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ROSWELL – Senior Jett Stone shared medalist honors with a round of three-over-par 39-36 – 75 on Tuesday, helping Clovis High’s boys to a share of third place with New Mexico Military at 339 in Roswell High’s seven-team Coyote Classic golf tournament, played at NMMI’s course. Meantime, sophomore Kylie Sprinkle was fourth overall at 47-41 – 88, helping the Lady Wildcats tie for third with Hobbs at 417. Stone shared first place with Gateway Christian’s Troy Oswald. Artesia won the boys’ division at 319, followed by Roswell Godda...
On this date ... 1946: Harold “Skinny” Holland had purchased Jack’s Body Works from Jack Calkins. The Clovis auto body shop was located at 512 W. Seventh St. ‘“Skinny,’ as he is known to the people in this area, is considered one of the most skilled and proficient men of his trade,” The Clovis News-Journal reported. 1949: Cricket Coogler, an 18-year-old Las Cruces waitress, went missing. She was later found dead, raped and run over by a car. Pittsburgh Steelers football player Jerry Nuzum of Clovis was accused in her death, b...
AMARILLO – Clovis High’s boys finished 10th in a field of 17 teams over the weekend in the Amarillo Relays track meet. Senior Jeremiah Johnson and junior Sammy Fuentes each posted a second-place finish in the meet, with Johnson going an even 50 feet in shot put for a state-qualifying mark on Friday and Fuentes completing the 1,600 in a time of 4 minutes, 34.17 seconds on Saturday. Meantime, Fuentes accounted for the other points for the Cats with a fourth-place finish in Friday’s 3,200 with a time of 10:03.13. Amarillo High...
Five boys and three girls have been chosen for various all-state basketball honors by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. For the boys, Texico senior Cade Figg was a first-team selection in Class 2A, while Clovis High senior Marvin Cox, Portales High junior Paxton Culpeper in Class 4A and Melrose junior Brayden Eldridge in Class 1A were accorded second-team status. Also, Buffaloes junior Josiah Roybal was an honorable mention pick in 1A. Girls honorees, all in Class 1A, were seniors Graci Odom of Melrose and...
On this date ... 1940: Coach Rock Staubus’ Clovis High School football team had scheduled nine games but wanted three more to complete “one of the stiffest schedules arranged for a local team in several gridiron years,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Teams on the schedule already included Clayton, Raton, Portales, Carlsbad and St. Michael’s College of Santa Fe. The season was slated to begin Sept. 13, but no opponent had been lined up yet. 1950: Johnny Reynolds of Dora was in Portales’ Miller hospital after suffering...
PORTALES – Four members of the Portales High Lady Rams basketball team have been chosen for All-District 4-4A first-team honors. Named to the 12-player squad were senior guard Audrey Paden, junior guards Myleigh Banda and Angel Ornelas and junior forward Evannie Fulfer. Portales finished the season with a 20-9 record after losing to Gallup 66-56 last week in the Class 4A state quarterfinals at The Pit in Albuquerque. Other first-teamers were seniors Lorin Wagner and Kymber Beltran, junior Hattie Harrison and sophomore J...
CARLSBAD – Clovis High’s boys earned a split of dual matches on Friday in Carlsbad’s six-team Claire Higgins Invitational. Saturday’s second day of competition was rained out. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats were slated to face Artesia and Roswell High, respectively. Carlsbad and Hobbs tied for boys team honors with three points each, while the Cats and Artesia both finished with two points and Las Vegas Robertson and Roswell High scored a point apiece. The Cats defeated Robertson 6-3 while losing to Carlsbad 8-1. Clovis went...
Responding to calls from stranded drivers with broken-down cars is a regular feature of the job for New Mexico State Police. But Officer Justin Hare, who was shot and killed while on duty Friday morning, was known for taking that task to the next level. "If he saw a car or a pickup on the side of the highway, he was always stopping to try to help them," said Jason Goen, a Tucumcari mechanic and tow truck driver who regularly worked alongside Hare for years. "When you call out... Full story
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Eastern New Mexico senior Timothy Frederick finished in the top eight in two sprints on Saturday in the NCAA Division II national indoor track meet, hosted by Pittsburg State. Frederick, from La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago, gave the Greyhounds eight team points by finishing fourth in the 400 at 47.66 seconds and sixth in the 200 at 21.46. He earned first-team All-American honors and gave ENMU 22nd place out of 68 schools with athletes competing in the meet. Last year, he placed 12th in the national indoor m...
