second round, at San

DiegoMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY5:30 p.m.: NBCSN — Yale at CornellNBA BASKETBALL6 p.m.: ESPN — San Antonio at DallasTENNIS10 a.m.: ESPN — Australian Open, men’s semifinal, at Melbourne, Australia

(same-day tape)1 a.m.: ESPN — Australian Open, women’s championship, at Melbourne,

Australia

Today in Sports History

Jan. 251894 — Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to

retain the world heavyweight title.1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France.1939 — Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis at 2:39 of the first round to

retain the world heavyweight title.1945 — Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb purchase the New

York Yankees for $2.8 million.1960 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors sets a record for

rookies with 58 points in a 127-117 triumph over the Detroit Pistons.Chamberlain also grabs 42 rebounds.

1968 — Bob Seagren sets an indoor pole vault record in the MillroseGames at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Seagren’s world recordleap is 17 feet, 4 1/4 inches.

1972 — Eddie Woods of Oral Roberts grabs 30 rebounds in a 109-95 victo-ry over Louisiana Tech.

1981 — Jim Plunkett’s two first-quarter touchdown passes, including aSuper Bowl-record 80-yard strike to running back Kenny King, leads theOakland Raiders to a 27-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

1987 — The New York Giants win the Super Bowl with a 39-20 rout of theDenver Broncos. The Giants, trailing 10-9 at halftime, score 30 points inthe second half to set a Super Bowl record. Phil Simms completes arecord 10 straight passes and 22 of 25 attempts overall.

1988 — Utah guard Rickey Green scores the NBA’s 5,000,000th point as theJazz beat Cleveland 119-96.

1991 — Brett Hull scores two goals to become the third player in NHL his-tory to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49). Hull adds two assists tolead the St. Louis Blues to a 9-4 rout of the Detroit Red Wings.

1998 — John Elway and the Denver Broncos win a Super Bowl for them-selves and the AFC, by beating the Green Bay Packers 31-24. Terrell Davis,selected the MVP, rushes for 157 yards scores on three 1-yard touchdownruns, including the winner with 1:45 left.

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NMSU football coachresigns, takes Jaguars job

LAS CRUCES (AP) — NewMexico State football coachDeWayne Walker has steppeddown after four losing seasonsto take a job as an assistantwith the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Athletic director McKinleyBoston announced Thursdaythat Walker is leaving tobecome defensive backs coachfor the NFL team. Walker went10-40 with the Aggies, and wascoming off a 1-11 season.

“It was a great opportunityfor his family. I hope it allworks out for him,” Bostonsaid.

Offensive coordinator DougMartin took over as interimcoach.

“Unfortunately, I did not getthe program as far as I wouldhave liked from a wins andlosses standpoint,” Walkersaid in a statement. “But, wedo have a better locker room,better kids and a better foun-dation for the program movingforward.”

Martin was Kent State’s headcoach from 2004-10.

“Obviously, N.M. State is aplace I firmly believe in andthat’s the reason why I cameback,” Martin said. “I feelthere is unlimited potential for

this football program and forLas Cruces as a city to takeownership of this team.

New Mexico State hasn’tannounced plans on its searchfor a new coach, but the depar-ture of Walker does not comeat a good time. Just two weeksbefore national signing day,when high school prospectsdecided where they will attendschool, Martin and the Aggies’staff will be scrambling tokeep the recruits who wereinterested in coming to NewMexico State on board.

The timing, along with theprograms uncertain future asan independent, could alsomake it difficult to find top-notch candidates. The Aggieswere forced to play as an FBSindependent next seasonbecause defections madeWestern Athletic Conferencegive up trying to field a foot-ball league in 2013.

On top of that, New MexicoState has traditionally strug-gled to field a winning team.The Aggies have not appearedin a bowl game since 1960.

Walker was hired inDecember 2008 to replace HalMumme after serving as defen-sive coordinator at UCLA forthree years.

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’Cats lose at Goddard, Lady ’Cats winNEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT

The Lovington boys basketball team lostto Goddard 48-39 on Thursday in Roswell.

“We played with effort throughout,”Lovington coach Chris Brattain said. “Wehad opportunities to win the game, it justdidn't bounce our way in crucialmoments. This game will make us betterfor district and that will help down theroad.”

Stephen Lennox led Lovington (6-13)with 12 points and 11 rebounds. QuantelNash finished with 11 points.

The Wildcats host Class 5A Carlsbadtoday at Wildcat Gym.

GIRLS BASKETBALLLovington 44, Carlsbad 30

The Lovington girls basketball teamwent on the road and beat Class 5ACarlsbad 44-30 on Thursday in Carlsbad.

"We never lost control of it, but we didn'tdominate either," Lovington coach JasonParrish said. "... We played our benchquite a bit to gain some experience."

Jocelyn Jeffrey led the Lady Wildcats(15-4) with 19 points in the win.

Lovington travels Monday to Texicobefore traveling Tuesday to Hobbs.

NON-VARSITY BASKETBALLBOYS

Hobbs Black 100, Goddard 48The Hobbs Black freshman boys basket-

ball team defeated Goddard 100-48Thursday.

