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Lady
Huskies
crush
SFIS An NCAA waiver makes Emmanuel
By James Barron
The New Mexican Negedu, who last fall suffered
sudden cardiac arrest after a
Seatha Pacheco could talk about all workout, eligible this season.
TIM KORTE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
that went wrong Tuesday night, but
it was what she didn’t talk about that
underscored Santa Fe Indian School’s
performance. UNM BASKETBALL
The highlight of a District 5AAA

Negedu
match against Albuquerque Hope
Christian was the one serve injured
senior Lakeshia Padilla made in her
final home regular-season match.

gets a
The rest of the night in Francis
L. Abeyta Memorial Gymnasium
was one of unbridled frustration for
Pacheco, the Lady Braves head coach,

second
and her team as the Lady Huskies
finally earned their first 5AAA win in
a 25-23, 17-25, 25-13, 25-17 win.
To make matters worse, the Lady
Braves (11-8 overall, 2-5 in 5AAA) are

faced with a must-win district match
at Albuquerque Sandia Preparatory
on Thursday, with the winner secur-
ing the third seed for the 5AAA Tour-
nament next week. A loss there could
have state tournament implications
for SFIS, which was once ranked sec-
ond in the state in the New Mexico
High School Coaches Association
poll.
“I think we need to make third or
fourth to make the state tournament,”
Pacheco said. “I would be disap-
pointed if we aren’t seeded in the top
six (for the Class AAA State Tourna-
ment). I think we are a top-six team
in the state.”
SFIS didn’t show that ability for
much of the evening. The problem
centered on the feet of setter Jessica
chance
Heart problems
sidelined Tenn. transfer
By Tim Korte
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE — Emmanuel
Negedu got a second chance at
life after Tennessee’s medical staff
revived him during a frightening
training episode.
Boston guard Nate Robinson, left, drives to the basket past Miami forward LeBron James, right, during
the first half of the opener in Boston on Tuesday. CHARLES KRUPA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS He got a second chance at playing
college basketball after NCAA offi-
cials determined he would be eligible

Tsosie. She ran from one end of the
court to the other hustling after off-
target passes that grounded the Lady
Braves’ attack. When Tsosie is able to
receive a decent pass, the kill totals
of hitters Melody Cruz and Danielle
Nelson benefit from it.
Cruz had a team-high 10 kills, while
Nelson had eight.
“Melody gets 10 kills in one game,
much less the whole match,” Pacheco
said.
Just lukewarm
immediately this season at New
Mexico.
Last summer, the Tennessee trans-
fer was attending a public speaking
class on New Mexico’s campus when
he noticed he had received a voice
message from Lobos coach Steve
Miami’s dream team fails to live up to hype against Boston Alford.
“I was like, ‘Oh, let me call coach
right away,’ ” Negedu recalled. “I was
The Miami Herald 49.8 seconds left to end the Heat’s final threat. shaking. I knew this might be good
“We just have to settle down and just play,” Bosh

