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Marvel announced via Polygon earlier today there’s a new Edge of Spider-Verse series on the way. Set to debut on August 3rd, the five-issue series will feature classic favorites such as Araña, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Man: India! The series is written by Dan Slott, Alex Segura, and Karla Pacheco with art by Mark Bagley and unannounced artists as well.

“Marvel has decided to do the unthinkable, go big, and bring the saga of the comic book Spider-Verse to a fiery conclusion,” Slott shared with Polygon. “Yes, that’s right. Later this year we shall all bear witness to THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE!”

Each issue will contain three stories with new character debuts, new status quos, and seeds for an overarching saga that will set the stage for The End of the Spider-Verse launching next year.

Check out designs by Kris Anka, Mark Bagley, and Martin Coccolo for new characters Spider-Laird, Night-Spider, and Hunter-Spider below.

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Check out Josemaria Casanova’s cover art below.

For more on this news, read the official press release below.

New York, NY— May 10, 2022 — Announced earlier today at Polygon, fans will return to the SPIDER-VERSE this August in a brand-new EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE limited series! Over the course of five issues, EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE will introduce brand-new Spider-heroes as well as catch up with classic favorites such as Araña, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Man: India! Each thrilling issue will contain three stories packed with debuts, new status quos, and seeds for an overarching saga that will set the stage for THE END OF SPIDER-VERSE, a new epic launching later this year.

“Marvel has decided to do the unthinkable, go big, and bring the saga of the comic book Spider-Verse to a fiery conclusion,” Slott shared with Polygon. “Yes, that’s right. Later this year we shall all bear witness to THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE!”

Check out designs for three of the new heroes you’ll meet in the series and don’t miss a single SPIDER-VERSE tale when EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE begins this August! For more information, visit Marvel.com.

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1
Written by DAN SLOTT, ALEX SEGURA & KARLA PACHECO
Art by MARK BAGLEY AND MORE!
Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS
On Sale 8/3

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2

Written by DAN SLOTT AND MORE

Art by MARK BAGLEY AND MORE

Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS

On Sale 8/17

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #3

Written by DAN SLOTT AND MORE

Art by MARK BAGLEY AND MORE

Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS

Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
On Sale 8/31

LAST YEAR was a monster 12 months for boxing and you can expect more of the same in the first part of 2022.

Brit star Anthony Joshua is set to fight Oleksandr Usyk in a huge heavyweight rematch on August 20.

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And earlier this year we had Tyson Fury’s knockout win over Dillian Whyte, as well as Dmitry Bivol’s shocking decision victory against Canelo Alvarez.

And later this year, Canelo is back in action in a huge trilogy match-up with Gennady Golovkin.

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Check out SunSport’s extensive boxing schedule for 2022 below…

Sky Sports (UK)

July 30 Bournemouth, England

• Chris Billam-Smith vs Isaac Chamberlain (12 rounds – cruiserweight)
• Ben Whitaker vs. Greg O’Neill (6 rounds – light heavyweight)
• Caroline Dubois vs. Happy Daudi (6 rounds – lightweight)

Showtime (US)

July 30 Brooklyn, New York

• Danny Garcia vs Jose Benavidez Jr., (12 rounds -super-welterweight)
• Adam Kownacki vs Ali Eren Demirezen (10 rounds – heavyweight)
• Gary Antuanne Russell vs Rances Barthelemy (10 rounds – super-lightweight)

Sky Sports (UK) – ESPN (US)

August 6 Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Michael Conlan vs Miguel Marriaga (10 rounds – featherweight)

DAZN (UK & US)

August 6 Sheffield, England

• Dalton Smith vs Sam O’maison (12 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Erica Anabella Farias vs Sandy Ryan (10 rounds – super-lightweight)

Showtime PPV (US)

August 6 NYC, New York

• Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr (8 rounds – cruiserweight)
• Amanda Serrano vs Brenda Karen Carbajal (8 rounds – featherweight)
• Brandun Lee vs Will Madera (10 rounds – super-lightweight)

DAZN (UK & US)

August 6 Fort Worth, Texas

• Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Michael McKinson (12 rounds – welterweight)