Brevin Thompson led Hobbs Black with32 points while Elijah Jacobo had 14 andEvander White had 10.

Hobbs Gold 53, Clovis 42The Hobbs Gold freshman boys basket-

ball team picked up its first win of the sea-son with a 53-42 win over Clovis onThursday.

Jeremy Padilla led Hobbs Gold with 21points while Abram Blake and BrockWaldrop had six points apiece.

Carlsbad Alta Vista 63, Heizer 37The Heizer eighth-grade boys basketball

team lost to Carlsbad Alta Vista 63-37 onThursday.

Frankie Robledo led Heizer with 14

points while Anthony Hernandez had 10,Luis Rodriguez had eight and Isiah Whitehad five.

Highland A 67, Lovington A 47The Highland A eighth-grade boys bas-

ketball team defeated Lovington A 67-47Thursday.

Jordan Ruiz led Highland A (7-4) with 32points while Cason Clay had 10 andJonathan Gauna had eight.

Highland A hosts Clovis Marshall onSaturday.

Highland B 44, Lovington B 28The Highland B eighth-grade boys bas-

ketball team defeated Lovington B 44-28 onThursday.

D’Andre Austin and Angel Muniz ledHighland B (4-6) with nine points apiecewhile Justin Bahra and Hadley Tidwelleach had eight.

Carlsbad Leyva 57, Houston A 36The Houston A eighth-grade boys bas-

ketball team lost to Carlsbad Leyva 57-36Thursday.

Deuce Goodrich led Houston A with 12points while Andrew Bosquez and MarcusHodge each had seven.

Carlsbad Leyva 51, Houston B 48The Houston B eighth-grade boys basket-

ball team lost to Carlsbad Leyva 51-48Thursday.

Xavier Garcia led Houston B with 14points while Brighton Pearson had 12.

GIRLSHobbs Black 33, Goddard 29

The Hobbs Black freshman girls basket-ball team held on to a 20-3 halftime lead todefeat Goddard 33-29 on Thursday.

Tasha Cuscioli and Sam Perez led HobbsBlack (11-4 overall, 7-3 Border Conference)with eight points apiece.

Hobbs Black travels to play Clovis onSaturday.

Clovis 30, Hobbs Gold 12The Hobbs Gold freshman girls basket-

ball team lost to Clovis 30-12 on Thursday.Allyssa Rascon led Hobbs Gold with four

points.

Houston Red 35, Carlsbad Leyva 18

The Houston Red eighth-grade girls bas-ketball team defeated Carlsbad Leyva 35-18 to improve to 12-0 on the season.

Cherlee Collins led Houston Red with 12points.

Houston Red plays Highland on Tuesdayat Highland.

Houston White 34, Carlsbad Leyva 18

The Houston White eighth-grade girlsbasketball team defeated Carlsbad Leyva34-18 Thursday to improve to 11-0 on theseason.

Alexis Chaves and Alyce Black ledHouston White with eight points apiece.

Houston White plays Highland onTuesday at Highland.

Heizer 41, Carlsbad Alta Vista 13The Heizer eighth-grade girls basketball

team defeated Carlsbad Alta Vista 41-13.Cindy Nevarez led Heizer with 16 points

while Genesis Martinez had 12.

Lovington 44, Highland A 34The Highland A eighth-grade girls bas-

ketball team lost to Lovington 44-34 onThursday.

Zoie Rodriguez and Allison Munoz ledHighland A with 10 points apiece.

Highland B 18, Lovington 16The Highland B eighth-grade girls bas-

ketball team defeated Lovington 18-16 onThursday.

Niara Gonzalez had five points whileEssence McGaha had four.

Eunice 8th 31, Tatum 27The Eunice eighth-grade girls basketball

team defeated Tatum 31-27 on Thursday.M’Lee Vinson led Eunice with 14 points

while Hailey Brito had 12.

Eunice 7th 36, Tatum 16The Eunice seventh-grade girls basket-

ball team defeated Tatum 36-16 onThursday.

Jada Jones led Eunice with 23 pointswhile Aide Frazier had nine.

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Hobbs News-Sun Wednesday, January 23, 2013

BusinessBusinessSUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 HOBBS NEWS-SUN 23

FOR THE NEWS-SUNXcel Energy was among utilities honored last

week by the Edison Electric Institute with theassociation’s “Emergency Assistance Award”for outstanding efforts in mutual-aid assistancefor power restoration work after HurricaneSandy in the Northeast and the Super Derechostorm that brought crews to Ohio last summer.

The award is presented annually to U.S. andforeign-based member companies to recognizeoutstanding efforts in restoring electricity serv-ice that has been disrupted by severe weatherconditions or other natural events. Winnerswere chosen by a panel of judges following aninternational nomination process, and awards

were presented during EEI's chief executivesmeeting.

“We are honored to receive this award fromEEI recognizing our employees' efforts to helpAEP and LIPA restore service to their cus-tomers,” said Kent Larson, senior vice presi-dent, Xcel Energy Operations. “We are alsoextremely pleased that our employees workedsafely for more than 31,678 man-hours in condi-tions ranging from heat and humidity to rain,ice and snow.

