Sydney Salas and Dayna Guerro battle for the lead in the shade of the Ruidoso pines. Photo by Steven Montoya.
The reporting on a thin weekend of meets was made thinner by cancellation of a couple of meets and a failure on our part to get results from all the meets that did take place. So, if you came to this article looking for an early Thanksgiving feast, brace yourself for the snack that follows:
Unofficially, you can think of this one as the San Juan County Championships, though a few schools from outside the county did make a trip across the borders to participate.
Niles Thomas enjoyed what may have been his finest race of the season (hopefully there's one more in the tank) so far in winning this one, but the even bigger story may have been the team staredown that ensued between 4A hopefuls Gallup, Miyamura, and Piedra Vista. PV escaped with the win, and Gallup took second, but you have to figure these teams ar...