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CLOVIS — Without even having to put in a full night’s work, the Clovis High football team clearly showed its dominance Friday against Hobbs. In a contest shortened 9 minutes and 5 seconds by relentless lightning and torrential rain, the Wildcats poured it on the rival Eagles, breaking open what had become a dicey game to notch a 42-16 victory at Leon Williams Stadium. “It’s always good to win your first football game and get off to a good start in the win-loss record,...
ALBUQUERQUE — Hot turf, cool customers. The Portales Rams never trailed Saturday and took care of business in a 22-13 victory over Hope Christian at Milne Stadium. The opening-week win is the fourth in the last five seasons for Portales (1-0), which also got a little bit of revenge from last season’s 10-3 defeat at Greyhound Stadium. The games were polar opposites, both in the score and the temperature. The Huskies and Rams initially tried to move the game to 5 p.m. due to concerns about the heat in Albuquerque, but no dice a...
CLOVIS - The Clovis boys soccer team was hoping Friday would be the start of big things, lighting the fuse for a season that ends with a second consecutive lengthy playoff run. Though the Wildcats may yet have that long postseason run, the season did not begin as they had hoped. They lost a defensive battle against Sandia Prep, dropping their opener 1-0 at Yucca Middle School. But, the 'Cats didn't have to wait long to bounce back. The schedule had them right back at Yucca...
PORTALES — Get ready for new green and silver gear, all with the interlocking U’s and A’s. For the next four years, Eastern New Mexico University is an Under Armour school. The deal was announced by the university via release Wednesday, and the university provided the four-page contract Thursday morning after a request from The News. "ENMU and Eastern Athletics are very excited to partner with Under Armour," Interim Athletic Director Jeff Long said in the release. "Our agreement will provide our teams with quality unifo...
It was a big Friday for regional football teams, as Melrose, Texico and Elida all notched lopsided victories. There were successful head-coaching debuts for Texico’s Bob Gilbreath and Elida’s Jereme Woodruff, plus a memorable first-ever home game under the lights for the Tigers. Melrose 54, Dulce 0 ALBUQUERQUE — A victory is always worth the trip — even when it’s a three-hour trip and the win takes a little more than a half to complete. The Buffaloes journeyed northwest to neutral-site Menaul High School in Albuquerq...
RICHARDSON, Texas — If preseason polls are any indication, Dallas Baptist is expected to be right at the top of the cross country heap in its first year with the Lone Star Conference. The Patriots are picked overwhelmingly to win the women’s championship, and predicted to finish second in the men’s race behind defending champ West Texas A&M according to a poll of LSC head coaches, sports information directors and media members — 38 voters in the men’s poll and 41 in the women’s poll. Eastern New Mexico was slotted six...
RICHARDSON, Texas — A season after reaching their first Lone Star Conference title game in program history, Eastern New Mexico’s women’s soccer team will have to pull some upsets again to make a return trip or even make the tournament. The Greyhounds, who finished fifth place in last year’s seven-team LSC field before scoring a pair of tournament upsets, are expected to finish in eighth place with a 14-team conference. That’s based on the LSC preseason poll, which surveyed 32 LSC head coaches, sports information directors and...
Curry County volleyball is in a good place right now, with a five-time defending champion in Texico, a 2017 state champion and ’18 state finalist in Melrose, and a Grady team that posted a winning record last year and returns a solid contingent. Texico This year’s Lady Wolverines will be vying for their sixth-consecutive state championship, their 12th in the last 14 seasons, but will be doing so with a different team than the one that captured a fifth-straight state title last November. Among the players returning, sen...
CLOVIS — The Clovis volleyball team is on a mission this season. A mission to win? Yes, of course, like any team. But the Lady Wildcats are also on somewhat of a philosophical mission, a mission not to be ordinary, a quest to stand out. “Our theme for the year is ‘built different,’” Clovis volleyball coach Ruth Chavez said, “because I told (the players), ‘if you want to do great things, you can’t do what everybody else is doing. ... We have to go and do extra. ... We don’t want to be average. We want people to know that Clov...
