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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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SANTA FE — New Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions of a Curry County man on drug trafficking and other offenses, according to a court news release. The court ruled that police lawfully stopped the defendant’s car in 2014 and seized evidence used to charge and, in 2016, convict the man. According to the court's news release: The Court’s unanimous decision reversed a 2017 ruling by the state Court of Appeals, which had overturned Mikel Martinez’s convictions on grounds that police obtained their evidence t...
CLOVIS — It was not the trophy they are hoping for most, but they’ll take it for now. Winning the champion’s trophy of this past weekend’s Griego and Sons Holiday Classic Tournament at Rock Staubus Gymnasium may have helped Clovis High’s boys basketball team along the path toward winning a blue trophy — the state-championship kind — in mid-March. By taking on the Thursday-Friday-Saturday, one-two-three punch capped by Saturday’s 76-53 victory over Albuquerque in their holida...
There was plenty of fun stuff for Curry County in 2019, with championships across the board. Every high school sports season ended with a Curry County championship — basketball in the winter, baseball in the spring, football and volleyball in the fall. So here goes, a look back at the last year of the decade and how local teams made Curry County proud. Winter The county’s winter highlight was Melrose’s boys basketball team winning a second consecutive state championship at Albuquerque’s Pit in March. In what seemed to be a...
LITTLEFIELD — Portales High’s girls knew what they were getting into in Saturday’s Wildcat Classic tournament championship. They just didn’t have the answer for talented Littlefield senior Kaitlyn Edgemon. The 5-foot-10 post scored 36 points and carried the Lady Wildcats to the title with a 61-49 victory over PHS. Meantime, the Portales boys suffered their second loss in a row, a 52-48 decision against Lamesa (Texas) in the third-place matchup. After the score was tied at the quarter, Littlefield (12-1) dominated the middle...
PORTALES — As the calendar flips into the 2020 portion of the 2019-20 basketball season, Eastern New Mexico is getting set for a rematch a few weeks in the making. West Texas A&M will be the Saturday matchup for the Greyhound teams, with the women hosting a 2 p.m. battle and the men’s game scheduled for 4 p.m. The games are the third and final doubleheader in the program’s holiday food drive. Admission to both games is covered with a donation of two canned food items. The teams faced off to open the Lone Star Conference seaso...
FARWELL — The Farwell Steers rode a balanced attack on Monday to a 53-46 win over the Hereford junior varsity. The Steers (13-5) built an eight-point halftime lead over the Whitefaces and were able to ride it out for the win. Jonathan Mora and Austin Hester scored 12 points apiece for the Steers, while Aldo Galvan had 11. Roswell Goddard 58, Farwell girls 41 — At Roswell, the Lady Rockets dominated the middle two quarters to take control. The Lady Blue (14-7) led 13-12 at the quarter, but were outscored 34-15 over the mid...
