Sports

JT Keith Artesia Daily Press jtkeith@elritomedia.com Seek 1st Sports held its registration and evaluations on Monday and Tuesday, June 23-24, at Jaycee Park. ...

Dusty Young’s ascension to New Mexico Activities Association executive director was 18 years in the making.

The camp will have two sessions, with the kindergarten through fifth graders participating from 10 a.m. to noon and the sixth through ninth graders from 1-4 p.m.

Here is a look at some summer activities in Artesia.

The New Mexico High School Coaches Association has named Artesia assistant boys’ basketball coach Charlie Campbell the 2025 New Mexico Boys Assistant Basketball Coach of the Year. 

The Artesia Bulldogs boys’ soccer team completed a successful 2024 campaign.

Saturday is the first full day of summer and lakes and streams across New Mexico are reporting good fishing conditions.

New Mexico fillies and mares are featured this weekend in the $50,000 Vista Distaff Stakes for three-year-olds and up on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.

Coming fresh off a state championship run, the Artesia boys’ basketball team claimed victory again over the El Paso Tigers 60-50 in the first game of the annual Artesia Team Camp.  

Good fishing conditions abound at all lakes and streams in New Mexico this week as various species are being caught by anglers.

New Mexico-bred Harken and jockey Sergio Becerra Jr., the 2-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s running of the Mountain Top Derby, will race for more than a trophy and the winner’s share of the $200,000 purse.

RUIDOSO DOWNS – Trainer Xavier Rodriguez and the ownership group led by La Feliz Montana Ranch continued their winning ways June 8 at Ruidoso Downs Race Track as their 2-year-old quarter horse Political Twist scored a length and a half victory in the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity.