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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - Portales High celebrated two of its finest on Thursday, holding a ceremony for football standout Trenton Small and ace pitcher Emilio Lovato after both recently signed with Eastern New Mexico University. While both student-athletes officially signed with ENMU 1 on national signing day on Feb. 1, both wanted to celebrate the achievement with friends and family together at the high school. In attendance were not only their families, but friends, fellow students,...
PORTALES - Despite a bumpy start, the Portales boys basketball team rallied midway through the second quarter to defeat Moriarty Tuesday night, 64-43. The Rams (18-3, 4-1) were once again led by Jeremie Karngbaye with 20 points. The Portales big man scored eight of the team's14 points in the first quarter. Jase Wallace had himself a night from down town, hitting a game-high five 3-pointers on his way to 19 points. The Pintos (11-13, 2-4) were led by Matt Soto with 17 points....
PORTALES - Slow starts to begin each half spelled bad news for the Portales girls basketball team on Tuesday night, with the Lady Rams falling to Moriarty 38-30 in a District 4-4A game at the Ram Athletic Center. While Portales played solidly on the defensive end for the most part, the Lady Rams (13-8, 2-2 district) struggled to put the ball in the basket on offense. "We didn't convert some easy things inside, like we normally do, and free throws," Lady Rams coach Wade Fraze...
ELIDA — In a tale of two halves, the Elida girls basketball team picked up their ninth consecutive win Saturday, beating Grady, 50-30. Led by Madi Haley with 11 points and Taylor Epps with 10, the Lady Tigers (17-3, 6-0) started the game off slow, struggling on the offensive end. The slow start gave the Lady Bronchos (10-12, 4-3) the edge they were looking for, holding Elida to only 16 first-half points and heading into the locker room only down by one. Lady Tigers coach J...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will hit the diamond today, opening its 2017 season in the Southeastern Oklahoma State Regional tournament. Second-year coach Katie Welborn hopes to see a lot of improvement over her 2016 squad, which went 14-42 with a 5-27 Lone Star Conference record. The stark contrast between last year's team and this year's squad is immediately apparent, with only seven returners among the 19 new faces filling out the roster. E...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico football fieldhouse is anticipating a large signing class Wednesday, the first day recruits can put their signatures to letters of intent. With up to 45 student athletes expected to sign letters with Eastern today, Greyhounds coach Kelley Lee foresees big things coming out of this year’s recruiting class. “I think this might be the largest class since I’ve been here,” Lee said. “If everything goes right tomorrow as we are expecting, we should only need to find one or two more kids. “In the pa...
PORTALES — The 1 vs. 2 matchup delivered as promised, as Portales High gave its fans all they could want and then some. Visiting Hope Christian, though, took the matchup with a 64-60 win in what could be a first preview of the Class 4A championship. Nelson Longmire scored a game-high 17 points for Hope Christian (17-4, 4-0) in the District 4-4A matchup that ended with the Huskies in the driver's seat. The Huskies started the game with a 10-0 burst, forcing the Rams to s...
PORTALES — While putting up a strong performance, the Eastern New Mexico men's basketball team simply couldn't keep up with a high-powered offense of Texas-Permian Basin Saturday night, falling 85-67. The Greyhounds (8-13, 2-9) did most everything right, shooting over forty percent from the floor and the 3-point arc, but couldn't slow down the Falcons' (16-4, 8-3) constant offensive onslaught. Eastern was led by Joe Clarke with 16 points, while Lamarquis Thompson, Byrale C...
PORTALES — In a complete role reversal from its last outing, the Eastern New Mexico women's basketball team found themselves on fire from the floor Saturday afternoon, defeating Texas-Permian Basin, 81-56. The Greyhounds (15-4, 11-1) shot 46 percent from the floor and 42 percent from beyond the arc, a far cry better than Thursday's matchup with West Texas, where Eastern only managed to hit 26 percent of their shots. Saturday ENMU was led by Brandi Gomez with 15 points, whole D...
PORTALES - While it is just one win,it was a big one for Eastern New Mexico's men. A 96-83 victory over No. 20 West Texas A&M Thursday night might be just the game the Eastern New Mexico men's basketball team needed to turn its season around, as it is the first over a nationally-ranked opponent in at least a decade. Even more impressive? The Greyhounds, ninth in the Lone Star Conference at 2-8 (8-12 overall), pulled the upset without leading scorers CoRnell Neal and Marquis...
PORTALES — All good things must come to an end. That came Thursday for Eastern New Mexico university's women, as West Texas A&M avoided a season sweep with a 62-52 win at Greyhound Arena. Maddison Wild scored 18 points and Madison Parker 17 for the visiting Lady Buffs (14-6, 7-4), who snapped ENMU's winning streak at seven and became the Greyhounds' first loss in LSC play following a school-record 10-0 conference start. Shooting doomed the Greyhounds (14-4, 10-1) as their l...
PORTALES — The Portales girls basketball team dominated Ruidoso Tuesday night, 65-37, behind standout performances from Kiki Helsley and Zamorye Cox. Helsley and Cox both poured in 14 points, while Taylee Rippee added 10 for the Lady Rams (12-6, 2-0). The Lady Warriors (4-14, 0-1) were led by Lia Mosher with 15 points. Portales jumped out to an early eight-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back. The game was over before the halftime buzzer sounded, with t...
