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EUNICE — For the second day in a row, Portales baseball found that one inning to explode, following a slow offensive start. During Friday’s game at the Eunice Cardinal Tournament against Eunice, that inning turned out to be the top of the fifth, in a 15-0 blowout victory. “It kind of started with them making an error, and that kind of got us going a little bit,” Rams coach Dusty Nusser said. “We did a really good job of battling their pitcher (Logan Gaskins), and he’s a really good pitcher. “But we fouled off a lot of his pi...
DALLAS - The Texas Tech men's basketball team passed its first test in the NCAA Tournament, beating Stephen F. Austin 70-60 in the East Region's first round Thursday night at Dallas' American Airlines Center. Tonight, the third-seeded Red Raiders will play the sixth-seeded Florida Gators in the second round, again playing at the American Airlines Center, which is likely as close to a home game as the Raiders can have in this year's installment of March Madness. The game tips... Full story
CLOVIS - Dozens of Vietnam veterans and their families gathered at American Legion Post 25 on Friday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The event stems from a presidential proclamation by Barack Obama in 2012 establishing a 13-year period to honor those who took part in the conflict in southeast Asia from 1955 to 1977 in accordance with its 50th anniversary. At Friday's ceremony, Vietnam veterans or their family members received commemorative pins and... Full story
Parting is such sweet sorrow. That was the feeling, perhaps, among some of the children Friday afternoon dropping off their cherished stuffed animals for an after-hours interlude at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Youth Services Librarian Rachel Meeks said she saw the concept online and at other libraries, but believed this was the first time it was implemented in Clovis' library. Over a dozen young children began streaming into a meeting room of the library at 5 p.m. to... Full story
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s softball team was locked in a good one, going back and forth with Lone Star Conference foe Texas Woman’s before ultimately losing a heartbreaker, 5-4, on a seventh-inning homer Friday at Greyhound Field. The Greyhounds dropped a game under .500 overall (13-14) and in LSC play (6-7) with Friday’s narrow defeat. It was a game that saw Texas Woman’s go up 2-0, before ENMU came back to forge a 2-all tie, then had Texas Woman’s go ahead 4-2, with Eastern again rallying and tying the game at 4. That...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Senior guard Jairus Lyles scored 28 points, and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off the most shocking upset in NCAA Tournament history, defeating Virginia 74-54 on Friday night to become the first No. 16 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed. Virginia entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed after going 31-2 this season, including 20-1 in ACC competition. But the Cavaliers couldn’t get anything generated on offense and the nation’s top-ranked defense couldn’t contain America...
ODESSA, Texas— Eastern New Mexico’s baseball team capitalized on six UT-Permian Basin errors in a nearly-four hour, 5-2 road victory for the Greyhounds on Friday afternoon. After Permian Basin (2-19) tied it with a Tony Oslovar RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning, the Hounds (12-5) managed to regain the lead with an Alex DeLaCruz bases-loaded walk. Paul Tapia then reached safely on a fielder’s choice in the top of the seventh, while Julian Heredia scored on the same play, following a Falcon error. The Falcons then...
GODDARD — Texico’s boys basketball team didn’t endure its first loss until the final game of the season. Texico’s baseball team got it out of the way early. Friday, the Wolverines rallied to go ahead in the late innings, then surrendered the lead and lost to Midland Christian 8-7 at the Goddard Round Robin Tournament, dropping to 1-1 as a result. Midland Christian led right away, going up 1-0 in the top of the first inning, and after the Wolves tied it at 1 in the bottom of the second, the Mustangs took a 4-1 lead in the top...
On this date ... 1988: Eastern New Mexico University biology professor Tony Gennaro placed "Rover," a 12 1/2-foot python, in his home in the newly remodeled Natural History Museum in Roosevelt Hall on the ENMU campus. Rover was a fixture in the museum for years, and a popular visitor to local schools. Gennaro died in 2015, and in the spring of 2016, the museum was renamed the Dr. Antonio "Tony" Gennaro Natural History Museum in his honor. 1963: Spurred by a physical fitness...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday through Friday: Clovis • Amos Wood, 45, failure to pay fines • Nicky Lopez, 34, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Kip Hookstra, 41, aggravated driving while under the influence • Brandon Garza, 31, parole violation • Daniell Whaley, 30, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Desmar Acy, 39, probation violation, possession of drug paraphernalia • Nicolas Chambers, 19, battery against a household member, false imprisonment, criminal dama...
Monday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 1 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-935-4264 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at the Curry County Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-5591 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. at the Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — 5 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., C...
Today • Seventh Annual Leap for Life Fun Run — 9 a.m. at Ned Houk Memorial Park. Registration and check in from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Presented by the Pregnancy Resource Center. Information: 575-935-5433 • Wheatfields St. Patrick’s Day Social — Noon to 2 p.m. at Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Information: 575-762-8700 Monday • Journalism Focus Group — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at KENW-TV, 1500 S. Ave. K, Portales. Journalists, community members and university students majoring in communication...
PORTALES — After 5 1/2 months of searching, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority seems poised to hire a new executive director at its board meeting Monday afternoon in Portales. According to an agenda released Friday, first on the list of new business items is an “employment contract for administrator/executive director,” as well as “reclassification of administrative staff/office manager.” The board met March 9 in executive session to continue conversations with two candidates, Orlando Ortega and Jason Burns, fo...
SANTA FE — Allsup’s Convenience Stores, the Clovis-based chain that operates throughout New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, is giving its employees a grand bonus. That’s a grand as in $1,000 to each full-time, non-executive employee, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. Allsup’s said in a statement to the New Mexican that the windfall was “a result of the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed” in December. The bonus went to employees who have been with the company at least a year. Allsup’s operates 317 stores in New Mexico, West...
