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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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TEXICO — File it under "h," maybe under "c." But file it somewhere under the "how cool is that" file. The answer is "pretty cool" whenever a team ranked No. 1 in the state plays one ranked No. 2 in the regular season. It will happen today — weather permitting — at Texico Field, when the top-ranked Wolverines baseball team hosts second-ranked Estancia in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Only the possibility of lightning can make this matchup more electric. When the prep baseball polls were released Tuesday throu... Full story
Dickie Roybal was honored, but confused. "New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame," the former Melrose football coach thought. "There's a New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame?" There is, and they recently honored Roybal by selecting him as one of their High School Coaches of the Year and making him part of their 2018 Hall of Fame induction ceremony that took place in Albuquerque on April 8. "To be honest, I really didn't know what it was," Roybal said. "It's not advertised here on this side... Full story
TEXICO — The rock band Kansas famously sang "Dust in the Wind," which would've been a good theme song for Tuesday's Portales-Texico baseball game. There was certainly plenty of dust and wind throughout. But amid the gusts and the bending trees there was a pretty good area matchup, a battle between the 4A Rams and 3A Wolverines at Texico Field. A pretty good area matchup, that is, until the Wolves broke things open in the bottom of the fifth and earned a run-rule 12-2 v...
CLOVIS — Talk about a measuring stick. Clovis' boys track and field team considered Friday's Wildcat Relays a means of determining how far it had progressed this season, how far it still needed to go. And if Friday's meet at Leon Williams Stadium was any indication, the Wildcats are in solid shape as state-tournament competition looms. In fact, they blew the doors off the event, winning it with 141 points, 72 more than second-place LaCueva. It was a nice way for Clovis to h...
CLOVIS — Running and jumping and throwing are pretty much the same here as they are anywhere. Track and field teams are going to compete the best they can, and that won't vary much unless it's on the surface of the moon. Still, Clovis is a little extra excited for today's Wildcat Relays that begin at 3 p.m. The 'Cats finally get to compete at their own digs — the friendly confines of Leon Williams Stadium — for the first time this season. That is a big deal, that is speci...
CLOVIS — Blue skies, very little wind, but less-than-ideal temperatures. Two out of three wasn't bad for Clovis' baseball team as far as conditions for Saturday's doubleheader against Manzano were concerned. Especially since the Wildcats' percentages were better competitively speaking, as they went 2-for-2 by sweeping the Monarchs 2-0 in seven innings and 18-0 in five at Bell Park, improving to 17-3 overall and 4-0 against District 2-6A opponents. Sebastian Nunez fired a one-h... Full story
MELROSE — Melrose’s baseball team has big aspirations for the spring, aspirations of heading north, playing for a state championship. Caleb King was just up there a few weeks ago, coming oh so close as head coach of the Melrose girls basketball team, and serving as an assistant coach for the Melrose boys team that won it all. King is now coaching a Buffaloes baseball team ranked at the top of Class A, a team that has a real chance of turning those aspirations into a trophy in May. To do that, the Buffs will have to beat dis...
CLOVIS — The postal creed states: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". Clovis High's baseball team kind of borrowed that creed on Tuesday by playing in two of the above conditions — the rain and the gloom of night — when hosting Lovington at Bell Park. And the Wildcats of Clovis express-delivered a 24-1 victory, taking care of the Wildcats of Lovington in five innings to notch their 13th... Full story
PORTALES — Even though one is 6A and one is 4A, Clovis and Portales are still area rivals. When they play, it's always a big deal — for Clovis, because Portales teams are always tough; for Portales, because of that and because the Wildcats are the 6A giants, so when a 4A competes with and even beats them, it says a lot. Monday, the teams battled for about five hours and split. Portales' girls beat Clovis 9-0; Clovis' boys squeaked out a 5-4 win over the Rams. "The boys rea...
CLOVIS — Baby steps or long strides, they’re all positive as long as they’re going forward. Clovis’ softball team moved forward in Thursday night’s doubleheader against Goddard at Lady Wildcat Field. Though the Lady ’Cats dropped a pair, 16-10 and 10-6, they improved greatly from Tuesday’s home twinbill against Hobbs, during which they were outscored 32-3 and only played nine total innings due to mercy rules. Just two days later, the Lady Wildcats — who fell to 0-10 this se...
CLOVIS - There's a saying that goes, 'it's not how you start, it's how you finish.' Clovis' softball team was on the unfortunate end of that axiom in Tuesday's home doubleheader against Hobbs, starting off great in Game 1 before losing that game 14-3 in six innings and the nightcap 18-0 in just three frames. The Lady Wildcats just couldn't avoid those bad innings that have already plagued them regularly this season, those innings that start off innocently enough and snowball...
CLOVIS — The Clovis girls golf team is again loaded with potential this season, and that’s probably not good news for the rest of the district. After all, last year’s potential-laden Clovis team won a district championship. This season’s Lady Wildcats appear right in the mix again. “We have a shot,” Clovis’ eighth-year head coach Steve Speck said. “If the younger girls can come through and be more consistent, we have a chance to do it again. We were big underdogs last year and pulled it out. There’s nothing to keep us from d...
