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PORTALES - A Portales man convicted of second-degree murder on Sept. 27 has been sentenced to an additional four years in prison. Gerardo Marquez, 36, was sentenced last month to 16 years in prison for the 2018 slaying of Erika Zamorano. On Monday, District Judge Donna Mowrer heard evidence alleging Marquez is a habitual offender, after which she added four years - for a total of 20 - to his sentence. According to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb, Zamorano,...
teams go. That’s how it is in basketball tournaments and how it was this past weekend in the Farwell Tournament. By the end of action Friday, the two host teams were headed to Saturday’s championship games, with both the Steers and Lady Blue scheduled to face Littlefield for the tournament crowns. Farwell’s boys earned their way into Saturday’s game with respective 47-28 and 50-30 victories over Claude on Thursday and Hale Center on Friday. The Lady Blue punched their champio...
FARWELL — How important is a regular-season basketball tournament? Most high school and college coaches would tell you, very important. The Farwell Tournament, a December staple around here, is one such tournament, an early-season test for teams that come from Texas and from across the train tracks in New Mexico. Getting a variety of different opponents, different offenses and defenses to contend with, playing on three consecutive nights, the surviving teams building to an e...
RIO RANCHO — You could say Clovis High’s girls cruised to victory in Friday’s consolation semifinals of the Rio Rancho Invitational. Senior guard Annabelle Martinez and junior post Hanna Nussbaumer both posted personal scoring bests and each outscored the opposition in a 48-13 pounding of winless Belen. The Lady Wildcats (3-4) were slated to face Sandia for fifth place on Saturday in a game which ended after press time. Martinez tallied 21 points, including four 3-pointers, while Nussbaumer added 16 for the Lady Cats, who l...
ELIDA — For the second week in a row, Roosevelt County rivals Dora and Elida were slated to play for a tournament championship on Saturday night. Both won in Friday’s semifinals of the Elida Invitational, with the Coyotes dispatching Grady 59-48 while the host Tigers scored a 79-70 victory over Clovis Christian. The teams also met in the finals of Dora’s J.P. Stone Classic on Dec. 7, with the Tigers (6-0) posting a 66-52 win over the Coyotes (5-1). Sophomore Rylan Creighton scored 23 points, leading four Tigers in double figu...
ELIDA — The Grady boys basketball team is off to a solid start. The Bronchos, co-oping with San Jon and House, held on down the stretch to beat the Hobbs junior varsity 71-67 on Thursday in the boys quarterfinals of the Elida Invitational. Senior Chisum Rush scored 27 points for Grady (4-2), which led by eight with about three minutes left and had to withstand heavy pressure by Hobbs to get the win. “It was a big win,” Bronchos coach Jonathan Langan said. “It was a fast-paced game.” Junior Chad Becerra added 14 points an...
AUSTIN, Texas — Senior forward Deijah Blanks scored 23 points and sophomore center Sammie Dufek posted a double-double off the bench on Saturday as St. Edward’s defeated Eastern New Mexico University 78-70 in a Lone Star Conference women’s matchup. The Hilltoppers (7-2, 3-1 LSC) led 42-28 at halftime, stretched that margin to 19 early in the third quarter and held on late for the win. Dufek went 6-of-9 from the field, finishing with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while junior center D’aviyon Magazine added 10 points. ENMU (7...
PORTALES — A team’s home opener is always a big deal because ... well ... it’s the home opener. And Portales’ girls basketball team turned in a performance that fit the occasion Tuesday night. The Lady Rams led most of the game and pulled away for a 71-53 victory over previously-undefeated West Las Vegas in front of a sparse but enthusiastic crowd at the Ram Athletic Center. “West is always scrappy, and I knew they’d be tough coming in,” Portales head coach Wade Fraze said. “They have a lot of fight in them, they’ve got som...
ARTESIA — With the game seemingly beginning to slip away, Clovis High’s girls managed to get things turned back in their favor on Tuesday night. The Lady Wildcats saw a 16-point lead slip to six late in the third period, but pulled away again down the stretch to beat Artesia 60-47. Senior guard Annabelle Martinez scored a season-best 18 points and junior post Hanna Nussbaumer added 15 for the Lady Cats (2-3), who shot 14-of-17 from the free throw line with Nussbaumer going 7-for-8. “When it came down to crunch time, we figur...
TAOS — It shows up in the loss column, but Portales High boys coach Rickie McBroom said Friday’s 57-48 setback to Taos is the kind of game which could pay dividends down the line. Making their second trip to northern New Mexico in four nights, the Rams (2-1) suffered through a four-point second quarter, then rallied to take a three-point lead after halftime before the Tigers (5-1) took control late. “It was a great environment, playing against a good team,” McBroom said. “It’s going to benefit us a lot later in the season.” J...
