Snowman In The Making: Micaela DePauli, 11, right, and Andrew DePauli, 7, build a snowman in their front yard on Country Club Drive on Saturday afternoon. The snow started to come down early Saturday morning and continued throughout the weekend. Many area schools cancelled classes today because of the weather. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Bengals Take Title: The Gallup Lady Bengals take a victory lap around the floor of the Pit Saturday with their New Mexico 5A state championship trophy. The Lady Bengals beat the No. 2-ranked Mayfield Lady Trojans to claim the championship title. See story/Sports Page 1 in today's edition of the Independent. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]

Mired in winter: Drivers on U.S. 491 help push a vehicle that stopped to help pull another vehicle out of the snow near Mile Marker 5 Saturday night. No one was injured. Snow fell on Gallup and surrounding area throughout the weekend. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]