PORTALES — Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a countrywide Census to gather statistical information from the population that affects everything from federal funding to congressional representation. Participation and complete counts during the Census are key, because inaccuracies won’t be corrected for 10 years. Roosevelt County held its Census 2020 discussion meeting on Thursday to raise awareness of the Census and its importance to the county, as well as begin planning efforts to reach out to both the ave...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Dan Lucero, 31, probation violation • Amanda Garcia, 33, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Virginia Fallis, 49, failure to pay fines • Rito Ballejos, 35, probation violation • Jessica Pina-Garcia, 30, battery against a household member, criminal damage to the property of a household member (under $1,000), criminal trespass (damage), aggravated stalking (violation of protection order), resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Nicole...
A Clovis man on Wednesday was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for resisting arrest and possession of controlled substances and paraphernalia. Jeremy Racette, 34, was convicted May 31 by a Curry County jury of fourth-degree felony possession of a narcotic and three misdemeanors. The charges stemmed from Aug. 4, 2018, when “a Clovis Police Officer nearly collided with a bicycle being operated by Racette,” according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. “Racette attempted to run from officers and resis...
CLOVIS — About 40 percent of Curry County’s employees have received a raise with the adoption of the 2020 Fiscal Year County Salary Plan that will go in effect Sept. 8. County Manager Lance Pyle said the last salary hike of this scale was in 2014, with smaller raises targeted at the sheriff’s department and detention center in 2015 and 2016. Vincent A. Yermal presented the plan to the commission and said the goal was to get county employees as close as possible to the midpoint of a salary range determined by looking at simil...
CLOVIS — It will take roughly $90 million more to complete much of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority’s Interim Ground Water Pipeline, officials said Thursday. How many years that will take is another question, but board members in their regular meeting discussed their hopes for an “accelerated proposal” to securing that funding at federal, state and local levels. In a presentation on the IGWP finance plan, ENMWUA administrator Orlando Ortega said the authority’s “intent is to apply for the maximum amount” of Wate...
An Albuquerque truck driver died early Friday morning when his vehicle collided with a truck driven by a Melrose man on U.S. 60/84 east of Melrose. Pedro Renteria, 61, was driving a 2000 Freightliner tractor with trailer, traveling west at milepost 369, when the collision occurred. A news release from Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller said Renteria died at the scene. A passenger in his vehicle, Juan Luis Renteria Reyes, 32, also of Albuquerque, was airlifted to a Lubbock hospital with critical injuries. The accident...
CLOVIS — State and local representatives, area farmers and other stakeholders in the Clovis groundwater contamination stemming from Cannon Air Force Base met Tuesday to hear ideas for addressing the issue. The next step is to bring those ideas to the United States Air Force. The center of Tuesday’s meeting, held at the Ingram Room of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, was a presentation by Tom Blaine of King Industries, who was retained for $15,000 to represent Curry Cou...
Tuesday should be a busy day at county clerk offices across the state, as many local boards are moving their previously spaced-out elections onto the November general election. Signup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Curry and Roosevelt county clerk offices for a total of 36 positions in 12 different elections — all non-partisan elections taking place Nov. 5. Members of the various boards have received reminders of the signup day in recent meetings, as the November election cycle is part of House Bill 407 legislation that put s...
Monday • First day of preschool for Elida Schools. Information: elidaschools.net or 575-274-6211 • First day of preschool for Texico Schools. Information: http://www.texicoschools.com or 575-482-3801 • Entry day 2019 Roosevelt County Fair — 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, Portales. Information: 575-356-4417 or rooseveltcountyfair.com • Peanut Valley Food Festival entries accepted — 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, Portales. Cash prizes for peanut cakes and pies, candy, and cookies. In...
