Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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TEXICO – Texico's girls have come a long way since mid-January, when they were saddled with a 6-12 record. Since then, the Lady Wolverines have won seven of eight, capturing the District 6-2A regular-season title and adding the district tournament crown to that on Friday night with a 36-26 win over Clayton. Now, they'll wait and see where they land in the 16-team Class 2A state tournament pairings, which will be released today by the New Mexico Activities Association. After go...
PORTALES – Injuries are never timely, but they've come at a bad time for Eastern New Mexico University's women. At the end of the day, that helped bite the Greyhounds in their bid to reach the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament. Sophomore guard Bella Stone went down with a hip injury late in a loss to Lubbock Christian on Feb. 10. She returned on Monday night against Western New Mexico at Greyhound Arena, but the Hounds have been without starters Edecia Beck and Laz Sa...
PORTALES – With a win at Arkansas-Fort Smith in their previous outing, Eastern New Mexico University’s men locked up a spot in the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament. Meantime, Western New Mexico is still trying to squeeze in. The Mustangs looked like the more motivated team on Monday night, handing the Greyhounds only their second loss in 14 games this season at Greyhound Arena, an 82-73 decision. The teams meet again on Thursday in Silver City in the regular-season finale for both. WNMU (16-11, 10-11 LSC) com...
MELROSE – Melrose’s girls are primed for another state tournament run in Class 1A. This time, the top-ranked Lady Buffs are determined to finish the deal. They were tested quite severely by District 6-1A rival Fort Sumner on Wednesday night, but in the end made enough plays to nail down a 49-41 victory in a makeup of last week’s postponement. In the boys’ contest, Fort Sumner, also sporting a No. 1 ranking in 1A, pulled away to a 73-48 win. With senior standout Isabelle Sena having a rough night (five points, one field g...
PORTALES – Neither Portales High nor Lovington went to the bench much in Friday's District 4-4A matchup at the Ram Athletic Center, for different reasons. Lovington mainly used with six players by choice. Meantime, earlier season-ending injuries to seniors Alivia Gonzales and Cyria Aguirre and an injury on Tuesday to sophomore guard Angel Ornelas left the Lady Rams with just seven fulltime varsity players. In the end, the Wildcats erased an eight-point halftime deficit with a...
PORTALES – Portales High's boys wasted little time making life uncomfortable for Lovington on Friday night. Playing a box-and-one defense designed to contain Wildcats junior guard Julian Arroyo, the Rams led from the get-go and posted a 70-61 District 4-4A victory at the Ram Athletic Center in the regular-season finale for both teams. Portales (16-10, 3-3 district) takes the No. 2 seed into this week's district tourney and will host either Lovington (12-12, 1-5) or Roswell G...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's women nearly pulled off an impressive weekend home sweep over two of the Lone Star Conference's better teams. They weren't quite able to do it, following up Thursday's 68-62 win over West Texas A&M with a narrow 66-61 setback against Lubbock Christian on Saturday at Greyhound Arena. Still, the Greyhounds (12-11, 9-9 LSC) hold down the No. 7 spot in the upcoming LSC tournament, and if they can take care of business over the final t...
PORTALES – Things didn't look good toward the end of Saturday's Lone Star Conference men's matchup between Eastern New Mexico University and Lubbock Christian at Greyhound Arena. The last couple of minutes seemed like an eternity as the Greyhounds, who saw a 12-point lead early in the second half dissipate, tried to scramble back. Then suddenly, Blazej Czerniewicz had the game in his hands. Trailing by two points, junior forward Jahcoree Ealy went hard to the basket and was f...
CLOVIS – Even without their full roster, Carlsbad’s boys were able to stay on track Monday night in their bid for a District 4-5A regular-season title. They have 6-foot-7 senior post Tylen Gonzales to thank for that, as much as anybody. Missing eight players from their roster, including four of their top six, the Cavemen were able to eke out a 53-49 victory over Clovis High and set up a showdown at Hobbs on Friday night for the top spot. If Carlsbad (18-7, 5-0 district) wins, the Cavemen have the top seed in next wee...
CLOVIS – There was no lack of effort by Clovis High's girls on Friday night. The Lady Wildcats, 61-14 losers at Hobbs two weeks earlier, went toe-to-toe with the Lady Eagles for more than a half on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. In the end, though, they ran out of steam and Hobbs pulled away to a 73-42 victory. No question the Lady Eagles (20-3, 3-1 district), two-time defending Class 5A state runnersup, were the better team. Still, CHS (17-6, 1-3) hung around until the m...
DORA – Whatever hopes Dora's boys have of a deep postseason run this season rest largely on the shoulders of 6-foot-5 senior post Steven Masini. Fourth-year Coyotes coach Kris King said this week that Masini ranks in the top three in New Mexico in several categories, including points (25.4 ppg), double-doubles (21) and rebounds (16.9 rpg). King said the latter ranks him 11th among all high school players in the nation. On Friday night, Masini scored 24 points and added 20 r...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's women hit their rivals from West Texas A&M in the mouth early on Thursday night. The Greyhounds knew it wasn't going to be easy, but they certainly sent an early statement. ENMU led 7-0 barely a minute into the contest, forcing the Lady Buffs into a quick timeout, and stayed ahead nearly wire-to-wire to hand the Lady Buffs a 68-62 Lone Star Conference setback at Greyhound Arena, greatly enhancing their chances to reach the LSC's post...
