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CARLSBAD — With four games left in the regular season the Carlsbad Cavegirls showed why they are one of the top teams in the state with a season sweep against the Clovis Lady Wildcats in two run-ruled games, 10-0 and 12-0. Just like in the first two games of the series, Carlsbad scored early and often, never allowing Clovis to reach second base when the Wildcats batted and allowing its two pitchers to pick up 17 combined strikeouts in 10 total innings. After Ashley Hernandez threw a perfect game last week, teammate Brianna S...
Clovis’ boys suffered their first district loss of the season three nights earlier, coming out on the business end of a 45-35 score against Carlsbad on the road. The Carlsbad Cavemen ended their district winless streak and handed the Clovis Wildcats their first district loss of the season on Tuesday. The two teams met on Jan. 29 to start out Class 5 District 4 play in Clovis with the Wildcats winning by four. This time the Cavemen returned the favor with a 45-35 victory. “I don’t think we were ready to play tonight,” Isler s...
CARLSBAD – Trailing Portales 48-44 with 10 seconds left, Carlsbad knew it would need help for a chance to send the game into overtime. A quick sprint after the inbound pass allowed Josh Sillas to drain a 3-pointer and get fouled, allowing the Cavemen a chance to tie the game with a free throw with 4.8 seconds left. The crowd's intensity picked up as Sillas, an 82 percent free throw shooter, went to the free throw line and prepared to send his team into overtime. The shot w...
CARLSBAD — The first three times this season the Clovis Wildcats and Carlsbad Cavegirls met on the volleyball court, Clovis came away the victor. Playing the season series for the first time in Carlsbad on Tuesday, the results were the same with Clovis sweeping the Cavegirls, 25-21, 25-19, 25-20. The teams met in the Zia Classic and Moriarty Tournaments in September with Clovis (6-11, 2-2 5A-4) coming away with a pair of 3-1 victories. In both district matches, Clovis swept C...
Staff writer [email protected] PORTALES — Unlike Friday’s regular-season opener, the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team was unable to produce a second straight comeback victory as the Greyhounds lost to Fort Lewis 73-69 on Saturday at Greyhound Arena. ENMU started strong, taking a 20-15 lead at the quarter, but things slowly unraveled for the Hounds. They were outscored 41-25 in the second and third quarters and the deficit was a bit too much to make up. “We just had some breakdowns defensi...
Staff writer [email protected] Unlike Friday’s regular-season opener, the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team was unable to produce a second straight comeback victory as the Greyhounds lost to Fort Lewis 73-69 on Saturday at Greyhound Arena. Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU’s Kassandra Harris takes a contested shot in the first quarter of ENMU’s Saturday game against Fort Lewis College. Harris finished with 10 points, one of four Hounds to finish in double...
STAFF REPORT Less than 24 hours after a five-set upset victory over No. 10 Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico closed out its volleyball regular season in a less than ideal way as the Tarleton State TexAnns swept Eastern 25-20, 25-16, 25-21. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Eastern’s Lauren Frye, left, and Amanda Dietz try to block a spike attempt by Tarleton State in the first set of Saturday’s match at Greyhound Arena. Eastern was swept by the Tex-Anns in straight sets. It was sen...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] After a decisive 53-10 victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State University last week, the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds prepare for their final regular season game as they head to Wichita Fall, Texas to take on the Lone Star Conference’s Midwestern State in a battle of two top-four teams in the conference today at noon. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Eastern New Mexico quarterback Wyatt Strand throws a pass during Wednesday’s practice at Gre...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] With one final regular season match remaining, the Eastern New Mexico volleyball team needed five sets to avoid a meltdown as they defeated the No. 10 Angelo State Rambelles 25-20, 27-25, 13-25, 25-27, 15-9 in Lone Star Conference action Friday night at Greyhound Arena. It looked as though Eastern (18-11, 13-6 LSC) would cruise to its seventh-sweep of the season as the Hounds took the first two sets, but Angelo State started off the third set strong, blocking Eastern’s first two kill a...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] It looks like those two exhibition games the Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team had were good preparation for the regular season as the Hounds fought back the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Friday afternoon for a 69-66 overtime win to start off the season at home. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Amari Dennis drives the lane against Molly McCabe in the first half against the University of South Dakota School of Mining & T...
Editor’s note: The following is one in a series profiling local senior citizens each week. STAFF WRITER [email protected] Born in Puerto Rico back in 1943, Jose J. Rodriguez, 73, has called New Mexico his home since 1966 when he moved to Clovis for the first time. But before Rodriguez came to the Land of Enchantment, he traveled to California back in 1951 to live with his three brothers and father. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Jose J. Rodriguez shows the food he’s cooked in...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Over the weekend the New Mexico Athletics Association released its seedlings for the 2016 state volleyball playoffs with Roosevelt County sending two representatives hopeful to return the Blue Trophy home: The Class 4A Portales Lady Rams and the Class 1A Elida Lady Tigers. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Defensive specialist Alexis Garcia receives a serve during Tuesday’s practice while teammate Janae Hale looks on. Portales received the No. 8 s...