All four Xcel Energy operating companiessent crews to assist other utilities with restora-tion efforts after extreme weather events during2012.

Xcel Energy crews based in Texas and NewMexico spent two weeks on the road in earlyNovember assisting in Virginia and New Yorkafter Hurricane Sandy left a path of devastationacross multiple eastern states.

Area crews left Amarillo on Oct. 31 to helpAmerican Electric Power with restorationefforts in southwestern Virginia. Shortly aftertheir arrival, the crews were redeployed toassist the Long Island Power Authority in NewYork.

The Texas-New Mexico employees wereassigned a section of Plainview, N.Y., and spentmore than a week rebuilding lines and settingpoles in an area affected by high winds. The

crews also worked in close to six inches of snowdumped by a northeaster that affected the areashortly after their arrival.

In all, more than 230 Xcel Energy employeesand contractors from all four Xcel Energy oper-ating companies assisted with Sandy restora-tion efforts.

Also in 2012, Xcel Energy sent 72 employeesand contractors from Minnesota and Wisconsinin June and July to help AEP restore power tomore than 680,000 customers in Ohio, after vio-lent 80 mph straight-line winds cut a wide pathof destruction from Illinois to the east coast ina storm known as Super Derecho. That contin-gent put in 10 days.

Xcel honored for helping restore power after storms

LEVI HILLNEWS-SUN

With four homes now under con-struction, Las Cruces builders Martinand Brenda Gomez are already find-ing Hobbs to be a welcoming commu-nity for their brand of home.

The couple run Ken Berry Construc-tion, which was started by Brenda’sfather, Ken Berry, in Las Cruces in1970. The company found Hobbs whenthe couple’s daughter took a job withHalliburton as an engineer.

“We came over to find her a place tolive and we couldn’t so we decided tocome over to Hobbs,” Brenda said.“Everyone we met has been very help-ful and we are just really glad wecame here.”

One reason the business may be sowell received is how it goes aboutbuilding homes. Most days Brendacan be found at the site of the compa-ny’s first four homes going up inWindsor Estates, just off Millen Drivein north Hobbs. And Martin is thereevery day, laying tile and buildingclosets.

“My husband is all about buildingclosets,” Brenda said. “He sits downand comes up with new designs all thetime.”

In fact, the company prides itself onthe uniqueness of its homes, whichrun about 1,900 square feet.

“All of our houses are completely

unique,” Brenda said. “We work withthe buyer to lay them out to suitthem.”

The homes may have a similar motifon the outside, but once inside thethreshold the floor plans can varygreatly, but there are some standard

features. The homes generally run inthe three- and four-bedroom rangewith electric fireplaces, granitecounter tops, hand-textured walls andceilings and a feature many in Hobbs

Company stresses quality, givingcustomers layouts they want

LEVI HILL/NEWS-SUN

From Left, Robbie Robinson, Brenda Gomez, Cindy Shoobridge and Laura Juarez, with Robinson and AssociatesReal Estate, pose outside a Ken Berry home in Windsor Estates with "Mona" the company’s official greeter.

LEVI HILL/NEWS-SUN

Martin Gomez, part-owner of Ken Berry Construction, spends every dayin Hobbs working on the company’s four homes, installing tile, buildingclosets and texturing walls.

Ken Berry Construction building four homes in north Hobbs

FOR THE NEWS-SUN Leadership New Mexico is now accepting

applications for the 2013-2014 Core and ConnectNew Mexico Programs. Applications are avail-able at the Leadership New Mexico website,www.leadershipnm.org or by calling (505) 241-4800. Deadline for submission is March 15, 2013.

Leadership New Mexico's Core Program is tenmonths in duration and it's designed to addresscurrent issues facing the state. Each programsession features speakers that are acknowl-edged leaders in their specific fields, while pro-gram participants actively engage in discussionand debate. The process offers an opportunityfor inquiry, analysis and development of solu-

tions to the most pressing issuesfacing our communities and NewMexico.

Connect New Mexico, The NextGeneration of Leadership is aprogram designed to offer youngprofessionals, ages 25-40, the opportunity todevelop personal leadership skills, learn howNew Mexico systems and structures work andexplore the critical issues facing our state.

Leadership New Mexico seeks to create class-es with a wide geographic base, diverse back-grounds, and varied vocations. The programsare open to all citizens of the state. To be select-ed for the programs, applicants must demon-

strate a dedication to New Mexi-co's progress. Characteristics ofa successful applicant are: 1.)commitment, motivation andinterest in serving the state; 2.)demonstrated voluntary leader-

ship in his/her community and business; 3.)willingness to seek future key volunteer and/orappointed leadership roles; 4.) an occupationalcommitment to remain in the state, and 5.) com-mitment to play a personal role in helpingshape New Mexico's future.

“We encourage applicants from all communi-ties of New Mexico to apply. Our strength isdiversity,” said Patty Komko, President of Lead-

ership New Mexico. “We bring together leadersfrom across the state, that might not otherwisehave met, and provide them the opportunity tolearn about each other's diverse industry sec-tors and communities. Sharing a common bond,we have created a network of professionals thatcan rely upon each other to make a difference intheir communities and in the state.”

