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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Sophomore right-hander Nick Hammett threw seven shutout innings and Metro State salvaged the finale of its four-game series against Eastern New Mexico University by beating the Greyhounds 7-1 on Sunday at Greyhound Field. Hammett (1-1) used 123 pitches in allowing four hits, with three walks and two strikeouts. The Roadrunners (4-5) almost had a shutout, but senior right-hander Carlos Luzon surrendered junior second baseman Colton Sims' team-leading fourth homer of the...
A blizzard that plowed through the South Plains, bringing the area to a standstill, was the worst the area has endured in more than a decade, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. The storm packing 50 mph wind gusts left a wake of power outages and schools closings across eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Whiteout conditions led to several area roads to be closed, including U.S. 60/84 from just west of Clovis to Santa Rosa and I-40 near Tucumcari. staff...
LUBBOCK — Isaiah Samoei carried the Eastern New Mexico University men's track team to fourth place out of six teams in the Lone Star Conference indoor meet on Saturday and Sunday at Texas Tech University. Samoei accounted for half of ENMU's 52 team points, winning the 3,000-meter run in 8 minutes, 37.05 seconds and the 5,000 in 14:47.21 while placing third in the mile run in 4:15.57. The Greyhounds scored 44 of their points in those three events. In field, they got a third in high jump from Michael Moore at 6-4. The ENMU w...
The U.S. Postal Service said in a release Monday that all offices in the area should be open throughout the blizzard, but inclement weather could delay deliveries. Customers are asked to clear their mailbox area of snow, sleet, slush, ice and debris. Letter carriers are instructed to not deliver to mailboxes and locations that are hazardous to access. If customers are in areas where roads are closed by local emergency officials, delivery may be curtailed, and mail can be picked up at the respective Post Office. Individual...
While Monday's blizzard brought most of the area to a crawl, there were a few adventurous souls willing to brave the winter weather. We caught up with a few of them: Rick Thomas sat in his wheelchair eating a ham sandwhich in the parking lot of the Foxy Drive-in. The drive in was closed, but they still made the disabled Desert Storm Veteran a sandwich. "I didn't think too much of what they're calling a blizzard today," Thomas said. "Storms like this were common on the...
An extended drought that has included the hottest and driest 24-month period on record in New Mexico has led to a historic low water level at one area lake. Several other area lakes are well below capacity, officials said. The water level at Conchas Lake in San Miguel County is at 4,155 feet, which is 45 feet below the spillway and the lowest the lake has been since the record set in 1954 when it was at 4,155.80, said Jason Latham, Army Corp of Engineers at Conchas. It doesn't appear the lakes will be recharged anytime soon....
The Ramos family of Clovis can literally say nearly 240 pairs of hands have touched their home on North Thornton Street. Volunteers from Curry and Roosevelt counties as well as Cannon Air Force Base donated their time and skills to build the house for Roman and Erica Ramos and their two children through Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry Counties. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that builds affordable homes for low-income families in the area and...
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team is off to the best start in the program's history, and it's pretty obvious why — solid hitting and clutch pitching. CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroENMU shortstop Luis Quinones attempts to snag a ball in the hole hit by Metro State's Alex Schrupp during the seventh inning of Saturday's first game at Greyhound Field. The Greyhounds swept the Roadrunners 11-1, improving to 11-1 for the season. The Greyhounds got a five-inning r...
After having a 78-yard punt return nullified by penalty in the opening period Saturday night, Clovis High grad Phillip Williams responded with third-quarter touchdown runs of 1 and 17 yards to help the Curry County Cats beat the West Texas Outlaws 21-6 in the Professional American Football League opener for both teams at Leon Williams Stadium. The Lubbock-based Outlaws scored on a 16-yard pass play in the first quarter, but the Cats' Chris Lewis blocked the PAT kick. Williams' TDs gave Curry County a 14-6 lead through three...
Senior center fielder Brooke Brooks hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday and Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team opened a four-game series with Metro State by beating the Denver-based Roadrunners 6-3 at Greyhound Field. ENMU junior right-hander Ben Monticello (2-0) pitched eight sharp innings, throwing 102 pitches and allowing seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He shut out the Roadrunners (3-3) after giving up a pair of first-inning runs as ENMU extended its winning...
