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ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls earned a sixth-place team finish while the boys were 10th on Saturday in Class 5A state cross country competition hosted by Albuquerque Academy. Led by sophomore Brooke Newcomer, the CHS girls finished with 184 points. Eldorado, paced by freshman Gianna Rahmer’s meet-winning time of 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds over the five-meter course, posting a winning score of 60 to 72 for Rio Rancho. The Lady Cats were the top team from outside the Albuquerque metro area. Newcomer had a time of 19:22.8, goo...
Outsiders of college basketball's insulated world may hear about Daven Võ's current gig – first-year head coach of Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball – and wonder: Why is this your dream job? During recruiting season, he trades warm dinners with his wife, Laura, and three kids, for sprawling rural highways filled with unfamiliar faces for players who may commit elsewhere. What's more, his dream job takes place in Portales; a close knit, but isolated town wher...
HOBBS – Clovis High had both individual winners and fell short in its bid to sweep both team titles in Saturday’s District 4-5A cross country meet. Both squads qualified for Class 5A state competition on Saturday at Albuquerque Academy. The 5A girls run at 12:40 p.m., followed by the 5A boys. Led by sophomore Brooke Newcomer, who paced a 1-2-3 finish with a five-kilometer time of 20 minutes, 29.80 seconds, the Lady Wildcats finished with 24 points to 44 for Hobbs, 74 for Carlsbad and 108 for Roswell High. CHS coach Liz Ledezm...
PHOENIX – In two preseason trips to Arizona, Eastern New Mexico University’s men have taken their lumps. First-year coach Daven Vo hopes the Greyhounds can learn from the experience. Transfers JaKobe Coles (TCU) and Makaih Williams (Texas-Arlington) combined for 37 points on Tuesday night, leading five players in double figures, and defending Western Athletic Conference champion Grand Canyon cruised to an 87-57 exhibition victory over the Greyhounds. Last week, the Hounds lost at No. 10 Arizona 117-54. They open the 202...
Leon Williams was recuperating from heart surgery in 1970 when his daughter suggested they get out of the house. “Daddy,” she told him, “we need to get you out for a drive.” The family drove to one of Williams’ favorite places -- the Clovis High School football stadium where Leon played in the 1930s, where he broadcast maybe 100 games as a team booster, where he was affectionally known throughout the community as “Mr. Wildcat.” Soon after they pulled into the parking lot, Leon Williams noticed Wildcat Stadium had a new nam...
HOBBS – Seven Eastern New Mexico University runners – four for the men, three for the women – took part in the New Mexico Junior College Invitational cross country meet on Friday. It was the Greyhounds’ final tuneup before the Lone Star Conference meet, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Texas A&M-Kingsville. In the men’s 8-kilometer event, featuring 53 finishers, all four ENMU contestants were bunched in the 40s – freshman Bryan Hernandez, 41st in a time of 28 minutes, 35.1 seconds; freshman Justin Sauceda, 45th in 29:09.6; fr...
HOBBS – Sophomore Brooke Newcomer led a dominating finish for Clovis High’s girls on Saturday and the Lady Wildcats earned the team title in Hobbs’ Bob Jackson Invitational cross country meet. Newcomer posted a time of 20 minutes, 21.69 seconds over five kilometers, pacing a 1-2-4-6-8 finish for the team. Only three schools had full teams for the girls, with Carlsbad second at 62 and Roswell High third at 104. Freshman Roselia Morales was second in the event at 21:20.64, while senior Gabi Foggie placed fourth in 21:51...
I don’t remember how old I was, but I do remember being hungry. What I’ll describe took place, I think I recall, on a Sunday morning, and I know it was many decades ago. I feel sure that I was minding my own business. I know my mother was minding hers for that morning as she happened to be doing some cooking, probably for a church dinner, as I happened to be making my way through the kitchen. The details have long since become a bit foggy. I recall that, on a platter, bro...
ARTESIA – Clovis High’s girls used a 2-3-4 individual finish to squeak out a team victory while senior Sammy Fuentes’ individual title helped the CHS boys finish second in Artesia’s Twilight Invitational cross country meet on Friday. The Lady Wildcats finished with 49 points to edge Hereford by a point for team honors in the eight-school girls race. Meantime, Hobbs ran away with the boys’ team title with 44 points, while the Wildcats nipped Carlsbad for second place 81-80 in a 10-team field. Sophomore Brooke Newcomer...
Life can feel too complicated, moving too fast nowadays. Tensions are rising in the Middle East. An upcoming election could further split an already divisive country. Not to mention deadlines, commitments, bills and ruminating over the things you forgot to do – and things you wish you didn't do – that can feel all consuming. But simplicity and a slower pace was found inside Eastern New Mexico University's Golden Student Success Center as the High Plains Cosplay Club took pla...
The Clovis High School Wildcat Marching Band picked up top awards in recent band competitions at Eastern New Mexico University and in Denver City, Texas. "I think the kids did really, really great at stepping up to the challenge at their first contest. They were nervous but excited and they channeled that into some good success," new Band Director Daniel Perez said Monday. Perez took the top job with the marching band following the retirement of Bill Allred earlier this year....
CANYON – Senior Sammy Fuentes finished third and led Clovis High’s boys to a third-place team finish in Saturday’s Canyon Invitational cross country meet. Fuentes posted a time of 15 minutes, 40.53 seconds over the 5K course, finishing behind two Canyon runners – including winner Lathan Lewter (15:14.57). Canyon cruised to team honors in a field of 13 full squads with 22 points, well ahead of Frenship (112) and the Cats (143), who edged Plainview by one point. “We’re just working hard and trying to improve our speed,” CHS...
