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CLOVIS — A Lubbock man was acquitted Wednesday on battery charges in connection to the 2017 death of his son. David Plyler, 61, of Lubbock, received the acquittal following roughly a day-and-a-half trial, with attorney Dan Lindsey nothing the Curry County jury took just 31 minutes to acquit. “I appreciate the jury,” Lindsey said, “but this case should have never gone forward.” According to court records, Plyler, then 58, was visiting Clovis over the New Year holiday and ended up in an altercation with his 29-year-o...
CLOVIS — Welcome home, state playoff football. After a three-year wait, postseason action is finally returning to Leon Williams Stadium as Clovis hosts defending 6A champion La Cueva on Friday, marking the Wildcats’ first state tournament home game since 2016. And the second-seeded Wildcats (7-3) couldn’t be more thrilled about beginning their state tournament quest at home, while also playing any game there for the first time since Oct. 11. “It’s going to be huge, especiall...
CANYON, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico women's cross country finished its 2019 season with a 13th-place finish out of 29 teams Saturday at the 2019 South Central Regional meet hosted by West Texas A&M. The Hounds were paced by 2019 All-Lone Star Conference performer Evaline Cheptoo, who finished in 29th place with a time 23:01.28 in the 6K race. Eastern New Mexico totaled 403 points to finish seven points behind West Texas A&M and as the fourth-best LSC school at the event. Aminata Kenyawani, the LSC’s newcomer of the yea...
The Texico Lady Wolverines have set a high standard when it comes to Class 2A state volleyball tournament play. Meantime, the Melrose Lady Buffs are certainly trying to follow suit in Class 1A. Both schools earned No. 1 seeds for 12-team state competition in five classes, scheduled from Thursday through Saturday in Rio Rancho. Class 1A will play at Rio Rancho High School on Thursday, while everything else is scheduled for Santa Ana Star Center. The NMAA has eliminated pool...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Two days after scoring a big upset in Lone Star Conference play, Eastern New Mexico University scored a three-for-three in the LSC’s weekly player awards. The Monday release from the league office designated ENMU’s Paul Terry as offensive player of the week, Mazin Richards as defensive player of the week and Tyler Vargas as speical teams player of the week. All three played key roles in the Greyhounds’ 20-17 overtime win against then-No. 21 Angelo State. Monday marked the first time any LSC team has cla...
MELROSE — A run of four consecutive 8-man state championships came to an abrupt end for Melrose in last year’s semifinal round. The Buffaloes are looking to possibly start a new streak this season when they face a familiar foe in District 3 rival Tatum for the championship in a 6 p.m. kickoff on Friday at Melrose. Both teams are 10-1 coming in, and each is responsible for the other’s loss — on the other’s home turf, no less. “It doesn’t happen in football very often,” Melro...
PORTALES — Portales Rams senior lineman Philip Blidi is looking forward to a college football career. For now, though, he still has some unfinished business. The 6-foot-4, 258-pound tackle/defensive end is hoping to help his team advance in Saturday’s 1 p.m. Class 4A state quarterfinal game against Silver at Greyhound Stadium. “I’m anxious to get going,” Blidi said Monday as the Rams (9-1) returned to work following last week’s first-round bye. “It’s my senior year and my last ride. I’m anxious to keep it going and possibl...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s football team saved its best for last. Last home game, that is. Next-to-last game overall. The Greyhounds, in their final appearance at Greyhound Stadium this season and their penultimate game of 2019 — rallied to beat No. 21 Angelo State 20-17 in overtime Saturday night on Al Whitehead Field. The Hounds’ victory knocked Angelo from the national Division II Top 25 rankings while evening out their own final Lone Star Conference record at 4-4 and...
PORTALES — After a successful opening weekend in the LSC/RMAC Conference Challenge last weekend at Durango, Colo., the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team gets back in action with a 5 p.m. tipoff today against NAIA member Northern New Mexico at Espanola. ENMU has dominated the Lady Eagles (1-6) in the three previous meetings in the series, winning by an average margin of 28 points. Last season, the Greyhounds posted a 104-44 rout over NNMC at home. At Durango, the Hounds opened their regular season on Fri...