CLOVIS - The Clovis boys track and field team should be strong, deep and built for success this spring. The only questions are who will emerge where. The Wildcats are bursting with talent, most of it young, all over their roster. And in the nice-problem-to-have category, new head coach Mark Sena and his staff are waiting to see who will fit in best at which events. "We've got a lot of underclassmen that are very talented and may make their presence known sometime during this...
CLOVIS - For the Clovis softball team, there will be other days. Better ones, the Lady Wildcats hope. But there's only one home opener, and that didn't go as well as the Lady 'Cats would've liked when they hosted Borger on Tuesday afternoon and fell 12-1 at Lady Wildcat Field. Things began well enough, with the game scoreless through two innings and Clovis starting pitcher Celeste Chavez working out of trouble in both. But then, Wildcat errors surfaced, the Borger bats started...
CLOVIS — Keith Durham knows coaching. And he should. He’s done it at the Division I and II collegiate levels, the high school level, too. But that’s basketball. Track and field is another matter. Though Durham has been a basketball coach as high as the Boise State University women’s staff, this spring will be his first foray into coaching track and field. But he’s taking it on, taking the reins of Clovis High’s girls track and field team, giving it a go. “I guess maybe (I’m) a little nervous, this being the first year I ev... Full story
Anything interesting happen over the weekend? Oh, yeah. Four area basketball teams won state championships in Albuquerque. There was drama, drama everywhere at Dreamstyle Arena, as the Elida and Melrose girls' rivalry was on display one last time this season, the Texico girls won on a buzzer-beater, the Portales girls staged a stirring rally to win their first state crown since 2014, and the Melrose boys climbed out of an early eight-point deficit to beat Maxwell. Ironically,...
ALBUQUERQUE — There's no shame in a red trophy, but it wasn't quite the hue Texico's boys basketball team had in mind. The top-seeded Wolverines wound up taking home the red one — awarded to state-tournament runners up — after losing Saturday morning's Class 3A state championship game 58-44 to third-seeded Pecos, which successfully defended its state crown and bagged another blue trophy with a dominant fourth quarter at Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Arena. Texico had entered Satur...
ALBUQUERQUE — This wasn't your garden variety Melrose boys basketball game. But then, it wasn't your garden variety boys basketball game, period. The Buffaloes, used to big leads and comfortable victories, faced a war with Maxwell in Saturday morning's Class A state championship game at Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Arena, competition and setting befitting the stakes. A Melrose team more accustomed to cruising, saw itself down by a bunch in the first few minutes of Saturday's g... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE - Winning a state championship is hard-fought and hard-earned over an entire season. For the Portales girls basketball team it was both of those in Friday's 4A state championship game. At Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Arena, the Lady Rams fought back from a seven-point third-quarter deficit and beat district rival Moriarty 50-39. When trailing so far into the game, they didn't panic, didn't flinch. They seized control and seized a blue trophy in the process. "I don't kn... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE — There they were, two local girls basketball rivals — second-seeded Melrose and top-seeded Elida — on the grand stage of Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Center in Friday's Class 1A state championship game. Could it get much better? Well, it was always going to be better for whichever team won, and in Friday's case, it was Elida pulling away in the second quarter and making it a record-tying eight consecutive state titles by beating Melrose 58-44. Elida is a state champ...
ALBUQUERQUE — Wow. Any time a team wins a state championship it's a big deal. But the way Texico's top-seeded girls basketball team won its 3A state title on Friday had the wow factor for sure. The final seconds of Friday's championship game against No. 2 Tohatchi at Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Center were frenetic, crazy, wild. The Lady Wolverines captured the title on Maryelle Dickerman's short basket seconds before the final buzzer, a shot that gave Texico an incredible 4...
BERNALILLO — Naturally, this is right where the Elida girls basketball team expected to be at this time — in the Class 1A state championship game. The Lady Tigers' program is, after all, a seven-time defending state champ, so earning a spot in an eighth-straight title game — tipping off today in The Pit at 11:30 a.m. — by virtue of Thursday's 39-30 victory over Des Moines at Bernalillo High School was not a huge surprise. Not that the Tigers ever take anything for granted...
BERNALILLO – Yes, the Melrose boys basketball team is heading to Saturday morning’s Class A state championship game at The Pit in Albuquerque. But no, Thursday’s semifinal victory was not another Buffalo stampede as most of their games have been this season. The Buffs did beat Quemado 55-39 Thursday at Bernalillo High School, a solid margin indeed. Earlier in the game, though, even well into the second half, things were a little sticky. The Buffaloes prevailed, however, seizing control by the third quarter’s end and never rel...
CLOVIS — There's no sugar-coating a 2-24 season, and the Clovis softball team isn't trying to. Forgetting, though, is far different than sugar-coating. That record occurred in 2017, now well in the past. Energy, optimism and enthusiasm are on the Lady Wildcats' 2018 agenda. The only record they have to worry about is 0-0, the one they'll carry into tonight's season opener at Monterey in Lubbock. "We were excited to get here (for practice) in January," Clovis head coach B... Full story
MELROSE — Saturday's Santa Fe Waldorf-Melrose outcome likely surprised few who follow New Mexico boys basketball, based on Class A seedings and season records. The Buffaloes came in seeded at the top of their class, having won 25 of 28 this season. Santa Fe Waldorf, at 7-12, was the 16th seed. So the Buffs' 90-22 victory at Melrose High School, though lopsided, was actually more par for the course than anything. But lopsided and all, Saturday's victory was huge for Melrose b...
