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  • Young Rams squads hold their own at state

    Dave Wagner CMI staff writer

    ALBUQUERQUE — Portales girls track coach Sandie Shillings acknowledged her team didn't have a lot of entries in this weekend's Class 3A state track meet at the University of New Mexico track facility, but at least they have something to build on. CMI correspondent: Junfu Han Portales' Shereya Cox keeps her pace during the 100 meter dash during the Class 3A state championship, Saturday afternoon at the UNM track complex. Cox finished seventh in the 100, but took fifth place in the 200 to help the girls finish with five team p...

  • Parks getting prepped

    Emily Crowe CMI staff writer

    Temperatures in eastern New Mexico are heating up just in time for residents to spend quality time cooling down in city pools and relaxing in local parks. CMI file photo The Potter Park pool will open for the season next Saturday, and will be open every day but Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m. "We are counting down the days until the Splash Park opens," said Clovis resident Gretchen Brown. "With it being hot and my little one not knowing how to swim just yet, it is a perfect...

  • Lady Rams improve, but still finish last

    CMI staff

    SOCORRO — If senior Paige Hartman had been able to make a few more putts, she likely would've finished in the top six and earned a medal in Class 1A-3A girls state golf . As it was, Hartman shaved eight strokes off her score from the first day, shooting 79 on Tuesday at the New Mexico Tech golf course, good for a 36-hole total of 166 and seventh place at the New Mexico Tech golf course. "Paige played beautifully from tee to green, actually both days," PHS coach Loy Hampton said. "She played well enough to shoot 73 or 74 e...

  • Lady Rams stuggle on first day of 1A-3A state golf

    CMI staff

    SOCORRO — It wasn't the kind of start the Portales Lady Rams were hoping for on Monday. Only senior Paige Hartman broke 100 for PHS as the Lady Rams found themselves in last place at 419 in the six-team Class 1A-3A state golf tournament at the New Mexico Tech golf course. Hartman struggled with a first-day 43-44 — 87 and finds herself in 12th place individually. Freshman Bailey Rowley was next for PHS at 51-51 — 102. Host Socorro, the heavy favorite going in, shot a score of 333 and has a 36-stroke lead over Bosque after...

  • Zias' Wilson moving on to Fresno Pacific

    CMI staff

    Eastern New Mexico University is looking for another women's head coach. Days after softball coach Lauren Sigwing stepped down, basketball coach Lindsey Wilson turned in her resignation Monday. Athletic director Jeff Geiser said Wilson has accepted the head coaching position at Fresno Pacific, an NAIA school in the process of transitioning to NCAA Division II. Wilson, a former player at Central Oklahoma and Southeastern Oklahoma in the Lone Star Conference, came to ENMU two years ago. Her teams compiled a 17-39 record,...

  • Rams get Saturday split

    Dave Wagner CMI staff writer

    Joshua Lucero: PNT correspondent Ram sophomore leftfielder Ray Ornelas grabs a fly ball for an out in the top of the fourth inning of the first game Saturday. Portales survived a wild first-game finish, but the Rams weren't able to put away Bloomfield in Saturday's rain-delayed Class 3A state round-of-16 series. Eighth-seeded PHS saw a seven-run lead get away in the opener, then scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and held on for an 11-10 win before the ninth-seeded Bobcats took the second game 7-2. That forced a...

  • Portales girls tennis squad eliminated

    CMI staff

    The Portales Lady Rams were ousted from state Class 1A-3A tennis competition on Friday with an 8-1 loss to top-seeded Bosque at Albuquerque Academy H.S. The Lady Rams' only win came on an injury forfeit by the Bobcats to juniors Emily Walker and Jessie Privett at No. 1 doubles. PHS, though, did take Bosque to three sets at No. 4 singles, where freshman Ryann Privett lost 6-2, 1-6, 4-6, and at No. 6 singles, where sophomore Hannah Evans was beaten 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, and in a supertiebreaker at No. 3 doubles, where Evans and...

  • ENMU tracksters honored

    CMI staff

    By virtue of wins in last week's Lone Star Conference meet at Canyon, Texas, Eastern New Mexico University's Kaspars Briska and Joseph Metcalf are on the All-LSC men's track squad, released on Friday by the conference office in Richardson, Texas. Briska, a sophomore from Riga, Latvia, won the 5,000 with a Buffalo Sports Park record time of 15 minutes, 11.75 seconds, the fifth-best time in program history. He was also second in the 3,000 steeplechase, and his 18 points tied him for fifth-most in the meet. Metcalf, a junior...

