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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 7

New Mexico United hosts Colorado Springs tonight without Cristian Nava

Plus, the Lobos win 31-3 at Nevada and I-25 closes overnight at Montgomery again.

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New Mexico UnitedTop story

New Mexico United hosts Colorado Springs tonight without injured forward Cristian Nava

United won 15 regular-season games to Colorado Springs' 13

15Wins13
8Losses9
7Draws8

Source: abqjournal

If you're headed to the match tonight, here's the setup. Top-seeded New Mexico United hosts Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in the Western Conference semifinals. Win and United advances to the Western Conference final. Lose and the season ends. United is also the highest-seeded club still playing, East or West.

United will play without forward Cristian Nava. The club announced Friday that an MRI showed a severe knee sprain from Sunday's first-round match against Phoenix Rising FC. He's out for the rest of the 2026 postseason, and the club expects a full recovery in time for the 2027 season.

  • When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
  • Where: Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park
  • Watch: New Mexico 50 or ESPN+
  • Listen: FM-101.7

United beat Phoenix 2-⁠0 and leads the series with Colorado Springs

2-0
United's first-round win over Phoenix Rising FC
9,000+
supporters at that match
15-5-4
United's series record against the Switchbacks
2-1-1
United's record against them this season

Sources: 96.3 KKOB, abqjournal

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News Notes

I-25

Driving near Montgomery tonight? Crews close I-25 in both directions at Montgomery Boulevard from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday to install beams for the new bridge. KOAT

Dental clinic

The New Mexico free dental clinic at Tingley Coliseum continues today, with doors opening at 5:15 a.m. You don't need insurance or an appointment, and organizers expect 1,000 to 1,200 patients over two days. KOB 4

Lobos

No. 22 New Mexico beat Nevada 31-3 Friday night at Mackay Stadium for its sixth straight win. The Lobos held the Wolf Pack to minus-9 rushing yards, the first time since 1983 they've held a team that low. Scottre Humphrey ran for a game-high 107 yards and two touchdowns. abqjournalKRQE NEWS 13

The Lobos beat Nevada 31-⁠3 for their sixth straight win

  • New Mexico31
    Nevada3
    FinalFriday night at Mackay Stadium in Reno

Sources: KRQE NEWS 13, abqjournal

Boys soccer

Sandia won the Class 5A boys state title with a 5-1 win over Capital, its first since 1992. The Matadors came in as the No. 9 seed and knocked off top-seeded La Cueva in the quarterfinals. KOB 4

Boxing

Albuquerque's Abraham Perez defends his WBA flyweight title tonight at Kiva Auditorium against Puerto Rico's Yankiel Rivera. He has won all five fights since a near-drowning in July 2024. Albuquerque Journal

Home

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Education

A judge ordered New Mexico to rewrite part of its education plan in the case, finding it lacks specific steps on class sizes, teacher training and evaluations, and services for at-risk students. The state must deliver a supplemental plan by March 26, 2027. KOB 4

The state's Yazzie-Martinez plan faces two deadlines in 2027

  1. 2014Two parents filed the education case.
  2. Feb. 2019A court ruled for the parents and ordered the state to create a remedial plan.
  3. March 26The state must deliver its supplemental plan.
  4. April 23Plaintiffs' deadline to file objections.

Source: KOB 4

Housing

The Department of Workforce Solutions' Office of Housing is investing nearly $8 million in its family stabilization program, which had only served Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe public schools. This year it reaches all four school districts in San Juan County. 96.3 KKOB

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Albuquerque's Carlos Garcia is rescuing vintage neon signs from Route 66 and restoring them, and his collection is full of flashing bulbs and moving neon. He and his brother Ed have been collecting for years, inspired by their mother, who fell in love with neon after arriving at UNM in 1955. It started with oil cans and small gas pump signs. Quite a glow-up.

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  1. Fri., Nov. 6Judge: PED's Yazzie/Martinez plan is incomplete; Sandia wins 5A soccer title
  2. Thurs., Nov. 5Array Technologies will merge with Shoals in a $1 billion deal
  3. Wed., Nov. 4UNM football cracks the AP Top 25 for the first time
  4. Tues., Nov. 3United advance in the playoffs, plus flood closures and Election Day bonds
  5. Mon., Nov. 2UNM football cracks the AP Top 25 for the first time
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Morning Albuquerqueto me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

New Mexico United hosts Colorado Springs tonight without Cristian Nava

Plus, the Lobos win 31-3 at Nevada and I-25 closes overnight at Montgomery again.

The TLDR

  1. New Mexico United hosts Colorado Springs at 7:30 p.m.
  2. Lobos beat Nevada 31-3 for a sixth straight win
  3. I-25 closes overnight at Montgomery again tonight
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