Grants High School softball player Raeyna Valdez (12) slides into second base, however, she is called for an out in a recent district game against the St. Pius Sartans. The lady Pirates are currently 3-11, 1-1 as district play continues. Franklin Romero - CC

GHS boys and girls track team participated recently at a track meet at Thoreau High School’s Robin Langer Classic hosted by Gallup High School. Several boys and girls placed in the top three of their events. Notables on the boy’s team were Luis Lopez first in the 100- meter dash with a time of 12.10, Knight Long first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.94, Bobby Perez first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.29 and Manuel Gonzales first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.43. The Pirates also placed first in the 4X100 meter relay with a time of 45.40

The Grants High School baseball team is 9-4 overall after going 1-2 over the weekend at the Farmington Scorpion Invitational Tournament. On Thursday, March 17, the Pirates went toe-to-toe with Farmington High School (10-1) in the first game of the tournament and narrowly defeated the Scorpions in 8 innings. The Pirates scored two runs in the 1st inning and Scorpions scored three runs in the 3rd inning to give the Scorpions the lead by one after 4 innings. The Pirates scored a run in the 5th and 7th innings to make a total of four runs scored for the game. The Scorpions added one run in the 6th and a crucial run in the 8th to give them the 5-4 win after 8 innings.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The New Mexico State University men’s basketball program has had a number of successful seasons over the past few years.

This week's Athlete of the Week is Nick Bustos of the Grants High School boy’s Baseball Team. Nick, a junior, was the sole pitcher against the Gallup Bengals last week in the second game and he only allowed one run and earned an ERA of 1.4.