Editor's note: The following are the results from our Oscar ballot online this past week. Numbers indicate total votes. Best picture - "Lincoln" — 18 - "Argo" — 8 - "Django Unchained" — 6 - "Les Miserables" — 6 - "Zero Dark Thirty" — 4 - "Amour" — 1 - "Beasts of the Southern Wild" — 1 - "Life of Pi" — 1 - "Silver Linings Playbook" — 1 Best actor - Daniel Day Lewis "Lincoln" — 23 - Denzel Washington "Flight" — 9 - Bradley Cooper "Silver Linings Playbook" — 6 - Joaquin Phoenix...
Zach Blaeser and Daniel Sanchez converted back-to-back steals into layups with a little less than two minutes to give Portales the lead for good and the Rams held on for a 65-64 District 4-3A win over Ruidoso on Friday night at the Ram Athletic Center. CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroPHS senior forward Zachary Blaeser is guarded by Ruidoso's Jordan Padilla as he tries to find a teammate to pass to during the first quarter of Friday's District 4-5A matchup at the Ram Athletic...
HOBBS — The Clovis High girls have had a terrific season, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A essentially all year. The one stumbling block so far has been District 4-5A rival Hobbs. The Lady Eagles upended CHS again on Friday night, opening a commanding lead with a dominating third quarter in a 53-43 victory that throws the district race into a flat-footed tie. Clovis (24-2, 3-1 district) and Hobbs (22-4, 3-1) will now meet in a playoff for the right to host next Saturday's district tournament final. CHS athletic director Darren Kelley...
BOYS District 2-B Grady 57, San Jon 56 Grady (14-10, 4-0) — Adam Lunsford 9, Koby Valentine 7, Trenton Jones 15, Trenton Lee 5, Isaac Bailey 2, Jordan Provencio 1, Jay Faust 7, Tucker Northcutt 11. Totals 20 12-22 57. San Jon (15-6, 2-2) — Carl Webb7, Joseph Benavidez 2, Jcob Benally 25, Jory Byrd 6, Gage Conway 6, Matthew Evans 10. Totals 20 13-20 56. Grady 18 16 9 14 — 57 San Jon 14 9 22 11 — 56 3-pointers — Grady, Northcutt 2, Faust, Jones, Lunsford. San Jon, Benally 2, Webb. District 2-B Elida 60, Clovis Christian...
MEN Texas A&M-Kingsville (10-11, 6-8 Lone Star Conference) at ENMU (10-12, 7-7) When: 7:30 p.m. today at Greyhound Arena Radio: KSEL-FM 105.9 Last time out: The Javelinas lost at Texas A&M-Commerce 77-70 on Saturday. ENMU, meantime, hasn't played since dropping an 83-72 decision at league-leading Midwestern State on Feb. 9. Last meeting: The Javs dealt the Greyhounds an 82-63 setback on Jan. 10 at Kingsville. Of note: By virtue of Cameron's 67-62 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday, the Hounds have clinched a berth in...
Outside of two innings, Eastern New Mexico University's softball team was pretty competitive on Wednesday. New Mexico Highlands put together an eight-run fourth in the opener and a seven-run first in the nightcap in rolling to an 8-2, 11-2 non-league sweep at Zia Softball Field. CMI photo: Joshua LuceroENMU freshman Hannah Tush rounds the bases ahead of a two-run homer by junior first baseman Erica Amendarez during the second inning of Wednesday's opener against New Mexico...
Rancher and farmer Lane Grau of Grady walked up and down the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds Event Arena Wednesday afternoon looking for the newest technology to improve his operation. As dryland farmers, Grau and fellow Grady rancher Jack Driever said they attended the 21st annual New Mexico Ag Expo, organized by the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and New Mexico State University Extension Service, to look at tractors, skid loaders and other machines. Christina Calloway: Po...
LEVELLAND, Texas — Freshman Clarissa Salazar and sophomore Breanna Pendleton captured field event wins for the Eastern New Mexico University women's track team on Saturday in the South Plains College Indoor Invitational meet. Salazar threw 36 feet, 3 inches in shot put to edge South Plains' Jasmine King by a half-inch. The Zias took the next three spots with freshman Adrienne Trujillo third at 33-10 3/4, Pendleton fourth at 33-7 1/6 and freshman Laura Grube fifth at 31-3 3/5. Pendleton took first in the weight throw at 4...
