Friday nights have a little more swing to them as the high school football season takes off. This past Friday saw a packed stadium as an upbeat and energetic Grants High School Pirate football team took to the field in their season opener against the 6-A Capital Jaguars. The Pirates led at the half 17-13 however they were unable to keep the momentum from the first half and fell to the Jags by a score of 33-17.

All Hail all Hail To Dear Old Grants High The Pride of All the West (All the West) We’ll Sing Out the Story as We Yell Out the Glory Of the School We Love the Best (Love the Best) All Hail and All Hail To Dear Old Grants High Forever Will be True (Will be true) And We’ll All Extend Every Heart and Hand To the Honor of old Grants High GHS! .

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - New Mexico United is excited to announce the signing of defender Zico Bailey, pending league and federation approval. Bailey joins United after successful spells with FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer and San Antonio FC of USL Championship. Bailey made his professional debut at just 16 years old with LA Galaxy II, and has played nearly 4,000 professional minutes, despite being just 22 years old.

United Announces Loan Acquisition of Shanyder Borgelin From Inter Miami CF Striker joins United on loan until end of the 2023 season ALBUQUERQUE, NM - New Mexico United is excited to announce the loan acquisition of Shanyder Borgelin from Inter Miami CF of Major League Soccer. The Haitian-American striker joins the Black & Yellow through the end of 2023 season.

All Hail all Hail To Dear Old Grants High The Pride of All the West (All the West) We’ll Sing Out the Story as We Yell Out the Glory Of the School We Love the Best (Love the Best) And We’ll All Extend Every Heart and Hand To the Honor of old Grants High GHS!.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – New Mexico UnitedAcademy is excited to announce the addition of six new players to their 2023 roster. These players - representing a wide swath of local clubs and high schools - will be terrific additions to the UnitedAcademy community, and will participate in all training, travel, competition, and education completely free of charge, thanks to the generous support of the Somos Unidos Foundation from New Mexicans and New Mexican businesses who believe in their mission of building access to the game of soccer.

The first home game time of the year is slated for this Friday, August 18 at 7 p.m. at the Port of the Pirates.

GRANTS, N.M. - The Grants High School Pirates have just completed summer workouts and are preparing for the upcoming season.

To help minimize the risk of heat illness and/or stroke to student-athletes, the New Mexico Activities Association suggests the following: • Not restricting intake of fluids, • Frequent water breaks, • Practicing in cooler parts of the day, • Removing protective equipment, • Preparations in place for suspected heat illness/stroke – cold tub, tarp, etc Here are other resources to help avoid heat illness: • NMAA Heat Illness Policy – https://www.nmact.org/fil e/Heat_Illness_Prevention_ Protocol.pdf • Tarp Assisted Cooling with Oscillation (Cold Tub Alternative) – https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=vonrI4IQOFM Especially in football, it is crucial that heat acclimatizing guidelines are strictly followed with extra vigilance during the first 3-4 days of any transition or acclimatization period..