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LUBBOCK – Farwell’s girls held Lubbock Liberty to 12 second-half points and cruised to a 59-35 win over the Lady Patriots on Tuesday night. The Lady Blue (3-1) broke the game wide open by outscoring Class 4A Liberty 14-3 in the final stanza. Senior Landri Richey went 10-of-14 from the field – 10-of-12 inside the arc – and finished with 21 points for Farwell. Meantime, senior Bella Jaime added 15 points and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the foul line. Farwell returns to action on Tuesday night when it plays at Shallow...
Texas Woman’s led virtually wire-to-wire on Friday night and the Pioneers cruised to a 25-12, 25-16, 25-14 Lone Star Conference volleyball victory over Eastern New Mexico University at Steve Loy Arena. TWU (19-7, 12-3 LCS) won for the sixth time in its last eight matches against the Greyhounds (5-21, 2-13) and improved its advantage in the all-time series to 28-20. Senior outside hitter Malia Viernes collected a double-double for the Pioneers with a team-high 14 kills and 11 digs. Senior outside hitter Erin Jones and j...
RIO RANCHO – Albuquerque Academy ended Portales High’s season and advanced to Saturday’s semifinals in the Class 4A state volleyball tournament with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 win over the Lady Rams on Friday at Rio Rancho Event Center. The second-seeded Chargers (18-8) advanced to a Saturday morning semifinal against city rival and No. 5 seed Hope Christian. The first two days of the 12-team event were double-elimination, while Saturday’s final four was single-elimination. Junior middle hitter Skyler Massey posted 22 kills,...
CANYON – Canyon Randall handed Farwell’s girls their first loss of the season on Saturday, posting a 62-53 victory. The Lady Blue (2-1) hung within four points of their Class 4A opponent through three quarters before the Lady Pirates outscored them 17-12 in the final stanza. Senior Makylee Baldwin scored 22 points for Farwell, while seniors Natalie Wade and Kennady Waldrop chipped in 11 apiece. Farwell returned to action on Tuesday night at Lubbock Liberty. The Lady Blue return to action next Tuesday at Sha...
The Curry County DWI Program is seeking volunteer judges for Teen Court. Applicants will be interviewed prior to becoming a judge. The Teen Court Program is designed for first-time youth offenders. During the court process, the youth testify at their trial in front of the judge and peers who are acting as jurors or attorneys. Information: contact Diana Delgado at 575-763-7725 or [email protected]....
Eastern New Mexico University is set to host the groundbreaking of the Student Academic Services Building at 1 p.m. Friday. The Student Academic Services Building will house all the traditional student services the university offers, including enrollment services, financial aid, counseling and career services, advising, and accessibility resources and testing. “We are very excited to add a new campus building that will allow us to continue to meet the needs of our ever-growing student population,” said James Johnston, ENM...
The New Mexico Public Education Department recently released its latest school designation data, recognizing Barry, Mesa, and Zia schools as Spotlight Schools for ranking in the top 25% of public schools across the state. Brown Early Childhood Center earned a Spotlight designation among Portales schools. Dora Elementary, Dora High School, Elida Elementary, Floyd Elementary, Floyd High School, Fort Sumner Elementary, Fort Sumner High School, Fort Sumner Middle School, Grady Elementary, Grady Middle School, Melrose Elementary,...
Ricky Fuentes picked nine of 10 games correctly last weekend to move into sole possession of first place in the Pigskin Pick ‘Em contest after 10 weeks. Two other players also went 9-1 last week — Adam Branham and Doug Everhart. Fuentes won the drawing for the $50 gift card from Juanito’s Mexican Restaurant. For the season now, Fuentes has picked 76 games correctly. Branham is in second place with 75 correct picks, followed by Tommy Platt with 73. Also on the leaderboard: Drew Cole (69), Mario Castaneda and Bob Hill (68),...