The red-hot Eastern New Mexico University bats were cooled just a bit Tuesday, but the Greyhounds made an early rally stand up. Right-handers Brett Humphries (2-0), Ryan Pruitt and Ryan Boydstun combined on a three-hitter and Peter Creamer, Colton Sims and Jacob Rogers delivered consecutive RBI singles in the bottom of the first inning as the Hounds blanked NAIA 16th-ranked Lubbock Christian 3-0 at Greyhound Field. The Hounds (8-1) collected 10 hits off three Chaparrals pitchers, but stranded eight runners. Meantime, LCU...
BOYS Non-district Melrose 71, Elida 52 Elida (8-12) — Cole Rinne 9, Kris Yager 1, Kevin Yager 10, Laneth Veo-Chenault 6, Jonah Doaz 19, Thomas Tulk 7. Totals 17 16-19 52. Melrose (6-16) — Tanner Dickerman 2, Wyatt Williams 10, Chris Fisher 2, Colton Draper 7, Rowdy Allen 9, Braden Hemminger 7, Gage Dietz 2, Randall Rush 26, Michael Weigl 7. Totals 25 19-31 71. Elida 8 19 4 21 — 52 Melrose 14 14 19 24 — 71 3-pointers — Elida, Diaz, Tulk. Melrose, Draper, Williams. District 8-1A Dora 60, Tatum 46 Dora (21-4, 5-0) — Jesus Ville...
Standings All Times MST Men Conf. All W-L W-L Midwestern State 13-3 17-6 Cameron 11-5 15-7 Tarleton State 8-6 15-7 Incarnate Word 8-6 12-10 Texas A&M-Commerce 7-7 14-10 Eastern New Mexico 7-7 10-12 West Texas A&M 6-8 14-8 Texas A&M-Kingsville 6-8 10-11 Abilene Christian 5-11 11-13 Angelo State 3-13 6-18 Wednesday's games Midwestern State 60, Abilene Christian 55; Texas A&M-Commerce 86, Incarnate Word 84; Cameron 76, Angelo State 72, OT; Texas A&M-Kingsville 56, Tarleton State 55. Saturday's games Texas A&M-Commerce 77, Texas...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team might have to get some new bats one of these days. So far, the Greyhounds seem to be burning them up at the plate. ENMU raked six New Mexico Highlands pitchers for 21 hits in a 13-5 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday, taking three of the four games in the series. The Hounds are now 7-1 and would be unbeaten had they not let a 15-0 lead slip away in a 22-16 loss to NMHU on Friday. On Monday, the Hounds were ranked in a tie for eighth with rival West Texas A&M i...
ROSWELL — Portales High's tennis teams competed in a five-team tourney hosted by Roswell Goddard over the weekend. The Lady Rams split matches in pool play, losing to Roswell High 6-3 and blanking Lovington 8-0, then beat Artesia 8-1 in the third-place match. The Rams, meantime, lost both of their pool-play duals, falling to Roswell High 6-3 and to Lovington 9-0. PHS squads return to action on March 5 when they host Artesia in dual matches starting at 3 p.m....
BOYS Lovington (9-16, 3-0 District 4-3A) at Portales (13-10, 1-1) When: 7 p.m. today at The RAC Radio: KSEL-FM 105.9 Last time out: Lovington moved in on a possible regular-season district title on Friday with a 47-42 win at Ruidoso. The Rams lost a non-district matchup at Class 2A No. 2 Dexter 84-62 on Saturday. Last meeting: The Wildcats held off Portales 56-55 last Tuesday at Lovington. Of note: The Rams are ranked sixth and the Wildcats eighth in this week's Maxpreps.com Class 3A poll … Portales needs a win tonight and a...
BOYS Class 5A 1. La Cueva 19-3; 2. Sandia 17-5; 3. Hobbs 19-6; 4. Eldorado 16-6; 5. Valley 17-5; 6. Atrisco Heritage 15-7; 7. Las Cruces High 17-6; 8. Clovis 17-6; 9. Albuquerque High 13-9; 10. Volcano Vista 11-11. Class 4A 1. Roswell High 20-2; 2. St. Pius 19-4; 3. Santa Fe Capital 19-5; 4. Albuquerque Academy 13-8; 5. Santa Teresa 14-9; 6. Bernalillo 16-8; 7. Los Lunas 18-5; 8. Espanola Valley 18-7; 9. Gallup 14-9; 10. Artesia 15-10. Class 3A 1. Hope Christian 13-11; 2. Sandia Prep 17-7; 3. St. Michael's 13-10; 4. Shiprock...
