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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Staff report Eastern New Mexico University Athletic Director Jeff Geiser said Friday associate men’s basketball coach Stott Carter was named interim head coach, filling the vacancy left when Andrew Helton resigned earlier this week. Carter has been with Helton at ENMU for the past five seasons, helping the Greyhounds post a 63-72 record and reach the Lone Star Conference tournament four times. Geiser said that because of the timing of the change, the school decided to make the move now with Carter. “We had approval from (EN... Full story
A Clovis child was taken to a Lubbock hospital Friday afternoon after being struck by a car turning a corner at 21st and Norris streets, Police Chief Steve Sanders said. Sanders said the child, not identified, was being pushed in a stroller when the accident occurred. The child was taken to the hospital to be evaluated and treated for undisclosed injuries, Sanders said. Sanders said police would release more specific details today....
Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Cancer survivor Grayson Boerio, 2, dances with his aunt, Kaitlan Massey, during the 2014 Portales Relay for Life event Friday night at Greyhound Arena....
Staff report If the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team is going to reach the four-team Lone Star Conference tournament, the Greyhounds will need a strong finishing kick. Suffice it to say, they got off to a big-time start on Friday night at Greyhound Field. ENMU gave up three runs to Cameron in the top of the first, then quickly took control behind a 27-hit attack in blasting the Aggies 21-3. ENMU (23-22, 12-18 LSC) came in one-half game ahead of Cameron (16-25, 10-19) in the six-team LSC and 1 1/2 games behind... Full story
Staff report With only one Lone Star Conference win — in its LSC opener, no less — coming into this weekend’s season-ending four-game series against Texas A&M-Kingsville at Zia Field, the Eastern New Mexico University softball team needed three wins to be able to escape the LSC cellar. Freshman Cailin Garmon got the Zias off to a good start with a six-inning two-hitter in a run-rule-shortened 9-1 win in the opener, but the Javelinas came back to take the second game 9-3. Now ENMU (14-39, 2-23 LSC) needs a sweep of today...
Staff report Don’t look now, but Clovis High’s softball team is still in the District 4-5A race. The Lady Wildcats fell behind early in both games, but roared back to post a 10-9, 5-4 District 4-5A sweep of Hobbs at Lady Wildcat Field, the latter game in eight innings. link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis third baseman Mariah Chavez puts the tag on Hobbs’ Addison Lewis during a second-inning rundown in the opener of Friday’s District 4-5A softball doubleheader at Lady Wi...
Staff report It’s been a couple of weeks since junior Matt Lanier has been on the mound for Clovis High’s baseball team. Lanier, who has been limited to DH duty lately because of a rib injury, worked the seventh inning of Friday’s District 4-5A opener against Carlsbad at Bell Park. While a little shaky. he was able to nail down a save when he got the final out to leave the bases loaded in a 6-5 win over the Cavemen. Carlsbad’s Kain Fierro threw a three-hit shutout in the nightcap to give the Cavemen (18-6, 5-3 distric... Full story
CMI Columnist Your internal editor is in your brain. It’s that thing that filters your true thoughts into proper comments. link Grant McGee For instance, I’ve learned that if I encounter a female acquaintance I haven’t seen in a while and she is sporting a big belly, I wait for her to say something in the conversation indicating she may be expecting. I don’t automatically say, “Oh when’s the baby due?” I did that once. Just once. There was that time when I was heavier and w... Full story
