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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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TEXICO – Pecos may not be the same team that has been the most dominant in Class 2A boys basketball over the last decade, but the Panthers are still someone to be reckoned with. On Saturday, they rallied in the final quarter, shooting 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the stanza, to overtake top-seeded Texico 70-61 and claim the District 6-2A championship. Pecos has been in eight consecutive 2A finals, winning five of them – including four in a row from 2017 to 2020 and...
Portales High’s girls looked to be in deep trouble most of the way in Thursday’s District 4-4A tournament semifinal game against Lovington. Lady Wildcats junior guard Aubrey Aranda hit a 3-pointer on Lovington’s first possession, and they never relinquished the lead in a 50-46 victory over the Lady Rams at the Ram Athletic Center. Sophomore guard Malaiya Castro scored 12 points while Aranda and senior forward Erlin Salcido had 11 apiece. Lovington (17-12) traveled to top-seeded Artesia on Friday night in the finals and suffer...
It's been a season of "what ifs" for the Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team. Fully half of the Greyhounds' 26 games have been decided by six points or less (6-7), and they've had their share of disappointments. On Saturday, though, they got one to bounce their way as junior forward Ishuana Hunter found senior guard/forward Deja Adrian for a back-door layup with 3.6 seconds left for a 56-54 Lone Star Conference win over Arkansas-Fort Smith at Greyhound...
Arkansas-Fort Smith may rank near the bottom of the Lone Star Conference men's basketball standings, but the Lions certainly didn't play like it on Saturday. Coming off a 109-106 loss on Thursday at Western New Mexico in triple overtime, UAFS stayed in contention for almost the entire game before Eastern New Mexico University finally nailed down a 92-85 victory at Greyhound Arena to clinch a berth in next week's LSC tournament at Frisco, Texas. Senior guard Greg Johnson...
It took Eastern New Mexico University's men a while to get going Thursday night. You'd never know it by the final result. Playing again without the services of senior guard/forward and Lone Star Conference scoring leader Jahcoree Ealy, the Greyhounds went crazy after scoring only four points in the first seven minutes on 1-of-13 shooting, including 0-of-7 from 3-point range. Down 19-6 nine minutes in, ENMU tallied an astonishing 84 points in 23 minutes to turn a 10-point...
Poor free throw shooting nearly cost Portales High's girls their District 4-4A and regular-season finale against Lovington on Friday night at the Ram Athletic Center. They recovered in overtime, though, scoring the final eight points to eke out a 62-57 victory over the Lady Wildcats and claim the No. 2 seed behind Artesia in this week's district tournament. Third-seeded Lovington (15-11, 2-4 district) hosts Roswell Goddard at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, with that winner traveling to...
TEXICO – Coming off an unlikely run to a Class 2A state championship last March, Texico's girls are bidding for a repeat performance. They were 6-12 last season when they won 11 of their final 12 games to claim their first state title since 2018. Ironically, the Lady Wolverines were also 6-12 this season, but have notched four wins in their past five outings – including a victory over then-Class 2A top-ranked Tatum. Monday night's 56-49 District 6-2A win over Clayton mov...
For about 12 innings, it looked like the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team was well on its way to a Lone Star Conference doubleheader sweep on Friday at Greyhound Field. But junior center fielder Dalton Kramer capped a three-run sixth with a tying two-run double, and an RBI double by senior right fielder Jake Chapman in the seventh lifted Texas A&M-Kingsville to a 7-6 victory. In the opener, the Hounds put together a six-run first, junior left fielder Luciano Terilli went 3-for-3 with a walk and junior right-hander...
Even when they're having a "down" season, the Hobbs Eagles can be a handful. Apparently headed for their first losing campaign since 2010-11, the Eagles have given Clovis High's boys all they wanted in two regular-season meetings, including on Friday night when the Wildcats pulled out a 65-62 victory at Rock Staubus Gym. It was the team's first win over their rivals since taking two of three against the Eagles in the 2019-20 season. Senior center Marvin Cox scored 19 points...
MELROSE – The Melrose Buffaloes were up against it – another loss and their District 6-1A hopes would be shattered. In all likelihood, they would’ve been relegated to third place in the district. Not that that’s so bad – the top three teams in Class 1A all reside in the district. On Saturday night, the second-ranked Buffs erased an 11-point, second-quarter deficit, outscoring top-ranked Logan 12-5 in overtime for a 79-74 victory. Melrose (19-3, 2-2 district) and Logan (21-3, 2-2) are tied for second in the district behind de...
Several Clovis High athletes are poised to begin the next phase of their athletic careers. In a ceremony on Wednesday at Rock Staubus Gym, volleyball player Elizabeth Warwick and football players Aiden Brown, Jeremiah Johnson and Kohen Matus were the focus of attention. Warwick, an outside hitter/middle blocker for the Lady Wildcats, is headed to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview as a walk-on. Brown and Johnson signed national letters of intent at Eastern New Mexico...
If nothing else, Clovis High's boys showed they could win a slugfest on Friday night. Plagued by inconsistent shooting, not to mention 23 turnovers, the Wildcats gutted one out against Roswell High, winning their District 4-5A matchup 53-47 at Rock Staubus Gym. Senior center Marvin Cox scored 21 points and may well have had a triple-double with rebounds and blocked shots. What shots he didn't block, he often changed. "We put ourselves in a hole early, but we found a way to win...
Eastern New Mexico University's women came into Saturday's Lone Star Conference matchup against West Division-leading Texas-Permian Basin on a two-game home winning streak, with impressive victories over West Texas A&M and Angelo State. They weren't able to make it three in a row, though, struggling to just 30 percent from the floor in a 69-51 loss to the Falcons at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (7-13, 3-11 LSC) currently sits 14th of 16 teams in the conference pecking order, needing...