FRISCO, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University senior guard Greg Johnson earned men’s first-team All-Lone Star Conference recognition in a banquet on Wednesday night prior to the start of the LSC tournament. Johnson, from Little Rock, Ark., helped the Greyhounds win 19 regular-season games, averaging 17.8 ppg and 2.7 assists per contests. He has scored 30 or more points four times. Named LSC offensive player of the week twice during the campaign, Johnson shot 51 percent from 3-point range (60-of-118) and also posted 99 reb...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls took third place in the season-opening, seven-team Statewide Opener tennis tournament last weekend, co-hosted by Albuquerque Academy and Farmington at Jerry Cline Tennis Center. The Lady Wildcats were a distant third – they had nine team points to trail Farmington (56) and Academy (54). In singles, junior Madita Ewert went 3-1 and finished ninth in the 16-person bracket at No. 1, junior Hansini Lingala was 2-2 and finished 13 at No. 2, sophomore Gigi Greer also went 2-2 and ended up 10th,...
Eastern New Mexico University's softball team kept its hot start going over the weekend, capping a three-game Lone Star Conference series sweep of St. Edward's with a 15-5 drubbing of the Hilltoppers at Greyhound Softball Field. ENMU, playing its first home games, came into the weekend just 4-18 all-time against the Hilltoppers, but now sport a 4-2 record against them in their own park after their first sweep of St. Ed's. ENMU (13-4, 6-3 LSC) pounded out 12 hits in Sunday's...
CANYON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s men took a 2-0 lead in the second minute of Thursday’s Lone Star Conference matchup against top-ranked West Texas A&M. It was all downhill from there. WT scored the game’s next 11 points and never looked back, rolling to a 93-68 victory over the Greyhounds and dropping ENMU to 0-3 on its four-game road stretch. With the win, the Buffaloes (23-1, 18-0 LSC) ran their winning streak to 20 dating to an 80-79 home loss to Metro State on Nov. 16. ENMU (14-9, 10-7), which lost to WT 8...
Amber Campbell, a former Tucumcari resident, was among eight people named Saturday to the Class of 2023 for the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame. Campbell, 42, who said she gained her love for sports as a child in Tucumcari, was a USA Olympian in 2008, 2012 and 2016 in the hammer throw. At Coastal Carolina University, she was a five-time NCAA All-American in the weight throw, hammer throw, shot put and discus. She won 11 national track titles and was a two-time Pan American Games medalist. At Tucumcari, she qualified as an...
FORT SUMNER – Melrose held Fort Sumner to eight first-half points and the Lady Buffs, ranked third in Class 1A by MaxPreps, posted a 47-34 win over the second-ranked Vixens in a District 6-1A clash. Sophomore Skyler Wicker led Melrose (18-3, 2-1 district) with 14 points while senior Graci Odom added 12 on four of the Lady Buffs’ nine 3-pointers. Melrose led 24-8 at the intermission, fought off a third-quarter rally by the Vixens (17-5, 3-1) and pulled away with an 18-point fourth quarter. Junior cousins Emmarie and All...
Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Mandy Carpenter of Clovis Municipal Schools was recently named administrator of the year by the New Mexico School Personnel Association during its annual conference in Albuquerque. Q: Did the New Mexico School Personnel Association tell you how you came to be its administrator of the year? A: This was a nomination process by my fellow colleagues from across the state of New Mexico. Q: Talk about some of the initiatives or projects y...
POJOAQUE – Clovis High’s wrestlers finished off the regular season over the weekend in the Pojoaque Invite, with the boys placing ninth out of 15 teams with 195 points while the girls were 12th out of 18 squads with 28 points. Los Lunas took the boys’ team title, scoring 626 ½ points to 556 ½ for runnerup Aztec. On the girls’ side, Moriarty edged Kirtland Central 102-101 for team honors. Highlighting performances for the Wildcats were sixth-place finishes by senior Eduardo Torres at 160 pounds and sophomore Kaleb King at 215....
