Sal Gonzales was loved, admired and respected around the halls and the fields of Rio Rancho High School, and within New Mexico’s running community as a whole. Hearts were heavy on both fronts Tuesday upon news of his death.
“It has been a hard day,” Rio Rancho district athletic director Todd Resch said. “We knew he had been battling for quite some time, and we are struggling to come to terms that he is gone. Right now, we’re still a bit numb.”
On Monday afternoon, colorectal cancer finally claimed the life of Gonzales — Rio Rancho High’s campus AD — after a multi-year battle with the disease…