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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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It sure seems like a long time since the Clovis High football team was 2-5 and mired in a five-game losing streak. The Wildcats continued their late-season roll on Friday night, subduing Atrisco Heritage 47-21 in a first-round Class 5A playoff game at Leon Williams Stadium behind 343 rushing yards and five touchdowns from junior running back Kamal Cass. CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis line coach Chuck Jordan diagrams a play on the sidelines during the first half of...
On the surface, not much is on the line in today's 6 p.m. Lone Star Conference regular-season football finale at Kingsville, Texas, between Eastern New Mexico University and Texas A&M-Kingsville. On second glance, though, with a win the Javelinas (5-5, 4-3 LSC) are in line for a trip to the Kanza Bowl against a Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponent on Nov. 25 at Topeka, Kan. Kingsville is locked in a three-way tie for third with Tarleton State and Angelo State — but has wins over both of those o... Full story
MULESHOE — The Muleshoe and Littlefield defenses aren't used to being pushed around like this. Friday's battle for the District 1-2A Division I championship featured 14 touchdowns and nine turnovers — with only one punt. In the end, the Wildcats took advantage of five pass interceptions to lay claim to a 51-42 win over the Mules. Littlefield (8-2, 5-0 district) thus earned a first-round bye in next week's playoffs, while the Mules (8-2, 4-1) will face Denver City — a 45-44 loser on Friday to Brownfield on Friday — in a 7:30...
Don't put too much stock in Lovington's 2-5 record this season. First-year Portales Rams coach Jaime Ramirez certainly isn't. The teams collide at 7 p.m. today in Lovington in a District 4-3A clash, and Ramirez knows his squad will have its hands full. "If we win, we control our own destiny," Ramirez said regarding the playoffs. "If we don't, we let someone else (namely, the NMAA seeding committee) control our destiny." The Rams (2-6, 0-1 district) are coming off a deflating 47-0 loss at home to Ruidoso last Friday, and they'... Full story
The Portales Rams didn't fare too well against New Mexico Military Institute in two matches earlier this season — both outings resulted in 4-0 losses. "They were probably our two worst games all year," Rams coach Brian Kirchner said. "They (Colts) seem to have our number a little bit." The Rams (10-8), seeded 10th, get another crack at NMMI on Saturday in a round-of-12 Class 1A-3A state playoff matchup in Roswell, set for 11 a.m. Meantime, the PHS girls travel to Albuquerque on Saturday to play Bosque in another f...
The Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team may be the only one of the four in the Lone Star Conference not in the NCAA Division II national rankings, but the Greyhounds have shown they can hold their own. The Hounds battled 21st-ranked Midwestern State to a 1-1 draw on Friday at the ENMU pitch, and went toe-to-toe with the Mustangs throughout the match. Junior midfielder Eishu Kanemitsu tapped in the tying goal from inside the box with about 12 1/2 minutes left, and...
Before last week, tonight's Portales-Roswell High football game at the Wool Bowl probably had the look of a Coyotes rout. Then PHS notched a 19-14 win over Hope Christian while the Coyotes were absorbing a 56-14 pounding at Moriarty. Make no mistake, the Rams still appear to have a stiff challenge in front of them, but they'll go in feeling a little better about themselves. First-year Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said that was the case anyway. "We've had good practices for the last three weeks, even after the Dexter game (a...
BLACKWATER DRAW — While their offense wasn't overpowering, the Portales Rams managed to win the turnover battle. That's something that has hurt them big-time in earlier games. They also got a stout performance from their defense on Friday night in turning back Hope Christian 19-13 at Greyhound Stadium. It was a much-needed win for PHS (2-4), which faces a challenging finish to the regular season in Class 4A Roswell High on the road next week and District 4-3A games against h... Full story
BLACKWATER DRAW — At times Saturday, it looked like Angelo State could have named its score. JOSHUA LUCERO: CMI correspondent ENMU senior quarterback Wes Wood attempts to hurdle Angelo State's Alvin Johnson for a first down during Saturday's Lone Star Conference game against Angelo State at Greyhound Stadium. JOSHUA LUCERO: CMI correspondent ENMU senior quarterback Wes Wood gets off a touchdown pass to Dillon Metzger in the third quarter of Saturday's Lone Star Conference g...
You might think playing two top-20 teams to start the season and coming away with a split would be OK for a lot of people. Not third-year Tarleton State coach Cary Fowler, whose team edged then-No. 4 Midwestern State 20-17 in its opener before losing to then-No. 20 Abilene Christian 34-31 in last week's Lone Star Conference Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium. "I want to win every game, and that's the way I approach it," he said. CMI correspondent: Joshua Lucero ENMU senior...
TEXICO — It took the Portales Rams a while to get going Friday night. By the time they did, they were in too deep a hole to escape. Senior running back Shay Harrison rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns as Texico posted a 35-23 victory in a game that was moved to Texico earlier this week because of lighting issues at Greyhound Stadium. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Texico senior running back Shay Harrison breaks free of the tackle of Portales senior Branden Weringa to score a... Full story
MULESHOE — The game started out well enough for Portales. The Rams threw Muleshoe senior running back Junior Baca for losses totaling 11 yards on the first two plays. Then senior quarterback Caleb Wood began to go to the air, and the Rams had no answers. The Mules scored on their first eight possessions — they also had a defensive touchdown — and cruised to a 64-0 thumping on Friday night. CMI correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero Portales Ram quarterback Paul Conrow manag...
The Muleshoe Mules got into a shootout in last week's season opener, while the Portales Rams were involved in a defensive battle. Something has to give with the border rivals collide in a 6:30 p.m. (MDT) kickoff on Friday in Muleshoe. While Muleshoe is coming off a 56-40 loss at Shallowater in its opener last week, the Rams were locked in an overtime clash at Las Vegas Robertson and lost to the Cardinals 13-7. "We're going to focus on getting better," first-year Rams coach Jamie Ramirez said. "We have to secure the football... Full story