Sky Sports (UK) – ESPN (US)

August 13 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Teofimo Lopez vs. Pedro Campa (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Xander Zayas vs Elias Espadas (8 rounds – super-welterweight)

Showtime (US)

August 20 Hollywood, Florida

• Adrien Broner vs Omar Figueroa (10 rounds – welterweight)
• Albert Puello vs Batyr Akhmedov (12 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Roger Gutierrez vs Hector Garcia (12 rounds – super-featherweight)

Sky Sports Box Office (UK)

August 20 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, IBF, WBO titles)
• Filip Hrgovic vs Zhang Zhilei (12 rounds – heavyweight)
• Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera (10 rounds – cruiserweight)

DAZN PPV (UK)

August 27 London, England

• KSI vs Alex Wassabi (8 rounds – cruiserweight)

FOX PPV (US)

September 4 Los Angeles, California

• Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz (12 rounds – heavyweight)
• Isaac Cruz vs Eduardo Ramirez (12 rounds – lightweight)

Sky Sports (UK) – ESPN (US)

September 10 London, England

• Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall (10 rounds – middleweight, WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF, The Ring titles)
• Alycia Baumgardner vs Mikaela Mayer (10 rounds – super-featherweight, WBC, WBO, IBF titles)

DAZN (UK & US)

September 17 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin III (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC, Ring Magazine titles)
• Jesse Bam Rodriguez vs Israel Gonzalez (12 rounds – super-flyweight, WBC title)
• Ammo Williams vs Kieron Conway (10 rounds – middleweight)
• Diego Pacheco vs Enrique Collazo (10 rounds – super middleweight)

Sky Sports (UK) – ESPN (US)

September 23 Newark, New Jersey

• Shakur Stevenson vs Robson Conceicao (12 rounds – super-featherweight, WBC, WBO titles)

Boxing results 2022

July 16 Los Angeles, California

• Ryan Garcia def. Javier Fortuna (12 rounds – lightweight)

July 16 London, England

• Mark Heffron def. Lennox Clarke TKO5 (12 rounds – middleweight)
• Hamzah Sheeraz def. Francisco Emmanuel Torres TKO5 (10 rounds – middleweight)
• Dennis McCann def. James Beech Jr. TKO8 (10 rounds – featherweight)

July 9 San Antonio, Texas

• Rey Vargas def. Mark Magsayo SD12 (12 rounds – featherweight, WBC title)

July 9 London, England

• Derek Chisora def. Kubrat Pulev SD12 (12 rounds – heavyweight)
• Israel Madrimov vs Michel Soro TD3 (12 rounds – super-welterweight)

July 2 London, England

• Joe Joyce def. Christian Hammer TKO4 (10 rounds – heavyweight)
• Jason Cunningham vs Zolani Tete KO4 (12 rounds – featherweight)

June 25 San Antonio, Texas

• Jesse Bam Rodriguez def. Srisraket Sor Rungvisai TKO8 (12 rounds – super-flyweight, WBC title)
• Murodjon Akhmadaliev def. Ronny Rios UD12 (12 rounds – super-bantamweight, WBA, IBF titles)

June 18 NYC, New York

• Artur Beterbiev def. Joe Smith Jr. TKO2 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, WBC, WBO, IBF world titles)
• Robeisy Ramirez def. Abraham Nova KO5 (10 rounds – featherweight)

June 11 London, England

• Richard Riakporhe def. Fabio Turchi TKO2 (12 rounds – cruiserweight)
• Chris Kongo def. Sebastian Formella UD10 (10 rounds – welterweight)
• Zak Chelli def. Germaine Brown UD10 (10 rounds – super middleweight)

June 11 Telford, England

• Liam Davies def. Marc Leach UD12 (12 rounds – super-bantamweight)
• Ijaz Ahmed DREW w/ Kaisy Khademi (12 rounds – super-flyweight)

June 11 NYC, New York

• Edgar Berlanga def. Roamer Alexis Angulo UD10 (10 rounds – super-middleweight)

