New Mexico
UNM and NMSU students create new rivalry trophy
University of New Mexico and New Mexico State students have come together to design a new trophy for their schools’ basketball rivalry.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Basketball fans from around the state gathered under one roof — The Pit — for the single-game of the men’s basketball Rio Grande Rivalry between New Mexico and New Mexico State on Saturday night.
“This is fantastic, considering we’ve had them, you know, canceled or postponed in the past,” said NMSU fan Jerry Gaussoin. “So, this is awesome.”
“Definitely love it because we’re ahead in the series,” said UNM fan Ray Chavez.
And this one is different for a few reasons.
“We’ve cut down the rivalry to one game,” said UNM student Carlos Tenorio II. “You know, fans have mixed emotions about it, but the fact that we still get to play each other, you know, once a year is still fantastic.”
The one game change came after the 2022 shooting on UNM’s campus involving students and an NMSU basketball player.
“It was hurtful to see, you know, something that matters so much to the state of New Mexico and so many New Mexicans get taken away,” Tenorio said.
Because of that incident — and the bad blood that followed — Tenorio reached out to NMSU’s student fan group to collaborate on a new project.
“Here we are with a trophy made, and that that’s exciting, because you hear about all these other trophies and like the Big 10 and the SEC that were that were made by the fan,” said NMSU student Joseph Settle. “Oh, that’s interesting. I wonder how it happened.”
Settle and Tenorio, along with Quinton Morrison, came up with this, a new Rio Grande Rivalry trophy.
“We have the Rio Grande running down, of course, for the Rio Grande Rivalry, and two stars representing both the city of Albuquerque and the city of Las Cruces in both schools’ color,” Tenorio said. “So, we got red and the crimson down there for Las Cruces with Rio Grande Rivalry in the old western font.”
The trophy was designed by local wood worker Andy Hageman and paid for by students.
Both Tenorio and Settle said they want to give the rivalry the hype it deserves.
“I think it’s definitely one of the more underrated rivalries in both college football and basketball,” Settle said.
The Aggies got to take the trophy back to Las Cruces after defeating the Lobos 89-83 in overtime.
A Portales mother shares her son’s medical journey, highlighting the challenges of healthcare in rural New Mexico.
PORTALES, N.M. – A Portales mother shares her son’s medical journey, highlighting the challenges of healthcare in rural New Mexico.
In April 2025, April Fleming took her son Owen to Roosevelt General Hospital after he collapsed during a baseball game. Despite a negative test, doctors diagnosed him with strep throat.
“He is bouncing off the walls he’s so hyper, and he’s a sweetheart,” said April Fleming.
When Owen couldn’t turn his head, April questioned the diagnosis and sought a second opinion. Another doctor suggested it might be meningitis.
“In the emergency room, they tell me that they’re going to do a spinal tap on him, which is how they test for meningitis. They ended up not doing that, and they just did another swab test on him,” said April.
Doctors prescribed antibiotics for adenovirus, rhinovirus, and strep. Despite treatment, Owen’s condition worsened, and a lump on his neck grew.
“Fast forward another day. Owen is still getting more sick. Now he can’t walk, he will not eat, he will not drink, and he now has a, the lump is even bigger on his neck,” said April.
April took Owen to the Clovis ER, where her concerns were dismissed again.
“The Clovis doctor told me, ‘I think that you care a lot about your son, but I think that you are a young, paranoid mom who just needs to take a breath,’” said April.
Desperate, April drove Owen to Lubbock, Texas, through a hailstorm as his condition continued to deteriorate.
“He went unconscious. And it’s really hard for me to talk about it, because it was, it was hard to watch his body attack itself and not be able to do anything,” said April.
Six specialists worked to find answers as the abscess on Owen’s neck caused spinal misalignment.
“They were telling me that I should probably start preparing myself, because they didn’t know what was going on and why he kept getting worse,” said April.
Finally, Owen was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease.
“He was able to get the IVIG treatment. And then within 45 minutes, his fever broke, and his rash on his body went away, and his eyes cleared up, and he was able to sit up. It was just, it was like a miracle cure,” said April.
Owen is now 4 years old and doing well. April emphasized the need for accountability and resources in New Mexico’s healthcare system to prevent similar situations.
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