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EUNICE — Senior Michaela Alexander and sophomore Kandace Bergseiker each posted a pair of individual wins on Tuesday as Portales High’s girls rolled to the team title with 104 points in the Goodman Relays track meet. Jal was second in the 11-team field with 59 points. In boys competition, Hagerman edged Portales 80-78 to take team honors in an eight-school field. Alexander took first place in the 3,200 in 13 minutes, 9.55 seconds and the 1,600 in 6:03.76, while Bergseiker won in the 100 with a time of 13.29 seconds and in...
PNT Staff Reports The Portales Municipal Schools Board on Monday approved a contract with an Albuquerque-based architectural firm to design window replacements at the high school. Superintendent of schools Randy Fowler said the school district will spend up to $219,000 of 2005 capital outlay money on the project, although construction estimates have been closer to $225,000. Assistant Superintendent Priscilla Hernandez said requests for bid proposals will go out soon for construction and Fowler said he expects the project to...
AMARILLO — The Portales News-Tribune picked up five awards on Saturday from Texas' Panhandle Press Association. PNT staffers, along with journalists from the Clovis News Journal, produced a series of reports about the future of Cannon Air Force Base, which earned the PPA's Community Service award, one of the organization's top prizes. Also, PNT associates earned a third-place award for news writing, which provided in-depth coverage of a homicide last March. Columnist Kevin Wilson scored a third-place honor for a series of h...
Eastern New Mexico University’s Spring Fling festivities kicked off Wednesday night with a concert by the band “Raining Jane.” Jeff Blake, director of student activities at ENMU, said it was a packed house inside the Campus Union building’s ballroom. “Spring Fling gets bigger and better each year,” Blake said. “It’s the best Spring Fling ever. It’s one more way to celebrate spring.” A 5K fun run is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Greyhound Arena. Blake said the public is invited, but applications should be filled out onlin...
Hitless in his first six at-bats of the doubleheader, Angelo State’s Nathan Hemm helped the Rams bail out a Lone Star Conference South Division baseball split against Eastern New Mexico University on Friday. Hemm had run-scoring hits in each of his last three trips to the plate, including a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth to lift Angelo to a 9-7 win at Greyhound Field. ENMU (19-17), which forced extra innings in the seven-inning nightcap with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, blew out the Rams 15-1 in t...
ABILENE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University scored three times in the top of the seventh, capped by Tina Whitt’s sacrifice fly, and beat Abilene Christian 7-6 to earn a split of a Lone Star Conference South softball doubleheader. The division-leading Wildcats (28-8, 10-2 South) rode a three-run fourth to win the opener 4-1. Brianna Darnell started the second-game rally with a one-out double and took third on Kristina Goodman’s single. Christina Holland’s RBI double made it 6-5, and walks to Jessica Nocas and Elizabe...
A teenage Portales athlete has been released from jail and is under house arrest pending charges of first-degree criminal sexual penetration, according to 9th Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler. Daniel Aranda, 18, a Portales High School senior, was arrested on Feb. 28. A Roosevelt County Detention Center official said Aranda was released to house arrest last week. A call was placed to Aranda’s attorney, James Klipstine of Hobbs, but it was not returned. Chandler said Aranda was released to the custody of his mother, O...
Local police conducted drug-bust operations on Thursday night, which led to the arrests of six individuals, Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said. Berry said Portales police officers worked with deputies from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department on drug raids, which began shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday. “Most of the narcotics recovered were meth (and) crack cocaine,” Berry said. “We received information on street dealers. By combining efforts, we were able to conduct a good operation. The freshness of the informa...
Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team has won seven in a row and 15 of its last 17. That hot streak is about to be put to the test. The Lone Star Conference’s top hitting teams collide when the Zias (26-12, 6-2 South) visit first-place Abilene Christian (27-8, 9-1) for four games, beginning with a 4 p.m. (MST) doubleheader today. The teams meet again in a noon (MST) twin bill on Saturday. ENMU is hitting .372 with 46 home runs, but the Wildcats are second in the conference in both categories with a .352 average and 40...
DEXTER — The Portales Lady Rams played well enough to win the Dexter Tournament, unfortunately, they ran into their nemesis — Jal. Portales went 2-1 and took third place, its only loss coming in the semifinals against Jal. The Lady Rams are 6-5 for the season, three of those losses were against, you guessed it, Jal. Portales coach Robbie Crowley said her team has played much better than the 6-5 record might suggest. “Considering three were to Jal and two came in that season-opening tournament when we didn’t have all our pla...
CARLSBAD — In a highly competitive meet, the Portales boys and girls had a productive day and qualified for state competition in several events. The boys finished fourth, and the girls third out of five teams in Carlsbad on Thursday. Portales girls coach Ruth Chavez said Kandace Bergsieker, who placed first in the long jump, the 100-meter dash, and the 400-meter run, was a key to her team’s success. “She had a heck of a day,” Chavez said. “She’s walking around with three medals hanging from her neck.” Bergsieker wa...
PNT Staff Reports Portales schoolchildren got to do something yesterday they haven’t been able to do within the city limits for about a year—they had snowball fights. Their fun could be short-lived, however, as snow flurries were expected to end by early this morning and temperatures today are expected to rise into the 40’s. Priscilla Mestas, assistant superintendent of Portales schools, said radio stations would be notified early this morning if snow conditions worsened overnight and schools needed to change sched...
The Portales Lady Rams got back to .500 Tuesday, sweeping a doubleheader against Roswell 5-4, 6-3 at the Portales softball park. “It feels good,” coach Robbie Crowley said. “With the girls back from basketball it’s good to kind of get a rotation I feel comfortable with.” In game one, the Lady Rams (4-4) got a win when Sabrina Villanueva scored on a Roswell throwing error in the bottom of the seventh. Senior Rebekah Gonzales went 2-for-2 in game one. In the second game, the Lady Rams fell behind, giving up three runs in the fi...