June 11 Anaheim, California

• Jaime Munguia def. Jimmy Kelly TKO5 (12 rounds – super-middleweight)

June 11 Miami, Florida

• Daniel Dubois def. Trevor Bryan (12 rounds – heavyweight)

June 10 Mexico City, Mexico

• Hiroto Kyoguchi def. Esteban Bermudez TKO8 (12-rounds – light-flyweight, WBA title)
• Eduardo Hernandez def. Jorge Casteneda TKO1 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Diego Pacheco def. Raul Ortega TKO4 (10 rounds – super middleweight)

June 7 Saitama, Japan

• Naoya Inoue def. Nonito Donaire II KO2 (12 rounds – bantamweight, WBC, WBA, IBF, The Ring titles)

June 4 Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Stephen Fulton def. Danny Roman UD12 (12 rounds – super-bantamweight, WBC, WBO titles)
• David Morrell def. Kalvin Henderson TKO4 (12 rounds – super-middleweight)

June 4 Cardiff, Wales

• Joe Cordina def. Kenichi Ogawa KO2 ( 12 rounds – super-featherweight, IBF world title)
• Zelfa Barrett def. Faroukh Kourbanov UD12 (12 rounds – super-featherweight)
• Skye Nicolson def. Gabriela Bouvier UD8 (8 rounds – featherweight)

June 5 Melbourne, Australia

• Devin Haney def. George Kambosos Jr UD12 (12 rounds – lightweight, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring titles)
• Lucas Browne def. Junior Fa KO1 (10 rounds, heavyweight)

May 28 Brooklyn, New York

• Gervonta Davis def. Rolando Romero TKO6 (12 rounds – lightweight)
• Erislandy Lara def. Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan TKO8 (12 rounds – middleweight)
• Jesus Ramos def. Luke Santamaria UD10 (10 rounds – super-welterweight)

May 21 Dubai, UAE

• Floyd Mayweather vs Don Moore (no decision – exhibition)
• Anderson Silva vs Bruno Machado (no decision – exhibition)
• Delfine Persoon def. Elhem Mekhelad UD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Badou Jack def. Hany Atiyo KO1 (8 rounds – cruiserweight)

May 21 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Janibek Alimkhanuly def. Danny Dignum KO2 (12 rounds – middleweight)
• Jamaine Ortiz def. Jamel Herring UD10 (10 rounds – lightweight)

May 21 Phoenix, Arizona

• David Benavidez def. David Lemieux KO2 (12 rounds – super-middleweight)

May 21 London, England

• Joshua Buatsi def. Craig Richards UD12 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight)
• Alen Babic def. Adam Balski UD10 (12 rounds – heavyweight)
• Chantelle Cameron def. Victoria Bustos UD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Robbie Davies Jr. def. Javier Molina SD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Ellie Scotney def. Maria Cecilia Roman UD10 (10 rounds – super-bantamweight)

PBC YouTube (UK) – Showtime (US)

May 14 Carson, California

• Jermell Charlo def. Brian Castano TKO10 (12 rounds – super-welterweight, WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO, The Ring titles)
• Jaron Ennis def. Custio Clayton KO2 (12 rounds – welterweight)

ESPN (US)

May 14 Paris, France

• Martin Bakole def. Tony Yoka MD10 (12 rounds – heavyweight)

May 7 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Dmitry Bivol def. Canelo Alvarez UD12 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, WBA title)
• Montana Love def. Gabriel Valenzuela UD12 (12 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Shakhram Giyasov def. Christian Gomez UD10 (10 rounds – welterweight)
• Zhilei Zhang def. Scott Alexander KO1 (10 rounds – heavyweight)
• Aaron Silva def. Alexis Espino TKO4 (8 rounds – middleweight)

April 30 NYC, New York

• Katie Taylor def. Amanda Serrano SD10 (10 rounds – lightweight, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring Magazine titles)
• Liam Smith def. Jesse Vargas TKO10 (12 rounds – super-welterweight)
• Franchon Crews-Dezurn def. Elin Cederroos SD10 (10 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO titles)

April 30 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Shakur Stevenson def. Oscar Valdez UD12 (12 rounds – super-featherweight, WBC & WBO titles)

