Welcome to my home ...

Greetings everybody!

This is the first of what I hope are many installments of "The Read Barron"

This blog was created as a way of keeping up with the goings on in prep sports in Northern New Mexico as well to give my insights, opinions (as shallow or as in-depth as they are) and whereabouts during this season.

The creation of hits site comes at almost the perfect time: the end of the fall sports season and the burgeoning of the winter sports segment.

Here's a little bit about me.
I was born in Topeka Kansas (New Year's Eve, 1975) but have lived the last 24 years in New Mexico. I am a 1994 graduate of Los Lunas High School and it was here that my passion for sports began. I worked on the high school newspaper and saw Los Lunas experience its best football during this period (three straight playoff appearances, two district titles, a 10-0 regular season in 02).
As for the other sports ... Well, the girls basketball team made it to state my senior year, led by one Pam Zens, a 6-3 post who later became the head volleyball coach at La Cueva before moving to Artesia.
I am a alumnus of The University of New Mexico ('02), witnessing the departures of football's Dennis Franchione and men's basketball's Dave Bliss and the entrances of Rocky Long and Fran Fraschilla, respectively.

When I'm not covering sports ... I'm watching them.
I am an avid Boston Red Sox fans - and not one of those Pink Sox fans who jumped on board when the Sawx became popular. If you know who Phil Plantier, Wes Gardner, Donnie Sadler and Bob Zupcic are and their positions, then you must be a Red Sox fan, too. Add the Boston Celtics, too.
And no, I have never been to Boston, but my father was and I took up the mantle for him. I had a chance when the Red Sox won it all in 2004, but little did I know that they would sweep. I was ready for a Game 6 and 7 celebration. So much for that plane ticket!.
My lone connection to Kansas is my passion for the 2008 men's basketball national champion Kansas Jayhawks! I am also a Kansas City Chiefs fan. The less said about them, the better I feel.

If there's anything else you would like to know, feel free to drop me a line. Or hit me up at a game. I'm sure to be around this year.