PORTALES – In a game reminiscent of their earlier meeting in Lawton, Okla., the Eastern New Mexico University and Cameron women's basketball team found scoring somewhat hard to come by for a long time on Saturday. The Greyhounds, though, were able to find some rhythm in the third quarter and pulled away to a 60-48 victory at Greyhound Arena in a game between teams trying to crack the Lone Star Conference tournament next month. The Hounds won the first meeting 55-42. It was a...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's men didn't have much trouble keeping their perfect record at Greyhound Arena intact last week. This week, you can figure that mark will receive a stiff challenge. After whipping Midwestern State on Thursday night, the Greyhounds posted their second victory in a four-game homestand with a 93-63 thumping of last-place Cameron on Saturday, keeping themselves in strong position to lock down a Lone Star Conference tournament berth. They no...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's Deja Adrian didn't miss a beat. The junior guard-forward, second in the Lone Star Conference in scoring, returned from a four-game absence due to a knee injury on Thursday night and scored 21 points in ENMU's 80-55 rout of Midwestern State in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at Greyhound Arena. Adrian shot 9-for-14 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, and posted a team-high six assists as the Greyhounds (10-10, 7...
CLOVIS – A slow start on Friday night didn't seem to bother the Clovis High girls basketball team. Trailing 10-5 midway through the opening period, the Lady Wildcats held Roswell High to just five points the rest of the half and walked away with a 61-31 District 4-5A victory at Rock Staubus Gym. On a night where leading scorer Zarai Lewis was relatively quiet, Clovis (17-4, 1-1 district) found the points well spread out in putting their 61-14 loss at Hobbs the previous week i...
TEXICO – It's hard to imagine a 26-point swing in a game where neither team reaches 40. It happened Thursday night, though, as Texico's girls opened District 6-2A with a 39-29 victory over Clayton. The Lady Wolverines looked to be in deep trouble, trailing 21-11 midway through the second quarter, but they scored the final six points of the half and held the Lady Yellowjackets to just two free throws over a span of 18 minutes. By the time Clayton (16-4 overall), ranked No. 3 i...
TEXICO – When the going got tough in the final quarter, Texico's boys rode their two big guns to victory. Senior Jahvon Askew and junior Cade Figg combined for all 21 of the Wolverines' points in the stanza, and Texico pulled away to a 63-51 victory over Clayton in the District 6-2A opener for both squads. Askew finished with 30 points, getting 14 in the final canto, while Figg added seven of his 16 down the stretch. Clayton (12-7 overall) led most of the way into the third qu...
CLOVIS – Clovis High's boys show flashes of their potential on Friday night. The problem is trying to do things with more consistency. Against a team like Hobbs, 18 turnovers and only eight points from anyone not named Marvin Cox in the first half left the Wildcats well short of what they needed. To their credit, CHS battled hard and made their rival have to play a little after the intermission, but it was nowhere near enough in a District 4-5A-opening 74-58 loss to the E...
CLOVIS – The Clovis Christian boys basketball program now has three 1,000-point scorers, and two of them are still active this season. Senior guards Carter Teune (1,323), who did it at the end of his junior campaign, and Noah Gershon (1,039) are trailing only 2021 graduate Tyler Lingnau (1,395) in the school's scoring books. Gershon reached the 1,000-point mark in a victory over Elida on Jan. 13. "It feels good," Gershon said Monday before CCS took on Dora at the Eagles' n...
PORTALES – For much of the game, it looked like it might be the first team to 50 would win. Turns out, that's exactly what it was. Texas A&M-Kingsville played for a final shot and junior guard Mia Rivers drove the lane for a layup with two seconds left, giving the Javelinas a 50-48 Lone Star Conference women's victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday afternoon at Greyhound Arena. It was only the second make in 10 attempts for Rivers, who was hardly the only o...
PORTALES – It's taken a while, but Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball has finally reached 1,000 wins. The Greyhounds accomplished the feat on Saturday with a solid 73-65 Lone Star Conference victory at Greyhound Arena over a hot Texas A&M-Kingsville squad. More importantly, it keeps ENMU (12-6, 7-5 LSC) right in the thick of the chase for the league's eight-team postseason tournament in late February. Five players scored in double figures, led by junior forward J...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's women have struggled shooting the ball much of the season, and those problems continued on Thursday night – in three of the four quarters. In the second period, though, the Greyhounds found the range on 7-of-13 3-pointers for all 21 of their points, and they rode that cushion to what turned into a somewhat tight 73-67 Lone Star Conference victory over Texas A&M International at Greyhound Arena. Junior guard Ashley Shipley scored a s...
PORTALES – If Clovis High's girls were looking for a test heading into the start of District 4-5A play this week, they certainly got one on Friday night. Portales High hung with the Lady Wildcats for three quarters before Clovis erupted for a 20-0 run that carried into the final minute of the game for a 42-27 victory at the Ram Athletic Center. CHS (16-3) extended its winning streak to 12 games, but had to work hard to do it. The Lady Cats struggled to score most of the way a...
CLOVIS – Little things are still getting the best of the Clovis High boys basketball team. In Saturday’s game against Santa Fe High at Rock Staubus Gym, both teams made six 3-pointers and 12 free throws. It’s just that it took the Wildcats more shots to do it. Junior guard Lukas Turner scored 31 points and the Demons led almost all the way in subduing the Cats 62-56. A 7-0 start promptly put Clovis behind the 8-ball. A long 3-pointer by junior forward Champ Gooden pulled the Cats even 13-13 at the quarter, and they manag...