Since 1995, nearly 1,100 outstanding leadersfrom 74 communities have participated in Lead-ership New Mexico's programs. LeadershipNew Mexico is nonpartisan, does not advocatefor legislation of any kind, does not endorse

FOR THE NEWS-SUNNew Mexico State University

will present a pesticide applicatorworkshop from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at the NewMexico Junior College Trainingand Outreach Facility, 1 Thunder-bird Circle, Hobbs.

The continuing education por-tion of the program will be broad-cast to Clovis Community Collegein Clovis and Mesalands Commu-nity College in Tucumcari.

"This is an excellent opportunityfor all certified pesticide applica-tors, either public, private or com-mercial, to obtain the continuingeducation units needed for theirlicense renewal, and for prospec-tive applicators to receive train-ing to obtain a license from theNew Mexico Department of Agri-culture," said Jason French, pesti-cide safety education coordinatorfor NMSU's Department of Exten-sion Plant Sciences.

There will be two tracks of train-ing - one for certification trainingand one for continuing educationunits for current applicators.

The certified and training trackis designed to prepare individualsto pass the certification exam tobecome a licensed pesticide appli-cator. Session topics include basicentomology, pesticide safety andlabels, pesticide laws and regula-tions, pesticide calibration prob-lems, vertebrate control and prin-ciples of weed management.

Current applicators may earnfive continuing education unitsfor each workshop in the continu-ing education track. Topics willinclude principles of integratedpest management, entomologyupdate for pesticide applicators,agronomy update on sorghumand wheat herbicide technology,noxious weed identification andcontrol, and turfgrass fungalendophytes and insect control.

Speakers will include TessGrasswitz, Extension integratedpest management specialist; JimWanstall, NMDA noxious weedprogram coordinator; CarolSutherland, state entomologist;Sam Smallidge, Extensionwildlife specialist; Jane Pierce,Extension entomologist; MarkMarsalis, Extension agronomyspecialist; and French.

Cost of the workshop is $40 perperson. To register, contact JasonFrench at 575-646-1822 or call theLea County Extension Office at575-396-2819.

FOR THE NEWS-SUN The New Mexico State Land

Office earned $2.39 millionfor beneficiaries at itsmonthly oil and gas leasesale held Jan. 15 in Santa Fe.

Twenty-eight tracts wereoffered for lease and all 27were sold for $2.39 million.All tracts were located inLea, Eddy, Sandoval andChaves counties. The highestbid of $1,515, 775 went toDoug J. Schutz of Santa Fefor 201 acres in Eddy County.

“Our outstanding profes-sional staff at the New Mexi-co State Land Office selectedlands for the monthly oil andgas lease sale that generateda total of $2.39 million,” saidState Land CommissionerRay Powell. “We are most for-tunate to have theseresources that benefit ourpublic schools, universitiesand hospitals and help keepour taxpayer bills lower.”

The bonuses, or bids,earned from this month’ssale go directly to trust bene-ficiaries including publicschools, hospitals and uni-versities. The lease saleresults are posted on theState Land Office website atwww.nmstatelands.org.

The next oil and gas leasesale will be Feb. 19 in SantaFe. Oil and gas lease sales areregularly scheduled on thethird Tuesday of eachmonth.

For more information, con-tact Dan Fuqua, 505-827-5748,dfuqua@slo.state.nm.us; orvisit www.nmstatelands.org.

The New Mexico Commis-sioner of Public Lands is anelected state official respon-sible for administering thestate’s land grant trust. Thir-teen million acres of landwere granted to New Mexicoin 1898 and 1910. Each tract isheld in trust for the publicschools, universities, as wellas special schools and hospi-tals that serve children withphysical, visual, and audito-ry disabilities. In fiscal year2012, the trust lands and per-manent funds produced arecord amount of revenuetotaling more than $650 mil-lion in income for the benefi-ciaries.

Pesticideworkshopto be heldat NMJC

Land Officeearns $2millionduringlease sale

Leadership New Mexico accepting applications for programs

SEE BERRY, Page 24

SEE LEADERSHIP, Page 24

BusinessBusinessSUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 HOBBS NEWS-SUN 23

FOR THE NEWS-SUNXcel Energy was among utilities honored last

week by the Edison Electric Institute with theassociation’s “Emergency Assistance Award”for outstanding efforts in mutual-aid assistancefor power restoration work after HurricaneSandy in the Northeast and the Super Derechostorm that brought crews to Ohio last summer.

The award is presented annually to U.S. andforeign-based member companies to recognizeoutstanding efforts in restoring electricity serv-ice that has been disrupted by severe weatherconditions or other natural events. Winnerswere chosen by a panel of judges following aninternational nomination process, and awards

were presented during EEI's chief executivesmeeting.

“We are honored to receive this award fromEEI recognizing our employees' efforts to helpAEP and LIPA restore service to their cus-tomers,” said Kent Larson, senior vice presi-dent, Xcel Energy Operations. “We are alsoextremely pleased that our employees workedsafely for more than 31,678 man-hours in condi-tions ranging from heat and humidity to rain,ice and snow.

All four Xcel Energy operating companiessent crews to assist other utilities with restora-tion efforts after extreme weather events during2012.

