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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASEBALL Prep standings District 4-5A Dist. All W-L W-L Carlsbad 6-0 19-4 Hobbs 3-3 9-14 Roswell High 2-4 10-13 Clovis 1-5 10-13 Thursday’s results Hobbs 16, Clovis 3; Carlsbad 9, Roswell High 1. Friday’s results Hobbs 8-4, Clovis 1-11; Carlsbad 17-10, Roswell High 5-2. Thursday’s games Clovis at Roswell High, 6 p.m.; Carlsbad at Hobbs, 4:30 p.m. Friday’s games Roswell High at Clovis (2), 4:30 p.m.; Hobbs at Carlsbad (2), 4:30 p.m. Regular season ends District 4-4A Dist. All W-L W-L Roswell Goddard 5-1 15-8 Artesia 5-1 13-...
GRADY – The Grady Bronchos belted three home runs and erased a seven-run deficit to top Melrose 14-10 on Thursday and earn a split of their District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. Grady (7-8, 1-5 district) ended a seven-game losing streak and kept its hopes for a berth in the six-team Class 1A state tournament alive. Melrose (8-3, 4-2), ranked second in Class 1A, posted an 11-1 win in five innings in the opener. Sophomore Deakin Ragland hit a solo homer in the first inning of Game 2, and eighth-grader Andre Garcia and junior Z...
ROSWELL – Portales High’s girls finished fourth in the five-team Coyote Classic, hosted by Roswell High on Thursday at Spring River Golf Course. Hobbs took girls team honors with a score of 362, while the Lady Rams came in at 460. Hobbs also captured the top spot in the boys’ portion of the meet, shooting 326. Junior Paige Yazzie led Portales’ girls at 56-49 – 105. The medalist for the girls was Falyn Lackey of Hobbs, who shot 84. On the boys’ side, sophomore Stratton Seifert finished at 51-57 – 108 for the Rams. Hobbs h...
CLOVIS – It was a tough week for Clovis High's softball team. After getting run-ruled at Lady Wildcat Field on Tuesday by Roswell High, the Lady Wildcats found the going even rougher when they welcomed second-ranked and defending Class 5A champion Carlsbad on Friday night. The Cavegirls (20-2, 8-0 District 4-5A) beat Clovis 18-1 and 18-0, with both games ending in three innings on the 10-run rule. The Lady Cats (2-20, 0-8) managed only two hits off Cavegirls senior Johnna A...
PORTALES – When the Portales High volleyball team takes the court next year, there will be only one Bailey on the sideline. PHS has named Bailey (Rowley) Greenwalt to replace Jacki Bailey as its volleyball coach. “I’m really excited to bring our legacy back and show what it means to me,” Greenwalt said. “I’m excited to bring our legacy back and show what Portales means to me. “It means a lot to give back to the community.” A 2016 PHS grad, Greenwalt served as an assistant for two years under Jacki Bailey, who resigned the po...
PORTALES – Fresh off a big win in Thursday's series opener at Roswell, Portales High's baseball team couldn't continue the momentum at home on Friday. Roswell Goddard pounded out 26 hits, including 17 in the opener, and cruised to 15-3 and 12-0 District 4-4A run-rule victories over the Rams at Ram Field. While the Rockets (15-8, 5-1 district) scored in eight of the 10 innings, their pitching limited the Rams to nine singles in the two games. On Thursday night, PHS stunned G...
HOBBS – Clovis High's baseball team got its first District 4-5A win on Friday night, pounding Hobbs 11-4 in the second game of a doubleheader. The Eagles, who pulled away late to win 16-3 in Thursday's series opener at Bell Park, took Game 1 in Friday's twin bill 8-1. The split ended a five-game losing streak for the Wildcats (10-13, 1-5 district) and keeps them in contention for a possible Class 5A state playoff berth heading into next week's regular-season series finale agai...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University has announced that it will not retain women’s basketball coach Meghan De los Reyes for the 2023-24 school year. In a release on the university’s web site, athletic director Paul Weir said the school is looking to go in a different direction. “After review of the women’s basketball program, we have decided upon a change in leadership,” Weir said in the release. “We look very much forward to a new chapter of Greyhound women’s basketball.” Martin Pazanin, De los Reyes’ lead assis...
SAN ANTONIO – Senior center fielder Ryan McGowen hit a long tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning and St. Mary’s held on for a 5-4 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in the opener of a Lone Star Conference baseball doubleheader on Friday at Nelson Wolff Stadium, home of the Class AA minor-league San Antonio Missions. The Greyhounds chased Rattlers starter Clay Bradford in the third inning of Game 2, but as the designated hitter Bradford delivered four hits and four RBIs, including a three-run homer, to St. Mar...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: French toast sticks. Lunch: Bacon cheeseburger on a bun, baked French fries, veggie cup and ranch, chilled pineapple or (grades 6-12) pizza, or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Waffles. Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, seasoned corn, fresh orange, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pulled pork or hamburger or burrito and fries. Wednesday: Homemade breakfast burrito. Lunch: Ravioli, garden salad, celery sticks and ranch, chilled peaches, whole wheat roll, cooki...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, green beans, cookies. Tuesday: Red chili beef enchiladas, pinto beans, green chile corn, chips and salsa, cherry cobbler. Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, Italian green beans, garlic toast, pudding. Thursday: Barbecued chicken, baked potato, blended veggies, dinner roll with margarine, peaches. Friday: Sloppy joe, fried potato wedges, baked beans, pudding. Friendship Senior Center 901 W. 13th St., Clovis...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Devine Doughnut Shop” by Carolyn Brown. For Grace Dalton, her sister, Sarah, and her cousin Macy, the Devine Doughnut Shop is a sweet family legacy and a landmark in their Texas town. But drama brews behind the counter, too. Grace is a sin...
The boss editor sent down a message to his minions last week with the tip that it had been 50 years since they cut the ribbon on the Kakawate Road. I drew the short straw and got the assignment of doing a column about the road. I guess someone who has driven the road all that time should be able to write about it. First, I want to relate that the road was there before Mayor James Kiker of Portales and the Muleshoe mayor met at the state line to snip the ribbon, it just...
