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LOS ANGELES - Spring practices have delivered the first glimpse of how college football rosters altered by high-profile transfers and coaching changes could shape the upcoming college football season. Here are some top storylines to watch as teams prepare for the 2022-23 season: The transfer portal should affect programs like never before Lincoln Riley's 13 transfers into the USC program is a number that he has said will grow in the coming months, and all college football rost...
PECOS — Texico’s baseball team returned to the .500 mark for the season on Thursday, rolling past Pecos 19-1 and 18-5 in a District 6-2A twin bill. Leading 4-1 after the first inning in the opener, the Wolverines (7-7, 2-1 district) batted around twice in a 15-run third. Both games ended in five innings on the 10-run rule. Sophomore Tristan Lucero went 3-for-3 in Game 1 with a single, a double, a triple and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Sophomore Daltyn Cain went 2-for-3 and junior Tristan Chavez finished 2-f...
CLOVIS - It was a long night for the Clovis High baseball team on Thursday. Carlsbad jumped on the Wildcats early in both games and never let up in posting 15-1 and 14-3 triumphs over Clovis in the District 4-5A openers for both teams. The Cavemen (16-3 overall) scored three in the first inning in Game 1, then added back-to-back six-run frames in the fourth and fifth. They then led 10-0 in the second inning of the nightcap. Both games were shortened to five innings on the 10-r...
PORTALES — Angelo State wasted no time making short work of Eastern New Mexico University on Thursday night. The Rams, ranked 12th in NCAA Division II, put seven runs on the board in the top of the first — all after two were out — and added three more frames of at least four runs in routing ENMU 25-4 in the opener of a four-game Lone Star Conference baseball series at Greyhound Field. Freshman catcher Tripp Clark’s three-run triple keyed the first-inning eruption for the Rams (29-10, 27-10 LSC). They made the night easy for j...
CLOVIS - Michael Riess was looking forward to his matchup in the boys 1,600 against Rio Rancho's Dawson Gunn in Thursday's Wildcat Relays at Leon Williams Stadium. He didn't beat Gunn, the top miler in the state this season, but he was well-pleased with his performance. Riess, who broke the PHS record in the event at 4 minutes, 35.36 seconds in Monday's Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions in Albuquerque, was disappointed he didn't see Gunn in that meet. On Thursday, though,...
BASEBALL Prep linescores At Texico Friday Portales 13, Texico 3 Portales 014 152 —13 10 3 Texico 100 020 — 3 4 2 Alex Garcia, Kaiden Gutierrez (2) and Noah Swift; Tristan Chavez, Daltyn Cain (5) and Jadyn Gonser. W — Gutierrez. L — Chavez. Top hitters — Portales: Andru Ontiveros 2-3, RBI; Hagen Rains 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs, 4 runs; Layton Faust 1-4, 3 RBIs. Texico: Kyle Gonser 2-3; Erik Davalos 2-2, 2B, run. Records — Portales 7-8, Texico 5-5. Cobre 16, Portales 6 Portales 310 02 — 6 6 2 Cobre 344 5x —16 16 1 Manuel Aranda, Edel Le...
CANYON, Texas — Two Eastern New Mexico University athletes attained top-five marks in program history as the Greyhounds competed in West Texas A&M’s Jo Meaker Classic and Multi track meet over the weekend. Posting top-five marks were sophomore Marta Pascoa, who placed second in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 11 minutes, 46.12 seconds in her first time running the event this spring. It’s the fifth-best time in the Lone Star Conference so far this season. On the men’s side, junior Kelvin Kipkemboi accomplished the sam...
ELIDA — The Elida Tigers put up crooked numbers in each of their four at-bats on Monday to post a 20-3 District 2-1A baseball victory over Dora. Sophomore Seth Jimenez hit a two-run double and sophomore Jeremiah Woodruff added a two-run single in the Tigers’ six-run first. Junior Levi Victor, who pitched four innings and struck out eight for Elida (1-3, 1-1 district), added a bases-loaded triple in the Tigers’ six-run fourth. Sophomore Cache Skelley’s third-inning RBI single was the lone hit for the Coyotes (1-4-1, 1-1) in...
