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LUBBOCK – Farwell’s girls held Lubbock Liberty to 12 second-half points and cruised to a 59-35 win over the Lady Patriots on Tuesday night. The Lady Blue (3-1) broke the game wide open by outscoring Class 4A Liberty 14-3 in the final stanza. Senior Landri Richey went 10-of-14 from the field – 10-of-12 inside the arc – and finished with 21 points for Farwell. Meantime, senior Bella Jaime added 15 points and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the foul line. Farwell returns to action on Tuesday night when it plays at Shallow...
MULESHOE – Farwell football coach Darren Kelley said he tried to put together a challenging pre-district schedule to help the Steers get ready for the postseason. It appeared to do that on Friday night. Senior quarterback Jonathan Armstrong ran for two touchdowns and threw for one and Farwell built a 22-point, first-half lead en route to a 41-20 victory over Sudan in a Class 2A Division II bi-district matchup. The Steers (5-6) advanced to a 7 p.m. (CST) area round clash on F...
Texas Woman’s led virtually wire-to-wire on Friday night and the Pioneers cruised to a 25-12, 25-16, 25-14 Lone Star Conference volleyball victory over Eastern New Mexico University at Steve Loy Arena. TWU (19-7, 12-3 LCS) won for the sixth time in its last eight matches against the Greyhounds (5-21, 2-13) and improved its advantage in the all-time series to 28-20. Senior outside hitter Malia Viernes collected a double-double for the Pioneers with a team-high 14 kills and 11 digs. Senior outside hitter Erin Jones and j...
CANYON – Canyon Randall handed Farwell’s girls their first loss of the season on Saturday, posting a 62-53 victory. The Lady Blue (2-1) hung within four points of their Class 4A opponent through three quarters before the Lady Pirates outscored them 17-12 in the final stanza. Senior Makylee Baldwin scored 22 points for Farwell, while seniors Natalie Wade and Kennady Waldrop chipped in 11 apiece. Farwell returned to action on Tuesday night at Lubbock Liberty. The Lady Blue return to action next Tuesday at Sha...
DURANGO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women completed a two-game sweep of a South Central Region crossover event with a 67-48 victory over host Fort Lewis on Saturday night. Meantime, after losing to the 22nd-ranked Skyhawks on Friday night, the men bounced back with a 94-82 victory over New Mexico Highland in Saturday’s outing. All four teams on the men’s side finished 1-1 after Highlands beat Angelo State on Friday and the Rams came back to top Fort Lewis on Saturday night. ENMU’s women will be in Weatherfo...
GRADY – Senior Deakin Ragland scored four touchdowns and second-seeded Grady reached the finals of the state 6-man playoffs on Saturday with a 36-18 victory over third-seeded Mountainair. The Bronchos (10-1), in their third season of competition, will face top-ranked and top-seeded Logan (11-0), which dropped this season from 8-man to 6-man, in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Friday at Logan. Grady's only loss this season came at the hands of the Longhorns, a 32-26 decision on S...
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...
It's been a rough season for Eastern New Mexico University's football team. It only got rougher on Saturday afternoon at Steve Loy Stadium. Texas-Permian Basin dominated from start to finish, piling up 575 total yards en route to a 64-14 Lone Star Conference trouncing of the Greyhounds. UTPB (6-4, 5-3 LSC) posted its second-highest yardage output this season and went over 500 yards of total offense for the eighth time in coach Kris McCullough's two campaigns at the helm. "I'm...
RIO RANCHO – Five teams from Curry and Roosevelt counties have qualified for this weekend’s state volleyball competition, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday. Portales High (15-8) will represent the area in Class 4A as the No. 6 seed, while defending champions Texico (20-3) in Class 2A and Melrose (17-6) in Class 1A return to defend their crowns. The Lady Wolverines earned a No. 2 seed while the Lady Buffs were tabbed No. 4. Also qualifying in 1A were fifth-seeded Elida (17-6) and No. 8 Grady (15-7). All Class 3A thr...
HOBBS – After their season-opening meet in Lubbock was cut short, Clovis High’s girls cruised to an easy team championship in Saturday’s Tori Invitational swim meet, hosted by Hobbs H.S. The Lady Wildcats racked up 666 ½ points while second-place Monahans (Texas) was a distant second at 338 in a 17-school field. Meantime, the CHS boys finished seventh out of 16 teams with 142 points, while Monahans took that division at 339. CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said the boys squad of eight, featuring two seniors, one junior, two fres...
VERNON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s women finished third while the men came in ninth over the weekend in the Vernon College rodeo, the Greyhounds’ final outing of the fall. It was the fourth consecutive top-five showing for the women, who tallied 165 points to finish 10 points behind runnerup Weatherford College. For the season, the Greyhounds are fourth in the Southwest Region. Senior Shacie Marr split third and fourth in the long round of barrel racing with a time of 17.37 seconds, then ran 17.62 in Satur...
Tuesday District 4-2A Texico 3, Jal 0 Jal 8 2 16 Texico 25 25 25 Texico individual statistics Kills – Kinzee Crow 14, Adalyn Autrey 10, Aspyn Furrow 7. Blocks – Autrey 1, Kirra Fontanilla 1. Digs – Furrow 13, Crow 8, Abby Haakma 7, Gabby Delarosa 6. Aces – Furrow 3, Averi McKelvain 3, three tied with 2. Assists – Kailie Wieland 16, Furrow 11. Records – Jal 10-12 (2-7), Texico 19-3 (9-0). District 4-1A Gateway Christian 3, Melrose 1 Melrose 22 25 20 17 Gateway Christian 25 23 25 25 Melrose individual statistics Kills – Bra...
