Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BOVINA — After Thursday’s 38-26 District 3-2A Division II victory over Lockney, it was wait-and-see time for Bovina. The result of Friday’s district clash between Sudan and Ralls would determine who the Mustangs would face in first round of the playoffs this week. As it turned out, Ralls won 27-13, leaving the Jackrabbits (7-2, 4-1 district) tied with the Hornets (8-2, 4-1) for the district title but giving them the tiebreaker. That dropped Bovina (4-5, 3-2) into third place and secured a 4 p.m. bi-district date again...
PORTALES - Texas-Permian Basin's football team is used to playing close games, and that experience may have paid off on Saturday. Facing their sixth consecutive one-score contest and seventh in nine games this season, the Falcons got a 12-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Dylan Graham to senior wide receiver M.J. Link early in the final period and made it stand up for a 24-21 Lone Star Conference victory over Eastern New Mexico University at Greyhound Stadium....
CLOVIS — Sammy Fuentes knew he would probably win Friday’s District 4-5A boys cross country meet at Ned Houk Park, but he wanted to leave no doubt. The Clovis High sophomore went out strong from the start and posted a time of 16 minutes, 38.92 seconds over three miles, almost 30 seconds ahead of runnerup Eric Carrasco of Carlsbad. Fuentes’ effort couldn’t keep the Wildcats out of a last-place finish in the four-school get-together. They finished with 69 points while the Cavemen (46) edged out Roswell High (49) and Hobbs (...
PORTALES - It was a tough week for Portales High's volleyball team, but at least the Lady Rams have the satisfaction of knowing they can compete with some of Class 4A's best. They just didn't have quite enough to get over the top. Roswell Goddard, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, all but locked up the District 4-4A title on Thursday night with a 27-25, 25-20, 25-21 triumph over PHS at the Ram Athletic Center. On Tuesday night at the RAC, the Lady Rams led 2-1 in sets before Artesia,...
PORTALES - Lovington's football team showed on Friday night that it's not necessarily how you start the season, but how you finish. After a rugged early schedule in which they'd certainly taken their lumps, the Wildcats entered their final pre-district game at Class 6A Santa Fe High with an 0-6 record before blowing out the Demons 55-8. They continued their momentum straight through District 4-4A play, capping it with a 20-14 victory over Portales High at Greyhound Stadium. Lo...
CLOVIS - That Portales High is playing for a district football championship this week isn't all that surprising, and the Rams haven't disappointed. For Clovis High, though, the Wildcats entered District 5-6A play winless in six games. But they've strung together three victories - two of them lopsided - heading into Friday's battle for the district title, and possibly a Class 6A playoff berth, at Los Lunas (5-4, 3-0). First-year Wildcats coach Andrew McCraw has a fairly simple...
CLOVIS - Their work is still cut out for them, but the Wildcats made sure Thursday night that they'll have at least a fighting chance for a Class 6A playoff berth in this week's regular-season finale at Los Lunas. Junior running back Kash Roberts and senior quarterback Jett Stone each rushed for more than 100 yards, and Clovis High rolled to a 40-6 District 5-6A victory over Santa Fe Capital at Leon Williams Stadium. With the win, the Cats (3-6, 3-0 district) moved into a shar...
PORTALES - At times, Portales High's football team can make things look easy. It's not, sophomore quarterback Paxton Culpepper says. Culpepper ran for one touchdown and threw for three more on Friday night as Portales routed Bernalillo 50-6 in District 4-6/4A football at Greyhound Stadium. "It gets hard at times," Culpepper said after the Rams (8-1, 2-0 district), ranked second in 4A by MaxPreps, set up a showdown with rival Lovington for the district crown on Friday, also at...
