Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ROSWELL – Roswell High rallied from a one-set deficit on Monday night for a 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 win over Portales High. PHS coach Bailey Greenwalt was disappointed her team couldn’t build off its quick start. The Lady Coyotes (10-1) finally took control with a dominant fourth set. “We played some really good volleyball at times, but we had too many errors,” she said. “It was a good, dominant first set. We led in the second set (16-10), and the third set was back and forth.” Junior middle hitter Skyler Massey post...
Gaia Chies scored early, and the Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team made it stand up on Sunday for a 1-0 victory over Colorado Christian at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium, the Greyhounds’ first win of the season. Chies, a junior midfielder from Italy, took a pass from senior midfielder Meghann Wingsutton and curled the ball past Cougars goalkeeper Alana Lopp and into the top corner of the net with just over 7 ½ minutes gone – one of just two shots on goal for the Hounds in the match. Meantime, the Cougar...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s boys kept winning on Saturday, but veteran CHS coach Greg Trujillo is a bit concerned with District 4-5A competition about ready to begin. Senior forward Ihab Mesbah had two goals and an assist and junior forward/midfielder Julien Salinas delivered a pair of assists as the Wildcats topped Del Norte 4-2, improving to 10-2 for the season with their sixth consecutive victory. “It was a sloppy game on our part,” Trujillo said. “We didn’t take care of the ball and retain possession. “We couldn’t conn...
Portales High’s football team has developed a bit of a rivalry against Los Lunas-based Valencia over the past few years. Now the teams find themselves in the same district as they prepare for Friday’s 7 p.m. clash at Eastern New Mexico University’s Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. It’s the fourth year in a row the teams have played. After splitting a pair of tightly contested games the first two seasons, the Rams ran away to a 51-0 victory in 2023. PHS coach Jaime Ramirez doesn’t expect a repeat of that on Friday ni...
Construction at the southeast corner of Axtell and East Second streets in Clovis is the beginning of a new showroom for Beast Mode Equipment. “Basically, we’re expanding with our community. We’ve gotten a good welcoming in the area with our style of selling,” said Beast Mode General Manager Hayden Williams. Beast Mode’s storefront is on the corner of Axtell and East First streets. “We’re building a 50 foot by 100 foot ‘barn’ that we’ll be using as a showroom,” Williams said. As to when the new showroom will open, Williams s...
Mexican food is the fare at the new Cocina Delicious, 1501 N. Prince St., in Clovis. “It’s me, my mom Mila and our helper Ivonne,” owner George Alvarado said Monday. Alvarado said the restaurant is open Tuesdays through Sundays, “but we may be open some Mondays.” Alvarado said the restaurant will open at 8 a.m. and close at 2 p.m. “We are thinking about being open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.,” Alvarado said Alvarado said Cocina Delicious will be offering “different kinds of food, homemade.” “Menudo, enchiladas, smoked...
Glenco Inc., a Clovis’ structural steel fabricator, is celebrating its 70th birthday on Friday. “We started business in 1954 when my grandfather, Stanley Julian, opened the business,” Matthew Glenn said. Glenn is the owner of Glenco, Inc. “Grandad moved from Las Vegas (NM) to Clovis. He was a Santa Fe railroad man. He saw a need for the company in Clovis,” Glenn said. Glenn believes Glenco steel may be found in the construction of about 200 buildings, give or take, in Clovis. “Schools, churches, banks, Cannon Air Force Base....
The Clovis High boys soccer team got off to a bit of a slow start, but in the end the Wildcats had too much for Portales High. Four second-half goals gave the Cats firm control in a 5-1 victory on Wednesday at the PHS pitch. The match had been slated for Tuesday, but was pushed back a day due to lightning. Senior forward Anthony Cordova gave the Rams a 1-0 lead early in the contest, but senior forward Ihab Mesbah headed in the equalizer off a corner kick from freshman...
Suffice it to say, Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team has turned it around against Sul Ross State over the years – and the Greyhounds are glad to now see the Alpine, Texas-based Lobos in the Lone Star Conference. ENMU earned just its second win of the campaign on Friday night, rallying past Sul Ross 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-18 at Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena on the second night of an LSC Volleyball Challenge event. It was the Hounds’ 23rd consecutive win in the series, which dates to the late 1970s. Sul R...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s football team broke its lengthy scoring drought on Thursday night and stayed competitive for much of the game. In the end, the Cibola Cougars were a bit too much and walked away with a 36-12 victory at Nusenda Community Stadium. Coming off losses against three of the better Class 6A teams in the state, the Cats had been outscored 158-0 since tallying a TD and a 2-point conversion on their first drive of the season. But early in the second stanza, the pulled to 7-6 when junior running back John Roy...
MULESHOE – A BNSF train derailed about 9:45 p.m. (CDT) Tuesday along U.S. 84 between Muleshoe and Sudan. BNSF spokesperson Kendall Sloan told The News in an email the train was “stopped during a high wind warning” when dozens of cars were tipped off the tracks. No injuries were reported. Sloan said mainline operations resumed through the area about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Sloan declined to provide any additional information....
Are people in New Mexico allowed to smoke marijuana outside of businesses in public? Consuming cannabis in public in New Mexico is illegal. The News got the answer from Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. “According to the New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act: All cannabis consumption (smoking, vaping, eating, etc.) must be done either in your private residence or at a licensed consumption lounge,” Thron wrote in an email response Thursday. Thron also said it’s illegal to use cannabis or cannabis products while...
