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In the grips of a three-game stranglehold, Kim Garcia can see promise from the Lady ’Cat basketball team as they headed into a non-district game on Thursday against Bayard’s Cobre High Indians. “We’re getting better,” she said. “The losses might not show that, but I am seeing better team play from our girls.” The Deming girls can expect a feisty Class 3A Indians varsity that stands at 2-6 on the …

A rude awakening laid in wait for the Lady ‘Cats on Tuesday, when the Centennial High Hawks came to town for a non-district volleyball match. The high-powered Hawks delivered a 25-5 beating in game one before the host team could break a sweat at Frank Dooley Court on the campus of Deming High School. The Deming team regrouped and fought back despite a 25-14 and 25-18 sweep by Centennial. DHS …

Sophomore Olea Ortiz posted a top 10 finish to lead the Lady ‘Cats to a runner-up finish in the team standings at the Cobre Invitational Cross Country meet at Fort Bayard. Eighth grade teammate Kash Albrecht followed close behind and settled in at 11th place in support of the girls’ best finish of the season. “We had some runners tweak some ankles, knees and hips on the course today, but …

“To come this close with only seven male wrestlers and one female is outstanding,” said Deming wrestling coach Jesse Padron.

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Cobre High School senior Andres Tovar is not a person who likes the spotlight, his mother said, but that was exactly where he was Dec. 1. On that day, he was surprised at a school assembly when his name was called as the recipient of a $500 Silent Servant Scholarship, one of only 350 given out in the country. The scholarship, given by the …

Duran said, "the community, our school, everybody, will continue praying for and supporting each other. We are a big family."

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After an evening of public forum interviews at a special meeting Wednesday, the Cobre Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted to hold off on selecting the district’s new superintendent, and will hold a special meeting tonight at 5 to make the final decision. Based on their remarks in Wednesday’s session, it appears that two board members, board President Ralph “Toy” Sepulveda and Vice President Frank Cordova, will not be able …

All four applicants for Cobre Consolidated School District superintendent were approved by the district’s board to be moved forward to interviews, which will take place during a public special meeting next Wednesday. Three applicants are well-known in the area and one is from neighboring Doña Ana County.  This decision was made after an hour-and-a-half closed session, for which all five board members, interim Superintendent Joyce Barela, and representative of Hazard, …

During their regular meeting Monday evening, the Cobre Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted to forgo building a wrestling gym for Cobre High School in favor of a new elementary school gym for Central Elementary, under the pressure of a bond spending deadline. The $1.2 million in bond money had previously been projected to cover the cost of both buildings, but with rising costs of labor and materials since the …