That's a fantastic story, and a useful corrective to the short-sighted snob view of high school athletics as some kind of mindless protofascist gymnastic ritual. The story does a fine job of focusing on the social aspect of football in towns like Belen, which are all over this country. And the detail of Pasqual Armijo, grandson of Pasqual Armijo, playing for an undefeated team just like grandpa? Fantastic. I will keep my fingers crossed for the Eagles.




(the copy editor instinct, though, compels me to wring my hands over a scribe with the wonderful name Aurelio Sanchez not knowing that Franciscans are friars rather than monks)