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CLOVIS - Law enforcement is continuing to search for man accused of a Saturday morning shooting. A warrant was issued Saturday for Dyonjai Jones, 22, on charges of assault with intent to commit a violent felony and aggravated battery. The charges are connected to that morning's shooting of Brandon Brooks, 29, at his apartment in Clovis. Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero confirmed Monday afternoon that Jones remained at large. According to an arrest warrant affidavit filed...
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant and his daughter are among nine dead in a helicopter crash Sunday morning near Los Angeles, multiple local and national media outlets have confirmed. Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, when the helicopter they were in crashed Sunday morning in Calabasas, Calif., according to ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski. According to Wojnarowski, another player and parent were among the passengers. Los A... Full story
MELROSE — The Melrose Buffaloes have been held to their lowest point totals of the season in the past two games. It hasn’t mattered. Melrose opened District 6-1A boys action at home on Tuesday night, turning back Fort Sumner 47-36. The Class 1A top-ranked Buffs (15-1 overall), who have won 10 in a row and average around 66 ppg for the season, were coming off a 49-41 win on Saturday over Maxwell in the finals of Reserve’s Mountaineer Invitational. Melrose rode a balanced attack, led by junior Trace Jackson with 15 point...
ROSWELL — It could have served as a “trap” game. Facing a team it had beaten handily earlier this season, coming off a big-time home win and heading into a rather intriguing road matchup against a small-school power, Clovis High’s boys took care of business Tuesday night. Senior center Bryce Cabeldue scored 20 points and senior guard Dewayne Dawson added 16, including three of the team’s five 3-pointers, and the Wildcats led start to finish in a 64-48 victory over Roswell Goddard. The Cats (14-5), who beat Class 5A second-ra...
PORTALES — Portales’ boys basketball team is 4A, Carlsbad’s 5A. But they both see benefits in playing each other. Especially the Cavemen, who won Tuesday night’s game 52-40 at Portales High’s Ram Athletic Center and snapped a three-game losing skid. “It’s a quality win,” Carlsbad head coach Steve Garza said. “A smaller classification but Portales is always solid in basketball. We wish them luck the rest of the year, but I’m just proud of our boys for sticking it out and extending the lead.” “It’s great,” Portales head coa...
CLOVIS — Friday’s Portales-Clovis girls basketball game was like an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ or ‘Homeland’ — lots of action and excitement, unpredictability aplenty before Portales stole the scene in the game’s final act, winning 53-44. Friday’s episode was filmed on location at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, with the Lady Wildcats starring first and leading early in the second quarter, the Lady Rams grabbing top billing by appearing to run away with it by halftime, then a strong...
PORTALES — When New Mexico Military junior Daniel Xibille suddenly found himself in foul trouble, it didn’t take long for the Colts’ fortunes to change. Xibille carried NMMI early, scoring 18 of his team’s 25 first-half points. But he picked up his third foul midway through the second stanza and eventually fouled out without scoring after halftime, and Portales High took advantage to breeze to a 74-40 victory on Thursday night at the Ram Athletic Center. On Friday night, the R...
PORTALES — If nothing else, second-year Eastern New Mexico University softball coach Kira Zeiter is an optimist. Picked for 15th place in the new 17-team Lone Star Conference’s preseason poll earlier this week, Zeiter is determined to prove the skeptics wrong — and with a 25-player roster that features 15 freshmen, no less. “We did a lot of good things last year, (among them) sweeping Texas Woman’s for the first time in (program) history,” said Zeiter, whose contingent...
CLOVIS — If you’re a Grady/San Jon/House basketball fan, you probably had mixed emotions about Thursday night’s doubleheader at Clovis Christian. If you’re a Clovis Christian basketball fan, you probably had mixed emotions about Thursday night’s doubleheader at home. The Clovis Christian girls opened Thursday’s twin bill with a 53-47 victory over Grady/San Jon/House. And Grady/San Jon/House’s boys then won the nightcap 77-65. A mixed bag for both programs. Next woman up Clovis Christian’s girls basketball team, like a lo...
Gattis finishes second in tournament The Gattis Cubs seventh-grade boys team took second place in a tournament held Jan. 16 and Jan. 18 at Marshall Middle School to improve to 8-6. The first game was a 23-22 win over Texico on Joel Thomas’ free throw with 4.8 seconds remaining. Quinn Culiver had 12 to lead the Cubs. Kalil Torres-Pierre added 10. The second game was a 52-24 loss to Portales A which saw Torres-Pierre score 11. The third game was a 33-25 win over Portales B. Peyton Harris scored seven to lead the Cubs. Yucca s...
BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS LAREDO, Texas — Freshman guard Natalie Stice scored a game-high 22 points, including 6-for-11 from 3-point range, and Eastern New Mexico University’s women survived a scare by tallying the game’s final nine points to post a 68-60 Lone Star Conference victory over Texas A&M International on Thursday night. Stice shot 8-for-14 overall, including 6-for-11 from beyond the arc to tie for the fourth-most individual 3-point makes in a game in program history. Sophomore guard Zamorye Cox added 16 point...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Defending Lone Star Conference champion Angelo State was picked to repeat in its first season of an expanded conference, according to the preseason poll released Wednesday by the conference office. The Rams, who finished 46-12 last season, took 27 of the 35 first-place votes from LSC coaches, sports information directors and media representatives. Eastern New Mexico, which finished last in the seven-team race in 2019, are picked to finish last in this season’s 14-team LSC field. Veteran LSC teams rec...
DORA — Randi Crandall wanted a chance to play college volleyball since her junior year at Dora, but it took a trip to Portales to realize it was something to pursue. “Our team went and watched an ENMU volleyball game,” Crandall said. “I saw some of their players were doing the same things I was doing. I realized I could probably play college volleyball.” She’s made the first step toward that goal, signing a letter of intent with Lamar Community College in Colorado. Crandall, a 5-11 middle hitter, was a North-South...
PORTALES — Matt Billings began his tenure as Eastern New Mexico University’s athletic director on Monday. As of Friday, he had two coaching searches on his to-do list. One position is new, as the ENMU Board of Regents voted 5-0 to approve women’s golf as a sport for fall 2020 during its Thursday morning meeting in Santa Fe. The second is a vacancy, created when Joshua Smith resigned his position after two seasons with the women’s soccer program. Smith could not be reached for comment, but a release from the school indicat...
TEXICO — Texico’s boys made short work of Eunice on Friday night. Storming out to a 35-15 halftime lead, the Wolverines cruised to a 78-45 win over the Cardinals. It was a rematch of the Class 2A state football finals, which Eunice won over Texico at home in late November. Senior Luke Phipps scored a personal-best 25 points for Texico (11-4), while junior Gabriel Bailey (14 points) and sophomore Cade Collins (12) also had personal scoring highs. Junior Hayden Dean poured in 21 points for the Cardinals (9-8), but he was one...
PECOS — It was a tough loss for Clovis High’s boys, but a huge win for Pecos. The Panthers, top-ranked in Class 2A and the two-time defending state champions, outscored the Class 5A, seventh-ranked Wildcats 15-8 in the final quarter to claim a 58-54 victory on Friday night. Pecos (17-1) recorded its 14th consecutive win. Only five players scored for the Panthers, three in double figures — 6-foot-3 senior post Ismael Villejas with 25 points, senior forward Juan Varela with 13 and senior forward Xavier Padilla with 10. “We k...
The Clovis City Commission seat representing the west side of the city is up for re-election this year, with David Bryant challenging incumbent Helen Casaus for the District 3 seat. Election Day is March 3, while early voting begins Feb. 4. The News sat down with both candidates to ask some questions about their campaigns. Helen Casaus Why did you decide to run? I feel like there's still some unfinished business I would like to accomplish. I enjoy being in this community and I support my community. I do what my constituents w...
CLOVIS - After nine rounds of duking it out with other students in a free-for-all battle of letters and words, spelling "attendee" was the final challenge eighth-grader Brandon Hughes overcame to become the last man standing in the Curry County Spelling Bee. Schools across the county sent their best spellers to compete in the bee held in the Clovis Community College Town Hall on Friday. Two students - Brandon and Porter Kidd - earned the opportunity to advance and compete in...
The heart of Clovis will have a new representative this year with Commissioner Sandra Taylor-Sawyer throwing her hat in the race for mayor and leaving her city commission seat for District 2 open. There are two candidates on the ballot: Lauren Rowley and Jamaal Williams. The News sat down with both candidates to ask some questions before early voting starts on Feb. 4. Election Day is March 3. Lauren Rowley Why did you decide to run? I want to see the younger generation more involved in Clovis and I think it’s time for us t...
