Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ALBUQUERQUE — Portales girls track coach Sandie Shillings acknowledged her team didn't have a lot of entries in this weekend's Class 3A state track meet at the University of New Mexico track facility, but at least they have something to build on. CMI correspondent: Junfu Han Portales' Shereya Cox keeps her pace during the 100 meter dash during the Class 3A state championship, Saturday afternoon at the UNM track complex. Cox finished seventh in the 100, but took fifth place in the 200 to help the girls finish with five team p...
Joshua Lucero: PNT correspondent Ram sophomore leftfielder Ray Ornelas grabs a fly ball for an out in the top of the fourth inning of the first game Saturday. Portales survived a wild first-game finish, but the Rams weren't able to put away Bloomfield in Saturday's rain-delayed Class 3A state round-of-16 series. Eighth-seeded PHS saw a seven-run lead get away in the opener, then scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and held on for an 11-10 win before the ninth-seeded Bobcats took the second game 7-2. That forced a... Full story
Courtesy photo Senior Katelyn Lide ties her goat during last fall's ENMU College Daze Rodeo at Lewis Cooper Arena. Lide will make her third trip to the College National Finals Rodeo, and first since transferring to ENMU, from June 9-15 at Casper, Wyo. Eastern New Mexico University junior TiAda Gray would have been happy to jump right in to the College National Finals Rodeo after the Greyhounds and Zias ended the regular season in the Tarleton State rodeo on April 20. Gray is... Full story
As a Portales High freshman in 2009, Sutton injured her back playing volleyball, something she said had been coming on for a while. "Doing sports all my life, it probably just finally gave out," she said, noting she had been playing in some pain. Sutton had to have surgery for two protruding discs, and she wasn't released for sports again until January of this year. CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Portales sophomore Serina Johnson cleared 4 feet, 10 inches a personal best... Full story
Clovis High sophomore Kane Bender needed a new pole after breaking his during pole vault practice earlier this week. Suffice it to say, the new one — actually an old one found by CHS assistant coach Casey Pack — worked wonders. Bender soared 1 1/2 feet above his previous best, going 12 feet, 6 inches to edge teammate Hector Flores on fewer misses for the win in Friday's District 4-5A track meet at Leon Williams Stadium. He also qualified for state competition next week at Alb...
Eastern New Mexico University has a deadline of May 1 to file a report with the NCAA over academic irregularities in its athletic department for the 2012-13 school year. Another report, going back to the 2008-09 school year, is due by Aug. 1, ENMU athletic director Jeff Geiser said. Irregularities uncovered by the school early in the fall have affected the eligibility of athletes in every sport at the school to varying degrees except for rodeo, which does not come under the NCAA umbrella. "The most important thing is we have...
Clovis High's baseball team was so close and yet so far from beating Carlsbad on Friday night. Junior right-hander Peyton Lott threw six shutout innings, allowing just two hits, but a pop-fly double by Roman Gonsalez opened the gates to a seven-run seventh and the Cavemen went on to a 7-1 win and a sweep of the District 4-5A-opening doubleheader for both teams at Bell Park. Carlsbad, the defending Class 5A state champion, pounded out 17 hits in a 14-3 win in the opener. Lott,...
Daniel Zapata was working efficiently for Portales through five innings on Saturday — only 42 pitches. Good thing, too. The senior left-hander needed 45 tosses over the final two frames to finish off his first complete game of the season, an 8-6 victory over Clovis High to give the Rams a doubleheader split at Bell Park. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Portales senior River Fine makes the throw from third to first for the out in the bottom of the third inning in the first game of S... Full story
Portales High freshman Sheraya Cox outdid herself — by quite a bit — in Friday's Jim Love Invite track meet at PHS. Cox earned two qualifying marks for Class 3A state competition, including a distance of 15 feet, 9 inches to finish second in long jump, as the Lady Rams finished second with 92 points, six behind District 4-3A rival Ruidoso. CMI correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero Portales junior Kenya Gray clears a hurdle en route to a time of 17.49 seconds in the 100-meter hur... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Albie Medina had an interesting day in Saturday's wind-blown Lone Star Conference game against Incarnate Word at Zia Softball Field. Medina delivered four hits — including three doubles up the right-center field alley — and drove in five runs as the designated player in the Zias' 16-14 win over the Cardinals. She also was in line for her LSC-leading fourth save until UIW made things interesting in the seventh with Victoria Silva's grand slam and Monica Acuna's solo shot — coming on co...
No matter how many points the Portales Rams score, almost never does anyone stand out. PHS put together a dominating first quarter — first half, really — and cruised past West Las Vegas 62-51 on Saturday night at the Ram Athletic Center, yet it wasn't until senior Zach Blaeser converted the first of two free throws with 3:17 left in the game — giving him a team-high 10 points — that anyone reached double figures. CMI correspondent: Joshua Lucero PHS junior Zach Campbell goes up for two points against West Las Vegas senior...
Alamogordo's Stephanie Anderson buried a 3-pointer on the Lady Tigers' first trip down the court Friday night. Suffice it to say, they had few other highlights. CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis sophomore Danni Williams knocks away a inbound pass to Alamogordo's freshman Lauren Guinn in the third quarter of Friday night's first round playoff action at The Rock. Top-seeded and top-ranked Clovis High ran off the next 15 points and held Alamo to just four field goals in a...