Xcel Energy crews based in Texas and NewMexico spent two weeks on the road in earlyNovember assisting in Virginia and New Yorkafter Hurricane Sandy left a path of devastationacross multiple eastern states.

Area crews left Amarillo on Oct. 31 to helpAmerican Electric Power with restorationefforts in southwestern Virginia. Shortly aftertheir arrival, the crews were redeployed toassist the Long Island Power Authority in NewYork.

The Texas-New Mexico employees wereassigned a section of Plainview, N.Y., and spentmore than a week rebuilding lines and settingpoles in an area affected by high winds. The

crews also worked in close to six inches of snowdumped by a northeaster that affected the areashortly after their arrival.

In all, more than 230 Xcel Energy employeesand contractors from all four Xcel Energy oper-ating companies assisted with Sandy restora-tion efforts.

Also in 2012, Xcel Energy sent 72 employeesand contractors from Minnesota and Wisconsinin June and July to help AEP restore power tomore than 680,000 customers in Ohio, after vio-lent 80 mph straight-line winds cut a wide pathof destruction from Illinois to the east coast ina storm known as Super Derecho. That contin-gent put in 10 days.

Xcel honored for helping restore power after storms

LEVI HILLNEWS-SUN

With four homes now under con-struction, Las Cruces builders Martinand Brenda Gomez are already find-ing Hobbs to be a welcoming commu-nity for their brand of home.

The couple run Ken Berry Construc-tion, which was started by Brenda’sfather, Ken Berry, in Las Cruces in1970. The company found Hobbs whenthe couple’s daughter took a job withHalliburton as an engineer.

“We came over to find her a place tolive and we couldn’t so we decided tocome over to Hobbs,” Brenda said.“Everyone we met has been very help-ful and we are just really glad wecame here.”

One reason the business may be sowell received is how it goes aboutbuilding homes. Most days Brendacan be found at the site of the compa-ny’s first four homes going up inWindsor Estates, just off Millen Drivein north Hobbs. And Martin is thereevery day, laying tile and buildingclosets.

“My husband is all about buildingclosets,” Brenda said. “He sits downand comes up with new designs all thetime.”

In fact, the company prides itself onthe uniqueness of its homes, whichrun about 1,900 square feet.

“All of our houses are completely

unique,” Brenda said. “We work withthe buyer to lay them out to suitthem.”

The homes may have a similar motifon the outside, but once inside thethreshold the floor plans can varygreatly, but there are some standard

features. The homes generally run inthe three- and four-bedroom rangewith electric fireplaces, granitecounter tops, hand-textured walls andceilings and a feature many in Hobbs

Company stresses quality, givingcustomers layouts they want

LEVI HILL/NEWS-SUN

From Left, Robbie Robinson, Brenda Gomez, Cindy Shoobridge and Laura Juarez, with Robinson and AssociatesReal Estate, pose outside a Ken Berry home in Windsor Estates with "Mona" the company’s official greeter.

LEVI HILL/NEWS-SUN

Martin Gomez, part-owner of Ken Berry Construction, spends every dayin Hobbs working on the company’s four homes, installing tile, buildingclosets and texturing walls.

Ken Berry Construction building four homes in north Hobbs

FOR THE NEWS-SUN Leadership New Mexico is now accepting

applications for the 2013-2014 Core and ConnectNew Mexico Programs. Applications are avail-able at the Leadership New Mexico website,www.leadershipnm.org or by calling (505) 241-4800. Deadline for submission is March 15, 2013.

Leadership New Mexico's Core Program is tenmonths in duration and it's designed to addresscurrent issues facing the state. Each programsession features speakers that are acknowl-edged leaders in their specific fields, while pro-gram participants actively engage in discussionand debate. The process offers an opportunityfor inquiry, analysis and development of solu-

tions to the most pressing issuesfacing our communities and NewMexico.

Connect New Mexico, The NextGeneration of Leadership is aprogram designed to offer youngprofessionals, ages 25-40, the opportunity todevelop personal leadership skills, learn howNew Mexico systems and structures work andexplore the critical issues facing our state.

Leadership New Mexico seeks to create class-es with a wide geographic base, diverse back-grounds, and varied vocations. The programsare open to all citizens of the state. To be select-ed for the programs, applicants must demon-

strate a dedication to New Mexi-co's progress. Characteristics ofa successful applicant are: 1.)commitment, motivation andinterest in serving the state; 2.)demonstrated voluntary leader-

ship in his/her community and business; 3.)willingness to seek future key volunteer and/orappointed leadership roles; 4.) an occupationalcommitment to remain in the state, and 5.) com-mitment to play a personal role in helpingshape New Mexico's future.

“We encourage applicants from all communi-ties of New Mexico to apply. Our strength isdiversity,” said Patty Komko, President of Lead-

ership New Mexico. “We bring together leadersfrom across the state, that might not otherwisehave met, and provide them the opportunity tolearn about each other's diverse industry sec-tors and communities. Sharing a common bond,we have created a network of professionals thatcan rely upon each other to make a difference intheir communities and in the state.”

