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FLOYD – No one came close to getting into double figures, but 13 players scored for Floyd as the Broncos cruised to a 52-10 victory over San Jon on Thursday night. Five players posted six points each to lead Floyd (2-6), including junior Edwin Gallegos, sophomores, Adan Nieto and Reiley Melton and freshmen Rey Duarte and Brayden Parks. Floyd led 7-2 at the quarter, then went on a 35-0 run which carried late into the third stanza. Freshman Adam Jimenez accounted for six p...
Perhaps the worst thing that happened for Portales High’s boys in Thursday’s game against Carlsbad was halftime. PHS spent the final five minutes of the first half erasing a 10-point deficit, then tied the game on two free throws by senior guard Jase Hightower 16 seconds into the third quarter. Suffice it to say, not much went right for the Rams after that. They were outscored 19-2 by the Cavemen the rest of the period, and eventually were dealt a 68-39 setback on the opening night of the Portales Shootout at the Ram Ath...
After opening the campaign with 11 games against Texas competition, Portales High’s girls came back to the New Mexico side for the first time this season on Thursday night. Suffice it to say, the Lady Rams will be challenged the rest of the way more than they were by Miyamura. The Lady Patriots managed only two field goals and didn’t score over the final 20 minutes – much of it with a running clock – at PHS cruised 67-6 on the opening night of the Portales Shootout at the Ram Athletic Center. All Miyamura managed was a 3-poi...
Michael Sinclair came to Portales from Beaumont, Texas, on a recruiting trip, absolutely not intending to become an Eastern New Mexico University Greyhound. “I just wanted to take the trip,” he said Saturday at a news conference honoring the 2024 inductees into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame. But on that trip, Sinclair watched a fellow recruit disrespect a girl neither of the young men knew. “Me and the guy actually got into a fight,” he said. Sinclair had been planning to sign with Texas A&I (now Texas A&M-Kin...
LITTLEFIELD – Farwell’s boys finished off play in Littlefield’s Wildcat Classic on Saturday with a 66-33 rout of Sudan. The Steers (14-3) rode 23 points from senior Ryder McElroy, 15 from junior Braddock Foster and 13 from junior Hudson Agee to the easy win. Farwell led 17-8 at the quarter and never looked back. On the girls’ side, Farwell improved to 19-3 with a pair of wins on Saturday – 61-38 over Nocona and 52-29 over Christoval. Senior Makylee Baldwin scored 19 points while senior Bella Jaime added 13, including...
EL PASO, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s women battled back from two 16-point, third-quarter deficits to tie Division I Texas-El Paso on Monday night, only to fall to the Miners 50-48. The game counted for the Division I Miners (7-4), members of Conference USA, while it was an exhibition for the Greyhounds. ENMU (10-1, 5-0 Lone Star Conference) resumes LSC and regular-season play on Friday with a 5 p.m. tipoff against seventh-ranked Lubbock Christian (10-3, 4-1) at Steve Loy Arena. The Hounds outscored UTEP 20-8 in...
FARWELL – On paper, it looked like an even matchup. And for a half, it was just that. Leading by only three points at the intermission, Farwell outscored Spearman 42-13 over the final two stanzas to register a 69-37 win over the Lynx on Monday afternoon. Junior guards Braddock Foster (24) and Hudson Agee (15) and freshman guard Coy Miller (12) accounted for most of the scoring for the Steers (14-3), ranked 11th in Texas Class 2A by MaxPreps. Agee, scoreless at halftime, and F...
LITTLEFIELD – Senior forward Evannie Fulfer collected 18 points, eight rebounds and five steals on Saturday, helping Portales High’s girls thump Denver City 54-34 in the consolation championship game of Littlefield’s Wildcat Classic. Portales (4-7) stormed out to a 13-2 lead over the Lady Mustangs (3-11) and never looked back. Senior Myleigh Banda added 11 points, five rebounds and four steals for the Lady Rams, while senior Angel Ornelas contributed 10 points, five rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Sophomore guard Nat...
