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  • Three D-I exhibitions on ENMU men's basketball schedule

    The Staff of The News|Updated Sep 23, 2018

    PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico released its men’s basketball schedule for the upcoming season, with nine home games and three exhibitions with Division I teams. The 29-game regular season ends with a Feb. 27 exhibition at Grand Canyon University — a game the Greyhounds hope will be a final tuneup for March’s Lone Star Conference tournament in Frisco, Texas. “We are very excited about this year’s schedule,” third-year ENMU coach Tres Segler said, “We really wanted to play tough...

  • Football roundup: Dora bounces back

    Peter Stein|Updated Sep 23, 2018

    Another weekend gone, another area high school slate over. It was a good weekend for Farwell, Elida and Dora, not so good for Texico, Melrose and Floyd. Here’s how some of it shook out: Saturday Dora 50, Pine Hill 0 PINE HILL — It didn’t take the Coyotes long to rebound from their first loss of the season. Dora went on a long, long road trip this weekend and treated host Pine Hill to a 50-point thumping on Saturday afternoon, just a week after falling short, 26-20, against Menaul. Saturday’s outcome, which improved the Coy...

  • Rotich shatters school record, takes 12th at Chile Pepper Festival

    The Staff of The News|Updated Sep 22, 2018

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — How competitive was the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival college cross country meet Saturday morning? Eastern New Mexico senior Mercy Rotich shattered her own school record by a full 27 seconds, and she finished 12th. Rotich crossed the 5K course’s finish line in 17:37.7 at Alvi Park. The time was well faster than her 18:04.7 that netted her second place at last week’s Texas Tech Open. That performance broke Amber Saiz’ 18:07.78 set in 2015. Two other E...

  • ENMU football team notches first win

    The Staff of the News|Updated Sep 22, 2018

    KINGSVILLE, Texas — For the first time all season, Eastern New Mexico’s football team found itself with a lead. And just like last year’s version of the Green and Silver, this year’s knew exactly what to do with it. The Greyhounds took advantage of a pair of short fields early in the first quarter, then survived a Texas A&M-Kingsville rally for a 31-14 victory to finally get one in the W column and even their Lone Star Conference record to 1-1. Eastern New Mexico (1-3 overall), coming off a 21-11 loss to top-ranked Texas A...

  • Hounds keep rolling

    Kevin Wilson|Updated Sep 22, 2018

    PORTALES — With double their 2017 win total already reached entering Saturday, it’s safe to say nobody’s underestimating the Texas-Permian Basin Falcons anymore. But Saturday showed it’s not wise to sleep on Eastern New Mexico either. The Greyhounds rolled for the second time in as many days, sweeping the visiting Falcons 25-15, 25-17, 25-19 in a Lone Star Conference match at Greyhound Stadium. With the victory, the Greyhounds (7-8, 5-3 LSC) avenged a four-set loss Sept. 1...

  • Sartans sneak past Rams, 21-20

    The Staff of The News|Updated Sep 22, 2018

    ALBUQUERQUE — For the second-straight week, it will be another long bus ride home for Portales football. The Rams had their chances against St. Pius, but once again, some costly mistakes reared its ugly head. In the end, the Sartans managed to hold off the Rams, 21-20. “We didn’t win on any phase,” Rams coach Jaime Ramirez explained. “We didn’t win on offense, defense or special teams. If you don’t win in anything, it’s hard to win any games. We didn’t win in any phase, we...