Since 1995, nearly 1,100 outstanding leadersfrom 74 communities have participated in Lead-ership New Mexico's programs. LeadershipNew Mexico is nonpartisan, does not advocatefor legislation of any kind, does not endorse

FOR THE NEWS-SUNNew Mexico State University

will present a pesticide applicatorworkshop from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at the NewMexico Junior College Trainingand Outreach Facility, 1 Thunder-bird Circle, Hobbs.

The continuing education por-tion of the program will be broad-cast to Clovis Community Collegein Clovis and Mesalands Commu-nity College in Tucumcari.

"This is an excellent opportunityfor all certified pesticide applica-tors, either public, private or com-mercial, to obtain the continuingeducation units needed for theirlicense renewal, and for prospec-tive applicators to receive train-ing to obtain a license from theNew Mexico Department of Agri-culture," said Jason French, pesti-cide safety education coordinatorfor NMSU's Department of Exten-sion Plant Sciences.

There will be two tracks of train-ing - one for certification trainingand one for continuing educationunits for current applicators.

The certified and training trackis designed to prepare individualsto pass the certification exam tobecome a licensed pesticide appli-cator. Session topics include basicentomology, pesticide safety andlabels, pesticide laws and regula-tions, pesticide calibration prob-lems, vertebrate control and prin-ciples of weed management.

Current applicators may earnfive continuing education unitsfor each workshop in the continu-ing education track. Topics willinclude principles of integratedpest management, entomologyupdate for pesticide applicators,agronomy update on sorghumand wheat herbicide technology,noxious weed identification andcontrol, and turfgrass fungalendophytes and insect control.

Speakers will include TessGrasswitz, Extension integratedpest management specialist; JimWanstall, NMDA noxious weedprogram coordinator; CarolSutherland, state entomologist;Sam Smallidge, Extensionwildlife specialist; Jane Pierce,Extension entomologist; MarkMarsalis, Extension agronomyspecialist; and French.

Cost of the workshop is $40 perperson. To register, contact JasonFrench at 575-646-1822 or call theLea County Extension Office at575-396-2819.

FOR THE NEWS-SUN The New Mexico State Land

Office earned $2.39 millionfor beneficiaries at itsmonthly oil and gas leasesale held Jan. 15 in Santa Fe.

Twenty-eight tracts wereoffered for lease and all 27were sold for $2.39 million.All tracts were located inLea, Eddy, Sandoval andChaves counties. The highestbid of $1,515, 775 went toDoug J. Schutz of Santa Fefor 201 acres in Eddy County.

“Our outstanding profes-sional staff at the New Mexi-co State Land Office selectedlands for the monthly oil andgas lease sale that generateda total of $2.39 million,” saidState Land CommissionerRay Powell. “We are most for-tunate to have theseresources that benefit ourpublic schools, universitiesand hospitals and help keepour taxpayer bills lower.”

The bonuses, or bids,earned from this month’ssale go directly to trust bene-ficiaries including publicschools, hospitals and uni-versities. The lease saleresults are posted on theState Land Office website atwww.nmstatelands.org.

The next oil and gas leasesale will be Feb. 19 in SantaFe. Oil and gas lease sales areregularly scheduled on thethird Tuesday of eachmonth.

For more information, con-tact Dan Fuqua, 505-827-5748,dfuqua@slo.state.nm.us; orvisit www.nmstatelands.org.

The New Mexico Commis-sioner of Public Lands is anelected state official respon-sible for administering thestate’s land grant trust. Thir-teen million acres of landwere granted to New Mexicoin 1898 and 1910. Each tract isheld in trust for the publicschools, universities, as wellas special schools and hospi-tals that serve children withphysical, visual, and audito-ry disabilities. In fiscal year2012, the trust lands and per-manent funds produced arecord amount of revenuetotaling more than $650 mil-lion in income for the benefi-ciaries.

Pesticideworkshopto be heldat NMJC

Land Officeearns $2millionduringlease sale

Leadership New Mexico accepting applications for programs

SEE BERRY, Page 24

SEE LEADERSHIP, Page 24

NMSU News Clips University Communicationsand Marketing Services

Hobbs News-Sun Friday, January 18, 2013

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Aformer New Mexico congres-sional candidate accused ofstalking a political rival andslashing the tires on her vehi-cles has been indicted by aBernalillo County grand jury.

The indictment accuses GarySmith of aggravated stalkingor harassment, criminal dam-age to property and tamperingwith a motor vehicle.

The district attorney’s officesays the charges stem fromthree separate incidents. Thelast one occurred New Year’sDay when Smith allegedly vio-lated the terms of his releasewhen he drove past the homeof Janice Arnold-Jones, theRepublican nominee in the 1stDistrict congressional race.

An arraignment for Smithhas not yet been scheduled. Heremains in custody at the

Metropolitan DetentionCenter in Albuquerque.

Smith is also facing chargesof aggravated assault and mis-demeanor vandalism in ElPaso, Texas.

Bailey AnthonyBailey Anthony went to be

with Jesus on Jan 14, 2013. Hermemorial service will be heldJan 19th at 3 at the Erath

C o u n t yC o w b o yChurch, 4945US Hwy 67,Stephenville,TX. We hopeeveryone cancome cele-brate her lifewith the fam-ily. In lieu off l o w e r splease makedonations in

Bailey's memory to JoyceMeyer Ministries, JoniEareckson Tada Ministries, oryour local Humane Society.

