The one thing that second-year Artesia girls basketball coach Candace Pollard wanted to see this season was for her team to play hard every game. Even after adversity hit when the team was forced to play without Jenna Whitmire and Kailee Padilla, they achieved that goal.

Artesia Bulldogs boys basketball coach Michael Mondragon will offer coach-speak about defense and playing the right way, but his team shows that it has swag, attitude and knows it’s bad to the bone.

A winter storm expected to bring a blast of arctic air and snowfall to Mexico this weekend has one ski operator feeling optimistic.