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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep summaries Friday Boys District 4-5A Hobbs 85, Clovis 60 Hobbs (23-2, 5-0) — Michael Mackey 2, Jesus Ramos 5, Ronnie Ross 10, Ethan Vanlandingham 7, Jalen Goar 25, Tyler Box 2, Caurtrey Morgan 6, Derrias Royal 6, Aaron Mora 22. Totals 35 11-19 85. Clovis (4-21, 1-4) — Brian Weiss 5, Luciano Webster 17, Manuel Gutierrez 12, Kash Roberts 4, Jaydon Levenshown 2, Juan Hernandez 6, R.J. Nora 10, Andrew Hall 4. Totals 19 18-30 60. Hobbs 21 30 24 10 — 85 Clovis 12 21 15 12 — 60 3-pointers — Hobbs, Goar 2, Ross 2. C...
ROSWELL — After a lopsided loss at District 4-5A leader Hobbs the night before, Clovis High’s girls bounced back with what may turn out to be an important victory on Saturday. Sophomore guard Zarai Lewis scored 15 points, and the Lady Wildcats sealed a 38-34 non-district win over Roswell Goddard when junior guard Gizelle Petner hit a free throw with 15 seconds left. Clovis (16-9) held Goddard to just 12 first-half points, but the Lady Rockets pulled even by outscoring Clovis 15-9 in the third quarter. The Lady Cats com...
DIMMITT — Bovina’s girls broke a decades-long dry spell on Monday night. The Fillies posted the school’s first postseason girls victory in around 35 years, outlasting Hale Center 45-42 in a Texas Class 2A bi-district round game. Junior Alyssa Marquez scored 24 points before fouling out in the final two minutes. The Fillies (11-15) built a seven-point lead in the fourth stanza and were able to hold on late against the Lady Owls (19-12). Bovina’s next outing comes in the area round on Friday night, when it takes on Clarend...
PORTALES - Portales High's girls miss injured senior guard Riley Shillings on the court. Senior guard Teagan Faust, meantime, is doing what she can to make sure there's not much dropoff. Known more for her defense and passing, Faust put together her fourth consecutive double-figure game in District 4-4A play as the Lady Rams all but clinched the regular-season title on Friday night with a 51-38 win over Roswell Goddard at the Ram Athletic Center. As usual, Faust led the team w...
PORTALES — If nothing else, give Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team credit for scrapping. After getting run off the field by 15th-ranked West Texas A&M in the first two of their four-game Lone Star Conference weekend series, the Greyhounds battled from behind in each of the last two contests before falling short. In Sunday’s finale, the Hounds (1-7, 1-7 LSC) were held hitless for five innings, then erased most of a 9-0 deficit before losing to the rival Buffaloes 10-8 in a nearly-four-hour marathon at Greyhound Fie...
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High’s swim teams will take around 15 athletes to state competition this week, hosted by Albuquerque Academy. The boys portion of the state meet is scheduled for today, with the girls competing on Saturday. The top 16 places are scored in each event. CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said on the boys side, the Wildcats expect to have a shot at the top eight in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. They are also strong in the 500 freestyle, led by junior Thomas Palla and sophomore Porter Kidd; the 200 ind...
CANYON — Eastern New Mexico University’s women are still in control of their Lone Star Conference tournament destiny, but the Greyhounds may need another win to be sure. On Saturday, West Texas A&M held ENMU to 25 percent from the floor (17-for-69) and cruised to a 75-51 victory. The Hounds (9-11, 5-9 LSC) fell into 12th place in the 17-team circuit, the last tournament spot. They hold a one-game lead plus a tie-breaker over St. Edward’s (11-14, 4-10), so a win in one of their final two conference games would do the trick. If...
CLOVIS - It's a long way from a win, but Clovis High's boys tried to go toe-to-toe with Hobbs on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. The Wildcats certainly made the Eagles play a little harder than they expected. In the end, there were just too many shooters and too many athletes as Hobbs pulled away to an 85-60 District 4-5A victory. By comparison, when the teams met at Hobbs on Jan. 28, the Eagles cruised to a 96-29 triumph. "I thought the last two games, we've fought harder...
LUBBOCK — Brook Leger has the Eastern New Mexico University softball team rolling a bit early this season. The sophomore right-hander from Albuquerque tossed three complete games, including a pair of shutouts, and finished off another contest in relief as the Greyhounds went 4-1 in the Lubbock Sports College Softball Classic over the weekend. Leger improved to 5-0 for the season in seven games, including a pair of relief appearances. Through 36 1/3 innings, she has 66 strikeouts and 15 walks with a 2.12 earned run average. A...
PORTALES — Portales High boys coach Randy McBroom hopes a non-district win over Texico on Saturday can get his team going heading into the final week of the regular season. Trailing most of the way until late, the Rams were forced into overtime when Wolverines senior guard Cade Collins hit a long 3-pointer with seven seconds left, but they held Texico without a field goal in the extra session to claim a 55-51 victory at the Ram Athletic Center. Portales (10-12), which carried a four-game winning streak into the start of Distr...
My brothers and I were born to a winter sports mother — unusual for this area, but she had grown up in Cleveland, where winter occupied a hefty portion of the year. When she married our dad and moved to New Mexico in 1957, her tiny stash of possessions included a pair of ice skates. On the rare occasions when we had several continuous days of sub-freezing weather — enough to build a few inches of ice in the metal tank that we swam in each summer — my brothers and I fough...
