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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Continuing his path to the next level in baseball, Portales High's Emilio Lovato will join the Boulder Collegians this summer as a member of the team's pitching staff. After leading Rams to the school's second state title, this one in Class 4A, the experience gained from pitching during the summer should be invaluable, especially for someone who has yet to start college. While it is not unheard of for a high school graduate to play in a collegiate summer league, i...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High and District 4-4A rival Hope Christian ended the season 2-2 in baseball matchups, but the Rams got the one that counted the most on Saturday. PHS handed the Huskies a resounding 8-4 setback at Isotopes Park in the Class 4A state championship game, posting the second state title in program history. Portales (24-7) could have been hesitant coming into Saturday's final, given the Huskies took the district series 2-1. But championship experience and t...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High's seniors came up big on Friday, especially late, helping the Rams advance to a second straight Class 4A state baseball championship game with a 4-3 comeback win over St. Michael's at the University of New Mexico's baseball facility. The second-seeded Rams (23-7) overcame a 3-1 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Senior Alex Galvan tied the score with a two-run single before senior Joe Ortega singled home eighth-grader Baylor D...
ALBUQUERQUE — The No. 2 Portales baseball team will take on No. 7 Ruidoso today in the second round of the Class 4A state tournament, the two teams' fourth and final meeting of the season. Along with No. 1 Hope Christian and No. 8 New Mexico Military Institute, the Rams (21-7) and Warriors (14-10-1) round out half of the remaining tournament teams left, all from District 4. While the teams may be somewhat familiar with one another, Rams coach Dusty Nusser thinks it will be a whole different game than the team’s first mee...
PORTALES — In a classic pitching duel, Josiah Lucero and the No. 2 Portales baseball team got the better of No. 15 Santa Fe Indian, completing a best-of-3 series sweep and advancing to the next week's Class 4A quarterfinals with a 2-0 win on Saturday. Portales (21-7) scored in the opening inning and while managing only record three hits all game, the one run was enough. Lucero threw seven innings, giving up only three hits and two walks to the Braves (14-12). The opposing p...
PORTALES - It took several innings, but the Portales baseball team finally started connecting from the plate and turned in a dominating shutout performance against Santa Fe Indian Friday during the first round of the Class 4A state tournament, 10-0. Heading into the bottom of the fourth with the score sitting at 1-0 in favor of the Rams (20-7), the team finally came to life and rattled off several hits to score four runs and take a five run lead over the Braves (14-11)....
PORTALES — The Portales softball team continued its dominance through District 4-4A play, sweeping Moriarty in a doubleheader Thursday, 10-6 and 6-2. Wendy Baeza had another strong day from the circle, allowing only a total of five earned runs while striking out 25 batters, with 18 K's in game one alone. While Moriarty took an early game one lead and threatened to tie things up late, the Lady Rams (17-7, 9-1 district) held strong and not only got out with the win, but e...
PORTALES — Texico High’s baseball team managed to hold on to an early lead to pick up the win over Portales 8-5 on Monday at Ram Field in the teams’ final game of the regular season. Going up 2-0 after the first inning, Texico managed to score another three runs over the next four innings before the Rams finally tied the contest at 5-5 in the fifth. But the Wolverines (22-3) plated three runs in the sixth would push the Wolverines (22-3) over the top though, with the Rams (19-7) going scoreless in their final try at the p...
PORTALES — Seventh-ranked West Texas A&M flexed its muscles on Friday. Despite a strong wind blowing in, the Lady Buffs pounded seven home runs and handed Eastern New Mexico University 15-1 and 7-2 Lone Star Conference setbacks at Greyhound Softball Field. ENMU (20-35, 10-19 LSC) is slated to finish its season in the final game of the series today, a contest which was moved up from noon to 10:30 a.m. to try to dodge expected rain in the area. While the opener was a struggle on...
PORTALES — Behind an early barrage on offense and a strong outing from freshman pitcher Wendy Baeza, the Portales High softball team defeated Clovis High 8-1 on Tuesday at Wheeler Park. The Lady Rams (12-7) did all their damage in the first two innings, scoring five in the first and three in the second. Baeza, who recently came back from a shoulder problem, tossed a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts and also delivered a single and a two-run homer at the plate. "(Baeza) just amazes...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High baseball team picked up a much-needed sweep Saturday afternoon, taking a District 2-6A doubleheader from Santa Fe High by scores of 5-4 and 8-4 at Bell Park. Junior Sebastian Nunez led the way for the Wildcats (15-7, 4-2 district), going 5-for-7 with three RBIs over the two games and picking up a save in the opener. Juniors Connor Langrell and Colson Faircloth earned mound wins for the Cats. "The sweep is always good and you have to protect your home f...
PORTALES — After a scoreless first half in Friday’s ENMU Green & Silver spring football game at Greyhound Stadium, it was the Silver team making the biggest plays after the intermission on its way to a 14-0 win over the Green. The contest ended spring drills for the Hounds, who open the 2017 regular season at home with a 7 p.m. Thursday night game on Aug. 31 against Southwest Baptist. In classic Greyhounds fashion, little happened through the air, with most of the action con...
PORTALES — Behind the arm of Emilio Lovato and his season-high 13 strikeouts, the Portales High baseball team cruised to a 5-0 District 4-4A win over Moriarty on Thursday night at Ram Field. Lovato threw all seven innings for the Rams (12-6, 3-4 district), giving up two hits and no walks. One of the two batters that did reach for the Pintos (7-11, 1-3) was picked off at first by Lovato, who had a perfect game going through three innings. "Emilio's been battling for us all year...
