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The Melrose Buffaloes are favored for a Class 1A boys three-peat, and seven of the 10 of the selections from Curry and Roosevelt counties will open the state basketball tournament at home. The New Mexico Activities Association announced the 10 tournament brackets Sunday, with first-round games at higher seeds and the remaining rounds in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. All championship games will be at The Pit. Melrose brings a 20-game winning streak into the tournament, and will host 16th seed Dora Saturday. The Portales girls...
PORTALES — An early lead against a capable opponent can sure come in handy sometimes. Portales High’s girls got just that on Friday, scoring 13 consecutive points after Roswell Goddard tallied the game’s first basket and going on to a 57-45 win over the turnover-prone Lady Rockets in the District 4-4A tournament championship game at the Ram Athletic Center. Sophomore forward Kylyie Paden had seven points in the early run, and the Lady Rams (20-7) were able to keep Godda...
TEXICO — Two down, one to go. The Lady Wolverines, like any local basketball team, had three goals for their season — 1) win their district in the regular season, 2) win their postseason district tournament, 3) win a state championship. Friday at Texico Sports Arena, the Lady Wolverines achieved the second of those two goals, pulling away from Pecos in the fourth quarter to win 56-43 and capture the postseason District 7-2A crown for the second straight year. Exactly a wee...
PORTALES — Sophomore guard Zamorye Cox led four players in double figures with 16 points, and Eastern New Mexico University’s women subdued Midwestern State 77-60 on Saturday at Greyhound Arena to lock up the No. 5 seed in next week’s Lone Star Conference tournament. ENMU (20-8, 14-8 LSC) will open the tournament on Tuesday with a 6 p.m. game against 12th-seeded Oklahoma Christian. The final three rounds of the event will be played Thursday through Sunday in Frisco, Texas. ENMU finished in a tie with Angelo State for fifth...
CLOVIS — No matter what happened Saturday night in Clovis High’s District 4-5A boys basketball championship game at Hobbs, the Wildcats’ semifinal victory over Roswell on Thursday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium was gigantic. For a couple of reasons. Of course there was the obvious — beating the Coyotes 44-43 on Josiah Lombrana’s last-second baseline jumper gave the Wildcats a chance to defend their district title. But looking ahead a bit, Clovis wants to make a run in the state 5A...
CLOVIS — Sunday should be as suspenseful as it is interesting for the Clovis girls basketball team. Will the Lady Wildcats, 12-16 after Thursday night’s 32-21 loss at Carlsbad, be deemed good enough for a state-tournament seed? Did they do enough with Tuesday night’s 48-32 home win over Roswell? The Lady ’Cats can only hope. Victories in both games probably would’ve done it. But now ... “That win (Tuesday) might have solidified us making the playoffs,” Clovis head coach Jeff R...
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Right-hander Brayden Johnson threw a complete game four-hitter, outpitching Eastern New Mexico University’s Ethan Coombes, and Arkansas-Fort Smith held on for a 2-1 Lone Star Conference win over the Greyhounds on Saturday in the first of two seven-inning games. Three of the hits came in the top of the seventh, ENMU (2-14, 2-14 LSC) broke through on a two-out RBI single by left fielder Camden Matthews, but Johnson got designated hitter Tristan Bowden on a grounder to second to leave the go-ahead runs str...
PORTALES — Rickie McBroom was at a bit of a loss for words. In a game where his Portales High boys squad led most of the way, including by 15 points in the second quarter, things got away late and the Rams dropped a 60-58 decision to Lovington on Tuesday night in the opening game of the District 4-4A tournament at the Ram Athletic Center. With the contest tied in the closing seconds, the Rams appeared to secure a defensive rebound with time to advance it, but Lovington senior guard Chris Perez poked the ball loose and c...
LOGAN — The Melrose and Logan girls continued their longtime rivalry on Friday night in the District 6-1A tournament finals. This time, it was the Lady Buffs’ turn to come out on top. The top two teams in Class 1A, Melrose used a 19-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to erase a 10-point deficit and post a 45-37 win over the Lady Longhorns. When pairings for the state tournament are announced today, it’s likely that Logan, which had won the first three meetings this season, will remain the No. 1 seed with Melro...
DORA — The Dora Coyotes erased a six-point halftime deficit on Wednesday and outlasted Gateway Christian 61-56 in a District 4-1A boys tournament matchup. Brothers Alex and Joe Urioste scored 20 and 18 points, respectively, for the third-seeded Coyotes (13-12), who won their fourth in a row and beat Gateway for the second time in the past couple of weeks. Senior Wes Tipton scored 15 points, sophomore Hurley Breedyk had 12 and sophomore Luke Tipton (Wes’ brother) added 10 for the fourth-seeded Warriors (16-10). In area gir...
Today • Clovis Portales Kennel Club (CPKC) Stars and Stripes Agility Trial — 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Curry County fairgrounds, 1900 E. Brady, Clovis. Hosted by the CPKC. All-breed agility trial; 700 runs per day. Free admission for spectators, but only competing dogs allowed at event. Concessions available. Information: http://www.cpkcdogs.com or 505-264-9198 • ENMU Department of Theater and Digital Filmmaking presents “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare — 2 p.m., Mainstage, ENMU University Theater Center, Portales. Directed by...
These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “Above the Bay of Angels” by Rhys Bowen: Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace. Arriving as Helen Barton from Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for cooking. Best of all, she's been chosen to accompany the queen to Nice. The threat of blackmail shadows Bella to the Riviera and a member of the que...
ROCHESTER, Pa. — Family and friends on Saturday commemorated the life and legacy of a combat controller from Cannon Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin was honored with a bridge dedication at the Veterans of Foreign War Post 128. The Vanport Bridge traversing the Ohio River was renamed, “USAF Combat Controller Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin Memorial Bridge.” Elchin, while deployed to Afghanistan, died Nov. 27, 2018, when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. Members of the 26th Special Tactics Squad...
CLOVIS — Before approving the 2020-21 district calendar in a unanimous vote, Clovis school board members noted overwhelming positive feedback from community members. They received a few more hurrahs at the Tuesday meeting from elected officials, confident they’d gotten more than a fair deal. The district calendar begins July 1 for K-5 Plus programs, with most students reporting Aug. 17 and preschool and kindergarten students Aug. 24. Curry County Commissioners Chet Spear and Seth Martin expressed thanks because the ins...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 8 ball pool, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night. Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 11 a.m. line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. Trivia Mania. Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 9 a.m. sew days, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 1 p.m. needle gang. Thursday: 7:30 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:45...
