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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — After 17 years of serving as Clovis’ municipal judge, Jan Garrett is retiring. Garrett’s final day will be April 4. “In the 17 years I have served as judge, I have had nothing but support from the administration and the commission,” Garrett said in a release from the city. Garrett ran unopposed for her most recent term last March. “I would like to commend Judge Garrett for her years of service to the community as the city’s municipal judge,” Mayor David Lansford said. “Judge Garrett has performed her judicial duti...
A Fort Sumner native and former intern at the Clovis News Journal has received national recognition for investigative reporting. Andrew Chavez, a 2004 graduate of Fort Sumner High School, along with J. David McSwane of The Dallas Morning News, received the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The award, which includes a $25,000 prize, was for their series “Pain & Profit.” From The Dallas Morning News: “McSwane and Chavez’s work revealed systemic failures and inept oversight among private health care compani...
Bubba Jennings, a former Naismith Award winner and college basketball standout, was among inductees announced Monday to the Clovis High School 2019 Hall of Honor. Jennings, a 1980 CHS grad, played four seasons at Texas Tech University where he was named to the all-Southwest Conference team four times. Following his senior season he received the Naismith award, which goes to the nation’s best college men’s basketball player who is 6-foot tall or under. In addition to Jennings, Clovis Municipal Schools Foundation and Alu...
ALBUQUERQUE – The Melrose boys basketball team finished a mediocre 4-4 in district play and landed just a No. 5 seed in the Class 1A state tournament. But Saturday night, the Buffaloes captured their second straight state championship with a 54-50 victory over No. 2-seeded Fort Sumner, their district rival, at the DreamStyle Arena, aka The Pit. "If you would have told me we'd be in this position this year, I would have told you you were crazy last year," Melrose coach Kevin La...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales coach Wade Fraze always tells his players that once you reach the state basketball tournament, the seed is just a number. It doesn’t find open players, it doesn’t pull down rebounds, it doesn’t make free throws. But Portales also knew that top-seeded Kirtland Central was a pretty good team. The young Rams found out just how good Tuesday, as the Broncos controlled matters in a 71-39 victory at The Pit. Monique Shim had 18 points to lead three in double figures, and nine scorers overall for the Broncos...
RIO RANCHO — Noah Maxwell had 17 points, and the Fort Sumner Foxes pulled away in the second half to top Maxwell 47-37 Thursday at Santa Ana Star Center to return to the state title round. Jude Segura added 15 for the Foxes (23-8), who will face either Melrose or Quemado in the 6 p.m. championship game. Fort Sumner won the Class 2A title last season, and was moved to Class 1A after the New Mexico Activities consolidated its six classifications into five. The second-seeded Foxes led by as many as 17 in the second half, a...
RIO RANCHO — The Melrose Buffaloes are back to defend their Class 1A crown. A familiar foe is waiting for them. A 6 p.m. Saturday matchup against Fort Sumner awaits Melrose following its 58-45 victory over top-seeded Quemado Thursday at the Santa Ana Star Center. Tate Sorgen had 16 points to lead three in double figures for the Buffaloes (25-7), who bring a seven-game winning streak into the Saturday matchup of two reigning champions. The Foxes won the Class 2A title last year, and were moved to 1A when the New Mexico A...
CANYON, Texas — You can play a close-to-perfect 39:40, and then play perfect defense for 19 more seconds, and that's enough to win nearly every college basketball game. But that's why it's called March Madness, and why Lexy Hightower was a runaway winner for Lone Star Conference player of the year. The junior guard delivered one more time Friday, escaping a tight Eastern New Mexico double team and drawing the foul that gave her the game-winning free throws with 0.7 seconds l...
ROSWELL — Break up the Lady Wildcats? Well, maybe not just yet. But Clovis’ softball team is playing well and winning as a result. So far this season, the Lady ’Cats are 3-0, already giving them more victories than each of the last two Clovis teams had all spring. Thursday, they rolled up two more, sweeping Goddard 7-5 and 18-6. Clovis has thus far outscored its opponents by a combined 35-13 count. A lot stems from a wealth of talent and the competition that comes with it. There are a lot of players who want to be out there,...
PORTALES - A happy homecoming it wasn't for the Eastern New Mexico baseball team. After four straight games in Stephensville,Texas battling Tarleton State, the Greyhounds played host for the first time in nearly two weeks. But ENMU struggled to stifle the red-hot Texas A&M-Kingsville bats and dropped the opening game of the four game non-conference series 16-4 on Friday afternoon at Greyhound Field. The Javelinas (13-7) opened the game with a six-run first inning, but Eastern...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s softball team didn’t fare much better than its baseball counterparts Friday, beginning a short homestand by falling to Cameron 7-2 at Greyhound Field. The Hounds tied up the contest in the bottom of the second at 2-2, but couldn't keep pace with a Cameron offense that followed up two runs in the top of the second with two-run frames in both the third and fourth innings. Senior Kimberly Herron suffered the loss, knocking her season record to 6-7. Junior Precious Aguirre recorded the lone multi-h...
ALBUQUERQUE – Texico’s boys basketball team made a go of it against one of the state’s elite teams. The fourth-seeded Wolverines wanted more than just making a go of it in Friday morning’s State 2A semifinal at The Pit, wanted a return trip to the state championship game. They had to settle for a stirring comeback and, ultimately, a 73-67 overtime loss to top-seeded and defending state champ Pecos. But they had gone down swinging. A little consolation for head coach Ty Thatcher. “I feel like any time the season ends on a loss...
ALBUQUERQUE - It was a turnaround the Lady Buffaloes didn't want. The Melrose girls basketball team saw a double-digit lead turn into a four-point deficit in less than five minutes of the third quarter, leading to a 57-48 loss to Tatum in the Class 1A championship at DreamStyle Arena, aka The Pit. Celeste Jimenez led the Coyotes (28-4) with 21 points that included going 14-for-18 from the free throw line. Tatum went 34-for-42 from the charity stripe, while Melrose (24-7) went...
PORTALES — The Portales baseball season will be like a two-month-long tryout. As sixth-year head coach Dusty Nusser moves players around, sees how they fit, where they can maximize their abilities, he will guarantee few a continuous starting role. “A lot of guys are going to get an opportunity,” Nusser said. “If they can make the best of it, that’s good for our team. It’s going to be about making the best of your opportunities and going from there. Just because you started in the first game doesn’t mean you’ll be starting gam...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico football team is playing on the road this Friday, and it’s only the spring season. The Greyhounds have scheduled a special practice for 6 p.m. Friday at Leon Williams Stadium, on the campus of Clovis High School. The practice is an effort to highlight new players to the nearby community, and a tuneup for the annual Green-Silver spring game 6 p.m. March 29 at Greyhound Stadium. There is no cost to attend, and Greyhound players will hand out complimentary hot dogs throughout the event. Cla...
Today • St. Patrick’s Day • The Hard Road Trio and Travis Erwin in concert — Floyd United Methodist Church, 1536 NM 267, Floyd. Performing in workshop service at 9 a.m.; potluck lunch at 10:30 a.m.; concert from 2-4 p.m. All events free and open to public; donations accepted. Information: 575-714-0215 Monday • Photography & writing with ENMU’s visiting writer Don Mitchell — 8 a.m., Rotary Park, Portales. Free. Meet by playground. Bring camera of your choice, including cell phone cameras. Information: 575-607-6643 • Produce to...
