Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Seeding? What seeding? Melrose, despite winning Class 1A boys state championships the past two seasons, was slotted third in this past week’s Eastern Plains Athletic Conference basketball tournament. Didn’t matter. As of Friday night, the Buffaloes had earned their way into the EPAC final, with their 67-24 semifinal victory over second-seeded Elida at Greyhound Arena, a day after top-seeded four-time defending champ Texico fell to eighth-seeded Tatum in the secon...
PORTALES — Melrose’s girls basketball team, a Class A state runner-up the past two seasons, has designs on returning to the state title game and winning it this year. To that end, tournaments like the one offered by the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference supplies a good test for the Lady Buffaloes against quality small-school programs. So, the fact that Melrose was already EPAC’s top seed heading into Friday night’s semifinal against four-time defending champion Texico...
MELROSE — For the first time in five years, the EPAC boys tournament will crown a new champion. Eighth-seeded Tatum saw an eight-point lead after three quarters disappear, but senior guard Sebastian Jimenez scored six of his game-high 20 points in overtime, including the deciding layup with 17 seconds left, as the Coyotes outlasted top-seeded, four-time champion Texico 57-55 to advance to Friday’s semifinals against Logan at Eastern New Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena...
MELROSE — For a while on Wednesday, Texico’s bid for a possible fifth consecutive EPAC girls championship looked like it might end almost before it began. Fifth-seeded Clovis Christian jumped on top 12-2 early and kept the game close most of the way, but the fourth-seeded Lady Wolverines began to take control in the third quarter en route to a 46-39 victory, advancing to Friday’s semifinals at Eastern New Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena in Portales. Junior Rachel Phipps hi...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s girls played their best offensive game of the season Friday night. The Lady Wildcats simply couldn’t come up with enough stops. Sophomore guard Bonnee Busby scored 20 points, including three of Lubbock Trinity Christian’s seven 3-point field goals, and the Lady Lions eked out a 59-54 victory over CHS at Rock Staubus Gym. Sophomore guard Adlee Blacklock added 19 points and two 3s for Trinity Christian (12-13), which broke out of a halftime tie with a 20-13 third-quarter surge fueled by all three of Busb...
Yucca seventh boys top Gattis The Yucca seventh-grade boys basketball team took a 27-24 win Tuesday night at Gattis. The Chaps had balanced scoring, with Brayden Eldridge scoring six points and Cameron Millow, Maddox Keith and Merlin Bartel each adding four. In the seventh-grade girls game, Yucca defeated Gattis 34-25. In a rematch later in the week, Yucca won 28-11. The Eastern New Mexico News accepts reports from coaches or team representatives for any middle school or junior varsity sports event. Send details to:...
PORTALES — So far, it’s been a tough week for the Portales HIgh boys basketball team. The Rams, playing four games at the RAC in five days, dropped the first three of them by a combined nine points, including Friday’s 60-55 loss to Lubbock Christian in the Portales Shootout. LCHS (8-5), a Texas Class 4A TAPPS program, outscored the Rams 18-10 in the final period and claimed the victory behind 21 points from junior forward Alex Lack. PHS (5-8) was hoping to get back on track in Saturday night’s finale against District 4-4A ri...
PORTALES — Pojoaque girls coach Seledon Martinez knew his team would face some stiff competition in the Portales Shootout. It’s nothing that won’t help the Elkettes down the line, though, and if they can win a game or two, all the better. “This is almost like a mini-state tournament,” Martinez said after the Elkettes subdued Portales High 52-37 on Friday night at the Ram Athletic Center. “Anybody here can win it.” Senior Michaela Martinez led three players in double figures for Pojoaque (10-4) with 18 points. The Elkettes,...
PPORTALES — In a game that was nip-and-tuck from start to finish, it came down to a late free throw. Junior guard Anders Nelson made 1-of-2 charity tosses in the closing seconds, and Portales High missed a shot at the buzzer as Texico claimed a 58-57 win on Tuesday night at the Ram Athletic Center. Texico led by a point at the end of the first and third quarters, and the game was tied 31-31 at halftime. Neither side was able to build a lead of more than four points. Rams coach Rickie McBroom said the telling difference in the...
CLOVIS — If you had told Clovis boys basketball coach Jaden Isler before Tuesday night that his Wildcats would win their first home game of the new year 66-51 against a Lovington team with a plus-.500 record, he probably would’ve signed up for that. But, the way Tuesday night’s game played out left Isler very dissatisfied. Because the ’Cats, after building an 18-point lead in the second quarter, let Lovington sneak back into it, trail by just seven with possession and a chance to narrow the margin to four or five. So, whi...
Another season, another stamp on the passport for former Wildcat Jaye Crockett. The 6-foot-7 forward flew Tuesday out of Albuquerque to join BC Astana out of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It is his 10th professional team since his playing career at Texas Tech finished in 2014. Crockett, a 2009 graduate of Clovis High, is second on the Wildcat career scoring list. BC Astana is 5-5 in VTB United League play heading into Sunday’s game against Parma Basket Perm. What have you heard a...