April 23 London, England

• Tyson Fury def. Dillian Whyte KO6 (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBC, Ring Magazine title)
• Ekow Essuman def. Darren Tetley UD12 (12 rounds – welterweight)
• Nick Ball def. Isaac Lowe TKO6 (10 rounds – featherweight)
• David Adeleye def. Chris Healey TKO4 (8 rounds – heavyweight)
• Tommy Fury def. Daniel Bocianski UD6 (6 rounds – light-heavyweight)
• Karol Itauma def. Michal Ciach TKO2 (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)

April 16 Dallas, Texas

• Errol Spence Jr def. Yordenis Ugas TKO10 (12 rounds – welterweight, WBA, WBC, IBF titles)
• Isaac Cruz def. Yuriorkis Gamboa TKO5 (10 rounds – lightweight)
• Eimantas Stanionis def. Radzhab Butaev SD12 (12 rounds – welterweight)

April 16 Manchester, England

• Conor Benn def. Chris van Heerden KO2 (12 rounds – welterweight)
• Chris Billam-Smith def. Tommy McCarthy KO8 (12 rounds – cruiserweight)

April 9 Saitama, Japan

• Gennady Golovkin def. Ryota Murata TKO9 (12 rounds – middleweight, WBA & IBF titles)

April 9 San Antonio, Texas

• Ryan Garcia def. Emmanuel Tagoe UD12 (12 rounds – lightweight)

April 9 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Sebastian Fundora def. Erickson Lubin TKO9 (12 rounds – super-welterweight)
• Tony Harrison def. Sergio Garcia UD12 (12 rounds – super-welterweight)

March 26 Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Tim Tszyu def. Terrell Gausha (12 rounds – super-welterweight)

March 26 London, England

• Richard Riakporhe def. Deion Jumah TKO8 (10 rounds – cruiserweight)

March 26 Leeds, England

• Josh Warrington def. Kiko Martinez TKO7 (12 rounds – featherweight, IBF title)
• Maxi Hughes def. Ryan Walsh UD12 (12 rounds – lightweight)
• Ebanie Bridges def. Cecilia Roman UD10 (10 rounds – bantamweight, IBF title)
• Dalton Smith def. Ray Moylette TKO10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Skye Nicholson def. Bec Connolly (6 rounds – featherweight)

March 19 Dubai, UAE

• Sunny Edwards def. Muhammad Waseem UD12 (12 rounds – flyweight, IBF title)
• Regis Prograis def. Tyrone McKenna TKO6 (10 rounds -super-lightweight)

March 19 London, England

• David Avanesyan def. Finn Oskari Metz KO1 (12 rounds – welterweight)
• Hamzah Sheeraz def. Jez Smith KO2 (10 rounds – middleweight)
• Dennis McCann def. Charles Tondo UD8 (8 rounds – bantamweight)

March 12 Nottingham, England

• Leigh Wood def. Michael Conlan KO12 (12 rounds – featherweight, WBA Regular title)
• Terri Harper def. Yamila Belen Abellaneda UD10 (10 rounds – lightweight)
• Caoimhin Agyarko def. Juan Carlos Rubio UD10 (10 rounds – middleweight)

March 5 San Diego, California

• Roman Gonzalez def. Julio Cesar Martinez UD12 (12 rounds – super-flyweight, WBA title)
• Mauricio Lara def. Emilio Sanchez TKO3 (10 rounds – featherweight)
• Diego Pacheco def. Genc Pllana KO2 (8 rounds – super middleweight)
• Marc Castro def. Julio Madera UD6 (6 rounds – lightweight)
• Skye Nicolson def. Jessica Juarez UD6 (6 rounds – featherweight)

March 4 Fresno, California

• Jose Ramirez def. Jose Pedraza UD12 (12 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Joet Gonzalez def. Jeo Santisima TKO9 (10 rounds – featherweight)