GRADY – Senior Deakin Ragland returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, and the rout was on as Grady overwhelmed Hondo 61-0 in 6-man play on Saturday afternoon. The Bronchos (3-1) led 40-0 at the quarter and ended the contest against the Eagles (0-3) at halftime on the 50-point rule with three more touchdowns in the second stanza. Sophomore Zander Ciancio threw for three scores and caught a pass for another. His TD tosses, all in the opening segment, covered 32 yards to sophomore Caden Croy, 14 yards to senior C...
LUBBOCK – Clovis High’s cross country girls put three runners in the top 18 on Saturday and the Lady Wildcats claimed fifth place with 196 points in the 39-team Lubbock Christian Invitational. Meantime, the CHS boys came in 11th out of 46 squads with a score of 326. Canyon ran away with both divisions, finishing with 19 points to 125 for Big Spring (Texas) in boys competition and 21 points to 157 for Hereford on the girls’ side. “We’re just going to keep training,” Clovis cross country coach Liz Ledezma said. “Whatever w...
ALAMOGORDO – Junior forward/midfielder Maria Lujan scored in each half on Saturday as Portales High’s girls claimed third place in a four-team tournament hosted by Alamogordo with a 2-0 victory over Silver. Junior goalkeeper Lissette Gomez collected six saves in the shutout win over the Lady Colts (1-9). “The turf is so hot,” first-year Lady Rams coach Laci Lozoya said of the field conditions at Alamo. “We played extremely well despite the heat.” In the boys’ third-place matchup, New Mexico Military (3-4) jumped on the...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Both teams struck early, but nothing was settled then and nothing was settled the rest of the way on Saturday as Eastern New Mexico University played former Lone Star Conference member Northeastern State to a 1-1 draw in men’s soccer on Saturday. The Riverhawks (0-2-2) broke through in the eighth minute when a goal from junior midfielder Kei Nagakura, his first of the campaign. About 20 minutes later, junior defender Arthur Macri got the equalizer for the Greyhounds (1-1-2), his first goal for ENMU, off...
After a week off to try to heal their wounds, Clovis High's football team looks to start to get things turned around when the Wildcats play Cibola in a 7 p.m. kickoff on Thursday at Albuquerque's Milne/Wilson Stadium. After three consecutive dominating setbacks to start the campaign, the Cats look to bounce back at the expense of the Cougars (1-3), whose win came in overtime 20-17 at Albuquerque High in the season opener. First-year Clovis coach Stan Hodges is certainly...
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Angelo State junior cornerback Andrew Pitts returned a third-quarter interception 36 yards inside the Eastern New Mexico University 10 and the Rams scored three plays later, eventually holding on for a 26-20 win over the Greyhounds in the Lone Star Conference football opener for both teams on Saturday. The game was nip-and-tuck throughout, but the interception by Pitts set up an 8-yard TD pass on third-and-goal from junior quarterback Braeden Fuller to senior running back Hunter Wallis and gave the Rams (...
LAS CRUCES – Clovis High boys soccer team kept things rolling on Saturday, posting a 2-0 victory over Las Cruces High at Field of Dreams. The Wildcats (8-2) extended their winning streak to four matches, getting goals from sophomore forward/midfielder Damien Navarrette in the first half and senior forward Ihab Mesbah in the second. Assists were credited to junior forward/midfielder Julien Salinas and senior goalkeeper Angel Avila, respectively, the latter on a long clearing pass. “It’s one of the best starts we’ve had in...
The city of Clovis has the following board and committee vacancies. • Three vacancies on the Economic Incentive Board for a citizen representative from District 1, a citizen representative from District 3 and an industry representative (i.e. manufacturing, warehousing and transportation). • One student representative to serve on the Clovis-Carver Public Library Board. • One vacancy on the Water Policy Advisory Committee for one citizen representative. For all duties and responsibilities, visit www.cityofclovis.org . For q...
Eastern New Mexico University’s Office of Hispanic Affairs is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month through Oct. 15. First approved by President Lyndon Johnson as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 and expanded by President Ronald Reagan, National Hispanic Heritage Month was enacted into law in 1988 and is a time when citizens are encouraged to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to this nation’s history and culture, according to an ENMU news release. Scheduled events include a Mala Maña concert, a Hisp...
The Curry County clerk’s office is providing voter registration services at the North Plains Mall the next three Saturdays. According to a news release from Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland, the mall will host the services in Suite 1184 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. The deadline to register to vote online or by mail is Oct. 8. More information: Call the clerk’s office at 575-763-5591....
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department is offering free drinking water testing to residents who live around Cannon Air Force Base and get their drinking water from a private well. For decades, fire-fighting foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively known as PFAS, were used by Cannon, which contaminated nearby groundwater. When ingested, PFAS could cause various health complications, including high cholesterol, birth defects, and several types of cancer. The testing is available to the f...
Clovis police are investigating an animal cruelty complaint after newborn puppies were tossed in a dumpster in the 300 block of Hickory Street just after noon on Tuesday. Three puppies were found alive; one was deceased, police said. “Animal Control received a call for service about found puppies. The caller relayed the puppies were possibly injured and were crying,” according to a police news release. The puppies were wrapped in a white plastic bag, police said. Animal con...
Eastern New Mexico University recently announced its largest enrollment growth in more than a decade. The first-time freshman class is up 18.9%, new graduate students are up 19.7%, and continuing students are up 6.1%, according to an ENMU news release. Total graduate enrollment increased by 13.1%, resulting in a record number of graduate students (1487.) Overall enrollment increased to 5,737, a 6.3% increase from last year, the release stated. The increase of 339 students — 5,737 at 2024 census day vs. 5,398 at 2023 census d...