PORTALES — The Portales boys basketball team proved too much for usually high-scoring Ruidoso team Tuesday night, winning 81-40. The Rams (16-2, 2-0) went up quickly from the opening tip, with things only getting progressively worse for the Warriors (10-9, 1-1) as the game continued. Jeremie Karngbaye led the effort with 21 points, while Braden Bridges poured in 17. Darion Ontiveros also added 10 points. Beyond the usual names, Portales used its entire bench in the rout, w...
ELIDA — Despite playing a pretty competitive second half, the Elida boys basketball team found itself in too much of a first-half hole Saturday night and couldn't overcome San Jon, falling 57-40. The Coyotes (6-5, 2-1) were led by the combo of Daniel Lee and Jacob Thurman, who filled up the stat sheet with 18 and 15 points, respectively. The Tigers (2-14, 0-3) were led by Kaul Burton with 15 points. "Our game plan was to try to run our pace," Elida coach Logan Turnbow said, "...
PORTALES — Despite jumping out to a huge first quarter lead, the Portales girls basketball team couldn't stop a quality Goddard High team from a big comeback Tuesday night, falling 61-43. Up 19-2 after the first period, the Lady Rams (10-6) looked primed to pick up a big win over one of the better teams in the state. Unfortunately Portales found out why Goddard (13-6) is one of those top-tier teams, as the Rockets unleashed a barrage of 3-pointers and fast break o...
PORTALES — One week into the job, Eastern New Mexico University football coach Kelley Lee has already hired a new assistant. Lee announced on Monday the hiring of offensive line coach Andrew McCraw, an ENMU alumnus and former Greyhounds graduate assistant. More recently McCraw was the head coach at Socorro High School after a stint as an assistant at Lovington High. “We’ve moved on an offensive line coach and he will also be our run game coordinator,” Lee said. “Andrew McCraw is a familiar face; he coached our OL in 2012,...
PORTALES — Portales High baseball ace Emilio Lovato is taking the next big step towards his ultimate goal of playing in the major leagues this weekend, participating in the Under Armour All-American Pre-Season Tournament in Mesa, Arizona. "This means a lot for me," said Lovato. "My dream is to play in the MLB and this is one of the best ways to get there ... I just want to go up there and show them what I've got." The event is attended by 400 players from all across the n...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team moved to 8-0 and captured sole possession of the Lone Star Conference lead on Saturday, beating Midwestern State 78-64 at Greyhound Arena. Behind a combined team effort, the Greyhounds (12-3 overall) had four players in double figures, led by Mikaehla Connor and Kassandra Harris leading the way with 15 points apiece. Johna McClelland added 14 while Brandi Gomez chipped in 11. "We have tremendous depth on t...
PORTALES — While first-year Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball coach Tres Segler wants to win every game, beating his former team would have been something special. The Greyhounds did take defending Lone Star Conference Lone Star Conference champion Midwestern State into overtime on Saturday, but couldn't pull off the upset in the frenetic extra time as the Mustangs outlasted ENMU 108-104 at Greyhound Arena. "Segler is going to have his guys prepared to compete a...
PORTALES — Brandi Gomez knows that teams fighting each other tend to lose. Instead, Eastern New Mexico University's women fought together and just kept on winning. Behind a career-high 20 points from the Clovis native, the Greyhounds rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half and used a 13-2 fourth-quarter run to race past Cameron 84-76 for the second 7-0 Lone Star Conference start in program history. Kassandra Harris was one of five double-figure scorers with 1...
PORTALES — Riding a 6-0 Lone Star Conference record, the Eastern New Mexico women's basketball team is gearing up for its toughest test of the season, a four-game stretch where it will face off with the conference's best. The Greyhounds are off to their best conference start since the 1998-99 season. The team has also been consistently ranked in the Div. II South Central Media Poll, coming in at No. 4 this week. Entering today's matchup with Cameron, the Greyhounds are 10-3 ov...
PORTALES — Behind a 29-point performance from last season's 5A State Player of the Year, Jaedyn De La Cerda, the Roswell girls basketball team handed Portales its third straight loss, toppling the Rams 65-56 Tuesday night. Rams coach Wade Fraze said of the Coyotes standout, "She was the player of the year last year on the state championship team and signed with UNM (University of New Mexico); that says enough right there. I feel like the caliber of player she is, I thought w...
PORTALES — Behind the 29-point performance of last season’s Class 5A player of the year, Jaedyn De La Cerda, the Roswell girls basketball team handed Portales its third straight loss, toppling the Lady Rams 65-56 on Tuesday night at the Ram Athletic Center. Rams coach Wade Fraze said of the Coyotes standout, “She was the player of the year last year on the state championship team and signed with UNM (University of New Mexico),” PHS coach Wade Fraze said of De La Rosa. “That says enough right there. “I feel like the caliber...
PORTALES — After a short rest from the court, the Portales boys basketball team took care of business Tuesday night, holding off a fast pace assault by Lovington high for the win, 81-70. Led by Junior Ramirez with his first career triple-double (11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds), the Rams had five players in double figures, showing the versatility and depth of their team. Jeremie Karngbaye led all scorers with 20 points, Braden Bridges scored 12, and Jase Wallace, T...
PORTALES — Another Eastern Plains Athletic Conference tournament in the books, another win for the Texico Wolverines. The Wolverines used a dominating second quarter to beat the Foxes on Saturday night at Greyhound Arena and win their second consecutive EPAC boys title. Texico (11-4) built a 16-point halftime lead by outscoring the Foxes 17-3 in the second period, and it was just too much for Fort Sumner (9-3) to overcome. "We got open looks early, but they weren't falling a...
