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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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MELROSE — Melrose High's football team is an undefeated No. 1 state playoff seed. State rules, though, are state rules, and because the Buffaloes last played a postseason game against Mountainair at home, they will have to stampede their way up to Mountainair for Saturday's 1 p.m. eight-man state championship game. Fair? That, perhaps, is a matter of opinion. The Buffaloes' opinion is, they're playing for a fourth consecutive state title, exactly where they expect to be t...
CLOVIS — You probably remember the commercials from a few years back: “Hi, I’m Rob Lowe, and I have the product I want you to buy.” And then, “Hi, I’m For-Various-Reasons-Quite-Substandard Rob Lowe, and I have the product I want you to get rid of.” Clovis High’s football team was a lot like the two Rob Lowes when last meeting top-ranked Manzano on Oct. 13. In the first half the Wildcats were leading men, literally, taking a quick 7-0 lead with a crisp, fluid game-opening touchdown drive, then making two second-quarter...
CLOVIS — Fitting that Teya Morris is going from Wildcat to Falcon. A Wildcat is a formidable creature that can't be taken lightly. But a Falcon gets to leave the ground, soar high through the air. That's essentially what teenagers do when they leave home for college, what high school athletes do when they step up to college athletics. And it's what Morris will do next year when she moves on from Clovis High's girls basketball team — the Lady Wildcats — to play Division II wo...
PORTALES - There were two coronations as a result of Saturday's Midwestern State-Eastern New Mexico football game, but only one that the Greyhounds were hoping for. With a blistering passing attack, Midwestern State crowned itself Lone Star Conference champion, beating Eastern 56-43 at Greyhound Stadium to finish 8-0 in conference play, 9-0 overall in the regular season. Though in the Greyhounds' defeat, Clovis High graduate and current ENMU senior Kamal Cass - with the help...
PORTALES — There were two coronations as a result of Saturday's Midwestern State-Eastern New Mexico football game, but only one that the Greyhounds were hoping for. With a blistering passing attack, Midwestern State crowned itself Lone Star Conference champion, beating Eastern 56-43 at Greyhound Stadium to finish 8-0 in conference play, 9-0 overall in the regular season. Though in the Greyhounds' defeat, Clovis High graduate and current ENMU senior Kamal Cass — with the hel...
MELROSE - While the Melrose football team was going through pre-game warmups Friday night, its Buffalo mascot was bopping to some soft rock blaring on the loudspeakers at Melrose High School. Soon after, the top-seeded Buffaloes rocked to the tune of a 58-0 win over Cloudcroft in the eight-man quarterfinals. They will host Tatum in next Friday's semifinal round. Not surprisingly, everything clicked for the Buffs. Their offense moved the ball up and down the field almost at wil...
PORTALES — A share of the Lone Star Conference championship. A new rushing record. Carrying a win streak into the postseason. A chance for that postseason to be the NCAA Division II playoffs. All of the above is at stake tonight when the Eastern New Mexico University football team hosts Midwestern State in the regular-season finale for both teams. Throw in an audience live-streaming via ESPN and you’ve got yourself a nice helping of drama for tonight’s game at Greyhound Stadium. First of all, the Greyhounds will grab their sl...
CLOVIS — On Thursday, Clovis High's football team was in familiar territory, practicing in the comfy confines of Leon Williams Stadium, on the turf field where they began practices July 31. Tonight, the Wildcats will be far afield, beginning the state 6A playoffs on the road against Atrisco Heritage Academy of Albuquerque. Yet the 'Cats will hardly be out of their element. Hundreds of miles away, yes, but they'll be playing football, postseason football at that, which t...
Volleyball playoff season has the senses heightened. Every play, every point, can be critical. Any dig, kill or block could be the start of something, launching a team on a state-championship run. Or it could set off a downward spiral that brings a team’s season to a halt. And it’s into this situation that four Curry County volleyball teams — Clovis, Texico, Melrose and Grady — tread on Thursday, when the state district tournament begins at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Clovis (11-10), 6A The Lady Wildcats have ha...
PORTALES — The Portales football team's 51-0 win over New Mexico Military Institute on Friday, though hardly surprising, was a testament to how well the Rams are clicking as the regular season winds to a close. A shutout — even for a team that was posting one for the fifth time this season to tie a school record, and doing it this time against a rebuilding program — is something to make a defense proud, especially a unit that allowed no first downs in the first half. An offen...
CLOVIS — Clovis High's football team has one opponent tonight — La Cueva. It may be hard, though, for the Wildcats not to think about the point spreads involved in district playoff tiebreaker scenarios. But they will have to avoid such thoughts. They've got one team to try and beat, the second-ranked team in District 2-6A. "You can't be thinking about how much you have to win by when you're fighting for stuff," Wildcats head coach Cal Fullerton said after Thursday's pra...
CLOVIS — Halloween night was fitting for the Clovis volleyball team's District 2-6A first-round game against Santa Fe. Yes, partly because Clovis' opponent was the Lady Demons, which fit in well with the Halloween theme. But mostly because the Lady Wildcats were facing a very basic trick-or-treat scenario. Trick, they lose and their season is done; treat, they win and advance. Fortunately for Clovis, it was the latter Tuesday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Though they had to w...
CLOVIS — Don't let the numbers fool you. Yes, Clovis' volleyball team has endured most of its losses in the season's second half, seeing an 8-2 record turn into 10-9 in a matter of weeks. But, the Lady Wildcats have actually gotten better, played better, during that stretch. The latter half of their season has been like golfing the back nine, hitting the ball straighter, longer, only to see the scores worsen because of more dog-legs, sand traps and water hazards. They've b...