Bailey was born October 7,1986 to Jay & Jamie Anthonyin Jal, New Mexico. She movedto Little Rock for college andthen Stephenville to be closerto family. Bailey touched liveswhere ever she was. She hadreceived a heart transplant in2002 which gave her insight ofthe value of life that few pos-sess. She wrote, “I realize howblessed my life has been andwill never take it for granted.Thank you Jesus and thankyou my precious donor's fami-ly for the gift of my beautifullife. Life is so precious and soshort folks - please never for-get to treasure it.”

Among her many talents,Bailey was a gifted author. Shedescribed herself as a: “BookLover, Christ Chaser, AnimalAdvocate, Health Food Junkie,Movie Nerd, Struggling Author,Fact Finder, Music Aficionado -Ever Changing, Growing andLearning… Lover of people -the lost, sick, poor, down andout and even you who read this:. Believer that true love con-quers all and no act of kind-ness no matter how random orsmall is ever wasted.” To thosewho knew Bailey, she was all ofthis and so much more. Baileywas blessed with a contagiousquick smile that would light upa room. She possessed the giftsof selflessness and quietstrength. Bailey loved all ani-mals, but she was especiallypassionate about dogs. She wasconstantly accompanied by herbeloved dog, Dabney. Friendsand family were Bailey's toppriority. She never failed tomake sure people knew howmuch she treasured them.

John 13:34-35 I give you a newcommand: Love each other.You must love each other justas I loved you. All people willknow that you are my follow-ers if you love each other.

Bailey was a disciple of Jesusthat left a legacy of love forpeople and animals.

Survivors: Parents, Jay &Jamie Anthony; sister, KateyAnthony and her beloved dogDabney.

Hurshel Lee “Steve”Stephenson

Hurshel Lee “Steve”Stephenson, 73, went home tothe Lord on January 16, 2013,in Odessa, TX. He was born inOlney, IL, on February 3, 1939,to H. L. and VivianStephenson.

Steve was preceded in death by

his parents,twin sister,D a r l e n eBoerger andb r o t h e r ,K e n n e t hStephenson.

He is sur-vived by fivec h i l d r e n ,son Rick,and wifeC i n d yHolland, of Haughton, LA, sonVince, and wife TrishaStephenson, of Lovington,NM, daughter, Carla, and hus-band Noel Clark, of Bernalillo,NM, son Blake, and wife KendaStephenson, of Odessa, TX,and daughter, JeanneStephenson of Provincetown,MA; and nephew, Kevin, andwife Jennifer Stephenson ofAnderson, TX; Grandchildren,Jimmy and Max Holland,Kimberly Thomas, JenniferEstrada, Chad Stephenson,Clay Stephenson, JordanKearney, Nathan Clark,Paxton Clark, KalebStephenson, JoshuaStephenson; two great nieces,Jessica and Jamie Stephenson;and seven great-grandchil-dren.

Steve enjoyed a career inbanking that spanned 25 yearsin Alamogordo, Hobbs, LasCruces and Santa Fe, NM, andDumas, TX. He was a lovingDad and Grandfather and adevoted Catholic. He was aloving brother, son, caregiverand neighbor. Steve loved tocook for his family andfriends. He was fun, outgoingand witty and always generouswith his time, talents andresources.

Memorial services will beheld at Chapel of Hope, 3321 N.Dal Paso in Hobbs NM, onSaturday, January 19, 2013, at1:00 p.m. with Deacon SamNavarette presiding.Interment will take place at alater date.

Family requests that dona-tions be made to Meals onWheels, 200 E. Park, Hobbs,NM 88240.

Send condolences towww.chapelofhopefunerals.com.

Jewel Lee ProbyFuneral services for Jewel Lee

Proby will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday,January 19, 2013, at Vista PointeBaptist Church. Visitation willbe Friday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and 9:00 a. m.- 1:00 p.m. onSaturday atChapel ofHope. Inter-ment will beright afterservices atPrairie Ha-ven Mem-orial Park.Jewel diedJanuary 16,

2013, in Lubbock, TX. She wasborn November 6, 1936, in Rusk,TX, to Ceasar and ClaraBradford. She married CurtisProby September 1, 1958, in

Seminole, TX. Jewel was amember of Vista Pointe BaptistChurch.

Surviving Jewel is a son,Curtis Proby of Hobbs; 3daughters, Glenda Drone ofAlbuquerque, Juareen Greene,and husband Erol, ofAmarillo, TX and Jewel Proby,and husband Tyran Shine, ofHobbs; a brother, BloyceBradford of El Paso, TX; 3 sis-ters, Susie Ford of Pittsburg,TX, Eula Champion of Tyler,TX, and Gwen Sample, andhusband Wally, of GrandPrairie, TX; 13 grandchildrenand 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death byher husband, who died in 1999,4 sisters, 2 brothers and 1great-grandson, Josiah Proby.