That’s where the presence of
Padilla, a 6-foot middle blocker,
would be great, but she is done for
her prep career with torn ligaments
in her right knee in September.
“We can’t use missing Lakeshia
as an excuse,” Pacheco said. “She
left midseason. We’re a team that’s
already prepared, that’s tough and
that’s seen a lot of success.”
Hope Christian, which has shown
the ability to play with most teams
but come away empty handed, finally
got a taste of that success. After a
lackluster Game 2, Lady Huskies
head coach Jessica McCall implored
her team to regain its focus. Per-
haps the most important button she
pushed was to eliminate service
errors.
“I told them to take a deep breath
before each serve and relax,” McCall
said.
The Lady Huskies (8-11, 1-6) missed
only four serves over the last two
games, and that exposed the Lady
Braves’ weaknesses. For Pacheco,
they amounted to almost everything.
“We were very weak in the fun-
damentals,” Pacheco said. “We’re
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B
OSTON — The environment rivaled the
atmosphere of the NBA Finals. As for the
actual game, well, Miami appears to be a long
way from a polished title contender.
Boston defeated the Heat, 88-80, on Tuesday night at
TD Garden in the season opener for both teams. Not
much can be learned about Miami from Tuesday’s first
road game other than this season is not going to be as
easy as many expected when it was first announced
that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh
would sign together.
“This was one of 82,” Wade said. “Sorry if everyone
thought we were going to be 82-0. It’s not happening.”
The Celtics played like the defending Eastern Confer-
ence champions. The Heat played like a group of players
still unsure of their roles. Wade returned to the lineup
for the first time since the Oct. 5 preseason opener.
“There’s going to be a process with this,” Heat coach
Erik Spoelstra said. “It’s not time to panic.”
The process begins with Wade shaking the rust after
returning from his hamstring injury. Wade finished
with 13 points and shot 4 of 16 from the floor. He made
2 of 10 shots in the first half.
Said Wade: “Me being out — the continuity isn’t there,
but we played well defensively holding this team to 88
points. The offense will come. That’s the least of our
worries.”
James led the team with 31 points, and forward Chris
Bosh scored just eight points in his Heat debut. Four
players scored in double figures for the Celtics, led by 20
from guard Ray Allen, who drained a three-pointer with
said. “This game — we didn’t play like we were capa-
ble of because we were a little reserved. We just have
to put this behind us.”
It was a mostly disappointing night for the Heat,
considering the significant offseason hype. Still, there
were positive signs.
After allowing Boston a 19-point lead in the third
quarter, the Heat cut it to three points with 1:10 left in
the game after James and Wade drained back-to-back
three-pointers and James powered down a layup. After
a timeout by coach Doc Rivers, the Celtics ended the
threat with Allen’s jumper from the corner.
Whereas most of the Heat was inconsistent, James
was spectacular — other than eight turnovers, which
he attributed to being too unselfish — amid the thou-
sands of boos aimed his way throughout the game.
After trailing by nearly 20 points in the third quarter,
the Heat made its first run behind James, who scored
14 of his team’s final 19 points in the period, cutting the
Celtics’ lead to six points.
James scored 21 of his 31 points in the second half,
shooting 10 of 21 from the field and 3 of 6 from three-
point range.
“We grinded it to get it to seven and then Boston
made some big plays,” Spoelstra said. “At least that’s
a grind-out mentality that you’re going to need in this
league. We’ll be better than this.”
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news, this might be bad news. Coach
said, ‘Hey, you have been cleared.’
Then I was jumping and screaming. I
was so excited. I called everybody. It
was a real big relief for me.”
That makes two big reliefs for the
6-foot-7, 220-pound forward, who
was allowed to play this season as a
22-year-old sophomore.
On Sept. 28, 2009, Negedu had just
completed a Tennessee weightlifting
session and was racing a teammate
on the Vols’ indoor football field
when he collapsed. He lost con-
sciousness and had no pulse.
Athletic trainers used an external
defibrillator and performed CPR to
revive Negedu. He eventually had
surgery to have a cardiac defibrilla-
tor implanted in his chest to monitor
his heart rhythm and apply a shock if
irregularities are detected.
But then came the waiting to learn
if he could play again.
Tennessee administrators con-
sulted the school’s medical staff and
decided they wouldn’t allow Negedu
to play, which cleared him to transfer.
Negedu had prospects — Iowa State,
Memphis, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode
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Romo out, Kitna in COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Tony Romo’s broken collarbone
will need at least six weeks of rest
— and there might not be much
Boise State, Moore roll past Louisiana Tech
for him to do when
he recovers. 49-20 victory the 21st
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consecutive for Broncos
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — Kellen Moore
threw two touchdown passes and
caught another on a trick play, help-
ing No. 2 Boise State beat Louisiana
Tech 49-20 on Tuesday night for its
21st consecutive victory.
Moore was 20 of 28 for 298 yards
while coolly directing the Broncos
to 468 total yards. Tyler Shoemaker
caught six passes for a career-high
124 yards and Doug Martin had 21
carries for a career-best 150 yards and
two scores.
Moore threw a 6-yard touchdown
pass in the first quarter to Austin
Pettis, who snapped a three-game
drought without a TD. He tossed a
32-yarder to Shoemaker in the sec-
ond to give the Broncos a 21-7 lead.
Pettis returned the favor in the
third when he took a pitch on an end
around and quickly fired a 7-yard
pass to Moore all alone in the right
corner of the end zone.
The Broncos (7-0, 3-0 Western Ath-
letic Conference) also got a big boost
from Martin, who had a 2-yard run in
the first that made it 7-0 and a 20-yard
scamper in the fourth that wrapped
up the scoring for Boise State.
Boise State needed another con-
vincing win to keep pace in the BCS
standings. The WAC powerhouse is
No. 3 behind Auburn and Oregon.
The Broncos never trailed, build-
ing a 28-7 halftime lead thanks to
Moore’s accurate passing and some
miscues by Louisiana Tech (3-5, 2-2).
The Bulldogs used their hurry-up,
spread offense to roll up 394 total
yards against the nation’s top-ranked
defense. But they hurt themselves with
several costly penalties and mistakes.
Louisiana Tech had a chance to
grab the momentum after a bold
onside kick attempt in the first quar-
ter following Lennon Creer’s tying
1-yard touchdown run. The Bulldogs
caught the Broncos flat-footed and
recovered the kick, but the play was
nullified by an offside penalty. The
call angered coach Sonny Dyke, who
was flagged 15 yards, forcing Louisi-
ana Tech to kick from the 13.

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