New Mexico Scorpions News

 
Smoke from massive fire spreads across NM, Ariz.
WGME
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) -- Wildfires are casting a pall over the Memorial Day weekend in parts of the West. Smoke from a massive New Mexico blaze has prompted widespread air-quality warnings and officials have put thousands of firefighters on standby ...

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Notorious 'ghost pepper' burning Rio Grande Valley mouths
Brownsville Herald
The Naga Bhut Jolokia chili pepper, commonly known as the “ghost pepper,” had its fiery crown snatched away in early 2011 by the Australian-cultivated Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T.” According to the Scoville scale, which is used to measure a pepper's ...


 
Farmington falls at New Mexico state baseball tournament
Farmington Daily Times
The Scorpions hit the field at Eldorado High School on Thursday with a trip to the 4A baseball state semifinals on the line, but blocking the path was No. 5 Albuquerque Academy, which saw an impressive return from star senior Alex Bregman to the lineup ...


 
4A STATE BASEBALL: No. 4 Farmington sweeps No. 13 Espanola Valley
Farmington Daily Times
4 Scorpions managed just four hits against No. 13 Española Valley starting pitcher Joaquin Schoeppner on Saturday, but they still scored 11 runs in 4 1-2 innings of play. Schoeppner, a New Mexico State commit, walked four Scorpion hitters and allowed ...

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Demand for super-hot peppers buoys markets
The Packer
Superhot varieties — such as the scorpions — are the name of the game for Marlin Bensinger, member of The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University and farming and technical director and owner at Chromtec LLC, Las Cruces, NM Bensinger, ...

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We salute you, Bucksnort: In praise of America's oddly named towns
New Mexico Watchdog
By Rob Nikolewski on May 8, 2012 This post has nothing to do with politics and a only a little to do with New Mexico but I came across an article in USA Today that I wanted to pass along. Unusual local place names, often chosen by pioneer settlers to ...


 
Hockey is Stephens' passport to the world
Brandon Sun
After four years of university at SUNY-Geneseo, Stephens embarked on a professional hockey career, spending two years in the Central league with the New Mexico Scorpions, Laredo Bucks and Rapid City Rush. His old coach from Geneseo lined up a spot at ...