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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — As the days grow shorter, so does the remainder of the Clovis girls soccer team’s schedule. And that means, of course, that the games get more and more important. So Tuesday night’s late-September clash against Goddard was a big one for the Lady Wildcats, and it was big for them that they disposed of the Lady Rockets 5-1 at Leon Williams Stadium. A scoreless game throughout much of the first half, only a one-goal affair at the break, Clovis dominated the second half,...
Another weekend gone, another area high school slate over. It was a good weekend for Farwell, Elida and Dora, not so good for Texico, Melrose and Floyd. Here’s how some of it shook out: Saturday Dora 50, Pine Hill 0 PINE HILL — It didn’t take the Coyotes long to rebound from their first loss of the season. Dora went on a long, long road trip this weekend and treated host Pine Hill to a 50-point thumping on Saturday afternoon, just a week after falling short, 26-20, against Menaul. Saturday’s outcome, which improved the Coy...
CLOVIS — If Clovis High’s football team could bottle up its first defensive and offensive series from Friday night’s game against Lubbock Coronado, play like that going forward, the Wildcats would likely be successful for the rest of the season. Clovis’ defense began Friday’s game at Leon Williams Stadium by turning what appeared to be a sure-fire Coronado touchdown drive into just a field goal. The Wildcats’ offense then embarked on a crisp 66-yard touchdown drive. But...
Eastern New Mexico University’s football team is 0-3, fresh off a loss to Texas A&M-Commerce, the nation’s top-ranked Division II team. And it doesn’t get a whole lot easier for the Greyhounds. Next up, the son of a former Super Bowl reserve quarterback and nephew of a former Heisman Trophy winner. Eastern will try to escape the schneid with tonight’s road game against Lone Star Conference rival Texas A&M-Kingsville (1-2). Quarterbacking the Javelinas is Koy Detmer Jr., wh...
September is more than half over and though Melrose’s football team isn’t in panic mode yet, the Buffaloes would like to rebound tonight after suffering two straight losses following an opening-week victory. Two teams straddling the state line — Texico and Farwell — will also clash tonight. Roosevelt County rivals Elida and Floyd do battle on Saturday afternoon, as does Dora, who visits faraway Pine Hill, all part of a big weekend of area football. Tonight Mountainair (3-1) at Melrose (1-2), 5:30 p.m. This game has a couple...
CLOVIS — If the Clovis High football team is going to halt its losing streak at two and get back on the fun side of .500 tonight, defense — most specifically the defensive backfield — will likely be the biggest key. Clovis defenders should be plenty busy tonight at Leon Williams Stadium, however they fare. Because Lubbock Coronado’s 6-foot-2 sophomore quarterback Sawyer Robertson likes to put it up, be it a deep pass or the dump-off and slant varieties. Just look at the sta...
CLOVIS — The Clovis girls soccer team is back — in more ways than one. The Lady Wildcats are back from a weekend road swing in Albuquerque, playing at home again Tuesday night, but have also bounced back from the two-game losing streak they endured on that trip. Tuesday at Leon Williams Stadium, the Lady ’Cats rebounded big time with an 8-0 victory over Portales and improved to 9-2. “I think they feel a lot better with where they’re at now then where they were this weekend,...
Another weekend of area football passed with another dose of mixed results. Elida played its first home game since 2010, Texico returned to the .500 mark and Dora suffered its first loss of the season. It all kicked off Thursday with Melrose visiting Mountainair to play Magdalena. But it was that Saturday-afternoon Elida game that highlighted the local weekend. Not only were the Tigers playing a historic home game, it transformed from a blowout to a squeaker, one Elida pulled out 41-35 over previously-unbeaten Carrizozo....
LUBBOCK — Say this for the Clovis High football team — the Wildcats never gave up Friday when down by a bunch against Monterey at Lubbock’s Lowrey Field. Unfortunately, the ’Cats were in never-give-up mode because they gave up a three-touchdown lead before halftime. And though they clawed back, even made it a little interesting in the fourth, the Wildcats fell to Monterey 34-21 and endured their second straight loss, dropping to 2-2 on the season. “The good thing about it...
CLOVIS — Sometimes you can’t tell how a game is going to turn out based on the team’s records coming in. But sometimes, you kinda can. Thursday’s Lovington-Clovis girls soccer game at Yucca Elementary School was one for the kinda-can file. Power to 1-5 Lovington for making the trek and playing great defense early on, breaking up some Clovis chances. But the undefeated Lady Wildcats of Clovis were just too much for the Lady Wildcats of Lovington, and posted a 10-0 victory...
CLOVIS — The Monterey football team’s nickname — the Plainsmen — has the sound of a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood Western, maybe a Zane Grey novel. And tonight, Clovis High’s football team heads east to Lubbock, where the Wildcats will try to lasso their third victory of the season. With a 7:30 p.m. Central (6:30 p.m. Mountain) start at Lowrey Field, the ’Cats (2-1) are beginning a three-game stretch against Lubbock teams and trying to rebound from last week’s 20-13 home lo...
CLOVIS - For the Portales and Clovis boys soccer teams, there was something positive to take from Tuesday night's game at Leon Williams Stadium. For Clovis, it was the ultimate positive, the most important one - a victory, which the Wildcats earned by a 3-0 count. For Portales, a loss wasn't ideal, but the 4A Rams were playing an undefeated 5A team, ranked No. 1 in New Mexico by Maxpreps. So losing by three - with the second-half scoring consisting of just a flukey goal -...
