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PORTALES - The Rams notched a much-needed win in Friday night's 4A-District 4 boys basketball game, defeating the Ruidoso Warriors, 60-51. Portales moved ahead of Ruidoso for third-place in the standings with the win entering the final week of the regular season. "They just became a bit more desperate in the second half," Rams coach Rickie McBroom said of a trailing Ruidoso. "I thought our kids played real consistent for four quarters, and we controlled the game from start to...
PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia — Eastern’s baseball team was able to start off strong in Friday’s Peachtree City Classic by sweeping two from Morehouse College, 8-5 and 12-2. Winning both games lifted the Greyhounds to a 5-2 record. In Friday’s first game, Eastern jumped all over Morehouse, taking a 7-0 lead by the top of the fifth inning before holding on for the 8-5 win. The Hounds plated three in the top of the third, including Garlind Webster’s two-run double. Reynaldo Guillen’s second-inning groundout scored Paul Tapia, and...
PORTALES - Less than a month ago, Portales girls basketball needed a strong second half to pull away from Ruidoso. On Friday night, the Rams put away the Warriors right from the get-go, 69-22. With the win, Portales wins the 4A-District 4 regular season title, and will get to host the district tournament championship game. "I think our overall play and ball movement was better tonight (compared to our last game against Ruidoso)," Rams coach Wade Fraze said. "(But) it was not...
SAN ANTONIO — It was a good day to be in San Antonio for the Eastern New Mexico softball team. After a slow start to their season, the Lady Greyhounds swept a pair on Friday, beating Regis 5-4 and St. Edward’s 8-5 at the St. Mary’s Classic. The fun began in Eastern’s first game against Regis, a comeback victory for the Hounds. Down 4-2 heading into the top of the third, ENMU pieced together what turned out to be the game’s most consequential inning. Erikka Burke led off by clobbering her 24th career home run, slicing E...
CLOVIS — Three Cannon Air Force Base airmen arrested on rape charges last month will remain in jail without bond following approval this week of the state’s pre-trial detention motions, but attorneys and family of the defendants are not happy about it. A Curry County grand jury on Friday returned a bill of indictment on charges of second-degree criminal sexual penetration for Sr. Airman Thomas Newton, 24, Airman 1st Class (A1C) Isaiah Edley, 19, and A1C Rahman Buchanan, 18. The three were arrested Jan. 27 in Portales after a...
Santa Fe (9-14, 0-7) at Clovis girls (13-10, 4-3) 7 p.m., Rock Staubus Gymnasium Last time out: The Wildcats led only 35-30 after three quarters at Manzano Tuesday night, but outscored the Lady Monarchs by five in the fourth quarter to gain a more comfortable 48-38 victory and sweep the regular-season series. The Lady Demons visited La Cueva on Tuesday and lost 46-28, their seventh-straight district setback. Last meeting: Clovis traveled to the capital on Jan. 23 and took...
PORTALES - The Eastern New Mexico University women's cross country team was honored Friday with an academic award from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, according to a release from the school. To qualify for USTFCCCA honors, a team must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 through the end of the semester of competition. Also, members must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours in that semester and place in the top 30...
CLOVIS - It's official. Clovis Christian Schools celebrated the opening of its new high school with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. CCS broke ground on the building last summer and students and faculty have occupied the building since the week of Jan. 8, Superintendent Ladona Clayton said. Members of the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce and CCS' board of directors were on hand for the ribbon cutting in addition to the school's entire student body and faculty,...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday: Clovis • Edward Rainwater, 62, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Estelle Dooline, 25, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Mateo Soliz, 33, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon • Johanna Olivas, 29, probation violation • Somchith Vongrasamy, 34, theft of identity, fraud, receiving stolen property, forgery, larceny, aggravated burglary • David Bishop, 37, probation violation • Michael Cordova, 22,...
Hollywood’s most magical night could be especially magical for an offbeat love story and the auteur behind it. “The Shape of Water” — a film about a cleaning lady in the 1960s who falls in love with a fish man held captive in a government lab — may not sound like your average award fodder, but it has 13 Oscar nominations, more than any other film in the running. The film will be up for best picture, best actress, best supporting actor, and best director, among others, all in spite of a bevy of plagiarism accusatio...
On this date ... 1988: Six Clovis High School students were guests at a Clovis School Board meeting to report on their recent trip to Washington, D.C., with six other CHS students as part of the Close-Up Program. The dozen students participated in workshops with students from around the United States, and spent time on Capitol Hill meeting their United States legislators. "It's unbelievable all the stuff we didn't know," senior Karla Hamar reported to the board. "You see all...
CLOVIS — A man arrested Tuesday remained Friday in the Curry County Jail without bond, accused of sexually abusing three young girls. Rubel Encinias, 44, of Clovis, is charged with nine counts of second-degree criminal sexual contact with a minor, according to court records. The investigation began in November and included separate interviews with the three girls at a safe house, according to an affidavit for arrest warrant by New Mexico State Police Officer Samantha Sainz. All three girls told Sainz that Encinias “would sti...
Monday • Parmer County Commission — 10 a.m. (CST) at Parmer County Courthouse, 401 Third St., Farwell. Information: 806-481-3691 • De Baca County Commission — 1:30 p.m. at the Annex Building, 643 B N. Fifth St., Fort Sumner. Information: 575-355-2601 • Fort Sumner City Council — 5:30 p.m. at Fort Sumner City Hall, 173 Ave. E, Fort Sumner. Information: 575-355-7481 • Muleshoe City Council — 5:30 p.m. (CST) at Muleshoe City Hall, 215 S. First St., Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-4528 • Bovina Board of Education — 5:45...
Today • Jurassic Quest — 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave. Admission: $18 to $34. Interactive dinosaur and archaeology exhibits will be available. Information: 575-935-7000 • “Art Has Heart” Event — 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Mission at Traci’s Greenhouse, 2600 Mabry Dr., Clovis. Spotlight on emerging artists and support of arts for children. A silent auction of several paintings will be held, with proceeds going to a charity chosen by the artists. Presented by Pintores Art League. Infor...
