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FARWELL – Farwell’s boys wrapped up a perfect run through District 3-2A on Monday, but not without a bit of a fight from rival Bovina. The Steers (25-4, 10-0 district), who clinched the 3-2A title with a win at Panhandle four nights earlier, took a hard-fought 57-51 victory from the Mustangs in the regular-season finale for both squads, who are now headed to the Class 2A postseason. Junior Corey Stancell scored 17 points and seniors Walker Williams and Adrian Nunez added 13 apiece for Farwell, which extended its winning str...
Arrangements for selling $3.5 million in general obligation bonds to support Portales Municipal Schools were finalized Monday in a unanimous 4-0 vote of the school board. Board president Rod Savage did not attend Monday’s meeting. The bonds were approved by voters in a 2021 election, when voters approved $7 million in general obligation bonding for the district. The first $3.5 million in bonds were deployed in 2022. Regina Gaysina, director of the municipal finance department in Albuquerque of RBC Capital, the financial a...
A Melrose native and Eastern New Mexico University graduate has joined The Eastern New Mexico News as co-editor. Landry Sena began writing for The News on Monday. She will work alongside co-editor Grant McGee in overseeing and producing content for the news department. "This is the first time, really, since the pandemic that we've had a fully staffed newsroom in house," said Publisher David Stevens. "It means more local news with more depth." Sena played four sports at...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's Deja Adrian didn't miss a beat. The junior guard-forward, second in the Lone Star Conference in scoring, returned from a four-game absence due to a knee injury on Thursday night and scored 21 points in ENMU's 80-55 rout of Midwestern State in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at Greyhound Arena. Adrian shot 9-for-14 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, and posted a team-high six assists as the Greyhounds (10-10, 7...
TEXICO – So far, so good for Texico’s girls in District 6-2A. The Lady Wolverines, the only team in the district with a sub.-500 record, completed a sweep of the first time through district play on Friday night with a 54-32 victory over Pecos behind a personal-best 20 points from sophomore Adelyn Autrey. Leading by eight at the half, Texico (10-12, 3-0 district) outscored the Lady Panthers 32-18 over the final two stanzas. Senior Catelyn Breshears added 13 points as 10 of 12 players scored for Texico. Sophomore Natalia Sto...
CLOVIS – A slow start on Friday night didn't seem to bother the Clovis High girls basketball team. Trailing 10-5 midway through the opening period, the Lady Wildcats held Roswell High to just five points the rest of the half and walked away with a 61-31 District 4-5A victory at Rock Staubus Gym. On a night where leading scorer Zarai Lewis was relatively quiet, Clovis (17-4, 1-1 district) found the points well spread out in putting their 61-14 loss at Hobbs the previous week i...
What started in 2020 as a list of 30 deserving young women leading the way among the varied rural American industries has evolved into 120 of the most promising and gifted female leaders 30 years of age or younger. Among the recipients of the 2023 class is 28-year-old Kylynn Copeland of Fort Sumner, a marketing strategist for The American Quarter Horse Association and the only New Mexico resident to make this year’s list. She and her husband Caz Copeland operate one of the Dinwiddie Family ranches in De Baca and Guadalupe c...
CLOVIS – Junior Kaden Stoner collected six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points on Saturday as Logan defeated Clovis Christian 69-53 in District 6-1A boys basketball. Three of his trifectas came in the second quarter when the Longhorns (14-6, 1-1 district) outscored the Eagles 21-10 to open a 13-point halftime margin. For the game, the Longhorns posted 11 3-point baskets. Junior Brock Burns added 15 points, all but two coming in the second half. Senior Carter Teune had 31 points for CCS (13-4, 1-1), including all four of t...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team was picked to finish 11th of 13 teams in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll on Monday. The Greyhounds (17-31, 16-30 LSC in 2022) received 88 points in voting done by LSC coaches and sports information personnel, as well as media representatives throughout the region. Defending LSC champion Angelo State earned the top spot in the poll, garnering 23 of 32 first-place votes and 407 points. The Rams posted a 51-14 overall record last season – tied for the m...