SPORTS EDITOR [email protected] PORTALES — It’s always good for teams to be able to change things up heading into the final leg of competition and the Eastern New Mexico football team showed it doesn’t always have to rely on the running game to find success. After a two and a half hour weather delay, the Greyhounds (6--4, 5-3 LSC) put it on the Aggies (2-8, 1-7 LSC) despite the soggy conditions, winning 53-10. The win guarantees the Hounds a winning season and the timin...
Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU’s Johnny Smith stiff-arms a defender during the first quarter of the Greyhounds’ home finale on Saturday against Oklahoma Panhandle State at Greyhound Stadium....
SPORTS EDITOR [email protected] PORTALES — It’s always good for teams to be able to change things up heading into the final leg of competition and the Eastern New Mexico football team showed it doesn’t always have to rely on the running game to find success. After a two and a half hour weather delay, the Greyhounds (6--4, 5-3 LSC) put it on the Aggies (2-8, 1-7 LSC) despite the soggy conditions, winning 53-10. Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU’s Johnny Smith stiff-a...
Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU’s Johnny Smith stiff-arms a defender during the first quarter of the Greyhounds’ home finale on Saturday against Oklahoma Panhandle State at Greyhound Stadium....
Staff writer [email protected] Following last week’s 41-28 Lone Star Conference setback at Texas A&M-Kingsville, the Eastern New Mexico University football team looks to get back to its winning ways today when the Greyhounds entertain new LSC member Oklahoma Panhandle State in their 3 p.m. home finale at Greyhound Stadium. Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU placekicker Bailey Hale kicks a 48-yard field goal during Thursday’s practice at Greyhound Stadium. Last week at Tex...
Staff writer [email protected] Following last week’s 41-28 Lone Star Conference setback at Texas A&M-Kingsville, the Eastern New Mexico University football team looks to get back to its winning ways today when the Greyhounds entertain new LSC member Oklahoma Panhandle State in their 3 p.m. home finale at Greyhound Stadium. link Staff photo: Matthew Asher ENMU placekicker Bailey Hale kicks a 48-yard field goal during Thursday’s practice at Greyhound Stadium. Last week at...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] It may have been closer than they wanted in the first half, but the Portales Rams are now the two-time defending Class 4-4A champions following their 40-16 victory over NMMI Friday night. The first half was a back-and-forth affair with Portales (9-1, 4-0) scoring on every possession and NMMI (3-7, 1-3) scoring on three of their four. The Rams first got on the board with a 13-yard pass from Junior Ramirez to a wide-open Tyrese Dawson on a fourth-and-goal play. It should be noted that starting...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] It may have been closer than they wanted in the first half, but the Portales Rams are now the two-time defending Class 4-4A champions following their 40-16 victory over NMMI Friday night. The first half was a back-and-forth affair with Portales (9-1, 4-0) scoring on every possession and NMMI (3-7, 1-3) scoring on three of their four. The Rams first got on the board with a 13-yard pass from Junior Ramirez to a wide-open Tyrese Dawson on a fourth-and-goal play. It should be noted that starting...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Portales Lady Rams will not be the defending district volleyball champions this year as their run at the district title ended Thursday night at home in the Class 4-4A semifinal contest that saw the Moriarty Lady Pintos win in four sets 24-26, 25-11, 25-20, 25-14. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Portales’ Lindsay Blakey, 8, and Janae Hale go for a block in the first set of Thursday’s semifinal match against Moriarty. The Lady Pintos won in four...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Following last week’s comeback victory over Moriarty, the Portales Rams will conclude their regular season tonight in Roswell when they take on their Class 4-4A rival NMMI Colts at 7 p.m. Staff photo: Matthew Asher Running back Darion Ontiveros looks for room while lineman Jeremie Karngbaye clears the way. Ontiveros leads the team with 1,122 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns. Portales faces NMMI tonight in Roswell at 7 p.m. Portales (8-1, 3-0 d...
Editor’s note: The following is one in a series profiling local senior citizens each week. STAFF WRITER [email protected] Joe Blair At 91 years, Joe M. Blair has called Roosevelt County his home for 87 of those years. Those other four years took place from 1942-1946 when Blair enlisted with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Most of the old boys that grew up in Roosevelt County wanted to see lots of water, so we all joined the Navy,” said Blair. Aboard the USS Farragut DD3...
Editor’s note: The following is an article in a series of local volunteers. STAFF WRITER [email protected] With her 20 years serving the U.S. Air Force nearly at an end, Tech Sgt. Michelle Robinson already knows what she wants to do when she becomes a civilian: Help people who have been victims of sexual assault. Editor’s note: The following is an article in a series of local volunteers. By Matthew Asher STAFF WRITER [email protected] With her 20 years serving the U.S. A...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Following Monday’s three-set 25-20, 25-12, 25-9 win against Clovis Christian, the Floyd Lady Broncos will travel to face the six-time defending small school champion Elida Lady Tigers in the second-round of the Class 4-1A volleyball tournament. In their two previous encounters this season, Elida (17-3) swept Floyd in both matches. Currently ranked 13th, Floyd (6-10) knows it must upset the top-ranked Lady Tigers in order to qualify for the state playoffs. “I feel like we haven’t played a ful...
