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Club volleyball tryouts are scheduled for today at Yucca Middle School. Tryouts will be 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. for girls in grades 6-8 and 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. for girls in grades 9-12. Each participant is required to register in advance through USA Volleyball, which can be done at suncountryvb.org by following the “Juniors, Adults and Officials Registration” link. The club choice is High Plains Volleyball Club. Fees are $30 for tryouts, and an additional $25 should the player commit to playing and a USAV membership. Players sho...
PORTALES — Portales’ football team is headed back to the final four. The Rams earned a return visit to the state 4A semifinal round with a 64-32 victory over Grants on Saturday at Greyhound Stadium. By Portales head coach Jaime Ramirez’s own admission, it was a far-from-perfect victory, filled with penalties and turnovers, but the Rams got it done — thanks in part to six interceptions by their defense — and they are moving on to the semis, where they will host Taos in a 1 p.m....
Goodbyes can be difficult. I’ve learned that I’m so much better at hellos. Today marks the start of my last week as publisher at Clovis Media. My family and I arrived in eastern New Mexico a little more than three years ago. The communities here were extraordinarily welcoming, and we’ve made some great friends over that span. My life in journalism has taken me on an exciting voyage that has included Delaware, St. Louis, upstate New York, two cities in North Carolina, Las V...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico had a pair of first-team selections — one on offense and one on defense — and 16 overall selections between 15 players on the All-Lone Star Conference football teams, announced Friday by the league office. Running back Paul Terry was named to the league’s first-team offense, while deep snapper Roope Henry was named to the first-team defense. Conference champion Tarleton State had nine first-team selections overall — five on offense a...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Eastern New Mexico sophomore Gabriel Peres was named Wednesday to the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association All South Central Region second team, according to a release from the school. The midfielder is the first player in five seasons to receive an all-region position. That year, the Greyhounds had Kal Herbert make the first team and Julian Roberts and Andy Wilkinson make the second team. Peres, in his first season with ENMU, was sec...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico men's basketball team fought early on to open the Ed Messbarger Tip-Off Classic, but St. Edward’s pulled away in the second half to take an 85-68 win in the first day of the even hosted by Angelo State. The Greyhounds (1-3), however, got their first victory Saturday at the Classic, beating Jarvis Christian 88-60. No further information was available at press time. Eastern New Mexico got off to a fast start, jumping out to a 14-8 adv...
PORTALES — Just two games into the 2018-19 season, Eastern New Mexico’s women’s basketball team has already filled a vacancy for the 2019-20 roster. Taylor Hall, a senior guard at Casteel High School in Queen Creek, Arizona, has signed with the school to play next season, according to a release from the school. The Greyhound roster has three seniors, with a starting spot currently occupied by point guard Dasia Johnson. As a junior, Hall averaged 14 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.2 a...
PORTALES — Fresh off its best season in program history, the Eastern New Mexico women’s soccer team hopes to enter 2019 with more depth and offensive firepower. Eight high-school seniors, all from Texas, signed on to play for the Greyhounds in the fall. They’ll be part of a team that reached the Lone Star Conference championship for the first time in 16 seasons, and hopes to win it in the 17th. “More depth is what we need,” ENMU coach Joshua Smith said. “We have some player...
DENVER - The Eastern New Mexico cross country teams concluded their seasons Saturday at the South Central Regional championship meet. It's still up in the air whether senior Mercy Rotich has extended hers. Rotich finished 15th Saturday in the loaded regional 6K, crossing the finish line in 22:18.7. Plenty still has to take place before Rotich, who won the region and finished sixth at nationals in 2016, knows if she'll get a bid to the Dec. 1 national meet in Pittsburgh....
MELROSE — There will be a new Eight-Man state football champion. That much was clear Friday night after four-time defending champ Melrose was defeated at home 53-24 by top-seeded Gateway Christian. The first state titleist not hailing from Melrose since 2013 will be either Gateway or Tatum, who play for the crown this Saturday in Tatum, beginning at 1 p.m. Not that Melrose didn’t try hard to get back and play for a fifth straight title. Injuries beset the Buffaloes early in...
HOBBS — It may seem like, ho-hum another Farwell football victory. 10 in a row; so, what else is new? There were, however, a couple of twists in Farwell’s 53-6 shellacking of Van Horn Friday night. The game was played in New Mexico, at Hobbs High School’s big stadium. And it was the opening round of Texas 2A D2 playoffs for the Steers, who were the last area team to enter postseason play. They scored early and often, quickly putting their stamp on a Bi-District round victory that sent them into next weekend’s Area round,...
RIO RANCHO — Harlie Roach of Logan went up high and smashed a shot into the Melrose line Saturday in the Class 1A Volleyball State Championship Match, then got a confused look on her face. She looked across the net looked behind her. “We were battling it out back and forth, back and forth,” she said. “It could have been anybody’s. I was kind of shocked. I didn’t know what side the ball came on. I turned around and I was all, ‘What happened,’ then everybody started screaming. B...
RIO RANCHO — There’s a reason Texico wins title after title after title when state volleyball time comes. It’s that the Wolverines never emphasize winning title after title after title. Their latest conquest came Saturday in Class 2A, as the Wolverines made quick work of Dulce 25-18, 25-22, 25-12 to finish the year 19-5 and win a fifth-straight championship at the Santa Ana Star Center. That’s now 11 in the last 13 seasons, with the current streak and their six consecu...
On this date ... 1960: Coyan's, a furniture store at 212 S. Ave. A in Portales, had a moonlight sale and offered up to 36 months to pay. Specials included a five-piece maple bunk bed outfit for $68, three-piece early American sectionals for $348.88 and Westinghouse washer-dryer sets for $368.88. 1960: A Mack truck, hauling a load of lumber, had overturned on Portales' Second Street in front of Mac's Drive-Inn. Truck driver Roy Wright, of Portales, said a chain broke, causing...
CLOVIS — A Sandia Elementary teacher, and a pair of teachers at the Arts Academy at Bella Vista, have been honored by the Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico, according to a release from Clovis’ public schools. Roxanne Mitchell of Sandia was one of seven elementary teachers across the state to receive the 2019 Golden Apple Award. She was notified of the award during a surprise school assembly in her honor. The Golden Apple award is given to teachers based on their excellence in the classroom and commitment to the tea...
