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Clovis-Hobbs boys tickets available Tickets for the Feb. 1 Clovis-Hobbs boys basketball game at Rock Staubus Gymnasium will go on sale 8 a.m. Monday at the Clovis High Athletics Office. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students, senior citizens and military with ID. Anybody with a complimentary, family or student pass, or a staff member with an ID badge is eligible for a free ticket, but must come to the athletics office by noon Thursday to claim a lower-level seat. Lower-level tickets for the west end of the court will...
The Gattis seventh-grade Lady Cubs lost to Texico on Thursday, by a score of 25-15. Gattis’ leading scorer was Sofia Moreno with six points. In the seventh-grade tourney hosted by Gattis, the 7th girls B team lost to Marshall A on Friday. In the first game on Saturday morning the B team girls lost to Portales B by a score of 37-15. Scoring was Moreno with 6 points, Emily Kinkade and Trinity McCarty with 3 points each, Elizabeth Wymbs with 2 points and Aubrey Montano with 1 point. In their third game of the tourney, the g...
PORTALES - As one would expect of the No. 16 team in Division II, West Texas A&M's men have a pretty good chance to win if everybody on the Buffalo roster just plays an average game. But when one of the Buffaloes has a highlight game, the paths to a Lone Star Conference upset of WT quickly become slim and none. The former is what happened with Ryan Quaid, and the latter is what happened to Eastern New Mexico, which battled all night but could never make headway in a 74-69...
PORTALES - With Eastern New Mexico hosting its annual kids day, and Greyhound Arena awash in the screams of thousands of bused-in Roosevelt and Curry county children, women's coach Josh Prock had to be loud and animated just so his players could hear him in Thursday afternoon's contest with Texas Woman's. But down one with 0.2 seconds in overtime, and sophomore Jena Mehlbrech at the line? It was time to relax. "I sat down," Prock said of the final sequence. "I had all the...
CLOVIS - Tuesday was a double-header night at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, featuring back-to-back Clovis basketball games with mixed results. The Clovis boys took care of Goddard 72-62; the Clovis girls fell short against Artesia, 68-61. Another building block for the Wildcats. For the Lady 'Cats, losing perhaps pushed them farther away from gaining consecutive state-tournament berths. Breaking away Clovis' boys team posted its 13th victory in 22 tries by taking care of a solid...
CARLSBAD – Trailing Portales 48-44 with 10 seconds left, Carlsbad knew it would need help for a chance to send the game into overtime. A quick sprint after the inbound pass allowed Josh Sillas to drain a 3-pointer and get fouled, allowing the Cavemen a chance to tie the game with a free throw with 4.8 seconds left. The crowd's intensity picked up as Sillas, an 82 percent free throw shooter, went to the free throw line and prepared to send his team into overtime. The shot w...
PORTALES — As they largely rely on relentless defensive pressure, it doesn’t look like the Roswell Coyotes are going to die by the 3-pointer any time soon. Friday night, they certainly lived by it, as a mix of long-range shooting and an attacking defense turned a 30-21 halftime lead into a 76-44 clubbing of Portales at the Ram Athletic Center. Taymon Burrola and Tarren Burrola accounted for 42 points and 11 3-pointers as the Coyotes (15-5) won their fifth-straight heading into their Tuesday night game against Hobbs. The Coy...
PORTALES - You don't need an and-one or a long-range 3-pointer to make a statement in some girls basketball games. Sometimes, all you need to do is grab the loose ball, and do it again, and again, and again ... Portales didn't score on its opening possession Friday night against Clovis, but set the tone by grabbing three offensive rebounds on the play. The scoring picked up, and the rebounding effort never relented in a 57-32 win that was a measuring stick for both teams....
CLOVIS — Friday’s Clovis boys basketball game at Rock Staubus Gymnasium could be considered a tune-up for District 4-5A play. But it was much more than that. By rolling to a 68-46 win over Artesia, the Wildcats’ second victory in a row and their fourth in the last five games, they took a step toward securing their place at the postseason table. “That game was a lot bigger than most people realize as far as what can happen to the district and the (state) playoff rankings,” Clovis head coach Jaden Isler said. “If we lose tha...
CLOVIS — Though it may seem like high school basketball practice just started, it’s district time already. The games have counted for two months, but now is when they start counting even more, meaning even more. Clovis’ boys basketball team will open District 4-5A play at home, when Carlsbad visits Rock Staubus Gymnasium on Tuesday, tipping off at 7 p.m. The Clovis girls make their district debut at Carlsbad, also at 7 p.m. Tuesday. It’s huge for both teams, but perhaps even more so for the Lady Wildcats, whose state-t...
CLOVIS — An Albuquerque man convicted last year of sexually assaulting a woman while visiting her home to sell vacuums was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison. Brandon Barron, 29, was convicted Nov. 1 by a Curry County jury on the third-degree felony charge of criminal sexual penetration. The incident stemmed from March of 2017, when “a victim reported that a ... vacuum salesman had sexually assaulted her in her home,” according to a news release Friday from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. Judge Fred Van Soele...
Bill McCamley was recently appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to oversee the state’s Department of Workforce Solutions. The former Las Cruces area state legislator and Dona Ana County commissioner previously served as chairman of the House Labor and Economic Development Committee and executive director of the New Mexico Rural Development Council. McCamley came to the offices of The News between a wind energy lab at Clovis High School and a business forum at the Eastern Plains Council of Governments to talk about the d...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Robert Archuleta, 24, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, failure to give immediate notice of accidents • Brittany Barrows, 27, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, careless driving, stop or yield intersection, probation violation • Deanna Ritch, 45, probation violation • Andrew Glover, 22, disorderly conduct • David Howl, 51, failure to appear on a felony charge • Corey Gilmore, 29, aggravated assault against a household member, criminal da...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison following a guilty plea last month on drug charges. Victor Garcia, 37, pleaded guilty to two fourth-degree felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence. Both charges stemmed from an incident June 22, 2017 when he “attempted to hide methamphetamine in his pants during a search warrant by the Region V Drug Task Force,” according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. Judge Matthew Chandler presi...