PORTALES - In a rollercoaster of a weekend, the Portales High baseball team took just one of three games from Hope Christian during their three-game District 4-4A series at Ram Field. After dropping Friday's opener 5-1, the Rams (11-6, 2-4 district) managed to bounce back in the first game on Saturday to snatch a 5-4 win over the Huskies (11-5, 2-1). The series' final game saw both teams explode offensively, but Hope got the better of the two and rode away with a 13-8 win. "We...
PORTALES — Clovis High's Burgin Foster not only managed to break his own school record in pole vault at Portales High's George/Love Invitational track meet on Friday, but he now owns the distinction of being this year's top vaulter in New Mexico. While Foster broke his previous record of 14 feet, 6 inches by going 14-7 to take first place at the meet, the senior wasn't finished and continued vaulting. His milestone came when he cleared the 15-foot mark, accompanied by applause and cheers from the surrounding crowd that had g...
PORTALES — Greyhound Stadium will host its first track meet today as Portales High is putting on the annual George/Love Invitational. The meet, which will feature Portales and 13 other teams, will use the stadium, a north side practice field and the old track on the corner of University Drive and Avenue O. It will begin at 3:30 p.m. Rams track and field coach Glenn Johnson and his team are glad to put the new facility to use, and he said finding other teams to participate w...
PORTALES — Despite only recording four hits, the Portales baseball team held on to pull off a 7-6 comeback win over Lovington Tuesday night. The Wildcats (3-11) didn’t fare any better from the field, recording only three hits all night. Both teams racked up a large amount of errors, with Portales (10-4) committing six and Lovington seven. “I don’t know what it was, to be honest,” Rams coach Dusty Nusser said. “We threw Joe Ortega again and he pitched really well, but we just didn’t play any defense behind him.” The Ram...
CLOVIS — Despite strong performances from the mound, the Clovis High baseball team struggled defensively on its way to a District 2-6A-opening sweep by Eldorado on Saturday at Bell Park. The Wildcats committed 11 errors in losing to the Eagles 5-1 in nine innings in the opener and 6-4 in Game 2. A total of 11 errors on the day led to the Wildcats (11-7, 0-2) dropping game one, 5-1, followed by a game two loss, 6-4. Both teams hit well, with the Eagles (10-4, 2-0) recording 1...
PORTALES — It wasn't a pretty affair, but the Lady Rams still managed to pull out the win over West Las Vegas Thursday afternoon during Game 1 of the team's doubleheader at Wheeler Park. Lady Rams pitcher Wendy Baeza allowed only six hits and three earned runs while fanning 10 batters, but four Portales errors helped keep the contest interesting. Fortunately for the freshman pitcher, the Lady Rams put up six runs in the first inning, giving the team the cushion it needed in a...
PORTALES — The Portales High baseball team continued its winning ways on Tuesday, carrying the success the Rams had over the weekend on to a 3-2, eight-inning win over Roswell High in the opener of a doubleheader at Ram Field. Joel Legarda hit a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to give the Rams (8-2) the victory. They also won the nightcap, 6-4. Joe Ortega threw five innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out four. Ortega also had a good g...
PORTALES — The Portales baseball team received a big boost in confidence this weekend, sweeping its home tournament with games against Robertson, West Las Vegas and Sandia Prep. Starting Friday with a late night doubleheader, the Rams (5-2) first took down the 2016 state champion Sun Devils (6-6) 12-2 behind the arm of Emilio Lovato on the mound and a high-powered lineup from the plate. Lovato went five innings allowing only two runs while striking out nine batters. Darion O...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High baseball team walked away with a with a run-rule win over Portales on Tuesday night, beating the Rams 10-0 in six innings at Bell Park. While the Wildcats improved to 6-3 for the season, the Rams started the season with a one in the loss column. Clovis built a 3-0 lead through three innings before ending it with a seven-run sixth. Both teams' coaches conceded that with the Rams playing their first game, just three days removed from a Class 4A state r...
PORTALES — In its first games of the season, the Portales High softball team posted a split with Robertson on Saturday, rallying to take the first game 7-6 in eight innings before dropping the nightcap 14-3 at Wheeler Park. Freshman Wendy Baeza started both games for the Lady Rams, pitching all eight innings in the opener before heading to the bench midway through the second contest. Robertson's (3-4) Kendra Duran picked up the win in game two, while doing the lion's share o...
PORTALES — Looking to build on the success of last year, the Portales track and field team is ready to hit the track after months of preparation. Starting off the season at Hobbs on Thursday, the coaches and team are practically bursting with excitement. Having been conditioning and training since mid-January, everyone is just ready to compete. For coach Glenn Johnson, seeing where his team is at competition wise is the big question, if all of that preseason work will pay off. “We’ve been really conditioning hard since Janua...
PORTALES - After a somewhat shocking and abrupt end to the 2016 season, the Portales High softball team is ready to take the field again. Waiting for their full complement of players to join the team, the Lady Rams are a little behind as far as games played with most of their opponents. The team was waiting on five players from the Lady Rams basketball team to join the squad. PHS, which reached the Class 4A state winners bracket semifinals last season before losing to...
