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The job, as much as it is anything else, requires a coach to stand next to LeBron James, a player who has been one of basketball’s most famous since he was in high school, and forge a partnership. So, naturally, the Lakers went and hired Darvin Ham, who spent most of his one-year high school basketball career on the bench before playing two years of junior college basketball at Otero Junior College in 1992-1993.

CHSAA The final remaining teams at the state baseball tournament competed across the state on Saturday in Classes 2A-5A. Here’s an update on what happened.

The second through seventh place finishers in the Class 2A Boy’s High Jump championships each leapt 6-0 feet, making placing the top finishers a matter of how many attempts each athlete made on previous heights.

The Santa Fe League finished 1-5, with one game still to be played, and local teams went a combined 0-4 over the weekend, essentially eliminating the Arkansas Valley from the Class 2A Baseball State Championships.

Area high schools can expect a different atmosphere come the 2022-2023 athletics season as the Colorado High School Activities Association Legislative Council, earlier this month, opted to add an additional classification for basketball.

The Las Animas High School track and field team competed in their final pre-state tournament meet Friday evening at the Friday Night Lights Cyclone Inivtational at Pueblo West High School. The best finish came by way of the boy’s 4x200 meter relay, which finished fourth with a time of 1:36.32.