Portales and Elida school districts have earned top honors in a statewide Golden Chile Awards Program for buying and serving locally grown food, providing tasting opportunities, supporting student-led gardens, and educating students about the importance of healthy nutrition. That’s according to a news release from Healthy Kids Healthy Communities The awards program recognizes farmers, school districts, senior centers and preschools in a four-tiered recognition program – Seed, Sprout, Blossom and Golden Chile -- designed to...
Portales and Elida school districts have earned top honors in a statewide Golden Chile Awards Program for buying and serving locally grown food, providing tasting opportunities, supporting student-led gardens, and educating students about the importance of healthy nutrition. The awards program recognizes farmers, school districts, senior centers and preschools in a four-tiered recognition program – Seed, Sprout, Blossom and Golden Chile -- designed to acknowledge all levels of involvement in New Mexico’s local food mov...
Clovis Municipal Schools Board members on Tuesday discussed honoring longtime Clovis High football coach Eric Roanhaus in some fashion. "Several different times people have reached out to me. All kinds of people," said board member Shawn Hamilton. "It makes sense to honor him. It also honors those who were part of his program. "It's time we honor this legacy." Board member Paul Cordova, like Hamilton, played football at CHS under Roanhaus. "He put (Clovis) on the map. When we...
After enduring a tough five-set loss two nights earlier to Melrose, it took Clovis High's volleyball team a while to get cooking on Thursday night against Lovington at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Three aces from junior outside hitter Lileigh Oborny, including two to start her service run, did the trick and the Lady Wildcats eventually cruised to a 25-16, 25-10, 25-7 victory over winless Lovington. CHS struggled a bit to put the first set away and led just 10-7 in Game 2 before a...
On this date ... 1946: Almost every Portales business had plans to close its doors for a city-wide cleanup planned the following Thursday. “Only postage stamps will be for sale,” area media reported. The Portales City Council was encouraging everyone volunteer to help clean up the town and had drawn up an ordinance that would increase garbage collection fees and require health inspections of cow lots, chicken pens and open toilets. 1947: Clovis Police Chief Nelson Worley, Officer Herschel Pendley and City Hall Janitor Cha...
West Texas A&M did all its damage before halftime on Thursday night and the Buffaloes posted a 3-1 men's non-league soccer win in a battle of LSC rivals at Steve Hoy Family Foundation Stadium. The setback completed a season-opening, three-match homestand for the Greyhounds (1-1-1). Neither team seized momentum early, but the Buffs (1-1-1) broke through in the 10th minute when junior forward Gabriel Nevarez found junior defender Zakaria Daaou sprinting down the middle of the...
Teresa Doyal is grateful for the work of first responders. "It takes a special kind of person to be willing to sacrifice your own life to protect others," said Doyal, the manager of Steed-Todd Funeral Home. On Wednesday, Steed-Todd and Doyal showed that gratitude by treating local firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers to a barbecue luncheon at Hillcrest Park. Of the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11, 343 were firefighters and paramedics, 23 were New York P...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s girls edged Hobbs for team honors while the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats claimed individual championships in Saturday’s Lovington Invitational cross country meet. The Lady Cats went 1-3-4 in the event to finish with 30 points and edge Hobbs by three points in the five-team competition. Meantime, the Clovis boys finished with 59 points and second to Hobbs (30) in a seven-team field. Sophomore Brooke Newcomer took individual honors for the girls, covering the 5K course in 20 minutes, 10.02 seconds. Senio...
PUEBLO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team got off to a tough start on Friday, dropping its first two matches of the season in Colorado State-Pueblo’s Steel City Showcase. The Greyhounds were bounced 25-13, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17 by Minnesota-Crookston, then lost to Lake Superior State 25-17, 25-19, 25-20. ENMU was slated to face Cal State East Bay and the host Skyhawks on Saturday to round out the event. Crookston (2-0), which swept East Bay 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 in its opening match of the event, score...
Sammy Fuentes won, but to him it sure didn't feel like it. The Clovis High senior was awarded first place in Saturday's season-opening Clovis Invitational cross country meet at Ned Houk Park after Lovington junior Ethan Castellanos, who had a healthy lead at the time, was disqualified for cutting the course. "I feel like it didn't go good at all," said Fuentes, who was clocked in a time of 17 minutes, 31.11 seconds over the five-kilometer course. "The other guy (Castellanos)...
The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce on Monday named Cox Refrigeration & Equipment its business of the month. Chamber Executive Director Stephen Hardin said Cox personnel have “done a lot of remodeling and upkeep of the Portales Little League field. Such things as fixing the concession stand, restrooms, lighting and getting the scoreboard up and running.” Roosevelt General Hospital was named volunteer of the month for its contribution to the Roosevelt Pantry of the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico. “RGH donated 1,750...
Greyhound Stadium and Greyhound Arena will soon have new names. Eastern New Mexico University officials on Monday announced the football stadium and basketball arena this fall will become the Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium and Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena, respectively. Changes are part of a naming rights agreement between ENMU and the Loy Foundation in exchange for the Loy family’s $2.5 million donation for university athletes and athletic programs. ENMU in June called the donation the “single largest gift in uni...
Kaylynn Belew was in Denver recently for events related to the Daniels Scholarship Program. She is among about 20 New Mexico graduating seniors this year awarded the honor. She said one interesting aspect of the event was attending an etiquette class. "We learned when you put your knife down on your plate, face the blade toward yourself. It's a historical rule; if you faced your blade toward someone else, it was perceived as a threat to them," Belew said. The News caught up to...
