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When senior forward Nick Huenig found the back of the net less than two minutes in, it looked like the rout might by on for Eastern New Mexico University's men on Thursday night. Instead, Adams State put up quite a fight and it took a goal by sophomore forward Robin Vandewalle in the closing minutes to secure a 2-0 win in the soccer opener for both teams at newly-named Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium, formerly Greyhound Stadium. The Grizzlies entered the contest with a...
It certainly looked like Clovis High's volleyball team was about to pull even with Santa Fe High on Saturday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, but the Lady Wildcats couldn't pull it off. Trailing 20-15 in Game 2, the Lady Demons rallied with a strong finish to open a two-set lead en route to a 25-17, 25-22, 25-20 win in Clovis' season opener. Junior Ava Evans' kill staked the Lady Cats to their five-point cushion, but just as quickly the Lady Demons (2-0) took it away with a...
Alamogordo girls soccer coach Lee Wilder was happy to get out of town with a victory. His Clovis High counterpart, Ray Rodriguez, thought his squad should have played better. Down a goal at the half, the Lady Tigers (4-1) found the back of the net three times in the second stanza and held on for a 3-2 victory on Saturday at Leon Williams Stadium. Senior defender Toni Wilder, daughter of the coach, provided the deciding goal on a penalty kick in the 68th minute of the match...
When he became Clovis High’s football coach over the summer, Stan Hodges knew he was walking into a challenging situation. The Wildcats’ early schedule hasn’t done him any favors, either. Clovis faces its third consecutive Class 6A power to open the season on Friday night when it hosts Rio Rancho Cleveland in a 7 p.m. kickoff at Leon Williams Stadium. Since taking an 8-0 lead on their first possession of the season in the August 23 opener at Farmington, the Cats have been outscored 97-0 by the Scorpions and Rio Rancho. It do...
For all the success Portales High football has enjoyed in recent years, Lovington has done plenty to make the Rams’ lives miserable. It looked like that trend might come to an end early in Friday’s matchup at Steve Loy Stadium. Then the Wildcats put together a 99-yard scoring drive and took off from there, handing PHS a 30-7 setback behind a stout defense and senior running back Ondalis Cardenas’ 110 rushing yards and two touchdowns. “That’s what got us going,” Wildcats co...
Clovis High's boys resorted to their new-old formula Saturday – two goals from senior forward Ihab Mesbah plus a stingy defense. That resulted in a 2-0 victory for the Wildcats at Leon Williams Stadium. Mesbah scored early in the first half off an assist from freshman midfielder/defender Ryan Worley, then all but iced it away after he took a long pass ahead from senior goalkeeper Angel Avila, fought off a Lovington defender on the left side and fired one into the right c...
Sammy Fuentes won, but to him it sure didn't feel like it. The Clovis High senior was awarded first place in Saturday's season-opening Clovis Invitational cross country meet at Ned Houk Park after Lovington junior Ethan Castellanos, who had a healthy lead at the time, was disqualified for cutting the course. "I feel like it didn't go good at all," said Fuentes, who was clocked in a time of 17 minutes, 31.11 seconds over the five-kilometer course. "The other guy (Castellanos)...
Two area teams begin defense of state titles this week when the 2024 season kicks off on Friday night. Melrose in 8-man and Texico in Class 2A open with intriguing matchups, the Buffaloes playing defending Colorado 8-man runnerup Haxtun in a 6 p.m. kickoff at Colorado State-Pueblo. Meantime, Texico will be at home to face longtime rival Santa Rosa in a 7 p.m. start. For Melrose, it’s the first of two consecutive outings against Colorado finalists. The Buffs take on defending champion Mancos in a 4 p.m. start on August 30 a...
It's a new year for the Portales High football team. Last season, the Rams fell one game short of their ultimate goal, losing in the Class 4A state finals to then-District 4-4A rival Lovington. This year brings a mostly new district and a quite different schedule. "Every team has its own identity," said Rams coach Jaime Ramirez, entering his 13th campaign at the helm. "We have some returning guys from last year's team who are super-hungry. They're trying to work at their...
Clovis High’s cross country team is set to open the season on Friday when the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats host the Clovis Invitational at Ned Houk Park. The varsity boys race is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m., followed by the varsity girls and middle school and junior varsity events. Fourth-year CHS coach Liz Ledezma said she expected to see around 10 schools for the meet. Ledezma said her squads return a lot of experience from last season. The Lady Cats were eighth in the 15-team Class 5A state meet, led by senior Gabi Foggie (...
Clovis High's girls will try to keep their streak going of reaching Class 5A state competition, while the boys are looking for the first trip to state since reaching the semifinals in 2018. The CHS boys open the 2024 campaign on Monday, hosting Roswell Goddard in a 6:30 p.m. kickoff at Leon Williams Stadium, then travel to Albuquerque for a 6 p.m. tilt on Thursday against Hope Christian. Meantime, the Lady Wildcats are slated to face Centennial on Friday in a 4 p.m....
Portales High’s soccer boys are looking to turn the corner this season while the girls are also looking to improve with a new coaching staff. Both teams open the new season at home, with the Lady Rams welcoming Las Vegas Robertson for a 3 p.m. encounter on Wednesday and both squads hosting Ruidoso at 11 a.m. (girls) and 1 p.m. (boys) on Saturday at Greyhound Stadium. Girls – Laci Lozoya, who played at Eastern New Mexico University, is taking over for David Sweet and will be assisted by PHS alum Zoe Roy. The Lady Rams (4-...