As the old saying goes, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Down by a point and in need of a break in the closing seconds, Clovis High's girls got one when Amarillo Caprock's inbounds pass instead hit the bottom of the backboard with 5.2 seconds left, giving the Lady Cats the ball with no time coming off the clock. They took advantage of the opportunity. Senior guard Amanda De La Rosa found sophomore post Kerrington Goff with an entry pass, and she converted a 3-point...
DALLAS - A casual stroll through an East Texas oilfield on a bright, moonlit evening ended with the barrel of a Smith and Wesson pressed to Larry Wansley's head as he stood next to a freshly dug grave. Wansley can't pinpoint the exact moment he made the decision to leave undercover work behind. But the sound of whirring rigs and the smell of loam as a corrupt sheriff led the FBI agent to his reckoning remain vivid. More than 45 years later, Wansley is the director of...
SAGINAW, Texas – After seeing an 11-game winning streak come to an end, Farwell’s girls bounced back to rout Bishop (Texas) 55-23 on Friday in a tournament hosted by Saginaw H.S. In their first game of the day, the Lady Blue suffered a 45-43 loss at the hands of Class 3A Fairfield, seeing the Lady Eagles overtake them with a 13-5 run in the final quarter. Farwell (17-3) had no trouble against the Class 3A Lady Badgers, opening a 41-10 halftime lead and cruising behind 14 points from senior Makylee Baldwin, 10 from senior Land...
LITTLEFIELD – Portales High’s girls got back in the win column on Friday with a 58-22 victory over Sundown in Littlefield’s Wildcat Classic. Earlier in the day, the Lady Rams dropped their tourney opener to Clarendon 56-41. Portales (3-7) was slated to face either Tulia or Pecos (Texas) in Saturday’s consolation finals. Portales and Clarendon were tied 21-21 at halftime, but the Lady Bronchos (16-4), ranked fourth in Texas Class 2A, broke away when play resumed as senior center/forward Hannah Holdman delivered 12 of her game-...
SANTA FE – Clovis High’s girls scored the game’s first six points and the Lady Wildcats never looked back on Friday in a 62-38 domination of Santa Fe High. Sophomore guard Gianna Cordova scored 15 points and had three of the team’s four 3-point baskets as CHS improved to 10-3 for the season. “I never felt like we were out of control,” CHS girls coach Jeff Reed said. “It was a good game for us to come back off a four-day break. I felt like we knocked some of the rust off.” The Lady Cats, coming off a 66-49 loss to Volcano...
Nothing went right for Clovis High's boys over the first five minutes of Friday's clash with Lubbock Cooper at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The Pirates scored on their first six possessions and built a 16-0 lead. Meantime, the Wildcats didn't get on the board until senior guard Jayden Cox nailed a 3-pointer with two minutes left in the period. In a game featuring almost exclusively back-and-forth runs by both sides, the Cats (6-6) had the final answer, getting two free throws each...
TEXICO – Junior Maverick Hawkins scored 17 points, sophomore Jett Curtis had 16 and senior Alex Fuentes 13 as Texico claimed the boys championship in its own Citizens Bank tournament on Saturday with a 53-41 victory over Magdalena. The Wolverines (8-0) fell behind 13-6 at the quarter, but chipped away and finally overhauled the Steers (8-2) with a 22-7 run over the final canto. Magdalena, which had a five-game winning streak snapped, has suffered both of its losses this season at the hands of Texico. Senior Jeff Stuteville l...
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State opened a 29-8 lead after the first quarter and the Aggies went on to dispatch Eastern New Mexico University 77-46 in a women’s basketball exhibition game on Friday night. Senior guard Molly Kaiser led three Aggies in double figures with 21 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the field and 9-of-12 from the free throw line. Senior guard/forward Tylie Jones posted 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals while senior guard Jaila Harding added 13 points, including a trio of 3-point shots. Junior gua...
