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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — When the Clovis High boys and girls swim team travels to Carlsbad today for the District 3 championship meet, the other swimmers in the pool won't be the only thing the Wildcats are battling. "We're kind of fighting the flu, strep throat thing," Clovis coach Vincent de Maio said, adding that nine swimmers have missed time at practice this week due to illness. Clovis is still in a bit of a wait-and-see mode while trying to determine what impact the sicknesses will h...
PORTALES — Rams girls basketball coach Wade Fraze had never beaten Hope Christian, and was uncertain as to if Portales High had ever beaten the Huskies, period. During Friday night's District 4-4A matchup at Rams Athletic Center, however, all of that past frustration was let out by Portales, who channeled that previous disappointment into a 57-31 runaway victory. Portales (20-2, 3-0) dominated from the opening tip, building a 23-point lead by halftime and never looking back i...
Texas A&M-Commerce at Eastern New Mexico Men 4 p.m., Greyhound Arena On the air: KSEL 105.9 FM. Records: Texas A&M-Commerce 17-4, 9-3; Eastern New Mexico 9-12, 4-8. Last time out: The Lions needed overtime Thursday to edge Western New Mexico 93-87. It was their second overtime win in three games and their third win in four contests. The Greyhounds posted a 61-57 win Thursday over Tarleton State to snap a two-game losing streak. Last meeting: Dec. 7, Texas A&M-Commerce 85-78....
BOYS Eldorado (17-2, 5-0) Clovis (8-12, 0-5) at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, 6:30 p.m. Last time out: The Wildcats were close for a while against La Cueva up in Albuquerque Tuesday night, but the Bears gradually pulled away for a 74-59 victory, dealing the 'Cats their fifth straight district loss. Eldorado visited the capital Tuesday night and took care of Santa Fe 72-62. Last meeting: Clovis wouldn't mind some selective amnesia on this one. The Wildcats traveled to Eldorado for th...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — It's not called the Desert Stinger Tournament for nothing, the Eastern New Mexico softball team learned Friday. In their first test of the softball season, the Greyhounds came out stung on the other end of a 7-2 victory by Western Oregon at the Vegas-based tournament. They ended their day 0-2, as No. 21 Chico State handed Eastern an 8-0 defeat. The Wolves scored four of their runs on homers, including Chandler Bishop's two-run shot in the third off Hound star...
CLOVIS — The man involved in Thursday's standoff at the Curry County Jail pulled a handgun from his clothing as he waited to be booked following his arrest, Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller said Friday. Wesley Flores, 28, of Clovis, was in intensive care at a Lubbock hospital Friday after police said he shot himself in the face at the end of the four-hour standoff. Waller said Clovis police arrested Flores on Thursday afternoon on a failure to appear warrant for charges incl...
On this date ... 1983: New Mexico skiers were experiencing great conditions at ski areas all around the state. Taos had a 97-inch base, with 10 inches of fresh snow from the past 24 hours; Santa Fe had a 65-inch base of powder and packed powder, with 6 inches of new snow; Cloudcroft had a 28-inch base with 3 inches of freshly fallen snow. Eastern New Mexico’s closest slope — Sierra Blanca — had excellent conditions with 57 inches on the midway. Snow was falling at report time and already added 7 inches of new flakes to the t...
PORTALES — From 1969 to 2017, the Blackwater Draw Museum sat on U.S. 70. In 2017, its contents were relocated to a new building on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University, and those tasked with cleaning uncovered treasures unseen for many years. Jenna Domeischel, the museum's curator, presented several items from the museum at a Friends of the Portales Public Library meeting Friday, including some recently uncovered treasures. "In the moving process, we got the o...
CLOVIS — A fight in the parking lot outside Clovis High School on Friday sent one student to the hospital, according to Superintendent Jody Balch. Security video shows that at 11:35 a.m. in the parking lot behind the band building a verbal and physical altercation took place involving nine students, all sophomores. The melee left a student with a shoulder injury, Balch said. "One of (the student's) shoulders was either dislocated or got hurt, so the ambulance came and took t...
TUCUMCARI — Texico’s girls basketball team overcame a dreadful second quarter Friday night and rallied to beat Tucumcari 59-55 at Tucumcari High School’s Snake Pit. It was the Lady Wolverines’ 13th straight win, the Lady Rattlers’ first loss of the season. Texico won despite being shut out 15-0 in the second quarter, falling behind 27-14 at halftime as a result. But, the Lady Wolves made up for its second-quarter drought with 45 second-half points, 24 in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth. By the third quarter’s...
DALLAS — Eastern New Mexico’s baseball team jumped out early on Hannibal Lagrange early and kept jumping, all the way to a 15-0 rout in Friday morning’s season opener at Crusader Field, the first of two Eastern games played Friday in the Dallas Christian College Tournament. The Greyhounds scored four runs in the top of the first inning, taking control right away. Reynaldo Guillen led off with a single to center field, before stealing second. Alex DeLaCruz then clobbered a homer to left field, giving Eastern a 2-0 advan...
Today • Noonday Kiwanis Pancake Day — 7 a.m.-2 p.m. at Clovis High School cafeteria. $6 adults, $4 under 10. Information: 575-749-0231 • Silver Star Study Club BBQ plate sale — 3 p.m.-6 p.m. at St. John’s Masonic Lodge, 600 Calhoun St., Clovis. $10 per plate. Plates include two meats, three sides. $2 more for extra meat or sides. Information: 575-714-1656 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Crochet lesson: Oval placemat and coaster. Information: 575-763-9687 Thursday • Page Turners B...
Jail logs Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday through Friday: Clovis • Christopher Lopez, 29, shoplifting, assault • Kayla Solomon, 22, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Tyler Romero, 22, aggravated assault, criminal damage to property • Ramon Aragon, 21, failure to pay fines • Lori Heist, 48, aggravated driving while under the influence, probation violation • Saulo Medina, 36, battery against a household member, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Cynthia R...