  • ENMU quartet off to finals rodeo

    Dave Wagner CMI staff writer

    Courtesy photo Senior Katelyn Lide ties her goat during last fall's ENMU College Daze Rodeo at Lewis Cooper Arena. Lide will make her third trip to the College National Finals Rodeo, and first since transferring to ENMU, from June 9-15 at Casper, Wyo. Eastern New Mexico University junior TiAda Gray would have been happy to jump right in to the College National Finals Rodeo after the Greyhounds and Zias ended the regular season in the Tarleton State rodeo on April 20. Gray is...

  • Area Road Construction - May 12

    CMI staff

    Area road construction and closure information for this week: State and Federal Constructors Inc. will be working in Portales east on Second Street and traffic east of Avenue C will be restricted to one lane. Also, westbound First Street, starting at North Boston Avenue, will be restricted to one lane. First and Second streets east of Avenue C will be one late to Avenue K. Expect other closures on lateral side streets....

  • Clovis man found guilty of child porn charges

    CMI staff

    A 58-year-old Clovis man faces 33 years in prison after a jury convicted him Friday on multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler. Chandler said the jury took about half an hour to convict William Marquis, who had been free on bond. Marquis was taken into custody after the jury's verdict and faces sentencing by 9th Judicial District Chief Judge Teddy Hartley at a date not yet determined. Chandler said Marquis was found guilty of all 12 felony counts of...

  • On The Shelves

    CMI staff

    The follow books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Nelson Mandela: A Force for Freedom by Christina Scott chronicles the remarkable life of one of the world's most revered and popular public figures whose name is synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of a racist regime and replace it with a multi-racial democracy. Farside by Ben Bova takes place on the far side of the moon where Jason Uhlrich, one of the world's leading astronomers, wants to build a telescope that may prove that there...

  • School Menus

    CMI staff

    Clovis elementary schools Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Meat and cheese nachos, garden salad & ranch, mini carrots, applesauce. Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed green salad, delicious apple, whole wheat roll. Wednesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Homemade meat and bean burrito, salsa, celery sticks and ranch, chilled peaches. Thursday: Breakfast — Smucker's waffles. Lunch — Hot dog on a bun, sweet potato puffs, seasoned green beans, or...

  • Senior happenings

    CMI staff

    Clovis La Casa Senior Center 1120 Cameo St., Clovis Monday: Daily Activities 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; 1 p.m. Abuelitos Bingo Tuesday: Daily Activities 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; 1 p.m. Bingo in Clovis; Sewing class 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Portales Wednesday: Daily Activities 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Bingo 1 p.m. Thursday: Daily Activities 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; 1 p.m. Loteria Friday: Pancake Breakfast with Sausage $2 from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. in Clovis; Clovis Jam 1 p.m. Daily: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily activities: Quilting and sewing, coffee and socializing, exercise...

  • Club Notes

    CMI staff

    PRMC Auxiliary Plains Regional Medical Center held a Pink Ladies Tea and Fashion Show on April 27 at Central Christian Church in Clovis. Patricia Mondragon, president-elect, gave the welcome and spoke about what auxilians do. Pink Ladies and their guests enjoyed a variety of finger foods while sipping tea and coffee. Musical selections were provided by Senior Pastor Lanny Hemmings from Central Christian Church in Clovis. Kathy Elliott of Elliott Marketing was emcee for the style show. She introduced each model with a brief...

  • Zias softball coach resigns after four seasons

    CMI staff

    Eastern New Mexico University softball coach Lauren Sigwing has announced her resignation after four seasons at the school. Sigwing, who came to ENMU from Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College in 2010, posted a 58-154 overall record, including 19-73 in Lone Star Conference play. Sigwing's 18-player roster in 2013 included only one senior and two juniors. The Zias were 14-42 in 2013, including 6-21 in the LSC, but in each of the last two seasons the Zias faced Cameron in the final regular-season series with an LSC tournament ber...

  • Zias softball coach resigns after four seasons

    CMI staff

    Eastern New Mexico University softball coach Lauren Sigwing has announced her resignation after four seasons at the school. Sigwing, who came to ENMU from Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College in 2010, posted a 58-154 overall record, including 19-73 in Lone Star Conference play. Sigwing's 18-player roster in 2013 included only one senior and two juniors. The Zias were 14-42 in 2013, including 6-21 in the LSC, but in each of the last two seasons the Zias faced Cameron in the final regular-season series with an LSC tournament ber...