Although his team took only one out of two games against Lubbock Christian, Portales coach Arturo Ontiveros said he is glad his team’s bats got some use. “The one thing we noticed is — we hit the ball,” Ontiveros said. “We’ve been struggling. The majority of the lineup came up with some big hits and helped us pull out that first win.” The Rams came from behind to win the first game 10-9, but fell in the second tilt 11-6 Tuesday at Portales High School. In game one, Portales (4-4) trailed 8-2, but scored six runs in the t...
More than a dozen Portales police and Roosevelt County Sheriff’s officers swooped down on a county residence — in a borrowed ambulance — Wednesday night to serve a search warrant. They came away with three arrests and $1,700 worth of suspected crystal methamphetamine. Using information provided by an informant, police obtained the warrant for a residence at 452 S. Roosevelt Road T. Police reports show the informant gave detailed information on narcotics present in the household, in addition to weapons on the premises and s...
A 19-year-old Roosevelt County man was shot in the leg sometime Sunday night in Portales, but police aren’t sure exactly where the incident occurred or who shot him. Police were summoned to Roosevelt General Hospital by an emergency room desk clerk at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The clerk reported a patient with a gunshot wound that “was not self-inflicted.” A police report states Jimmy L. Baca said he was walking in the Lindsey Park area when he was shot. Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said no suspects had been identified in th...
MILNESAND — A watercolor painting by Ranchos de Taos artist Valerie Graves has been selected as the winner of the 2006 High Plains Prairie Chicken Festival poster contest. Graves will receive $300 for her winning artwork of lesser prairie chickens at sunrise, which will be reproduced as a poster and distributed at the festival April 7-9 in Milnesand. People who want to participate in the festival are encouraged to register soon, as the 100 available spots are expected to be filled before the April 1 signup deadline. Those w...
The Portales Kiwanis Club will add a little spice to residents’ lives with its upcoming annual chili supper, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 24 in First United Methodist’s Church’s Fellowship Hall. Kiwanis member Bill Wood said he thinks the chilli supper tradition is at least 25 years old. “The recipe was started by George Calton, founder of Calton Furniture,” Wood said. “The recipe has been modified a little over the years. We are also offering a vegetarian chili. Takeout will be available as well.” Wood said proceeds from the chil...
A Portales man was arrested on two separate warrants following a high-speed chase that occurred on Jan. 13 over Roosevelt County roads and Portales city streets, according to Roosevelt County jail officials. Joshua Villalobos, 22, of Portales, was arrested late Friday and charged with various crimes including: assault with intent to cause great injury to a peace officer, aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer, child abuse, reckless driving and conditions of release. According to the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s o...
SAN JON — The Elida Tigers overcame a terrible start Thursday against Floyd in the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference tournament to squeak out a 56-55 win. As the EPAC tournament moves to Greyhound Arena in Portales for the final two rounds, the win gives Elida (8-4) a chance to play for seventh place at 10:45 Saturday against Grady while Floyd (3-8) goes against House at 12:45 on Friday at Greyhound Arena. The Broncos jumped all over a cold-shooting Elida squad to post a 14-4 lead after one quarter. Elida’s shooters got warm...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Patience is a virtue — especially when your opponent knows your every move. The Portales Rams stayed patient and came away with a 42-33 victory over the Taos Tigers here at the Stu Clark Invitational Thursday. The win puts them in the consolation final at 2:30 p.m. today with the winner between Espanola and Las Vegas Robertson. After a heart-breaking one-point loss to Santa Fe High in the first round of the tournament, Portales was paired Thursday with Taos after the Tigers lost to West Las Vegas. Taos is...
LAS VEGAS, NM — The Portales Rams took it all the way into the final seconds with a tough 5-A opponent Wednesday and came up one shot short. They fell in the opening round of the Stu Clark Invitational Tournament to Santa Fe High School by a score of 53-52. Portales never gave the Demons the opportunity to get into their spread offense and even had a lead late in the game, but a key turnover and missed offensive opportunities prevented the Rams from shutting the door on the Demons. After the loss, Portales is set to play the...
LAS VEGAS, NM — Playing short-handed, the Portales Rams picked up a 48-42 win here against Las Vegas Robertson to even their record at 4-4 going into the holiday break. After three players were suspended this week for violating team rules, the Rams found themselves on the road with just eight men in the rotation. A few tweaks of his defense and his team’s patience at the end paid off for coach Mark Gallegos and the Rams. With 2:30 to play Portales were down by six points. But patience, along with a well-timed steal with 46...
Fire destroyed a home east of Portales Saturday morning. No one was injured in the blaze. At 7:45 a.m. Saturday Portales Fire Department units responded to a report of a structure fire in a single-wide mobile home at 176 Mesilla Park, which is located just west of the intersection of U.S. 70 and N.M. 202 (Cacahuate Road). Firefighters brought the fire under control within 30 minutes of their arrival, according to Battalion Chief Mickey Hargrove of the Portales Fire Department. Donald Anderson III, who Hargrove said was the...
New Mexico State Police investigated a serious accident Tuesday morning near Greyhound Stadium that left two men hospitalized. About 9 a.m., a semi-truck traveling westbound struck a piece of heavy equipment in transport, traveling westbound, according to police reports. The truck, driven by Michael Mooney, 47, of Woodlake, Texas, struck the heavy equipment, driven by Michael Laumbach, 27, of Portales from behind, police said. Both drivers were airlifted to Covenant Hospital in Lubbock where Mooney was in guarded condition...