CLOVIS — A few weeks ago, Clovis High’s football team didn’t necessarily expect to be in a position to win a district championship. Still, after dropping their first six contests, the Wildcats find themselves at 2-0 in District 5-6A heading into Thursday’s 7 p.m. matchup against Santa Fe Capital (4-4, 1-1) at Leon Williams Stadium. With a win, the Cats would be playing for a district title next week at idle Los Lunas (3-0, 5-4). Coming off a 53-0 rout of Santa Fe High on Oct. 7, first-year coach Andrew McCraw said his squ...
CLOVIS — With a chance to lock up the District 4-5A girls soccer championship, Clovis High came up a bit short on Saturday. Sophomore Brianna Baker found the back of the net just over three minutes into overtime, and Hobbs pulled out a 2-1 victory over the Lady Wildcats at Leon Williams Stadium. With the win, the Lady Eagles (8-9-2 overall) pulled into a share of first place with Clovis (15-4), both standing 4-1 in district play. Each was scheduled for its district and regular-season finale on Thursday, with Hobbs hosting C...
PORTALES - Junior quarterback Kason Martin threw for four touchdowns in his return to action and Eastern New Mexico University scored two early touchdowns in a span of 18 seconds on Saturday night en route to a 42-14 Lone Star Conference victory over Simon Fraser at Greyhound Stadium. Martin, sidelined for the past two games by a shoulder injury, completed 21-of-30 passes for 274 yards, hitting junior wide receiver Asa Wondeh on scoring tosses of 45 yards and 1 yard,...
TEXICO - You kind of know what's coming from the Jal Panthers. It's a matter of whether or not you can stop it. Texico gave the top-ranked Panthers by far their stiffest test of the season on Friday night, but in the end the Wolverines came up short in a 41-35 District 4-2A loss. Senior running back Jacob Lujan and senior quarterback Alexavier Carreon accounted for all of Jal's offense, each rushing for 191 yards. Lujan scored five of the team's touchdowns, and Carreon had the...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s volleyball team got itself back in the District 4-5A race on Thursday night. The Lady Wildcats, who dropped their district opener at home to Carlsbad two nights earlier, were solid most of the way through in dispatching Hobbs 25-20, 25-21, 24-26, 25-19 at Rock Staubus Gym. Clovis led the entire first set and most of the way in the final three in leaving both itself and the Lady Eagles at 10-9 overall and 1-1 in district play — one game behind Carlsbad, which swept Roswell High on Thursday night. “I’d...
PORTALES - One thing about playing defense - if you do it well, you're rarely out of any contest. Still, you have to score to win, and the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team couldn't do that on Saturday, playing Texas A&M International to a scoreless tie in Lone Star Conference action at Greyhound Stadium. "We had our chances, but we couldn't capitalize on them," first-year ENMU women's coach Eric Belcher said. "We struggle at times on offense, but what can you...
CLOVIS - Clovis High's football team has been on the wrong side of a couple of games this season like Friday's contest against Santa Fe High, so it felt pretty good to be on the other end of it. The Wildcats returned three interceptions for touchdowns, building a 41-0 halftime lead and cruising to a 53-0 District 5-6A victory over the Demons in their Homecoming game at Leon Williams Stadium. Senior safety J.D. Burton notched two of the pick-6s, including the game-ender on the...
PORTALES - This wasn't the way Eastern New Mexico University hoped to celebrate its Homecoming. Central Washington blew out to a 28-0 lead before the midway point of the second quarter on Saturday night and handed the Greyhounds their fourth consecutive loss, a 45-17 Lone Star Conference shellacking at Greyhound Stadium. Sophomore running back Tre'Jon Henderson rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns as the Ellensburg, Wash.-based Wildcats rolled up 476 total yards in the...
ALBUQUERQUE — Valley stopped Portales High’s potential game-winning 2-point conversion with under two minutes left on Saturday and the Vikings hung on for a 48-47 victory, handing the Class 4A top-ranked Rams their first loss in seven games. Sophomore quarterback Paxton Culpepper pulled the Rams to within a point with 35-yard scoring pass to junior Andrew Ontiveros with about 90 seconds left. The Rams opted for a 2PAT try to take the lead, but Culpepper was tripped up and ruled down as he tried to pitch the ball to a tea...