TEXICO - There weren't exactly any nailbiters, but Portales High's baseball team is hopeful that winning two out of three over the weekend in a three-team get-together will give the Rams some momentum heading into this week's start of District 4-4A play with three games against Artesia. Portales on Saturday turned the tables on Cobre, run-ruling the Indians 15-4 after losing to them 16-6 in five the day before. In their opener on Friday, PHS handed Texico a 13-3 setback in...
PORTALES — Still trying to climb into the 10-team Lone Star Conference postseason tournament with the games beginning to run out, Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team made progress in that direction over the weekend. And they did it without their top pitcher. The Greyhounds posted a Friday sweep over Texas Woman’s, then managed a split on Sunday against Midwestern State at Greyhound Softball Field, winning 8-7 in the opener before dropping Game 2 to the Mustangs 11-1. ENMU (13-27, 6-18 LSC), tied with MSU for 12th in...
ROSWELL — Clovis Christian’s boys stood third after Monday’s first round in the two-day RISD Invite golf tournament. The Eagles shot a four-man score of 331 at the New Mexico Military golf course, trailing Dexter (296) and Hobbs (306) in the nine-team field. Clovis High’s boys were eighth at 392. On the girls’ side, the Lady Cats were tied with Alamogordo for fourth out of seven teams at 405. Deming shot 366 and had a three-stroke lead after the first round over Roswell Goddard. All five CCS players shot 85 or better, l...
CLOVIS — All five Clovis High Esports teams have earned spots in the playoffs to compete for the New Mexico Activities Association state Esports championship, the school announced in a release on Monday. The teams include Super Smash, Madden NFL, League of Legends, Mario Kart 8 and Rocket League. Super Smash was scheduled to be the first of the teams to compete, with a match scheduled for Monday afternoon, with NFL Madden going next on Tuesday. The remaining schedule of matches was yet to be announced as of Monday, the r...
PORTALES - Clovis High senior R.J. Nora likes where he is as the track season moves towards Class 5A state competition in May. Nora claimed wins in triple jump, long jump and the 110 hurdles on Friday to help the Wildcats eke out a second-place finish in Portales High's George/Love Invitational at Greyhound Stadium. Hobbs swept both team titles, with the Cats coming in one-half point ahead of Roswell Goddard for second place (53-52 1/2). Led by junior Michael Riess, PHS was si...
LUBBOCK — Lubbock Christian is probably the best-hitting team in Lone Star Conference baseball, and the Chaparrals can also play defense. Those items showed up big as the 23rd-ranked Chaps managed to post a series win on Sunday, edging Eastern New Mexico University 13-12 on a walkoff home run by sophomore left fielder Eduardo Acosta leading off the bottom of the ninth. In taking three of four, the Chaparrals (27-11, 25-11 LSC) outhomered the Hounds 10-1 and turned five double plays to none for ENMU (15-21, 14-20). Two of t...
CLOVIS — Jamison “Jamie” Bisch was hired by Eastern New Mexico University football coach Tye Hiatt in February to try and help solve the Greyhounds’ problems on defense. Included was a secondary which allowed nearly 250 passing yards per game and 27 touchdowns in 2021. The Greyhounds have added some pieces to that end, but they are hoping several of their returning players will be able to step up to the challenge. “I like our group of kids,” Bisch said on Saturday as the team conducted a practice session at Clovis High...
PORTALES - You could easily say Emma Long had a career night on Wednesday. The Portales High junior had never gone deep in her high school career, but she belted a three-run homer in each game and drove in a total of eight runs as the Lady Rams swept Ruidoso 12-8 and 17-6 at Wheeler Park. More than that, Long had a perfect day at the plate with a walk and three hits in the opener and a 4-for-4 outing with five RBIs in Game 2. Her first home run, to left-center field in the bot...
ROSWELL - Portales High's girls just missed a clean sweep on Tuesday, notching an 8-1 dual tennis victory over New Mexico Military. Sophomore Lorena Fernandez dropped a tight 9-7 pro-set decision at No. 4 singles to Sara Jones, but other than that Portales dropped just one set in dispatching the Lady Colts. Meantime, NMMI had its way on the boys' side, blanking the Rams 9-0. Portales' closest match in that dual was a 9-7 loss by freshman Aidan Harvey and junior Joseph Garcia at No. 3 doubles against the Colts' Naom Emerson...