FORT SUMNER – Melrose’s girls were squarely on the ropes in Tuesday’s District 6-1A opener against Fort Sumner, but the Lady Buffs pulled themselves up late and claimed a 53-52 victory over the Vixens. Senior Isabelle Sena’s 3-point play put Melrose (18-1 overall) in the lead late, and the Lady Buffs held on for the win. Sena finished with 21 points while senior Sorrell Allen added 15 for Melrose. Senior Olivia Lucero had 13 points and sophomore Allyssa Casaus 12 for Fort Sumner (9-6). In other area girls clashes on Tuesday...
Cited for their works in bringing new businesses to Portales and improving their properties, Bruce and Tabitha Nixon went home after Thursday's Roosevelt County Chamber Banquet holding the Chamber's business of the year award, The President's Award. In winning the honor the Nixons' acquisition of the former Calton Furniture building was noted and how they turned it into a new storefront for their own business. The Nixons also opened a coffee shop and a rental business. In...
RUIDOSO – Seven Clovis High wrestlers – four boys and three girls – placed in the top four on Saturday to lead CHS squads to sixth-place team finishes in Ruidoso’s Sierra Blanca Invite. The host Warriors took team honors among 15 boys squads with 163 points to 158 for Centennial, while the Wildcats came in with 78 ½ points. On the girls’ side, with 11 teams, Carlsbad finished first with 74 points to 51 for runnerup Moriarty, while the Lady Wildcats tallied 29. Sophomore Yocelyn Romero highlighted the event for Clovis, winning...
Marches and services were held in Clovis and Portales Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. walk was held in Clovis with approximately 60 people in attendance. Participants walked from Potter Park on West Grand Avenue to the St. John the Baptist Church on Gila Street. A service was held at the church featuring singing and speaking. Emcee for the event was Curry County Democratic Chair Tony Mahan. Clovis Mayor Mike Morris and Curry...
BROWNFIELD – Muleshoe senior Kylie Hernandez set a school record with seven 3-point baskets, accounting for all 21 of her points in the Lady Mules’ 62-41 District 3-3A victory over Brownfield on Friday night. Muleshoe (12-10, 4-2 district) outscored the Lady Cubs 37-16 over the middle two quarters to build a 26-point cushion. Brownfield (10-14, 3-3), two years removed from a Texas Class 3A state championship, was led by 12 points from freshman Alliey Coffey. In other area girls clashes on Friday night: Grady 47, Wagon Mou...
LAS CRUCES – Clovis High’s girls have been looking for that signature win, and on Friday night they got one. With scoring leader Zarai Lewis held in relative check, junior post Kailyn Jefferson picked up the slack with 15 points in the Lady Wildcats’ 44-37 victory over Organ Mountain. Ranked 10th by MaxPreps in Class 5A,the Lady Cats (13-3) extended their winning streak to nine games, although they faced a quick turnaround on Saturday with a late-afternoon tilt against Lovington at Rock Staubus Gym. “It was a big win for us...
TEXICO – For the first time in eight years, Melrose's girls are back at the top in the EPAC basketball tournament. And they had little trouble doing it on Saturday night. Neither did Fort Sumner on the boys' side of things. The top-seeded Lady Buffs (12-1) outscored defending champion Logan 21-1 in the second quarter for a 29-point halftime lead en route to a 69-36 victory. Meantime, the Foxes (11-2) opened a 31-14 lead at the quarter and buried 13 3-point shots on their w...
TEXICO – In a low-scoring affair, Texico’s girls had a seemingly comfortable five-point cushion at halftime. That margin, though, went away quickly. In the end, the Lady Wolverines went double overtime before subduing Capitan 33-29, outscoring the Lady Tigers 7-3 in the second extra session. Senior Catelyn Breshears posted a season-best 13 points for Texico (5-7), while senior Tylee Whipple led Capitan (3-6) with 10 points. Farwell advances to Caprock Classic title tilt – Through three rounds, Farwell’s girls ran roughsh...