February 27 London, England

• Lawrence Okolie def. Michal Cieslak UD12 (12 rounds – cruiserweight, WBO title)
• Jordan Gill def. Karim Guerfi KO9 (12 rounds – featherweight)
• Anthony Fowler def. Lukasz Maciec UD10 (10 rounds – middleweight)
• Demsey McKean def. Ariel Esteban Bracamonte UD8 (10 rounds – heavyweight)
• Galal Yafai def. Carlos Bautista TKO5 (10 rounds – flyweight)
• Campbell Hatton def. Joe Ducker TKO6 (4 rounds -lightweight)

February 26 Las Vegas, California

• Hector Garcia def. Chris Colbert UD12 (12 rounds – super-featherweight)
• Gary Antuanne Russell def. Viktor Postol TKO10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
• Fernando Martinez def. Jerwin Ancajas UD12 (12 rounds – super-flyweight, IBF title)

February 26 Glasgow, Scotland

• Josh Taylor def. Jack Catterall SD12 (12 rounds – super-lightweight, IBF/WBC/WBO/WBA titles)
• Robeisy Ramirez def. Eric Donovan TKO3 (10 rounds -featherweight)
• Nick Campbell def. Jay McFarlane TKO7 (10 rounds – heavyweight)

February 19 Manchester, England

• Kell Brook def. Amir Khan TKO6 (12 rounds – catchweight, 149lbs)
• Natasha Jonas def. Chris Namus TKO2 (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
• Viddal Riley def. Willbeforce Shihepo UD6 (6 rounds – cruiserweight)
• Adam Azim def. Jordan Ellison TKO3 (6 rounds – lightweight)
• Hassan Azim def. MJ Hall UD4 (4 rounds – welterweight)

February 19 Tijuana, Mexico

• Jaime Munguia def. D’Mitrius Ballard TKO3 (12 rounds – middleweight)

February 12 London, England

• John Ryder def. Daniel Jacobs SD12 (12 rounds – super-middleweight)
• Johnny Fisher def. Gabriel Enguema UD6 (6 rounds – heavyweight)
• Felix Cash def. Magomed Madiev UD10 (10 rounds – middleweight)
• Ellie Scotney def. Jorgelina Guanini UD10 (10 rounds – super-bantamweight)
• Ammo Williams def. Javier Francisco Maciel TKO6 (10 rounds – middleweight)

February 5 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Keith Thurman def. Mario Barrios UD12 (12 rounds – welterweight)
• Luis Nery def. Carlos Castro SD10 (10 rounds – super-bantamweight)
• Leo Santa Cruz def. Keenan Carbajal UD10 (12 rounds – featherweight)

February 5 Glendale, Arizona

• Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez def. Carlos Cuadras UD12 (12 rounds – super-flyweight, WBC title)
• Jamie Mitchell def. Carly Skelly TKO4 (10 rounds – bantamweight, WBA title)
• Raymond Ford def. Edward Vazquez SD10 (10 rounds – featherweight)

February 5 Cardiff, Wales

• Chris Eubank def. Liam Williams UD12 (12 rounds – middleweight)
• Claressa Shields def. Ema Kozin UD10 (10 rounds – middleweight, WBC, IBF, WBA titles)
• Caroline Dubois def. Vaida Masiokaite UD4 (4 rounds – lightweight)

January 22 Atlantic City, New Jersey

• Mark Magsayo def. Gary Russell Jr MD12 (12 rounds – featherweight, WBC title)
• Subriel Matias def. Petros Ananyan TKO9 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)

January 15 Verona, New York

• Joe Smith Jr def. Steve Geffrard TKO9 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, WBO title)
• Abraham Nova vs Jose Enrique Vivas TKO8 (10 rounds – featherweight)

January 1 Hollywood, Florida

• Luis Ortiz def. Charles Martin TKO6 (12 rounds – heavyweight)
• Frank Sanchez def. Christian Hammer UD10 (10 rounds – heavyweight)
• Ali Eren Demirezen def. Gerald Washington TKO8 (10 rounds – heavyweight)

Whoever said you can’t come home again, doesn’t know the story of Jordan Pacheco.  His athletic career started in New Mexico and has taken him to Washington, Wyoming, North Carolina, Oklahoma, California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New York, Mexico, and right back to Albuquerque.  Pacheco is currently the hitting coach for the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Triple-A Baseball Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

“It’s definitely different,” Pacheco said about being a coach.  “I used to play every night, but now I get ready to coach them up and hopefully get these guys prepared to move onto the next level.”