ALBUQUERQUE — After four nailbiters against quality competition to open the season, Clovis High’s boys enjoyed a game with a little breathing room on Saturday. The Wildcats jumped on Roswell Goddard early and never let go in a 67-52 victory over the Rockets in the seventh-place game of Albuquerque Academy’s Joe Armijo Classic. Junior guard Blake Muscato scored 19 points for the Cats (2-3), who had split a pair of one-point decisions before dropping five-point decisions in each of their first two games in this event. “It w...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico has three finalists, and potentially a fourth, in its second go-round to hire a new athletic director and is planning campus visits this week. ENMU Chancellor Jeff Elwell reported on the three finalists during Friday’s ENMU board of regents meeting. The candidates are: n Matt Billings, deputy athletic director at Portland State University. Billings has been at Portland State for eight years, and previously served the college in athletics compliance and student services field. He will make his...
CLOVIS — If it were up to Mark Sena, the New Mexico Track & Cross Country Coaches Association 5A Coach of the Year award he’s being given next month would not just go to him, but also to every coach and mentor he’s had along the way, every assistant who has helped him coach at Yucca Middle School, Fort Sumner High School and Clovis High too. Not that Sena isn’t honored by his Coach of the Year selection. He says he had never won an award, not for coaching or teaching or anything else. So this one is pretty sweet, especially a...
Yucca tops Gattis seventh-graders The Yucca seventh-grade boys hosted Gattis Tuesday night and won by a score of 38-23. Yucca took control with a 10-3 first quarter, and improved to 5-0 on the season. Cameron Millow scored 13 to lead the Chaps and went 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. Cole Cabeldue leads the Chaps in scoring at 9.9 points per game. Gattis’ leading scorer was Kalil Torres-Pierre with16 points. The Cubs fell to 3-3 on the season, and host Marshall 5:45 p.m. Monday. The Eastern New Mexico News accepts s...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Sheriff’s Office reported a fatal crash Saturday morning on N.M. 77 between Curry Roads G and H. Juan Araiza-Jaramillo, 21, died at the scene of the accident. According to a release from the sheriff’s office, Araiza-Jaramillo’s 2002 Chevy Silverado was traveling west on the state road, then left the roadway before rolling over just past the intersection of Curry Road G. The office is continuing the investigation into the cause of the crash....
Today • Advent lessons and carols service — 10:30 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1117 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-4638 • Causey community holiday dinner — 1 p.m., Community Building, Causey. Hosted by the Causey Homemakers Club. Club will furnish turkey, ham, dressing, gravy, and rolls. Attendees are asked to bring at least two side dishes. Information: 575-273-4220 • Clovis Community College Cultural Arts Series presents “A Mariachi Christmas” — 3 p.m., Marshall Auditorium, 100 Commerce Way, Clovis. Box off...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Friday: Clovis • Christopher Waltrip, 33, child abuse - negligently cause • Tonya Lucero, 37, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Sheila Madrid, 32, no seat belts, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, criminal damage to property, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, tampering with evidence, careless driving, failure to give immediate notice of accidents, leaving the scene of an accident, failu...
These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body” and “The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses” by Joanna Cole, donated in memory of Betty Beaver: As part of the bestselling children's science series ever, these two classic books have been re-released, introducing basic anatomy in a humorous and easy to understand format. The adventures of the characters as they ride a magic bus throughout the body appeal to children of all ages while teaching basic facts about t...
CLOVIS — A Clovis woman received a three-year suspended sentence Wednesday morning for a charge of abuse following her son’s 2015 death. A jury trial for Rocio Montanez, 29, went for two days before a plea deal was struck. Under the deal, Montanez pleaded to one count of child abuse not resulting in great bodily harm. Montanez was initially indicted by a Curry County grand jury in May 2015 on charges of child abuse resulting in great bodily harm of a child following the death of her 18-month-old son, Noah Trujillo, at Pla...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Waffle. Lunch — Spaghetti with meatballs, garden salad, mini carrots and ranch, orange smiles, whole wheat roll, veggie bar. Tuesday: Breakfast — Sausage biscuit. Lunch — Turkey and cheese wrap, veggie dippers, ranch dressing, fresh apple, veggie bar. Wednesday: Breakfast — Homemade breakfast burrito. Lunch — Battered waffle chicken bites, mashed potatoes and gravy, seasoned, green beans, chilled pineapple, veggie bar. Thursday: Breakfast — Orange muffin top. Lunch — turkey and dres...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8 ball pool, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 Christmas party. Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia. Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 9 a.m. sew days, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 1 p.m. needle gang. Thursday: 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1...