Clovis and Portales weren’t the only two local teams in action this weekend. Melrose, Elida, Dora and Farwell also played, with varying results, including a big win for Elida as its long-awaited comeback season continued. Elida 63, Vaughn 30 VAUGHN — The Tigers haven’t played on their home field since 2010 — the last year they fielded a varsity football program — and they won’t play at home again until this coming Thursday afternoon. Still, they’re 2-1 away from Elida this season, after Friday afternoon’s rout at Vaughn...
CLOVIS — Friday night’s Rio Rancho-Clovis football game at Clovis High School had mistakes aplenty. But it was the Rams taking advantage of Wildcat mistakes at critical times. The result was a 20-13 Rio Rancho victory, the Rams’ first of the year, sealed by Braxton Padilla’s interception with roughly a minute to go in the fourth quarter. A work of art it wasn’t, but Rio Rancho got it done and improved to a 1-2 record. “Any win, especially in Clovis, is a great win. So we...
CLOVIS — Records don’t always reveal everything. So nothing is guaranteed for Clovis High’s football team — 2-0 record and all — against 0-2 Rio Rancho tonight at Leon Williams Stadium. Still, the numbers do tend to leap out. The Wildcats have rolled up 81 total points in their two victories thus far at Hobbs and Aztec. The Rams, in Week 1 at Centennial and their Week 2 home opener against Pine Creek, allowed 74 total points. Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells has said that...
CLOVIS — Coming off the road with a 6-0 record didn’t quite heap pressure on the Clovis boys soccer team heading into Tuesday night’s home opener. It was after all, only early September. But every game is one the Wildcats would like to place squarely in the win column, so their first home game was no different. So Tuesday’s 6-0 victory in their 2018 Leon Williams Stadium debut was most important because it was another successful outing for the ’Cats, making them 7-for-7 i...
Labor Day weekend brought a busy slate of local football action, with Friday-night losses for Texico and Farwell beginning the weekend and a Saturday-afternoon victory for Melrose ending it. Melrose 54, Ramah 0 MOUNTAINAIR — For the Buffaloes, it was like no time had elapsed at all since last November 25. The main difference of course was the team turnover that resulted in several new key players and even a new head coach, Caleb King. But program-wise, not much changed. A little more than nine months ago, Melrose locked d...
CLOVIS — Only one day into the 2018 season and the Clovis boys cross country team is already making an impact. The Wildcats, set on eventually doing some damage at the district and state meets, began their regular season Friday by hosting the Clovis Invitational at Ned Houk Park. Teams came from far north, far south. They came from across the border in Texas. But Clovis’ boys bested them all, winning the meet with 30 points. Defending champion Hobbs was second this time wit...
CLOVIS — It wasn’t an ordinary Thursday for the Clovis High football team. Then again, this is no ordinary weekend for the Wildcats. Thursday, instead of spending the late afternoon hours practicing at Leon Williams Stadium, the ’Cats were getting ready to board a bus in the Clovis High School parking lot. Because tonight, instead of the road trips to Albuquerque, Lubbock or Hobbs they’re used to, the Wildcats are playing at Aztec, in the state’s northwest corner more than...
CLOVIS — Both Clovis cross country teams, boys and girls, see the program’s move to District 4-5A as an opportunity. Competing as they did in recent years against mostly 6A Albuquerque schools provided a good test but brutal competition. 4-5A, though highly competitive, should offer Clovis a chance to fare better this season, especially the boys, who placed fourth in 6A last year as it was. With a strong, experienced contingent back and looking for greater achievements, Clo...
Clovis High senior Montez Wright was teary-eyed after Friday night's 32-21 victory at Hobbs, knowing it would be the last time he'd play a football game against the Wildcats' arch rival. Actually, it was Wright who made Hobbs plenty sad. Wright plays running back, cornerback and punter for Clovis and had a deep impact at all three positions Friday at Hobbs High School. Consider this: - Wright ran for a touchdown from one yard out in the first quarter, which as it turned out...
CLOVIS — This past Thursday afternoon, Clovis High’s volleyball coach Ruth Chavez had the opportunity to watch a junior high scrimmage at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, giving her a glimpse into her varsity team’s future. Actually, her most experienced varsity players haven’t been out of junior high that long. Only two return from last year’s varsity and they’re both sophomores — middle blocker/back row Mikyla Harkley and setter Kameron Kelley. Clovis does have quite a few seniors, but they’re all varsity newcomers. Graduation cert...
HOBBS — Call them Hobbs, Hawbs, the Eagles, or maybe just those guys on the other side of the field. Whatever you call the Hobbs football team, it’s a program Clovis High loves to beat — any time, but especially Week 1. It was far from perfect Friday night at Hobbs High School — with penalties galore, and some missed offensive opportunities — but the Wildcats did what they came to do, they beat Hobbs, 32-21. Another notch for Clovis in the rivalry, and more important...
CLOVIS — Even with a week still to go before his team made its 2018 debut at Hobbs, Clovis football coach Cal Fullerton was already looking forward to it. And there was a lot to look forward to as Fullerton peered ahead before last Friday’s practice at Clovis High School. For one, the dawn of a new season — Fullerton’s second as Wildcats head coach. And then there’s the Clovis-Hobbs rivalry. How much better does it get than a high school football grudge match? “It’ll be...
CLOVIS - Though the Clovis girls soccer team fell short of a state tournament berth last season, this year's Lady Wildcats are brimming with confidence. They may be on to something. Most on the current roster are returning players, including both goalkeepers. They're a cohesive group, they get along. And they already won their first game of the season - a 5-0 road shutout of Lovington last Saturday. In fact, the players and coaching staff are so confident, the 'Cats not only...