PANHANDLE, Texas – Farwell's boys opened a 28-point halftime lead on Tuesday night and cruised past Panhandle 59-41 to maintain the top spot in District 3-2A. The Steers (17-9, 4-0 district) posted their sixth consecutive victory. They have a one-game lead over Vega (11-7, 3-1) while the Panthers (12-10, 2-2) fell two games off the pace. Farwell outscored Panhandle 24-6 in the second frame for a 41-13 cushion. The Panthers then limited the Steers to four points in the third s...
Annual awards from the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce were handed out Thursday night at the "Uptown Soiree." Liane Schmidt was awarded the Ambassador of the Year award. The honor is handed out to the Chamber ambassador who shows up at the most events and meetings, according to award presenter Kathy Mead. Two Harley and Faye Borden awards went to the Portales Walmart and Western Commerce Bank. Walmart was recognized for its complete remodel in 2023. Amid this major...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s swimmers had a challenging time in the Albuquerque Academy Invitational. First off, they had to leave by 4:30 a.m. on Friday to get there. Then the meet itself proved to be quite competitive. The CHS girls took third in a field of 19 teams while the boys were fourth out of 20 squads, with Academy sweeping the team titles, as expected. Academy won the girls’ division with 543 points to 257 for Artesia and 222 for the Lady Cats. The Chargers took boys team honors with 385 points, followed by St. P...
RUIDOSO – Clovis High’s girls finished fourth while the boys were fifth in Saturday’s nine-school Sierra Blanca Invite, hosted by Ruidoso H.S. Roswell Goddard took both team titles, winning the boys’ event with 169 points to 164 ½ for Roswell High and taking girls team honors with 100 points to 65 for Mayfield. Clovis’ boys finished with 99 points while the girls scored 35. The Lady Wildcats placed in five divisions. Sophomore Sophie Collasco was second at 138, losing her final match 3-2 to Mayfield’s Alyssa Michel, while sop...
Really, there was never a doubt that Clovis High's girls were going to win Friday's matchup against Santa Fe High at Rock Staubus Gym. It certainly took the Lady Wildcats a while to get going, though. Trailing 7-3 early and leading only 16-11 with just over two minutes left in the half, CHS went to fullcourt pressure and allowed the Lady Demons to score on just two more possessions – a 3-point basket to open the second half and a four-point play in the final stanza – en rou...
TUCUMCARI – Clovis High’s girls finished second in a field of seven teams while the boys were eighth out of 12 on Saturday in Tucumcari’s Rattler Invitational. The Lady Wildcats posted a pair of individual champions and finished with 30 points to 39 for Bushland. West Las Vegas came in third with 27 points. On the boys’ side, Los Lunas took team honors with 225 ½ points to 171 for Amarillo Tascosa and 229 for West Las Vegas. The Wildcats tallied 64 points. “It’s great to see the focus on improvement as the season progr...
POJOAQUE – Portales High’s boys got a second consecutive blowout in Saturday’s finale of a three-game, six-team event hosted by Pojoaque. Coming off wins over the host Elks (57-55) and Dulce (84-44) on Friday – first-day games were pushed back by Thursday’s snow in the northern part of the state – the Rams overwhelmed Monte Del Sol 65-16 to become the unofficial tournament champions as the meet’s lone unbeaten team. Junior Paxton Culpeper scored 11 points and collected nine steals on Saturday en route to most valuable play...
On this date … 1862: Washington Ellsworth Lindsey was born in Belmont County, Ohio. He moved to New Mexico Territory in 1900, settling in Portales where he opened a law office. Lindsey and John Brown Sledge formed the Portales Townsite Co. and sold lots from 1902 to 1911, according to the New Mexico office of the state historian. Lindsey became Portales’ first mayor and was New Mexico’s third governor. The statue outside the Roosevelt County Courthouse honors Lindsey, who is buried in the Portales cemetery. 1950: Ned Houk,...
