History- The 1920’s The Rise of High School Athletics Associations, the founding of the New Mexico Athletics Association & Alamogordo’s 1st State Winners -Author Chris Edwards

This article and podcast continues our series with excerpts and research from our book series on the history of New Mexico High School Athletics centered around Alamogordo High School from 1912 forward. The book series began with book 1 -Bob Sepulveda: The Early Days focuses us on a history lesson of the founding of interscholastic athletics and carries us to 1976.  Soon to be released Bob Sepulveda The Golden Years book 2 goes into the years 1977 forward to more modern times. This book series along with complimentary articles, blog posts and pod casts are a historical review reflecting a tapestry of stories and emotions, of the political and social tensions and policies of the times, the medals that were won and stories behind some of those medals. A few stories can be uncomfortable in the outcome while others are inspiring. Today's excerpts follows the founding of high school activities associations and some of the politics around that founding. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://authorchrisedwards.com/2021/04/10/history-the-1920s-the-rise-of-high-school-athletics-associations-the-founding-of-the-new-mexico-athletics-association-alamogordos-1st-state-winners-author-chris-edwards/