Taking advantage of a recent opportunity to sit in on part of a training for a district-wide behavior program – “Capturing Kids’ Hearts” (CKH), I stayed longer than planned. The company trainer was positively galvanizing, exhibiting all the wonderful traits and features of the program itself. It was evident the Yucca Junior High school staff were fully engaged and actively participating. The idea of the CKH program is to proactively build positive relationships between...
Legislation, which many people incorrectly call “law,” doesn’t reduce crime. It can’t. In fact, each new bit of legislation creates at least one more crime -- often several more -- and many more criminals as a result. People who weren’t criminals before are now, for doing things that weren’t crimes yesterday, but which are now arbitrarily declared to be. Every time anything is criminalized it creates new criminals. That’s really the only thing it does. Anyone who doesn’t u...
It’s hard to be optimistic about the world these days, but I still try. A rise in nationalism is not only ripping into the fabric of democracies, it’s making a global effort to save our earth seem impossible. Nevertheless, my belief in humanity’s problem-solving abilities was restored the other day when I ran across a TED Talk featuring Dr. Ilissa Ocko, a climate scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund who spoke on how we can mitigate climate change by tackling methane first. According to Ocko, “Cutting methane is the...
Last summer, when droves of tourists left their home cities to travel again after lockdowns, the tourism industry saw some much needed regrowth. Taos, too, saw its share of travelers, who enjoyed at least partly reopened businesses, parks and other town amenities. But the Taos Visitor Center, the one dedicated resource for tourists at the corner of Paseo del Cañon and Paseo del Pueblo Sur, remained closed, and still is today. Some people have been asking why the center is still shuttered. But the more important question...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • D’Rel Jones, 23, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to pay fines • Eric Lopez, 23, burglary of a vehicle • Kimberly Williams, 36, failure to pay fines • Jacob Martinez, 28, battery against a household member, failure to pay fines, probation violation, aggravated battery against a household member, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Brandie Cordova, 37, probation violation, assault against a household member, resisting,...
SANTA FE — With bipartisan support, legislators adopted a revised budget proposal Monday that would grow state spending by 14% as New Mexico enjoys a revenue boom, allowing new investments in education and public safety. The Senate voted 37-3 in favor of the plan, sending it back to the House. Under the proposal, New Mexico’s budget would grow to almost $8.5 billion, or about $1 billion more than this year’s spending plan. The legislation includes especially healthy raises for educators and State Police, in addition to reten...
Election Day is March 1 for municipal candidates in Curry and Roosevelt counties. On the ballots: Clovis City Commission: • District 1: James Burns (incumbent); George Jones • District 1: Juan Garza • District 2: Ronald Porter • District 3: Paul Nelson; David Bryant. • District 4: Megan Palla Municipal judge: Vicki Kelley Four proposals related to the city charter: • Raising the recall petition signature requirement from 20% of prior municipal election turnout to 33 1/3%. • Requiring a recall petition include a reason. • Eli...
On this date … 1982: The Refugee Program of Clovis Inc. had opened its doors to about 450 Laotian refugees who lived in Clovis. Four employees had been hired to operate the agency, which received a $54,311 contract from the state Behavioral Services Division to help refugees learn to speak and write English and find jobs. Dale Owens was director of the agency. Rev. Hoyt Welch, former pastor of Clovis’ Sandia Baptist Church, was chairman of the non-profit agency’s board of trustees. The program planned “to offer to the peo...
CLOVIS — Four students at Clovis’ Marshall Middle School on Friday received recognition for heroism from the city of Clovis. The students — Madison Daniel, Brodee Daniel, Anaya Sena-Galvan and Harmony Sena-Galvan — on Jan. 31 helped a student who was injured while crossing the street, according to a news release from the Clovis Municipal School District. The four began first aid and called 911 while keeping the student calm before school staff arrived on the scene, the news release stated. The students were presented with Ci...
PORTALES -- At the Roosevelt County Commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday, the following actions were taken: • The commission accepted an audit report as presented by Bobby Cordova and Rufino Rodriguez of Cordova CPAs., LLC, for the county’s financial record-keeping for fiscal 2021, which ended June 30. The county received an “unmodified” rating, the highest rating available. Cordova recommended the county take measures to assure its computer systems are kept as safe as possible from intruders. • The commission approved a...
PORTALES - School Board President Randy Rankin has resigned. Rankin's resignation was accepted Monday by a unanimous vote of Portales Municipal Schools board members. Rod Savage, the board's vice president, said Rankin wrote a letter to Superintendent Johnnie Cain but would not divulge the letter's contents. Cain said Rankin is leaving his job at Baptist Children's Home and he and his wife will be moving out of state to be closer to children. Rankin did not appear at Monday's...
It's not often students get to talk to people who actually made history. But Courtney Pantone's fourth-graders got to talk to a participant in one of the first triumphs for minority rights of the Civil Rights Era. Minniejean Brown was one of nine Black students who entered the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School on Sept. 25, 1957, after nearly three weeks of standoffs between Arkansas state officials and federal authorities that included rioting. It ended...
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University's series of Black History Month observances have been based on a theme of "Black Health and Wellness," and the state of Black History Month is healthy, according to Rukudzo Tambo, who heads ENMU's student-run African American Affairs organization. Tambo said turnout for lectures and events during the month has been "great" and responses have been positive from Black and non-Black attendees. So far, Tambo said, the best attended event ha...
CLOVIS – The city of Clovis has narrowed its list of police chief candidates to two, including acting Chief Roy Rice. The other finalist is Dirk Budd, a division chief with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department in Colorado, an agency with more than 400 law-enforcement officers. City Manager Justin Howalt said he hopes to make a decision between the two by the end of next week. The position opened in December, when Chief Doug Ford retired. Howalt said the city received eight applicants for the position. Clovis Police Dep...