WHITEFACE, Texas – Farwell’s girls are off to a red-hot start to the basketball season under first-year coach Joe Crabb. On Tuesday, the senior-laden Lady Blue improved to 2-0 for the new campaign with a 67-42 victory over Whiteface (1-1), which was coming off an 81-16 drubbing of Class 3A Brownfield. Senior Natalie Wade led Farwell with 22 points, while senior Bella Jaime chipped in 13, senior Makylee Baldwin collected 12 and sophomore Lexi Wade – Natalie’s sister – added 11. The Lady Blue trailed 12-6 at the quarter,...
VEGA – Bovina claimed the fourth and final playoff spot from District 1-2A Division II on Thursday night, edging past Vega 12-7. Junior running back Angel Lara carried 23 times for 156 yards and scored both touchdowns for the Mustangs, including a 64-yard run with 3:36 left in the half that accounted for the final points of the night. Bovina (3-6, 1-3 district) faces District 2-2A Division II champion Hale Center (8-1, 4-0) in a bi-district contest set for 7 p.m. (CST) on Friday, at a site to be determined. Vega (1-8, 0-4) gr...
LUBBOCK – Eastern New Mexico University’s bid for the Lone Star Conference men’s postseason soccer tournament was denied on Wednesday night when Lubbock Christian scored three times in the final 13 minutes to claim a 3-1 victory in the season finale for both squads ENMU (4-7-6, 2-5-3 LSC) and the Chaparrals (6-6-5, 3-4-3) came into the match tied for eighth in the league, each needing a win and a Texas-Tyler loss to move into the sixth and final spot in the tournament. LCU was eliminated when Tyler managed a 0-0 tie at Sul Ro...
It's been a bit of a dream season for Roswell High's volleyball team, which has won 22 consecutive matches since being swept at Los Lunas in the season opener. In Thursday night's regular-season finale, the Lady Coyotes struggled at times but still posted a fairly comfortable 25-18, 25-12, 22-25, 25-21 victory over Clovis High at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, completing a perfect run through District 4-5A (6-0). Roswell High now awaits the release of the 5A state tourney bracket by...
Portales High's girls claimed the automatic berth into this week's Class 4A state tournament, beating Roswell Goddard 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17 on Thursday night at the Ram Athletic Center to take the District 4-4A championship over the Lady Rockets. PHS (15-8, 5-1 district), currently ranked sixth by MaxPreps in 4A, now awaits the release of the state bracket today by the New Mexico Activities Association. Goddard (12-11, 4-2) and third-place Artesia (12-11, 3-3), who...
Chaparral, which squeezed into the 12-team Class 4A playoffs as the No. 12 seed, completely flipped the script against Portales High on Friday night at Steve Loy Stadium. After losing to the Rams 44-19 in the District 4-4A and regular-season finale a week earlier, the Lobos made the cross-state trip again, this time scoring on their first two possessions and making it stand up for a 10-0 victory. With the win, Chaparral (4-7) advances to a 6 p.m. quarterfinal game on Friday...
DURANGO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women posted a late 13-0 run over a four-minute span and the Greyhounds opened the regular season with a 74-63 win over New Mexico Highlands in a South Central Region crossover matchup. Playing for the first time since February 2022 after missing all of last season with an injury, sophomore forward Julieta Ceja was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field, including a 3-pointer, for a personal-best 15 points while 5-foot-3 sophomore guard Jaz Salon added 10 points, four rebounds and...
Saturday Non-district Grady 3, Clovis Christian 0 Grady 25 25 25 Clovis Christian 12 15 16 CCS individual statistics Kills – Reece Robb 3, Madisyn Kruckeberg 1, Jalisa Raney 1. Blocks – Robb 1. Digs – Hannah McKay 8, Shae Stageberg 6, four tied with 2. Aces – Kruckeberg 1, McKay 1. Assists – McKay 3, Raney 2. Records – Grady 15-5, Clovis Christian 11-11. Halloween Howl At Melrose Pool play standings: 1. Gateway Christian 5-0; 2. Melrose 4-1; 3. Fort Sumner 3-2; 4. Quemado 1-4...
ALBUQUERQUE – There probably won't need to be much scouting done for Portales' first-round opponent this week in the Class 4A football playoffs. PHS (6-4) drew the No. 5 seed in the 12-team bracket, and will face 12th-seeded Chaparral (3-7) at 7 p.m. on Friday at Steve Loy Stadium. The Rams beat the Lobos 44-19 on Friday to end the regular season. "It's a playoff game, and everybody's 0-0," Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said Sunday. "We're not expecting them to play it the same w...
Even in a year where Eastern New Mexico University's volleyball team has struggled mightily, the Greyhounds have taken solace that Sul Ross State has joined the Lone Star Conference. Sophomore outside hitter/middle blocker Sophia Valdez posted 14 kills on 25 swings with only one error and tied her season high for blocks with four (two solos) as ENMU extended its winning streak in the series to 24 on Saturday with a 27-25, 25-18, 25-20 LSC victory at Steve Loy Arena. The...
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...
For a while this season, it looked like the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team was in good shape to make it to the six-team Lone Star Conference postseason tournament, but those hopes have taken a big hit of late. On Saturday, the Greyhounds played well against second-place Midwestern State, but the Mustangs rallied for a 2-1 victory at Steve Loy Stadium that left ENMU very much on the outside looking in. With the loss, the Hounds fell to 4-6-6 (2-4-3 LSC). They...
Eastern New Mexico University’s basketball teams are slated to open the regular season this weekend in a South Central Region crossover event at Durango, Colo., matching teams from the Lone Star Conference against foes from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Both Greyhounds squads play host Fort Lewis and New Mexico Highlands, in reverse order. The men face Fort Lewis at 7 p.m. on Friday and NMHU at 4 p.m. on Saturday, while the women take on Highlands at 1 p.m. on Friday and the Skyhawks at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Men ...
