The Artesia Bulldog wrestling team is experiencing what most teams face when they lose star athletes who go on to wrestle at the next level. Fourth-year coach Andy Olive has taken a patient approach and wants to build the wrestling program the right way by creating a team culture of working hard and trusting that hard work will yield the right results.

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.