BASEBALL Prep linescore Tuesday Eunice 9, Portales 6 Portales 201 100 2 — 6 6 1 Eunice 002 052 x — 9 8 3 Zane Mayberry, Miguel Gomez (3), Carson Pfaffenberger (6) and Noah Swift; Zeke Benton, Chance Tucker (6) and Conagher Pierce. W — Benton. L — Gomez. Top hitters — Portales: Travin Price 2-3, 2-run 2B. Eunice: Gio Chacon 2-3, 2B, 2 runs, BB; Micah Tippett 2-3, HR, 3 RBIs, SF; Jorge Ontiveros 1-3, 2B, RBI, run, BB. Records — Portales 6-8, Eunice 9-0. SOFTBALL Prep linescores Tuesday Portales 19, Clovis 9 Clovis 0 2 1 51 ...
ROSWELL — Junior Jolei Adkins shot 49-41 — 90 for medalist honors on Thursday, leading Clovis High’s girls to the team title in the Dexter Invitational golf tournament, played at the New Mexico Military course. Clovis finished with a team score of 389, nine strokes ahead of the host Lady Demons. Portales was third in a field of three full squads at 456. Juniors Kiaya Gallegos and Gracie Beevers both finished at 97 for the Lady Cats. The top scorer for Portales was Cydnee Massey at 54-54 — 108. Texico junior Liz Elam was sec...
CLAYTON — Texico’s baseball team began District 6-2A action on Monday with a 19-0 victory over Clayton. The second game of the scheduled twin bill was suspended by darkness with the Wolverines (5-4 overall) leading 9-1 in the middle of the fifth. The teams plan to finish it prior to their third and final scheduled meeting when the Yellowjackets visit Texico on April 23, Wolverines coach Todd Kuykendall said. Junior Tristan Chavez worked all five innings of Game 1, shortened by the 10-run rule. He threw 56 pitches, all...
PORTALES - Noah De La Riva had a rough first inning on Friday night. Given a lift with his teammates putting some runs on the board, though, he was able to settle in the rest of the way. De La Riva, a freshman right-hander from El Paso, threw 31 pitches and allowed three first-inning tallies in Friday's Lone Star Conference series opener against St. Mary's at Greyhound Field. After that, he tossed 78 pitches over six shutout innings, leaving with an eight-run lead before the...
TEXICO — Paityn Nicholson won her two specialties in Saturday’s Wolverine Relays track meet. She has her sights set on bigger things in the near future. Nicholson was an easy winner in shot put (33 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and discus (93-10) on Saturday, helping Melrose claim the girls team title with 114 points to 86 for runnerup Logan. Host Texico was third with 67. Those teams finished in the same order on the boys’ side, with Melrose tallying 108 points to 89 for Logan and 77 1/2 for Texico. Nicholson is the defending Class...
RUIDOSO — Coming off a tough loss the night before, the Portales High softball team bounced back with a doubleheader sweep of Ruidoso on Saturday, rallying late to win the opener 10-6 before blowing out the Lady Warriors 26-10 in Game 2. Lady Rams coach Amanda Bonner felt a lot better after Saturday’s games. “It was a long afternoon,” she said. “But it was good to get the wins.” The teams were going along routinely in the opener. Leading 2-1, Ruidoso (4-6) scored twice in the bottom of the fifth before PHS (4-4) came back w...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico football program will conduct an open practice at Leon Williams Stadium on the campus of Clovis High School this Saturday, scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-noon. Admission to practice is free, the school announced. The Greyhounds are planning a lunch and meet-and-greet session with players and coaches for the public after the practice. The cost of a ticket for that is $10, and that also allows fans to watch the practice from the sideline. Tickets must be purchased online by going to g...
ALBUQUERQUE — Seven girls and six boys represented the area on recently-released New Mexico High School Coaches Association all-state basketball selections. The all-state lists consisted of eight first-team choices and eight second-team honorees in each of the five classes. For the girls, Portales seniors Tarris Rippee and Teagan Faust were chosen for the Class 4A first team, while senior Kylyie Rippee was on the second unit. The Lady Rams finished 22-6 and reached the 4A state semifinals, where they lost to eventual c...