CLOVIS — You don't need to be a math whiz to look at the numbers and understand how important tonight's game is for the Clovis High football team. The Wildcats and their opponent, Sandia, each head into Leon Williams Stadium with 4-4 records. But more importantly, they're each 0-2 against District 2-6A opponents. And it's almost November, meaning each team is desperate for a district win as the playoff chase intensifies. Gee, no pressure or anything. "Both teams are in the s...
CLOVIS — Where Paseo Del Norte and Eubank meet in Albuquerque, Clovis High's cross country teams hope to make some memories. That's the location of the course where the District 2-6A cross country meet will be held on Friday, hosted by nearby Manzano High. The girls will race at 3:30 p.m., the boys at 4 p.m. Clovis' boys team has definite designs on getting into the top three and qualifying to advance in state tournament competition. The Lady Wildcats might have more of a t...
PORTALES — Every time the Portales girls soccer players attacked the hill in front of Eastern New Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena, every ache and pain they felt from the sprints, bear crawls and beasts they did getting up that hill, it was all worth it. The Lady Rams were working to be in top condition for their games, and it paid off when they were awarded the ninth seed in the upcoming Class A-4A playoffs, announced Sunday. They will face eighth-seeded Moriarity on the road Friday, beginning at 3 p.m. It was a long time...
PORTALES — Nathan Dodge didn’t know what to do with himself. The Class A-4A soccer playoff selection show was scheduled to air on Pro View Networks at 5 p.m. Sunday. That was a long time for Dodge to wait and see if his Portales boys soccer team made it in. “I tried to go find anything to do yesterday to keep my mind off that,” Dodge, the Rams’ head coach, said during Monday afternoon’s practice at Portales High School. Finally, 5 p.m. Sunday rolled around. And about five minutes into the show, Dodge and the Rams got the new...
CLOVIS — The weather for Saturday's La Cueva-Clovis boys soccer game was sunny and warm for the first half, cold and windy for the second. The Wildcats, though, fared the same in both halves, with few offensive opportunities against one of the state's best teams and one of its best goalies, Anthony Munoz. The result was a 3-0 loss for the 'Cats at Leon Williams Stadium, which put the kibosh squarely on any state playoff hopes they might've had. "We didn't get in," Clovis h...
SANTA FE — For the first time in over a month, Clovis High’s football team can go to sleep on a Friday night as the winning team. With Friday's 42-6 rout of Santa Fe at Ivan Head Stadium, the Wildcats snapped their losing streak at three, improved to 4-4, and won their first road game of the season. From the time senior running back Seth Lopez broke loose for a 79-yard touchdown run just inside the seven-minute mark of the first quarter, the Wildcats were off and running. And they kept running ... and running ... and run...
CLOVIS — Fitting that the Clovis High football team is playing the Santa Fe Demons tonight. The Wildcats would exorcise several demons with a victory in the capital. If they are indeed able to bag a win tonight, the 'Cats would accomplish three things: • End their losing streak at three. Any calendar on your wall, phone or wristwatch will tell you it's Oct. 20. The Wildcats haven't won since Sept. 15. • Climb back to the .500 mark at 4-4. Last week's loss to Manzano dropp...
CLOVIS — Well into autumn and district playoff time fast approaching, Clovis' volleyball team needed something, anything, to break out of its recent funk. A five-game losing streak — four setbacks against District 2-6A opponents and one to area rival Portales — had changed the complexion of the Lady Wildcats' season, which had begun with a flourish at 8-2. They needed to change it back, return to a positive mode, and fast. Enter Manzano, Clovis' opponent in Tuesday night...
CLOVIS — Before the start of Saturday's Santa Fe-Clovis girls soccer game, the Lady Wildcats escorted members of Clovis' youth soccer program onto the field at Leon Williams Stadium, the future of Clovis High soccer on display. The Lady 'Cats then went out and took care of the present, dispatching the Lady Demons 6-0 to return to the .500 mark overall while bagging their second District 2-6A victory. Umbrellas were open in the stadium bleachers, but not for the bad reason. T...
CLOVIS — It doesn't count in the standings when you play tough against the top-ranked team in the state. If only. No, Clovis High's 34-10 home loss to Manzano Friday night was just that, plain and simple, and it was the Wildcats' third straight setback, dropping them to 3-4. But, the 'Cats did play tough in their first appearance at Leon Williams Stadium in nearly a month, much tougher than Friday's 24-point difference indicates. And they did so against an undefeated team, n...
CLOVIS — Clovis High's football team needs to right the ship, and will try to do so tonight in the choppiest of waters. The Wildcats are looking to halt their recent losing streak at two while bagging their first district win. Getting that done would mean beating Manzano tonight at Leon Williams Stadium (7 p.m.). A mere glance at the Monarchs' Maxpreps page shows some gaudy numbers — like 1, their state ranking, and 7, their number of wins so far against no losses. Clo...
CLOVIS — The stakes of Tuesday's Manzano-Clovis high school boys soccer game were clear for the Wildcats. They began the night at 3-3 in District 2-6A play, so a victory would put them back on the fun side of .500 against district opponents, strengthen their bid for a postseason berth. All they had to do was beat a Manzano team that arrived at Leon Williams Stadium with a 3-10-1 overall record, winless in district competition. Easy enough, right? Nope, said David Hernandez. T...