DURANGO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women completed a two-game sweep of a South Central Region crossover event with a 67-48 victory over host Fort Lewis on Saturday night. Meantime, after losing to the 22nd-ranked Skyhawks on Friday night, the men bounced back with a 94-82 victory over New Mexico Highland in Saturday’s outing. All four teams on the men’s side finished 1-1 after Highlands beat Angelo State on Friday and the Rams came back to top Fort Lewis on Saturday night. ENMU’s women will be in Weatherfo...
GRADY – Senior Deakin Ragland scored four touchdowns and second-seeded Grady reached the finals of the state 6-man playoffs on Saturday with a 36-18 victory over third-seeded Mountainair. The Bronchos (10-1), in their third season of competition, will face top-ranked and top-seeded Logan (11-0), which dropped this season from 8-man to 6-man, in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Friday at Logan. Grady's only loss this season came at the hands of the Longhorns, a 32-26 decision on S...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls earned a sixth-place team finish while the boys were 10th on Saturday in Class 5A state cross country competition hosted by Albuquerque Academy. Led by sophomore Brooke Newcomer, the CHS girls finished with 184 points. Eldorado, paced by freshman Gianna Rahmer’s meet-winning time of 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds over the five-meter course, posting a winning score of 60 to 72 for Rio Rancho. The Lady Cats were the top team from outside the Albuquerque metro area. Newcomer had a time of 19:22.8, goo...
RIO RANCHO – Five teams from Curry and Roosevelt counties have qualified for this weekend’s state volleyball competition, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday. Portales High (15-8) will represent the area in Class 4A as the No. 6 seed, while defending champions Texico (20-3) in Class 2A and Melrose (17-6) in Class 1A return to defend their crowns. The Lady Wolverines earned a No. 2 seed while the Lady Buffs were tabbed No. 4. Also qualifying in 1A were fifth-seeded Elida (17-6) and No. 8 Grady (15-7). All Class 3A thr...
The Xcel Energy Foundation announced it is awarding $143,100 this month to 11 nonprofits in New Mexico and Texas “to recognize their contributions in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Pathways, Environmental Sustainability and Community Vitality.” According to an Xcel Energy news release, Adrian Rodriguez, President of Xcel Energy – New Mexico, Texas said, “We believe in our nonprofit partners and look forward to what they will accomplish with the funds from our Foundation grants.” The Xcel Ener...
Clovis’ Burns Do It Center has been acquired by Nation’s Best Holdings of Dallas. According to a Nov. 1 online article from “Building Products Digest,” Nation’s Best acquisition of Burns Do It Center is the company’s second acquisition in New Mexico. The move brings to 64 the number of stores owned by Nation’s Best, according to the article. “When it comes to a culture fit, the Burns family and the Burns Do it Center staff are directly aligned with the Nation’s Best philosophy of ‘Amaze, Every Time,’” Nations Best CEO Chris...
HOBBS – After their season-opening meet in Lubbock was cut short, Clovis High’s girls cruised to an easy team championship in Saturday’s Tori Invitational swim meet, hosted by Hobbs H.S. The Lady Wildcats racked up 666 ½ points while second-place Monahans (Texas) was a distant second at 338 in a 17-school field. Meantime, the CHS boys finished seventh out of 16 teams with 142 points, while Monahans took that division at 339. CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said the boys squad of eight, featuring two seniors, one junior, two fres...
VERNON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s women finished third while the men came in ninth over the weekend in the Vernon College rodeo, the Greyhounds’ final outing of the fall. It was the fourth consecutive top-five showing for the women, who tallied 165 points to finish 10 points behind runnerup Weatherford College. For the season, the Greyhounds are fourth in the Southwest Region. Senior Shacie Marr split third and fourth in the long round of barrel racing with a time of 17.37 seconds, then ran 17.62 in Satur...
Fabian Muñoz is the new District 1 commissioner for Roosevelt County. Muñoz, a Republican, beat Democrat Jake Lopez in Tuesday’s election, 503 votes to 382. Muñoz said he believes he won because “the people wanted to see someone different in there.” Portales native Dennis Lopez held the position for eight years and was term limited so he could not run again. Jake Lopez is Dennis Lopez’ father. Muñoz said his top priority when he takes office in January will be to build a better relationship with city of Portales officials....
