Tuesday Morning Tidbits

I wrote my column this week on five local teams with rising stock. Feel free to chime in if you disagree or I've left someone out.

Since I wrote about the future, here's a note on the past. There were a heck of a lot of people born this week according to my Facebook feed... Valentine's Day, perhaps?

If I ever invent a time machine, I'm going to do mankind a favor and concoct two or three more romantic holidays.

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Speaking of the past, someone (likely a St. Pius soccer fan) made an interesting proposal today. Piedra Vista knocked the No. 1 Sartans from the state tournament, and Pete Rankin's Scorps won the 4A title.

The field in Albuquerque isn't regulation size, and St. Pius, apparently, was missing one of its best players. A championship is a championship, the fan said, but FHS and St. Pius should play an exhibition game on a regulation field just for kicks.

It won't happen, because the soccer season has been over for a couple weeks, but that would be an interesting and entertaining deal.

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Fort Lewis College, ranked No. 5 in Division II, play Northern New Mexico College tonight at 5 p.m.

The venue: Piedra Vista High School.

Has anyone else heard of NNMC? Online editor Patrick Hogan, who looked over my copy tonight, had to look them up online, and he's lived in New Mexico far longer than me.

The Skyhawks, which held a second-half lead on the Pac-10's University of Arizona, could score 100 points -- NNMC gives up more than 110 per game.

Here's an early-season preview article from Durango Herald sports editor Aaron Unterreiner.

Stay true and keep pounding,
Christopher