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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BOVINA – Sophomore Isaac Tavera scored 15 points and junior Angel Lara added 10 on Monday night as Bovina’s boys used a big fourth quarter to turn back Friona 49-39. Tavera (two) and Lara (one) accounted for the Mustangs’ three 3-pointers. Bovina (1-1) was tied with the Chieftains (0-3) at halftime and through three quarters, but pulled away with a 16-6 edge in the final segment. Senior Justen Trevino tallied 16 points for Friona. Friona 40, Bovina 34 (girls) – Outside of the second quarter, the Squaws (4-1) had no more th...
With some recent wins, Eastern New Mexico University's women have made their all-time series against West Texas A&M look at least a little better. Senior guard Jayla Smith led three players in double figures with a season-best 20 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds as the Greyhounds handed WT a 74-57 shellacking in the Lone Star Conference opener for both teams on Saturday at Steve Loy Ar...
MELROSE – Heavily favored to repeat its 8-man football championship from a year ago, Melrose had just a little bit of trouble getting out of the gate on Saturday. Not to worry, though. The Buffaloes scored the final 40 points of the contest and throttled District 3 compatriot Mesilla Valley 62-12, the game ending about five minutes into the final stanza on the 50-point mercy rule. Senior quarterback Josiah Roybal threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more, giving h...
RICHARSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University senior running back Ron Craten has been named to the All-Lone Star Conference first team in football in a release from the conference office this week. Craten, a transfer from Mississippi College and a native of Oak Grove, La., led the conference in rushing yards per game (109.33), rushing touchdowns (13) and points scored (78), rushing yards per game (108.4) and scoring per game (8.7). Playing in only nine games for the Greyhounds (3-8, 1-8 LSC), Craten finished third in rushi...
Metro State finally met its match in the Lone Star Conference. Coming in at 3-0 with all three coming against LSC opponents, the 19th-ranked Roadrunners saw that streak end on Wednesday night with a 93-84 loss at the hands of Eastern New Mexico University at Steve Loy Arena. Metro had previously beaten Sul Ross State (89-61), Texas-Tyler (62-59) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (88-77). Five players were in double figures for the Greyhounds (3-1), including junior guard Jaden Clarke...
LEVELLAND – Ropes put a relatively quick end to Farwell’s season on Friday night. The Eagles scored three times in the opening stanza and cruised to a 28-0 victory over the Steers in the bi-district (second) round of the Texas Class 2A Division II football playoffs. Senior running back Mason Marmolejo scored three times for Ropes (11-1) while sophomore quarterback Kaden Riker added the other TD, all on the ground. Ropes will face Wink (11-1) this weekend in a regional semifinal tilt, at a site and time to be determined. The W...
NAZARETH – A fast start helped Nazareth’s boys defeat Bovina 58-36 on Friday night. The Swifts (2-0) opened a 22-8 lead after one quarter, then put the game completely out of reach by outscoring the Mustangs 18-8 in the third stanza. High (19), Bacius (14) and Rogers (11) combined for 44 of Nazareth’s points. Sophomore Matthew Espinoza tallied 20 points for the Mustangs (0-2), including three of the team’s four 3-pointers. In Tuesday girls action: Farwell 65, Shallowater 56 – At Shallowater, the Lady Blue opened a 17-8 lead...
Clovis High’s basketball teams are gearing up for the start of the 2024-25 basketball season this week, both featuring many new faces on their rosters. The boys play at home on Tuesday against Albuquerque-based Atrisco Heritage at The Rock, then visit Rio Rancho on Saturday afternoon. Meantime, the Lady Wildcats’ opener is set for Saturday afternoon at Valencia. Boys – Corey Pickett, who has spent 11 years as an assistant coach in the Wildcats’ program, takes over a team this season which was 20-9 overall and 4-2 in Distric...
RIO RANCHO – Seeking a second consecutive Class 2A state volleyball championship, Texico had to get past a team it had already beaten in three sets the day before. After dropping a tight one in the first set, the Lady Wolverines found their stride and posted a 23-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-10 victory over third-seeded Mesilla Valley at Rio Rancho Event Center, wrapping up the school's 18th state volleyball title all-time. Meantime, Melrose fell short in its bid for a repeat in C...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls finished second to host Albuquerque Academy in the Chargers’ Peter B. Barney Memorial Relays swimming meet on Saturday. In an event which featured more than the usual number of relays, the Lady Wildcats won six of seven, finishing second in the 200-yard medley relay, en route to 185 ½ points in the 12-team field. Academy tallies 241 ½, while Los Alamos was third with 154. “We just ran out of kids,” CHS coach Vincent de Maio said. Clovis came in fourth out of 13 teams on the boys side with 7...
A relative newcomer picked eight of 10 games correctly last weekend to win the 11th week of the Pigskin Pick ’Em contest. Two season-long leaders, Adam Branham and Ricky Fuentes, meanwhile head into the final round of the contest tied for first place. Zachary Mockchew began playing in Week 8 and has correctly picked at least seven games each of the last four weeks. He won the $50 gift card from Juanito’s Mexican Restaurant in Week 11. The season’s final player card will publish on Sunday, Dec. 15, and feature 20 games, inclu...
KINGSVILLE, Texas – Texas A&M-Kingsville dominated early and the Javelinas cruised to a 28-13 Lone Star Conference football victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both squads. Junior quarterback Jalen Brown ran for one touchdown and threw for two for Kingsville (7-4, 6-3 LSC), completing 15-of-22 passes for 189 yards. The Javelinas took advantage of short fields to open a 21-0 lead in the third quarter. Sophomore r...
TEXICO – To say Texico barely broke a sweat on Saturday would probably have to be classified as a huge understatement. The Wolverines, defending Class 2A state champions and the top seed this year, ran nine plays in the first quarter – all in Navajo Prep territory – and scored five times en route to a 52-0 win over the Eagles in a quarterfinal round matchup ending at halftime on the 50-point rule. Next up for Texico (10-0) is a trip to fifth-seeded Eunice (9-3), a remat...
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...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Senior guard Averi Zinn led a balanced Southwestern Oklahoma attack with 17 points and the Lady Bulldogs pulled away with a 29-point third quarter on Thursday to beat Eastern New Mexico University 81-59. Senior guard/forward Hailey Grant added 16 points and senior guard Mason Jones 13 for former Lone Star Conference member Southwestern Oklahoma (3-0), which now plays in the Great American Conference. Eleven of 12 players scored for the Lady Bulldogs. T...
RIO RANCHO – Texico and Melrose are poised to possibly repeat state championships in volleyball. The Lady Wolverines (22-3), seeded No. 2 in Class 2A, and the Lady Buffs, No. 4 in Class 1A, advanced to Saturday's single-elimination semifinals in their respective classes with victories on Friday afternoon. Texico posted a 25-20, 25-16, 25-22 sweep of third-seeded Mesilla Valley (21-4) at Rio Rancho H.S., and was slated to face face fifth-seeded Laguna-Acoma (21-4) on S...
RIO RANCHO – Albuquerque Academy ended Portales High’s season and advanced to Saturday’s semifinals in the Class 4A state volleyball tournament with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 win over the Lady Rams on Friday at Rio Rancho Event Center. The second-seeded Chargers (18-8) advanced to a Saturday morning semifinal against city rival and No. 5 seed Hope Christian. The first two days of the 12-team event were double-elimination, while Saturday’s final four was single-elimination. Junior middle hitter Skyler Massey posted 22 kills,...
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...
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...
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...