CAPITAN – Eighth-grader Braylan Morgan scored 16 points and Melrose cruised to the girls team championship in Capitan’s Smokey Bear tournament on Saturday with a 50-39 victory over Eunice. Sophomore Shylynn Downey added 10 points and senior Chantzee Elliott nine for the Lady Buffs (7-2), who erased a three-point deficit and took control with a 16-8 surge in the second quarter. Junior Peyton Williams had 13 points and seniors Aleena Rodriguez and MaKenna McBee 11 each for the Lady Cardinals (5-3). Melrose advanced to the fin...
Clovis High's boys gave it everything they had in Saturday's finals of the Montano Construction Holiday tournament at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Once the shots stopped falling, Class 5A top-ranked Volcano Visto took control. Senior forward Kenyon Aguino scored 25 points and led the unbeaten Hawks to a 69-39 win over the Wildcats in the tourney's championship game. Meantime, Class 1A Melrose played its third consecutive 5A opponent and the Buffaloes took Roswell High to the wire...
POJOAQUE – Ty Thatcher was pretty sure his Portales High boys basketball team wasn’t going to be stuck on one win the entire season, but after a while you begin to wonder. After absorbing a fifth consecutive setback in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Ben Lujan tournament, the Rams bounced back with wins over Moriarty (63-26) and Penasco (75-49) in the final two rounds to claim fifth place and improve to 3-5 for the season. The only other win for the Rams came in the season opener on Dec. 2 against Los Alamos at the RAC....
Thursday Basketball Boys Portales, Farwell in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Farwell in Saginaw tournament Friday Basketball Boys Lubbock Cooper at Clovis, 3:30 p.m. Portales, Farwell in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Clovis at Santa Fe High, 3:30 p.m. Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Farwell in Saginaw tournament Saturday Basketball Boys Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Amarillo Caprock at Clovis, 4:30 p.m. Portales in Wildcat Classic at...
Thursday Basketball Boys Portales, Farwell in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Farwell in Saginaw tournament Friday Basketball Boys Lubbock Cooper at Clovis, 3:30 p.m. Portales, Farwell in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Clovis at Santa Fe High, 3:30 p.m. Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Farwell in Saginaw tournament Saturday Basketball Boys Portales in Wildcat Classic at Littlefield Girls Amarillo Caprock at Clovis, 4:30 p.m. Portales in Wildcat Classic at...
Eastern New Mexico University has named Karli Bustos its next head volleyball coach. Athletics Director Kevin Fite made the announcement in a news release last week. "She has head coaching experience that includes turning a program around and reaching postseason competition," Fite said in the release. "From our first conversation it was clear to me that Karli and I shared a philosophy on how to build a successful program; with high character student-athletes, a commitment to...
New Mexico’s most explosive rusher has found a new home. Former University of New Mexico running back Eli Sanders announced his commitment to the University of Southern California on Wednesday via a post on social media. The 5-foot-11 Iowa State transfer rushed for 1,063 yards and nine touchdowns in his lone season with the Lobos, earning an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection in the process. He joins quarterback Devon Dampier (Utah) and wide receiver Luke Wysong (Arizona) in a group of highly prolific players l...
LAREDO, Texas – Isaiah Somers hit a three-point shot with 21 seconds to play in overtime and Texas A&M International’s defense made it stand up for a 79-78 win over Eastern New Mexico University on Sunday. The Greyhounds had time for a final shot, but A&M’s Duncan Alevok blocked Mario Whitley’s field-goal try out of bounds for the difference in the game. The Greyhounds went on an 11-0 run late in the second half to force overtime and didn’t trail in the extra period until Somers’ game-winner. The outcome left both teams...
Shad Mayfield is atop the rodeo world. The Clovis native captured the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association All-Around World Championship Saturday night before 17,227 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Mayfield, primarily a calf roper, earned $335,474 for the all-around title, edging second-place Coleman Proctor, a steer roper from Pryor, Okla., by just $675. Mayfield also finished second in the PRCA’s final tie-down roping standings, trailing only Riley Webb of Dento...