Clovis and Portales High's football teams had home scrimmages last week in preparation for Friday night's regular-season openers. The Wildcats entertained Lovington on Thursday night at Leon Williams Stadium. On Friday night, the Rams hosted a four-team get-together with Las Vegas Robertson, Lubbock Trinity Christian and New Mexico Military at the PHS practice facility which was cut short by lightning. This week, CHS opens with a cross-state trip to Farmington while the Rams...
Entering her second season at the helm, Portales High volleyball coach Bailey Greenwalt knows her squad has its work cut out as usual in District 4-4A. Still, she hopes her team’s returning experience bodes well against the likes of 2023 state semifinalists Artesia and Roswell Goddard. “We have more experience than we’ve had in the past,” said Greenwalt, a PHS alum. “Almost all (the main players) have played varsity before. “We’re still in our tough district. We have lots to prove, but the girls are really motivated.” T...
It was a satisfying day overall for Portales High sophomore Skyler Massey, especially in high jump. Massey set a personal best, clearing five feet to win the event and help the Lady Rams to a second-place team finish in Friday's District 4-4A meet at Greyhound Stadium. Now she has her sights on a possible win in Class 4A state competition in Albuquerque this weekend. "My goal is to PR (set a personal record) again in high jump, and hopefully in every event," Massey said....
TEXICO – Finally, a close game against Pecos went Texico's way, and the Wolverines are advancing to the Class 2A state quarterfinals because of it. Texico erased deficits of 5-0, 10-8 and 12-11, scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to nip District 6-2A rival Pecos 13-12 on Wednesday night. It's the third time in four meetings this season that the teams have played tight, high-scoring contests decided late. The Panthers won the first two, erasing an 8-0 deficit for an 1...
MELROSE – There's nothing like getting off to a quick start to take the suspense out of things. Defending Class 1A champion Melrose did just that on Wednesday, getting a three-run homer from junior catcher Dathan Yeary before anyone had been retired in the bottom of the first and rolling to a 19-0 win over Magdalena in a state quarterfinal game shortened to 4 ½ cantos by the 10-run rule. The third-seeded Buffaloes (12-6), who defeated District 3-1A rival Logan13-7 in l...
Portales High's baseball team seemingly was cruising to a District 4-4A doubleheader sweep of Lovington on Friday at Ram Field when suddenly the wind started blowing. It nearly caused the roof to fall in on the Rams. Senior left-hander Edel Legarda pitched 3 2/3 innings of perfect ball before the Wildcats began to put some things together. With the wind picking up, they scored four times in the sixth, then threated to overtake the Rams in the seventh before an unusual double...
While 12 seniors honored in postgame ceremonies on Thursday night at Bell Park, it was junior Jace Piepkorn who stole the spotlight. Piepkorn, a transfer from Class 1A Grady, spun his second shutout of the season on a two-hitter and also contributed a run-scoring single as the Wildcats blanked Roswell High 10-0 in a District 4-5A clash and their home finale. Except for a brief blip in the fifth, when he walked the bases loaded before escaping, Piepkorn stayed in command in...
Liz Elam wasn’t pleased with her start in Clovis High’s Wildcat Invite golf tournament on Tuesday at Colonial Park Golf Course, but she eventually sorted things out. Starting on the back nine, the Texico High senior shot six-over 42 from holes 10 through 18, then came back for even-par 36 on the front side, easily taking medalist honors for the day with her 78. “I don’t really know what happened,” Elam said of her slow start. “I wasn’t really that focused. “I told myself, ‘Don’t worry about the score.’ I just decided to play...
Jayden Jameson found his game just in time Thursday night. The senior right-hander struggled through a five-run Hobbs second – two errors in the frame didn’t help – before blanking the Eagles over the next four innings as Clovis High posted a come-from-behind 8-6 win in the second game of a District 4-5A doubleheader at Bell Park. Hobbs clinched a series win with a 17-12 verdict in Game 1 behind a nine-run third. The Cats (12-10, 2-4 district) close the regular season with three games against Roswell High this week – a 5 p.m...
Coming into this weekend’s season-ending Lone Star Conference series against St. Mary’s, Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team knew its work wasn’t quite done in a bid for an LSC tournament berth. It was done before Friday’s series-opening doubleheader, though. St. Edward’s, trailing the Greyhounds by two games, played its series at Texas Woman’s early this week due to weather concerns for the weekend in the Denton area. Needing a sweep – and three losses by the Hounds – the Rattlers dropped two of three to the Pionee...
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team did what it needed on Sunday and remained alive for a possible Lone Star Conference tournament berth, although the Greyhounds' work is cut out. They opened an 8-0 lead through five innings against St. Mary's and earned a 10-5 win over the Rattlers at Greyhound Field, notching their second consecutive LSC series triumph. ENMU (21-25, 19-25 LSC) stands two games behind Arkansas-Fort Smith (21-23, 21-23) and St. Edward's (21-25,...
Essentially, there were two track meets going on in Friday's Wildcat Relays at Leon Williams Stadium – one for Rio Rancho, Artesia and Hobbs and another for everybody else. Clovis High's squads won the "other" meet – finishing fourth in both divisions. Rio Rancho took the boys title with 97 points to 95 for Artesia, 80 for Hobbs and 50 ½ for the Wildcats, and completed a sweep with 102 ½ on the girls side to 85 for Hobbs, 83 for Artesia and 60 for the Lady Wil...
In one inning on Sunday, Eastern New Mexico University's softball team nearly scored as many runs as were tallied combined during the rest of the weekend series. Senior designated player Taighen Whitzel capped an eight-run second with a grand slam, and the Greyhounds went on to blank Oklahoma Christian 8-0 and take the Lone Star Conference series at Greyhound Softball Field – their first series win all time against the Eagles. Saturday's doubleheader was a split, with each s...
