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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor's note: This is the first of two stories profiling local inductees into the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame. A profile of Tony Romero will run in Wednesday's edition of The News. CLOVIS — There was a time Brooks Byrd and Muhammad Ali were on the same page. Literally. A newspaper clipping displaying boxing rankings from December 1974 showed Ali — the heavyweight legend — and Romero — then an up-and-coming junior welterweight — on the same page of the paper. The following year, 1975, was big for both fighters. Ali won '...
CLOVIS — A little sour must come with the sweet. But for Clovis High’s football team, it was only the latter on Friday night. The Wildcats were home sweet home, playing at Leon Williams Stadium for the first time this month. And in those friendly surroundings, the ’Cats put a 47-0 hurt on District 2/5-6A rival Eldorado, improving to 2-1 district and 4-5 overall in the process. Sweet indeed. “It is,” Clovis head coach Cal Fullerton said. “I told our team before the game we had...
CLOVIS — A one-goal game can be fun and nerve-racking, thrilling and terrifying at the same time. It was all of those for the Clovis girls soccer team when hosting district rival Carlsbad on a cold rainy Tuesday night at Leon Williams Stadium. The Lady Wildcats scored fairly early in the game, then hung on to that narrow lead for the remainder — thanks in part to the goalkeeping tandem of senior Hannah Howell and sophomore Hanna Nussbaumer — and shut out the Cavegirls 1-0....
CLOVIS — The cold air is a signal, indicating high school football games are getting scarce, playoff implications are everywhere. Clovis High goes into its ninth game with pretty much everything on the line. The Wildcats emerged from last weekend’s 19-0 loss at Manzano with a 1-1 record in District 2/5-6A play, a 3-5 mark overall. This Friday at 7 p.m., the ’Cats host district foe Eldorado at Leon Williams Stadium, with a bye week after that and one more regular-season game...
The weekend is closing in already and that means it’s almost time for more high school football games, with every local team in action. Friday Gateway Christian at Melrose, 7 p.m. Winning their opener followed five straight losses for the Buffaloes, as the four-time defending Eight-Man state championship program was decimated by injuries. But the team got healthy and got back to winning last weekend at Dora, routing the Coyotes 56-8. Now comes the challenge of keeping their momentum going against powerhouse Gateway C...
PORTALES — A team’s defense can often be a shot of adrenaline for its offense. And Saturday, Eastern New Mexico’s defense had just the prescription against Western New Mexico at Greyhound Stadium. The ENMU defensive unit continually made big plays, big stops, then watched as a pumped-up offense came out and did its thing in the other direction. The result was a 55-9 Eastern blowout that reeled in a big haul for the Greyhounds — their first home victory of the season, their s...
FARWELL — A Farwell High football team used to seeing its games unfold from ground level, took to the skies Friday against Seagraves, with positive results. Farwell normally bowls opponents over with a lethal rushing attack. Friday, though, Seagraves worked hard to contain that running game, at least somewhat. So quarterback Leefe Actkinson burned the Eagles regularly by throwing the ball, which helped the Steers win their district opener — their fifth straight victory overall — by topping Seagraves 42-0 on a cold drizz...
CLOVIS — After last Tuesday's 4-0 win over Roswell, the Clovis girls soccer team has been able to, as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers would put it — R-E-L-A-X. The Lady Wildcats' four-goal victory at Leon Williams Stadium kept them unbeaten in District 4-5A at 2-0-1, but also ended the first half of their district slate, meaning they had a week before they had to play another game. They will begin the second half of district competition at home this Tuesday against Car...
Another weekend of area football has come and gone with yet another mixed bag of results. Fort Sumner 24, Texico 8 TEXICO — The Wolverines knew they were facing a challenge when hosting unbeaten Fort Sumner/House on Friday. That stated, the Wolves did well to keep it reasonably close against the Foxes on Friday night at Texico High School. The Wolverines trailed only 10-0 at halftime, and were still only down 18-0 heading into the fourth quarter. Ultimately, they lost by 16 and dropped their fourth straight after a 2-2 s...
CLOVIS — Overcoats, hoodies and gloves have replaced short-sleeve shirts for the Clovis girls soccer fans. And the games they’re watching are different, too. Gone are the pre-district days of eight- and nine-goal wins for the Lady Wildcats. Their District 4-5A games have been a lot tighter, a lot more competitive. Take Tuesday night’s game against Roswell at Leon Williams Stadium, for instance. Though the final score was 4-0 Clovis, the game was locked in a scoreless tie a...
There are crucial high school football games everywhere, as October grinds into its second week. Playoff spots, playoff positioning, it’s all starting to come into focus. Here’s a look at the upcoming weekend of games, a full slate: Friday Seagraves at Farwell, 6 p.m. MDT When he was still fresh off his team’s road win over Dimmitt — its fourth straight victory since an opening-week loss to Friona — Steers head coach Danny Brittain took a little time to peer ahead past his...
A coach’s job is sometimes having to see the glass half empty, having to look at what imperfections need to be tweaked, even after a near-perfect performance. But following his team’s 47-0 annihilation of Capital last Friday at Greyhound Stadium, Portales head coach Jaime Ramirez couldn’t find much wrong. “I just wish we would’ve shored up some of those (missed) extra points. They were a little bit off,” Ramirez said. “Clean that up a little bit, we’re good.” It’s wit...