  • Clovis to host District 4-3A track meet

    CMI staff

    CLOVIS — Clovis High School will host combined District 4-5A and District 4-3A track meets today at Leon Williams Stadium. The 4-5A meet consists of Clovis, Hobbs and Carlsbad, while the 4-3A meet includes Portales, Lovington and Ruidoso. Field events are slated to begin at 3 p.m., with running finals starting at 5:30 p.m. The two classes will alternated, with 3A going first in some events and 5A in others. The girls and boys 3,200 runs, meantime, are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. with the girls 3A race, followed by girls 5...

  • PHS doubles team bows in 1A-3A quarterfinal round

    CMI staff

    ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High's third and final entry in Class 1A-3A state doubles competition was ousted on Thursday morning. Juniors Emily Walker and Jessie Privett took a one-set lead by winning a tiebreaker, but St. Michael's Jessie Kotsch and Catie Ish rallied back for a 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-3 victory at the Jerry Cline tennis complex. "Those girls are pretty good," PHS coach Brian Kirchner said of Kotsch and Ish. "We kind of played down to their level. We didn't do a good job of getting to the net. "We did a good job of s...

  • Portales drops two in doubles

    CMI staff

    Due to what coach Brian Kirchner estimated to be tight play, Portales' doubles teams went 0-for-2 Wednesday in the first round of doubles competition at the Jerry Cline Complex in Albuquerque. Mychael Sturm and Austin Lucero fell to Robertson's Michael Salas and Marcos Gallegos 6-1, 6-4, while Maribel Youngerwolf and Samantha Lopez were defeated 6-1, 6-1 by the sixth-seeded team of Sandia Prep's Lucy Stebbins and Dixie Cooper. Kirchner said in the case of Youngerwolf and Lopez, it was unlikely an upset would have happened,...

  • Capitan edges Floyd in pitchers' duel

    CMI staff

    CAPITAN — Floyd played in the type of game a purist would love Wednesday afternoon in Capitan, with four runs allowed and 25 total strikeouts with both pitchers going the distance in the Class 1A first-round matchup. "It was a baseball game; it wasn't one of those slugfests," Floyd coach Darwin Chenault said after the eighth-seeded Broncos took a 3-1 defeat to the top-seeded Tigers. "We had a lot of good defense. There were two really even teams. I think the only difference was our kid had four or five walks and a hit b...

  • Rams, Lady Rams set for 1A-3A state doubles

    CMI staff

    While Portales coach Brian Kirchner was a little disappointed with the way his boys team was treated in the Class 1A-3A state tennis seeding meeting on Sunday, he said the Rams and Lady Rams intend to get after it with three doubles teams entered in individual competition beginning today at the Jerry Cline Tennis Complex in Albuquerque. On Friday, the PHS girls take a No. 8 seed into team competition, facing top-seeded Bosque in a 9 a.m. quarterfinal match at Albuquerque Academy. Sophomore Austin Lucero and senior Mychael...

  • Results of weekend area district track meets

    CMI staff

    Saturday at Melrose District 3-1A Boys Team standings: 1. Fort Sumner 228; 2. Dora 147; 3. Melrose 89; 4. Floyd 28. Field events Long jump: 1. Shilo Boyle, Fort Sumner 18-3 1/2; 2. Eddie Arzate, Dora 16-10 1/2; 3. Cody Campolla, Dora 15-6 1/2; 4. Jace White, Fort Sumner 15-1 1/2; 5. Aaron Romo, Fort Sumner 14-8; 6. Juan Benavidez, Dora 13-10 1/2. Triple jump: 1. Anthony Pena, Dora 36-0 1/2; 2. Eddie Arzate, Dora 34-1 1/4; 3. Emilio Sursa, Fort Sumner 33-6. High jump: 1. Wyatt...

  • Pair of benefit races scheduled

    CMI staff

    MainStreet running 13th edition Portales MainStreet will host its 13th annual Heritage Days 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run 8 a.m. June 15. The race begins at the Yam Theatre, 219 S. Main St. The event is open to children and adults, with $15 registration through June 7 and $18 thereafter. All participants will receive a T-shirt and medals will be given for the top three finishes by age categories. Visit the Portales MainStreet web page and click on "Heritage Days Fun Run" to view an application and a race map. All proceeds benefit...

  • ENMU teams both finish eighth at LSC championships

    CMI staff

    CANYON, Texas — Sophomore Kaspars Briska gave Eastern New Mexico University's men their second event win in the Lone Star Conference track championships on Saturday, taking the 5,000 with a time of 15 minutes, 11.75 seconds. Briska, a junior college transfer from Latvia, led a 1-5-6 ENMU finish in the event and crossed the finish line nearly three seconds ahead of runnerup Tye Doty of Tarleton State. His time was the fifth-best in program history and eclipsed the Buffalo Sports Park record of 15:24.12 set by ENMU's Isaiah S...

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