Pacheco never thought he would be back in his hometown coaching a professional team. “You just never know with baseball, things happen all the time,” he said.  Pacheco knows what it takes to make it in the major leagues.  Pacheco had a 14-year professional baseball career (six MLB seasons with the Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds).

“It’s little things here and there and little adjustments that need to be made,” the 35-year old Pacheco said. “Most of the time it’s mental adjustments and those are the kind of things I harp on here and try to move along because at that next level everybody can play.  Everybody has the skill, everybody is a big-league baseball player, it’s just that mental side that kind of separates them.”

Pacheco was a multi-sport athlete at La Cueva High School and won state titles in both baseball and basketball.  Pacheco was an infielder on two state championship teams that was a part of a then-national record 70-consecutive win streak. “It was special,” Pacheco recalls.  “It was fun to be a part of it and when you’re in it, you don’t really know how special it is, but when you get to look back on it and share all those memories with some of those guys, it brings back memories of how good the team was and how much we enjoyed being with each other.  But looking back, I think we were one of the best teams in the country.  I think we could have competed with a lot of other states and their best teams.  I still feel that to this day.”  *The 70 consecutive wins by La Cueva from 2002-2005 is currently the 4^th longest streak in the country: Portsmouth (NH) holds the record with 89 straight victories from 2008-2012.

Pacheco also played a large part in La Cueva’s 2003 state basketball championship.  Pacheco scored the winning basket in the closing seconds of a 55-53 win over rival Sandia. “It’s something that’s going to stick with me forever, it was really cool how it unfolded,” he remembered.  “I remember Matt Honeycutt tipping me the ball, being over there in that scrum with Timmy Crowell, and it just happened to come up in my hands, I saw the basket and it was a clear lane and I said, ‘Ok this is going to be it, I’m going down either way, we are going to win or lose right here’.  I remember it like it was yesterday.  I really enjoyed playing basketball under Frank Castillo and all the coaches over there.”

Pacheco says playing multiple sports in high school helped him develop and succeed as a professional athlete. “It’s definitely something I want to teach my kids,” he said.  “I want them to try things, I want them to learn from other sports and that it’s not always about winning and losing, but it’s about showing up every day and working hard and trying stuff that’s new.  I think it really helped in my development and in my competitive development, being able to compete every day.  I think that’s very important when you are teaching young kids how to play the game of baseball, basketball, or any sport, is how to compete.”

Following high school, Pacheco played baseball for the University of New Mexico and was named the 2007 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year.  He was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 9^th round of the MLB amateur draft, but some of his best memories are of his high school playing days. “Just the team we had, the guys, the friendships we had, we always wanted to go to practice, we always wanted to be around each other, it definitely helps when you’re winning every game to want to do that, to want to show up.  But again, it taught me how to win, it taught me how to be a team player because I wasn’t the best player on that team.  I was helping something that was bigger than me.  So that’s what it taught me, it taught me how to be a part of a group of guys with a common goal and that was to win.”

Pacheco’s advice to current high school students is to find a passion.  “It doesn’t have to be sports, it can be whatever you want,” he said.  “Find something that you want to be better at, not necessarily that you wave to win all the time, but you just want to get better at and for me that’s what baseball was.  It was something I just wanted to keep getting better at.  It was a passion of mine, I love it, and that’s why I’m coaching now.  I’m able to deal with the ups and downs because I love to be here.  I love to come to the field and be with the guys, I love to help people.  So, develop a love that goes deeper than just the numbers and winning or losing, it’s something that you really care about.”

“The winning was fun, the state championships were fantastic, but I will always remember the group of guys that I came all the way through high school with, that’s the one thing I will always remember.  I will remember how close we were, I will remember how much we had each other’s backs, I remember how we all just wanted to have fun and win.  That’s probably the one thing that, if I summed it all up, it’s just those guys.”

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