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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico women's basketball team is preparing to travel to Oklahoma City for a 12 p.m. non-conference battle against Oklahoma Christian on Monday. Last time out The last time the Greyhounds were in action was back on Dec. 8 at home against Northern New Mexico. The Hounds picked up their biggest win of the season in a 104-44 victory over the Eagles. Leading by 16 at the halftime break, Eastern came out and dominated the second half, outscoring NNMC 61-17 to run away with the victory. As a team, the H...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team made a few difficult shots but also missed a few easy ones, and that proved crucial during its first loss of the season, 50-48, on Thursday to Class 2A-ranked Texico. Ashley Shipley led the Lady Rattlers, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com, with 17 points, and Jasmine Jones added 12 as they fell to 5-1 overall. Texico, ranked third in Class 2A, improved to 7-2 overall, with both of its losses to a Farwell team ranked in the top 10 in Texas Class 2A. Shipley hit two buzzer-beating...
NEW ORLEANS — The Eastern New Mexico men's indoor track and field team will enter the 2019 indoor track and field season as the 18th-ranked team in NCAA Division II according to the USTFCCCA Indoor Track and Field Preseason Poll released this week. As a team, the Greyhounds finished fifth last year in the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships and went on to have a pair of runners earn All-American honors at the NCAA Division II National Championships in the 60-meters, 200-meters, and the high jump. The Hounds return junio...
ALBUQUERQUE — Both the Clovis boys and girls basketball teams didn’t fare as well as they would’ve liked in their weekend tournaments. But each ended their northwest visits with victories to salvage their trips and hopefully bring some momentum back with them. Young Wildcats evolving ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis boys team is young, still figuring things out, and trying to do so without its leading scorer Jacob Moon, who has had an injured Achilles since the season opener at Canyon, Texas, and finally had to be shut down for a w...
BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS LAS VEGAS, N.M. — This past week, Portales’ girls basketball team forged ahead without its best player, and in the two games played, the Lady Rams were 1-1. They’ll take it. Taylee Rippee separated her shoulder against in the Santa Fe Tournament last weekend and found out Friday that she’s likely out until early January. The Lady Rams have had no choice but to play without her, test their mettle against two Las Vegas-area team, see how it turns out. Their mixed 1-1 bag indicated they can compete...
TUCUMCARI - The state-ranked Texico boys basketball team owned a size advantage against Tucumcari and used it during a 64-45 victory Thursday at Tucumcari High School's Snake Pit. The Wolverines' varsity roster listed players at 6-foot-4, 6-foot-3, 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-2, while the Rattlers don't have one player that tall. Still, Tucumcari head coach John Span said his squad could have done a few things to counter Texico's height advantage. "I think their size bothered us a...
PORTALES - The Portales boys basketball team can win close games, and can put games out of reach, too. This past week brought examples of both. Friday night, the Rams took care of Muleshoe 71-56, enjoying a fairly comfortable lead for most of the way at the Ram Athletic Center. Three days earlier in the same gym, they rallied from 18 down to beat West Las Vegas 62-61. Winning big, winning in the clutch. The most important aspect of both for Portales is the 'winning' part....
PORTALES — A one-mile stretch of South Roosevelt Road 12 — from SRR 12 to NM 206 — will be closed to all traffic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday for road work. That’s according to a press release from Roosevelt County. For more information, contact the county road department at 575-356-5942 or the county administration offices at 575-356-5307....
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will consider just one item at its meeting on Tuesday, a notice of intent to adopt changes to the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA). City Manager Sammy Standefer said the ordinance is meant to bring the city into alignment with changes to state law that allow for LEDA funds to be put toward projects in arts and cultural districts, as well as retail businesses. Standefer said ultimately a special election could be called to determine how the city’s LEDA funds will be use...