TEXICO — For the time being, it appears the Melrose volleyball team may be playing a notch below its talent level. After dispatching Texico 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 on Thursday night, the top-ranked, two-time defending Class 1A state champion Lady Buffs (11-0) improved to 5-0 in matches against Class 2A top-5 teams, beating second-ranked Santa Rosa twice and No. 3 Capitan, No. 4 Texico and No. 5 Eunice once apiece while also winning against Class 3A West Las Vegas. They’ve only lost one set this fall — in their first meeti...
MULESHOE — At the end of a wild football game, it came down to Muleshoe’s ability to stop a late 2-point conversion. The Mules were able to do that, and they held on for a 39-37 victory over previously unbeaten Brownfield on Friday night. “We have great kids,” Mules coach and Clovis High alum Jason Richards said. “It was a tale of two halves. We started really slow, but down five (at halftime) to a really good football team, I just told them, ‘Let’s go play football.’” Muleshoe (5-1) rallied from an 11-point deficit...
CLOVIS - To say it's been a rough start to the 2022 football season for Clovis High's football team would be putting it mildly. Still, there's some light at the end of the tunnel as the Wildcats (0-6) get ready to start District 5-6A play on Friday at Albuquerque High. None of the five district teams comes in with a winning record - Santa Fe Capital posted the best pre-district mark at 3-3. Meantime, the Cats endured a tough one-point loss to Eldorado on Sept. 17 before...
PORTALES - In any sport, if you can't score, it's hard to win. For a long time now, the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team has had to deal with that against Angelo State, and it was no different on Saturday as the 25th-ranked Rambelles made a first-half goal stand up for a 1-0 Lone Star Conference victory at Greyhound Stadium. ENMU is now 3-24-1 all-time against Angelo, and has lost 13 in a row by a combined 27-3 tally. That said, the last three and six of the...
CLOVIS - While being outplayed much of the way, the Clovis High boys soccer team had a puncher's chance for a long time in Thursday's matchup with Lovington . An own-goal by Clovis broke a scoreless tie in the 51st minute, and Lovington went on to claim a 3-0 victory at Leon Williams Stadium. Lovington (8-2-1), two-time Class 4A defending state runnerup, didn't really have control until scoring twice late in the match. CHS coach Greg Trujillo said the Wildcats (4-8-1) were...
PORTALES - It didn't take long to see what was developing in Portales High's Homecoming game on Friday night. The Rams scored on eight of nine possessions - only one drive was longer than 44 yards - and overwhelmed Pojoaque 54-0 at Greyhound Stadium to improve to 6-0 for the season. Up next is a trip to Albuquerque on Saturday to take on Class 5A Valley (3-1), which was slated to host 5-0 Piedra Vista on Saturday. After a bye week, Portales begins its three-game District...
CLOVIS - Clovis High boys soccer team was a gnat's eyelash away from avenging an earlier four-goal loss to Roswell Goddard on Monday night at Leon Williams Stadium. Instead, junior Drex Carter's cross-goal shot in sudden-death overtime clanged off the left post, and the Rockets were able to pull out a 4-3 win when junior forward/midfielder Kenneth Velarde scored from in front about midway through the second extra session. Goddard (12-2) handed the Cats a 5-1 setback in a...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s bid to get back on track this week was nearly derailed on Thursday night. With four matches on tap, CHS volleyball coach Darrel Ray was hoping his team could pull off a sweep and get back to the .500 mark. The Lady Wildcats won Tuesday at Lubbock Estacado, but had to scramble until late to notch a 21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-18 victory over Lovington at Rock Staubus Gym. On Saturday, the Lady Cats traveled to Albuquerque for matches against host Highland (2-4) and Del Norte (0-6). Ray said Lovington (1-...