Coming in with little to lose and pretty much everything to gain, Fort Sumner gave Clovis High's boys a pretty good fight most of the way. In the end, though, the Wildcats had a bit too much depth, length and athleticism for the defending Class 1A state champion Foxes, and they pulled away behind a triple-double from 6-foot-7 senior center Marvin Cox for a 68-54 victory in Saturday's matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. Cox finished with 16 points, 21 rebounds and 10 blocks,...
No Jahcoree Ealy? At least so far, no problem for Eastern New Mexico University's men. While Ealy – the Lone Star Conference scoring leader – awaits a ruling on what Greyhounds coach Brent Owen has termed "an NCAA situation," ENMU went about its business in impressive fashion over the weekend, capped by Saturday's 95-82 victory over Texas-Permian Basin at Greyhound Arena. It's not to say the Hounds won't need Ealy back; they're obviously much better off with him. Owen sai...
Clovis High's girls started off well against Hobbs on Friday night, and the Lady Wildcats had another good stretch which spanned the third and fourth quarters. The rest of the way, it was all Lady Eagles as they cruised to a 72-42 victory in a District 4-5A matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. No doubt, the Lady Cats played hard, but at 17-5 (0-2 district) they've put themselves in a bit of a hole with the next three of four remaining regular-season contests on the road. "We've got...
Time’s running out for Eastern New Mexico University’s women to make a run at the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament. The Greyhounds certainly took a step in the right direction on Thursday night, though, clamping down on Angelo State in the second half to notch a 60-55 victory over the Rambelles at Greyhound Arena. Senior guard/forward Deja Adrian capped an 18-point night by knocking down four free throws in the final 30 seconds for the Greyhounds (7-12, 3-10 LSC). Junior forward Ishauna Hunter added 17 points, and...
Playing two games in less than 24 hours is just part of the process, as far as Portales High girls coach Wade Fraze is concerned. After losing at Clovis High on Friday night, the Lady Rams brushed that off and posted a 51-36 victory over Roswell High on Saturday afternoon at the Ram Athletic Center. Junior guard Myleigh Bennett (19) and junior forward Evannie Fulfer (15) combined for two-thirds of the Lady Rams' points as PHS (15-5) wrapped up its pre-district schedule. Fulfer...
Portales High’s girls let it be known early that they were ready to play. After a slow start, though, Clovis High got untracked and the Lady Wildcats pulled away to a 50-39 victory on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. CHS (17-3) won its seventh in a row and used its advantage in depth to subdue the Lady Rams (14-5), who came in with a six-game winning streak. Lady Cats coach Jeff Reed said he thought depth might be a factor. “I knew we had a chance to wear them down,” he said. “We cranked it up on defense. We went to (a 2-3)...
Portales High’s boys got the sour taste of defeat from Monday night out of their mouths with back-to-back home wins. Now it’s on to District 4-4A competition. Six-foot-4 sophomore Carson Pfaffenberger posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Rams cruised to a 62-34 victory over New Mexico Military on Thursday night at the RAC. PHS (13-7), ranked eighth this week in Class 4A by MaxPreps, will now have a full week to get ready for Friday’s district opener at Roswell Goddard, and the Rams are hopeful of bi...
It's a rare case when Eastern New Mexico University's women beat rival West Texas A&M, much less blow the Lady Buffs out. On Saturday, the Greyhounds appeared on their way to doing just that before WT found its stride. Down 21 points early in the second half, the Lady Buffs tied the score with under two minutes left, but junior forward Ishuana Hunter's 3-point play with 1:30 to go switched the momentum and ENMU prevailed 71-70 in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at...
Freshman guard Gianna Cordova's 3-point basket with 4 ½ minutes left gave Clovis High's girls their largest lead of the night at five points. Little did anyone know that would be the Lady Wildcats' last tallies of the game ... and just enough for them to hang on. A 4-point play by Organ Mountain junior guard Aliyah Martinez with 3:05 to go made it a 1-point game, but when her 12-footer from the right of the lane clanged off the rim as time expired the Lady Cats had esca...
Eastern New Mexico University's men continue to show that they can hold their own in the Lone Star Conference. On Thursday night, the Greyhounds rode a strong first half and a strong finish to a 73-57 victory over Lubbock Christian at Greyhound Arena, moving into a tie for second place in the West Division with the Chaparrals. ENMU (11-4, 7-2 LSC), off to its best start in conference play since winning the then-LSC South title in 2003-04, was slated to host division-leading...
MELROSE – Melrose's girls looked like they were going to lose, while the boys team was poised for a big win in Saturday's Eastern Plains Athletic Conference tournament finals. In the end, it took some late heroics from the Odom siblings to get it done against Logan. The Lady Buffs overcame a 12-point, third-quarter deficit with senior Graci Odom providing the winning basket in a 44-43 win over the Lady Longhorns. Then, in the boys' final, top-seeded and unbeaten Logan erased a...
In a word, the Clovis High boys basketball team simply didn’t have it on Saturday. Coming off a hard-fought win the night before at Portales, the Wildcats struggled virtually all game against Class 5A No. 2 Organ Mountain, trailing by 26 points early in the fourth quarter and absorbing a 68-51 shellacking at the hands of the Knights at Rock Staubus Gym. Organ Mountain junior guard Lenny Washington hit two free throws with five seconds left in the opening frame to break a 15-15 tie, and the Knights never looked back. “I tho...
