Española, Escalante crank up intensity for the new season

FOOTBALL

COACH DEPARTURE: Just weeks before the start of the season, Pojoaque Valley football coach Jorge Oropeza unexpectedly left to take a job with the Dallas Independent School District, said Pojoaque Valley Public School superintendent Melville Morgan. The district has been advertising for the job for about a week “and we have a number of applicants,” said Morgan, adding he hopes to name a replacement soon. Assistant coach Patrick Marez has been the interim coach and has been running the recent summer workouts.

UPCOMING THINGS TO SEE OR DO:

RUNNING: Up — way, way up — for a challenge? Check out the 13th Annual Up & Over 10k Trail Run at 9 a.m. Saturday at Taos Ski Valley. The lung-snatching course affords views of Kachina and Wheeler peaks. For more information, see taosskivalley.com/ trailrun/index.html.

LINKS: Show off your skills on the course and help out The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Fe/Del Norte with the annual Isaac Jaramillo Golf Tournament on Sept. 14 at the Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe. For more information or to register, call Lorena Villalovos 2490786.

SOCCER: New Mexico Highlands University will be holding a youth camp Aug. 11-12. The two-a-day sessions will include dribbling, shooting, passing, receiving, creativity and imagination in an effort to build skills, as well as confidence. For more information, call coach Oscar Mendoza at 915-346-4067 or email oscarmendoza@nmhu.edu.