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  • Rams advance to state quarterfinals

    David Norton|Updated May 7, 2017

    PORTALES — In a classic pitching duel, Josiah Lucero and the No. 2 Portales baseball team got the better of No. 15 Santa Fe Indian, completing a best-of-3 series sweep and advancing to the next week's Class 4A quarterfinals with a 2-0 win on Saturday. Portales (21-7) scored in the opening inning and while managing only record three hits all game, the one run was enough. Lucero threw seven innings, giving up only three hits and two walks to the Braves (14-12). The opposing p...

  • Back-to-back HRs send Hawks past Cats

    The Staff of The News|Updated May 7, 2017

    LAS CRUCES — Centennial put on a quick power display in Saturday’s second game of a state Class 6A best-of-3 baseball series, and the Hawks never looked back. Seniors Manny Cachora and Cedric Reynaud hit two-out, back-to-back homers in the bottom of the first, erasing an early Wildcats lead and giving Centennial a 6-1 victory. The sixth-seeded Hawks (19-8) advanced to the quarterfinal round of the state players next Thursday, while the Cats (16-12) saw their season come to an end. Clovis dropped the series opener 6-5 on Fri...

  • Area golf teams prepping for state

    Dave Wagner|Updated May 7, 2017

    Clovis High boys interim golf coach Dale Fullerton expects Rio Rancho Cleveland to win this week's Class 6A boys state golf tournament at Spring River Golf Course in Roswell. The battle is on for second, however, and he thinks the Wildcats can be right in it. "Every one of our kids are capable of shooting 74 or 75," Fullerton said on Friday as the team prepared for the two-day event beginning on Monday. Seven full boys teams will compete, while the 6A girls field also...