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NEW YORK (AP) — Short on glam, slim on glitter and no sign of Manti Te’o, the NFL draft was still a solid B-plus.
As in Big, as in Brawn, as in Bulk, as in Beefy.
We’re talking a scale-busting 600 pounds at the outset Thursday night with offensive tackles Eric Fisher of Central Michigan and Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M.
The first seven picks were all linemen: four on offense, three on defense.
“That’s a lot of love for the big boys up front, which we usually don’t get,” Fisher said.
None of the teams making the first 32 selections went for Te’o, not even Minnesota, which had three first-round picks. The All-America linebacker’s poor performance in Notre Dame’s loss to Alabama in the national championship game surely was a factor. Still to be determined is how much the fake girlfriend hoax cost him.
Unlike the last few years when bumper crops of quarterbacks reigned, this was pure muscle, and lots of it.
Actually, not a single QB was selected until Florida State’s EJ Manuel went to Buffalo at No. 16 — the lowest since 2000, when Chad Pennington went 18th to the Jets.
No running backs were chosen, either, for the first time since 1963.

Emily Pittman was the top predictor at this week’s Atomic City Roadrunners’ Pace Race with a near perfect prediction.
The Pace Race, a weekly event hosted by the Atomic City Roadrunners, was Tuesday.
The 1- and 3-mile races started at Brewer Arena rodeo grounds on North Mesa.
Pittman finished the race with a 1-second prediction error. Pittman needed a good prediction to top Bob Weeks, who was just 3 seconds off his finish time.
Christie Kelly, who was just 9 seconds off her predicted time, was the fastest runner on the 1-mile course (10:27), followed by Weeks (13:29).
The fastest runner on the 3-mile course was again Ted Romero (20:28). Nikol Strother was the fastest female runner (21:28).
The next Pace Race will be Tuesday starting at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Race time is 6 p.m.
More information can be found about the race or the Atomic City Roadrunners by visiting the club’s website, atomicrunners.com, or calling 672-1639. 

Baseball team is No. 10 in MaxPrep ratings

The Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team is ranked No. 10 in Class 4A, according to the most recent MaxPreps.com ratings.
The website’s rankings, which have been sporadic at best this season, were released Sunday.
Heading into Wednesday’s game against Santa Fe, Los Alamos was the only District 2-4A team to crack the top 10. Española Valley (15-5 overall, 5-2 in 2-4A) was in the No. 14 spot and Bernalillo, Santa Fe and Capital were the Nos. 23, 24 and 26 teams in the 26-school class.
Piedra Vista (12-8) was the No. 1 team in 4A this week, ahead of Goddard (13-3) and Farmington (15-7). Los Alamos and Española Valley were the two lowest-ranked teams in the state with above-.500 records.

Piedra Vista tops softball rankings, LA is 12th

Since the start of the District 2-4A season, the Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team has sported one of the most productive offenses in the state.
Los Alamos put up some more solid offensive production Wednesday, taking a win in a big district contest and moving a step closer to earning its fifth straight district title.
Los Alamos scored multiple runs in five of its six innings at bat, dropping the Santa Fe Demons at Bomber Field early, 14-4.
The win puts the Hilltoppers at 8-1 in the district season, but they still have a key doubleheader Saturday at Española Valley.
But with Wednesday’s victory, Los Alamos will have to win just one or other contest to secure the district title.
The top of the Hilltopper batting order came through in a big way against Santa Fe. Lead-off batter Connor Mang reached base in three of his four plate appearances and scored a pair of runs. Behind him, No. 3 batter Jared Mang, Connor’s older brother, and clean-up batter Steven Williams combined to drive in 7 runs.
Connor Mang, a freshman fresh off hitting for the cycle in the second game of a doubleheader against Bernalillo Saturday, said one of the keys for Los Alamos during this district season has been jumping on opposing pitching early.