And here we are. One more year. Almost as far as you can get from Christmas Day. I hope your Christmas has been, and is being, filled with everything good. I’m quoting me to me here: “Christians who know the real meaning of the holy days should celebrate everything that is good about them — lights, trees, candles, songs, family, services, bells, friends, snow, sleds, presents, candy, laughter — with more joy than other people and not less. If we truly love Christ more than Ch...
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued a release on Thursday outlining the many New Mexico projects the Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for Fiscal Year 2023 will fund. The release was issued prior to passage of the appropriations bill by the House the next day. The $1.7 trillion FY23 spending bill contains $772.5 billion for non-defense discretionary programs, a 22% increase for VA medical care and $858 billion in defense funding, the release states. “The Appropriations process gives us the...
CLOVIS – In a year of ups and downs, 2022 comes to a close with Eastern New Mexico University looking for a football coach and area high school squads dreaming of potential state championships in the months to come. A brief recap of some of the events by month: January Portales High’s boys held off a late Clovis rally to subdue the Wildcats 60-56 at the RAC in Portales. At the end of the month, the CHS girls edged the Lady Rams 55-53 at The Rock on a buzzer-beating basket in overtime by senior guard Yvonne Fuerte. Fort Sum...
CLOVIS – Any offense that was lacking for Clovis High's girls on Thursday night was made up for by solid defense. Taking the lead for good midway through the third quarter, the Lady Wildcats held Centennial at bay down the stretch and claimed a 38-32 victory to defend their championship in the Plateau Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. Clovis beat another Las Cruces school, Organ Mountain, in the 2021 title tilt. Junior guard Zarai Lewis scored 11 of her 16 points in the s...
CAPITAN – Sophomore Aaron Combs’ 3-point shot in the closing seconds on Saturday night lifted Dora to a 51-50 victory over Melrose in the championship game of Capitan’s Smokey Bear tournament. The Buffaloes (7-2) missed on a last-second attempt to pull out the win. Senior Steven Masini scored 28 points for the Coyotes (9-1) in what was a seesaw battle most of the way. Sophomore Cy Draper finished with 16 points and junior Michael Cardonita added 12 for the Buffs. Meantime, Melrose cruised to the title on the girls’ side, p...
RIO RANCHO – Senior Thomas Palla and junior Porter Kidd were each in on four wins to help Clovis High’s boys cruise to team honors in the Cleveland Invite swim meet on Saturday. Clovis posted 467 1/2 team points to 398 for the runnerup host Storm. Meantime, the CHS girls came in second with 445 points to Rio Rancho, which compiled 523. All six boys wins in the meet were with state-qualifying times. Palla won the 100 butterfly (57.49 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (1:05.06), while Kidd took the 200 freestyle (1:54.28) and the...
ELIDA — Senior Carter Teune scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and Clovis Christian pulled away to a 77-63 victory over Elida in boys basketball on Tuesday. The Eagles (5-1) carried just a two-point lead into the final stanza before outscoring the Tigers 24-12. Senior Noah Gershon collected 19 points and junior Jaden Martinez 10 for CCS. The Eagles knocked down 10 3-pointers in the contest, including four by Teune and three by Martinez. Senior Jose Martinez poured in 35 points for Elida (2-6) while his b...
ELIDA - Dora's bids for championships in the Elida Invitational on Saturday came up short with losses to Logan - 54-49 in the boys' finale and 40-30 in the girls' championship tilt. The Longhorns (5-1) won a tight boys clash with the previously unbeaten Coyotes behind 14 and 12 points, respectively, from juniors Kaden Stoner and Brock Burns. Three players were in double figures for Dora (6-1), led by 6-foot-5 senior Steven Masini with 20 points. Junior Cole Kircher added 11...