PORTALES - Lightning struck in the third quarter of Friday's Capital-Portales football game. But, the Rams had actually been striking all night. Returning from their bye week with a crackle, the Rams barreled over Capital 47-0 at Greyhound Stadium, and with that victory, climbed back to .500 by improving to 3-3. Just about everything clicked for Portales. The offense proved nearly impossible for Capital to stop. Defensively, four interceptions and a fumble recovery thwarted an...
TEXICO — It’s not much of a head-scratcher figuring out what the ultimate goal of a defending state volleyball champion is. Win another state championship, of course. If you did scratch your head, you probably need to switch shampoos. Almost as obvious seems the answer to how best to prepare for another championship run — play other quality teams, other state champions if possible. So when Texico hosted Melrose Thursday night, the reigning Class A champion Lady Buffaloes and 2017 3A champion Lady Wolverines (now 2A) were...
The area football season marched on this weekend, with every local team in action except idle Farwell. And as usual, the results were mixed: Tucumcari 39, Texico 22 TUCUMCARI — The Wolverines switched quarterbacks at halftime, but still weren’t able to rally against Tucumcari up at Rattler Field. Ben Loewen started for Texico in the first half and went 4-for-9 passing for 54 yards, including an interception late in the second quarter that led to a Tucumcari touchdown and a 19-0 Rattlers lead. Loewen was also sacked six tim...
CLOVIS - Saturday, Clovis' boys soccer team did something it hadn't done all season. The Wildcats lost. Hobbs coming into Leon Williams Stadium presented the 'Cats with an opportunity to bag their first District 4-5A victory while beating a longtime rival. Neither happened, as Clovis fell 3-0 and dropped to 13-1-1 overall, 0-1-1 in the all-important district play. "It hurts," Clovis head coach Greg Trujillo said, "but you've got to give credit to the Hobbs team. They played...
CLOVIS — OK, here's where it gets really interesting for the Clovis boys soccer team. Not that it wasn't plenty interesting already. A 13-0 record and No. 4 state Maxpreps ranking sure can't be considered dull. But Tuesday night, the Wildcats finally began their District 4-5A schedule when they hosted Carlsbad at Leon Williams Stadium. Which means the 13-0 record isn't all that important now, at least not according to Clovis head coach Greg Trujillo, who says all that m...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s football team can’t exactly wipe the slate clean this weekend. But the Wildcats are, in a way, getting a fresh start. The ’Cats are 2-4 so far, on a four-game losing streak, and will indeed carry that record and that streak into Sandia this weekend. But, when visiting the Monarchs on Friday (7 p.m.), Clovis will finally be starting its District 2/5-6A schedule. And the Wildcats are 0-0 in that. “Our first season’s over; we throw it in the trash, no m...
PORTALES — A victory for the Eastern New Mexico football team over Midwestern State on Saturday would have re-defined the Greyhounds’ season. A lopsided defeat could have been soul-crushing. Call Saturday’s 31-23 Eastern loss at Greyhound Stadium somewhere in between. The Hounds battled hard against the country’s fifth-ranked Division II team, even led for a while. But ultimately, they suffered their fourth loss in five games this year. So, Eastern’s showing was encouragi...
It's already October, meaning the football games are getting that much more important. The local teams will be back at it again this weekend, with an almost-full slate of those extra-important October clashes. Farwell, on a bye week, will be the area's lone absentee. Elida at Springer/Maxwell, 7 p.m. A forfeit victory is still a victory. So the Tigers will take the one they were handed by Roy/Mosquero last Friday, especially when it improved them to 5-1 in their program's...
It was the last weekend of September football and the local high school teams continued to separate, some trending upward, some the other direction. Farwell 28, Dimmitt 7 DIMMITT, Texas — The Steers on Friday were among the teams in the green-arrow-pointing-upward category, as they won their fourth straight by taking care of Dimmitt on the road. Farwell won the first-down battle 20-7, the overall yardage battle 400-145, the rushing battle 278-minus 24, the third-down conversion battle 35.3 percent-12.5 percent, and the t...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High football team knew exactly what it was facing in Lubbock Cooper Friday night — a solid Texas program, a team that does everything well most of the time. Cooper did a lot well a lot of the time Friday, getting its offense churning right away and displaying a defense that didn’t allow Clovis to do much. The result was a 40-2 victory for the Pirates on a cold, blustery Homecoming night at Leon Williams Stadium. “They got it rolling early on offense...
Midwestern State offers two-pronged motivation for the Eastern New Mexico football team, posing both an immediate challenge and conjuring up bitter memories of recent history. First, the history part. Eastern hosted Midwestern last November with a chance to win the Lone Star Conference and advance to the NCAA Division II playoffs. Midwestern, though, was the team to emerge with both prizes, and that has been lodged firmly in the Greyhounds’ craw for over 10 months. Then t...
CLOVIS — It’s not the last weekend of Clovis High’s football season, not even close. But it is a last opportunity for the Wildcats. When the ’Cats host Cooper High School tonight at Leon Williams Stadium (7 p.m.), it will be their last of three straight games against Lubbock teams. So far, they’re 0-2 in those games. It’s also Clovis’ last of six non-district games to open the season. So far, the Wildcats are 2-3 in those, and next week they begin their District 2/5-6A slate...
The Texico football team has bounced back before and hopes to do it again tonight. After two straight early-season losses to Dexter and New Mexico Military Institute, the Wolverines bounced back, winning at Capitan by 20. This week the Wolves look for another rebound — after losing the state-border rivalry to Farwell 39-6 last Friday, they are hoping to beat Eunice at home tonight (7 p.m.) and return to .500 in the process. That may not be so easy. The Cardinals will be 5-0, ranked eighth in the state and No. 1 in 2A with 1...