Memorial contributions maybe made to the FraternalOrder of Eagles, 1200 E. White,Hobbs, NM 88240.

Send condolences towww.chapelofhopefunerals.com.

Joe A. WilsonJoe A. Wilson died January

17, 2013, at his home in Hobbs,NM after a prolonged illness.

Born in Houston, TX onSe ptember12, 1928, Joeworked mostof his life inthe PermianBasin OilF i e l d s .H o b b i e si n c l u d e dfishing andgolf.

Survivorsinclude his

three daughters Tisha Willis ofNorman, OK; JoLynn Beard, ofHobbs, NM; and Tonya Wrightof Albuquerque, NM as well astheir respective spouses andgrandchildren: Sutton,Connor, Devin, Kelsey,Chandler, Skyler, Michael andMatthew and great grandchil-dren, Lyon and Annette.

Services will be heldSaturday, January 19th at theFirst United MethodistChurch, Chapel in Hobbs, NMat 1:00 pm.

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Wayne C. CreedWayne C. Creed, 82, of Hobbs

died Jan. 17, 2013, at HeartlandCare in Hobbs. He was bornJuly 29, 1930, in Wellington,Texas. Services are pendingwith Chapel of Hope FuneralHome.

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BETH HAHNNEWS-SUN

By the end of the week, theCity of Lovington should havea contract with its new citymanager.

Mayor Dixie Drummond saidpaperwork with JamesWilliams has not been signedyet, but could be by Friday.

“I’m hoping we will get itdone,” she said.

The contract officiallyemploys Williams as city man-ager, with an annual salary of$92,000.

Williams is scheduled for aperformance evaluation by theCity Commission in May.

Drummond said after May’sevaluation, Williams will havean annual performance evalu-ation with the CityCommission.

Williams said his contractwas approved duringMonday’s City Commissionmeeting.

He was named interim citymanager in June 2011 afterthen-city manager MichaelLeighton was placed onadministrative leave. Williamswas officially selected asLovington’s city manager inNovember.

Williams is the formerLovington Fire DepartmentChief and said the city is closeto selecting a new chief.

In addition to a new firechief, Williams could be hiringa new assistant city managerby spring.

The assistant city managerposition was left vacant for afew years when CityCommissioners tightenedLovington’s budget.

Williams said the applicationdue date was Dec. 31, but hewould like to extend the timebecause few applications wereturned in.

“I think there are people who... didn’t have the opportunity

or saw thenotice toolate to sub-mit,” hesaid. “Ithink withthe holidays,a lot of peo-ple forgot toturn in ana p p l i c a -tion.”

Wi l l i a m sdid not specify an extendedapplication date for assistantcity manager.

Beth Hahn can be reached at 391-5436 or reporter3@hobbsnews.com.

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Courts target refundsof non-payers

The New Mexico MagistrateCourts have asked the N.M.Taxation and RevenueDepartment to intercept theincome tax refund of morethan 10,000 defendants whofailed to pay fines and fees asordered.

These defendants owe morethan $3 million to the State ofNew Mexico in satisfaction ofcourt orders.

Defendants can avoid havingtheir income taxes interceptedby paying their judgmentamount in full.

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Defendants may also call theNew Mexico Warrant Hotlineat 505-867-7360. A list of sub-mitted defendants is availableat www.nmcourts.gov underthe “What’s New” headline.

Proposal outlinesPRC qualifications

SANTA FE (AP) — Futurecandidates for the PublicRegulation Commission willneed a college degree or haveworked in a field relevant tothe regulator’s duties under abipartisan legislative proposal.

The measure will implementa constitutional amendmentapproved by voters to increasequalifications of PRC mem-bers, who currently need onlyto be 18 years old and state res-idents.

The House proposal is spon-sored by Republican andDemocratic lawmakers. It willrequire PRC candidates tohave at least a bachelor’sdegree in a relevant subjectsuch as accounting, engineer-ing or finance, or seven ormore years of professionalexperience in a similar field.

The standards will not applyto the current five memberson the commission, which reg-ulates utilities and telecom-munications.

N.M. praised onschool breakfasts

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Anew report released by a non-profit organization gives NewMexico a top ranking for pro-viding breakfasts to low-income students at schools.

The report by the FoodResearch and Action Centersays 70 percent of low-incomestudents in New Mexico whoreceive lunch also got break-fasts during the 2011-2012 schoolyear. That’s up from about 64percent the year before.

The Albuquerque Journalsays the report’s rankings arethe first since a new state lawtook effect. The law requireshigh poverty elementaryschools to serve breakfast inthe first minutes of class.

Bomb threats landex-student in prison

LAS CRUCES (AP) — A for-mer New Mexico StateUniversity student has beensentenced to two years in prisonfor making false bomb threats.

The U.S. Attorney’s Officesays 30-year-old Daud Anwarwill also be on supervisedrelease for three years follow-ing his prison sentence.Anwar was read his punish-ment Thursday in federalcourt in Las Cruces.

On the morning of March 3,2011, Anwar claimed therewas a bomb on the NMSU cam-pus and that there would becasualties if the campus was-n’t evacuated. Federal prose-cutors say he made six sepa-rate threats via telephone andthe Internet.

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