VEGA — Presley Agee scored 25 points on Tuesday night. Suffice it to say, she had plenty of help — much more than she actually needed. The junior guard led four players in double figures and outscored the opposition by herself as the Lady Blue dominated Sanford-Fritch in a 67-21 neutral-court victory. Seniors Paulina Rodriguez and Ainsley Actkinson and freshman Charlie Trimble followed with 14, 12 and 10 points, respectively, for the Lady Blue (16-7). Farwell, which was slated to begin District 3-2A Division II play at home o...
AFTON, Texas — The Farwell Steers rode a career-best 16 points from junior Jose Rodriguez to a 60-27 victory over Patton Springs on Friday. Farwell led 10-4 at the quarter and steadily pulled away. Junior Jonathan Mora added 14 points for Farwell (15-6). Junior David Reyna provided most of the offense for the Rangers (1-11) with 16 points....
On this date ... 1960: President Dwight Eisenhower had nominated a former newspaper editor to be Clovis’ official postmaster. Charles Stanfield had been acting postmaster since Jan. 1, 1959. He began work at the newspaper in 1945 as its sports editor, before he was named editor in 1947. Stanfield replaced Edward Manson as postmaster after leaving the paper in 1958. Manson had held the postmaster job for 15 years. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [email protected] For more regional history, see the w...
CLOVIS — Since passing its Unified Development Ordinance last summer, the city of Clovis’ planning and zoning commission is finding out it either left out some old functions or didn’t adequately update to federal standards. The commission knocked out two of those matters Wednesday, recommending UDO changes regarding handicapped parking and fencing on commercial and industrial districts. All of the items discussed at the Wednesday meeting will go to the Clovis City Commission for final approval at its Jan. 23 meeting. The boar...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis ∞ Amanda Hardwick, 37, criminal trespass ∞ Latasha Daniels, 37, shoplifting ∞ Adreanna Avila, 19, probation violation ∞ Jesse Galaviz, 45, aggravated battery ∞ Juan Hernandez, 30, failure to appear on a felony charge, receiving/transferring stolen motor vehicles, conspiracy to commit receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicles, failure to appear on a felony charge, driving while license suspended or revoked ∞ Bianca Cano, 23, failure to appear o...
The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Jeffrey Joe Ward, 57, and Rhonda Kaye Pierce, 55, both of Clovis • Sidney Caleb Busbee, 27, and Michaela Ann Gatewood, 25, both of Clovis • Tucker Elliott Morgan, 24, and Bradi Alaine Carthel,,27, both of Clovis • James Leroy Darnell, 46, and Kristina Louise Hall, 36, both of Clovis • Jesus Jean Cisneros-Macias, 21, and Samantha Harley Guinn Rose, 19, both of Texico • Ian Alexander Anthony, 28, and Julia Michelle Graf, 28, both of Clovis...
CLOVIS — The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce is warning members about a telephone scam targeting its members. According to the release, somebody posing as a chamber staffer has called members seeking credit card information to update their profile. The chamber will only contact its members via its official email address or invoice. Information: 575-763-3435....
CLOVIS — In the first Clovis City Commission meeting since Mayor David Lansford said he would not run for a sixth term as mayor, and the first meeting since five people signed up to take his place, Lansford concluded the meeting by answering the question he most expected to hear between now and the March 3 election day. Lansford said he did not plan to make any endorsements of the field of Raymond Mondragon, Michael Morris, Stephen North, Rube Render and Sandra Taylor-Sawyer. “I respect all five of them,” Lansford said,...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Clerk’s Office is reminding citizens to verify their voter registration information in the runup to the primary and general elections. As New Mexico is a closed primary state, voters must be registered with a major political party to cast a ballot in the June 2 primary election. Candidates are reminded they have until Jan. 27 to update information on their voter registration forms. Information can be verified online at www.nmvote.org or by calling the clerk’s office at 575-763-559...
PORTALES — The first meeting of 2020 for the Portales Municipal School Board will include consideration of a new contract for Superintendent Johnnie Cain. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday at the board meeting room at the Portales Municipal Schools administration building. The board will also: • Consider an out-of-state travel request for the Portales High band and choirs from PHS, Portales Junior High and Lindsey-Steiner Elementary to attend the April 30-May 2 Greater Southwest Music Festival in Amarillo. • Swear in it...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health reported Thursday that a 1-year-old boy in Roosevelt County was the state’s first pediatric influenza death of the 2019-20 flu season. The release did not otherwise identify the child. Since the beginning of the flu season in October, the department reports 52 pneumonia and influenza-related deaths. The department warns that the flu has still not reached peak activity, and that the percent of visits to outpatient medical clinics for flu-like symptoms was higher and earlier tha...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will handle some start-of-year business, along with consideration of an annual agreement for a security scanning system at the county’s Adult Detention Center. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the county’s administrative complex. The commission will look at a seven-year financing agreement for the scanning system. The annual cost to the county would be $19,631.99. Other items on the Tuesday agenda include: • Ordinances altering the Curry County employment policy. • Considera...