WHITEFACE, Texas – Farwell’s girls are off to a red-hot start to the basketball season under first-year coach Joe Crabb. On Tuesday, the senior-laden Lady Blue improved to 2-0 for the new campaign with a 67-42 victory over Whiteface (1-1), which was coming off an 81-16 drubbing of Class 3A Brownfield. Senior Natalie Wade led Farwell with 22 points, while senior Bella Jaime chipped in 13, senior Makylee Baldwin collected 12 and sophomore Lexi Wade – Natalie’s sister – added 11. The Lady Blue trailed 12-6 at the quarter,...
VEGA – Bovina claimed the fourth and final playoff spot from District 1-2A Division II on Thursday night, edging past Vega 12-7. Junior running back Angel Lara carried 23 times for 156 yards and scored both touchdowns for the Mustangs, including a 64-yard run with 3:36 left in the half that accounted for the final points of the night. Bovina (3-6, 1-3 district) faces District 2-2A Division II champion Hale Center (8-1, 4-0) in a bi-district contest set for 7 p.m. (CST) on Friday, at a site to be determined. Vega (1-8, 0-4) gr...
LUBBOCK – Eastern New Mexico University’s bid for the Lone Star Conference men’s postseason soccer tournament was denied on Wednesday night when Lubbock Christian scored three times in the final 13 minutes to claim a 3-1 victory in the season finale for both squads ENMU (4-7-6, 2-5-3 LSC) and the Chaparrals (6-6-5, 3-4-3) came into the match tied for eighth in the league, each needing a win and a Texas-Tyler loss to move into the sixth and final spot in the tournament. LCU was eliminated when Tyler managed a 0-0 tie at Sul Ro...
Portales High's girls claimed the automatic berth into this week's Class 4A state tournament, beating Roswell Goddard 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17 on Thursday night at the Ram Athletic Center to take the District 4-4A championship over the Lady Rockets. PHS (15-8, 5-1 district), currently ranked sixth by MaxPreps in 4A, now awaits the release of the state bracket today by the New Mexico Activities Association. Goddard (12-11, 4-2) and third-place Artesia (12-11, 3-3), who...
DURANGO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women posted a late 13-0 run over a four-minute span and the Greyhounds opened the regular season with a 74-63 win over New Mexico Highlands in a South Central Region crossover matchup. Playing for the first time since February 2022 after missing all of last season with an injury, sophomore forward Julieta Ceja was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field, including a 3-pointer, for a personal-best 15 points while 5-foot-3 sophomore guard Jaz Salon added 10 points, four rebounds and...
Eight girls, age 5-10, are vying for the 2024 Little Miss Merry Christmas title, according to ambassadors for the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. As a part of Portales’ holiday tradition, the Little Miss Merry Christmas Contest raises funds for Christmas lighting programs and the Portales Fireworks Fund. The contest runs until 5 p.m. Dec. 4. An official pre-parade coronation ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Yam Theatre, 219 S. Main, at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 5. The Christmas Jubilee and Lighted Christmas Parade is...
Clovis Community College has shown enrollment growth this year compared to last year. The news came from CCC President Jonathan Fuentes during Wednesday’s meeting with trustees. Fuentes reported college enrollment has grown 2.6% over this time last year. “College students, returning college students, high school attendees all contributed. Congratulations to all of the community college,” Fuentes said. Fuentes also reported on the statewide passage of the education bond issue in Tuesday’s election. Fuentes reported with the pa...
SANTA FE — New Mexico Environment Department and the New Mexico Department of Health are offering an additional 250 blood tests for PFAS exposure. PFAS, a group of man-made chemicals, have been linked to potential health risks. The extended testing period will run from Thursday through Nov. 20 by appointment only, according to an Environment Department news release. This follows previous sessions in September and October, where 500 residents from the area surrounding Cannon Air Force Base signed up, citing health concerns r...