Eastern New Mexico University's basketball teams are in the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament. Now the challenge is to overcome teams who have higher seeds. ENMU's women (7-21), seeded eighth, take on top-seeded Midwestern State (21-5) in a 5 p.m. (MST) quarterfinal matchup today at the Allen (Texas) Events Center. Meantime, the men (12-14) face third-seeded Tarleton State (17-9) at 1:30 p.m. (MST) on Thursday. Clearly, the Zias have an uphill battle, although they do own a 70-62 win over MSU on New Year's Eve at...
Suffice it to say, the anticipated showdown never materialized. Guards Niki Cordova and Danni Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers early in the second quarter Friday night and the Class 5A top-ranked Clovis Lady Wildcats took off from there in a 45-25 thumping of third-ranked Hobbs in District 4-5A girls play at Rock Staubus Gym. Williams finished with 17 points and the Lady Wildcats (21-1, 1-0 district) avenged their only loss of the season, a 50-44 setback to Hobbs (20-4,... Full story
Say one thing for Eastern New Mexico University's Rodney Blackmon — he's not afraid to take the big shot. For the third time this season, the junior guard from Los Angeles took the clock down to the end and hit a game-winner — this one from about 12 feet out in the lane — to give the Greyhounds a 74-72 Lone Star Conference men's victory over Cameron at Greyhound Arena. CMI correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero Greyhound freshman forward Lawrence Domingo takes one under the baske... Full story
After going the entire season to this point without a double-double, Eastern New Mexico University's women nearly had three in one game Wednesday night. Freshman post Nelsha Peterson matched a season-high with 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and the Zias held on late to edge Cameron 53-48 in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at Greyhound Arena. CMI correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero Zia senior Tara Johnson puts up a shot over Cameron University's Ali Brown in the...
It's been a while since Eastern New Mexico University's women last won a game, or Abilene Christian had lost one. Even longer was the run the Wildcats were on against ENMU — 23 wins in a row, dating to 2001. That all ended on Saturday, though, when the Zias got on a late monster run of their own to erase a 15-point deficit with 11 minutes left and stun the Wildcats 81-73 at Greyhound Arena, knocking them out of a share of the Lone Star Conference lead. CMI correspondent p... Full story
In a game that swung back and forth, West Texas A&M made just enough plays in overtime. Senior guard Darnell Jackson hit a fadeaway 3-pointer out of the right corner with 40 seconds left in the OT and the shot clock running out, giving the Buffaloes just enough cushion for a 69-65 Lone Star Conference men's basketball victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Wednesday night at Greyhound Arena. Jackson scored eight of his 13 points in the OT session as the Buffs (12-5, 4-5 LSC) led the entire period. The teams meet again...
Devin Griffin, West Texas A&M's leading scorer this season, had a relatively quiet game Wednesday night until late. With West Texas A&M's women clinging to a small lead, Griffin took over, scoring 12 of her game-high 23 points in the final eight minutes to lift the Lady Buffaloes to a 62-51 in Lone Star Conference win over Eastern New Mexico University at Greyhound Arena. CNJ correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero ENMU junior Phil Henry puts up two points in the second half of the Greyhounds game against the WTAMU Buffalos Wednes...
At the end of a tough night, with the game in the balance, Rodney Blackmon was determined to take the final shot. Blackmon, whose three 3-pointers helped Eastern New Mexico University start its comeback from a 15-point deficit with 15 minutes left, put the capper on the Greyhounds' rally with another trey from the left wing with 2.2 seconds left Wednesday night, giving the Greyhounds a badly-needed 59-56 Lone Star Conference men's basketball victory over Tarleton State at...
Ronnie Hearne was forced to do something he hadn't done in "five or six years" Wednesday night — employ a zone defense. Hearne's Tarleton State TexAnns were in serious trouble against Eastern New Mexico University, trailing by 10 points with 13 minutes left. At the under-12 minutes media timeout, Hearne said: "I told my assistant coach, 'I'm going to see if I've got the guts to do it.'" CMI correspondent: Joshua Lucero Zia guard Tara Johnson puts up a shot for two points o...
Clovis High's girls continued to cruise in the Plateau Wireless Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. They may get a stiff test in tonight's championship game. Much as they had Thursday against Albuquerque High, the Lady Cats dominated Class 2A county foe Texico from the get-go, rolling to a 20-2 first-quarter lead and a 57-12 victory over the outmanned Lady Wolverines. CHS (10-1) faces Gallup (9-1) in the 6 p.m. championship game. Clovis gave the Class 4A power its only loss...
Nathan Chavez didn't appear to be "on" with his early shots off the bench Friday night. That changed in a hurry, though. After missing a couple of 3-pointers, the junior forward went off for 14 points in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the half to help Portales High's boys pull away from Friona 78-47 at the Ram Athletic Center. The win was the first in three games for new Rams coach Rickie McBroom. Portales put four players in double figures, had two more with nine points and...
TEXICO — You could argue that Tularosa has Texico's number of late. Mostly, the Wildcats have Jim Coleman, and that was enough to lift second-seeded Tularosa to a 26-21 Class 2A playoff semifinal win over the Wolverines on Friday night. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior got his team on the board with a 47-yard interception return early in the third quarter, then erased a one-point deficit when he went up over a Texico defender to haul in a 51-yard scoring pass from senior q...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University's women found some offense for the first time this season Wednesday night, but they didn't have the size to deal with Angelo State's Lauren Holt. The 6-foot-3 junior put together a huge night with 23 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and three blocks and the Rambelles staved off the Zias 72-64 in the Lone Star Conference women's opener for both teams at Greyhound Arena. Holt and guards Leah LeMaire and Cassi Stegall combined for all but... Full story
