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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Eastern New Mexico University's women came into Saturday's Lone Star Conference matchup against West Division-leading Texas-Permian Basin on a two-game home winning streak, with impressive victories over West Texas A&M and Angelo State. They weren't able to make it three in a row, though, struggling to just 30 percent from the floor in a 69-51 loss to the Falcons at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (7-13, 3-11 LSC) currently sits 14th of 16 teams in the conference pecking order, needing...
Coming in with little to lose and pretty much everything to gain, Fort Sumner gave Clovis High's boys a pretty good fight most of the way. In the end, though, the Wildcats had a bit too much depth, length and athleticism for the defending Class 1A state champion Foxes, and they pulled away behind a triple-double from 6-foot-7 senior center Marvin Cox for a 68-54 victory in Saturday's matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. Cox finished with 16 points, 21 rebounds and 10 blocks,...
TEXICO – Texico jumped out to a 13-point halftime lead and held on to beat third-ranked Santa Rosa 57-52 on Saturday to take the early lead in the boys District 6-2A race. The Wolverines (10-10, 2-0 district) put four players in double figures, led by senior Cade Figg with 17 points. Meantime, senior Daltyn Cain, junior Alex Fuentes and freshman Jett Curtis all finished with 11. The Lions (16-5, 1-1) went on a 22-13 run in the third canto to pull close as sophomore Maddox Lucero, scoreless at halftime, funneled in 16 of h...
LOS LUNAS – What was otherwise a dominating opening weekend for Eastern New Mexico University’s softball squad came to an end on Sunday with a loss to an in-state rival. New Mexico Highlands scored one for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, breaking open a tight game with a four-run seventh to hand the Greyhounds a 7-2 setback in the finale of a South Central Region crossover tournament. Both teams went 4-1 in the three-day event, hosted by Western New Mexico, which pitted Lone Star Conference teams against the RMA...
Losing a series finale is always difficult. In this case, though, Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team came away feeling pretty good – despite an 8-0 setback on Sunday – after splitting a season-opening, four-game Lone Star Conference set against top-ranked and defending NCAA Division II champion Angelo State at Greyhound Field. That's certainly better than last year, when the Greyhounds were routed in four games by a combined score of 39-6 to open the campaign at San...
LOS LUNAS – It was a day of crooked numbers for Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team on Friday. The Greyhounds put together six innings of three or more runs in routing Colorado State-Pueblo 15-8 and Colorado-Colorado Springs 11-3 in a season-opening South Central Region crossover event, hosted by Western New Mexico. The Hounds were slated to face Fort Lewis and Adams State on Saturday before closing out the three-day event against New Mexico Highlands today. ENMU scored 14 runs in the first three innings aga...
DORA – Dora’s boys had their hands full with District 4-1A and Roosevelt County rival Floyd on Friday night. Leading by just six points, the Coyotes finally took control in the final stanza, outscoring the Broncos 11-0 for a 48-31 victory. Junior Aaron Combs tallied a personal-bet 21 points and senior Cole Kircher added 13 for Dora (11-7, 3-0 district). Senior Isaias Nieto notched 13 points and senior Drew Essary added 10 for Floyd (7-9, 0-3). In other Friday boys action: Farwell 78, Boys Ranch 16 – At Boys Ranch, the red-h...
ELIDA – Elida's boys put four players in double figures on Tuesday night and the Tigers rolled to a 75-46 District 4-1A victory over Gateway Christian. Senior Seth Jimenez scored 20 points while seniors Gage Hartman and Klayton Nixon and junior Hardy Fraze finished with 10 points apiece for the Tigers (9-10, 2-0 district), who got scoring from 11 players. Elida stretched a 14-9 lead at the quarter to 13 points at halftime and pulled away from there. For the Warriors (6-10, 1...
ROSWELL – It wasn’t pretty, but Portales High’s girls got what they needed to start their District 4-4A slate. Trailing 5-4 early, the Lady Rams held Roswell Goddard to four points the rest of the half, then pulled away in the final stanza for a 49-34 victory over the Lady Rockets on Friday night. The early surge gave PHS (16-5 overall) a 23-9 cushion at halftime, and that proved to be important when Goddard (7-13) pulled to within five points with a strong fourth quarter. Junior guard Myleigh Banda led the Lady Rams, going 9...
Clovis High's girls started off well against Hobbs on Friday night, and the Lady Wildcats had another good stretch which spanned the third and fourth quarters. The rest of the way, it was all Lady Eagles as they cruised to a 72-42 victory in a District 4-5A matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. No doubt, the Lady Cats played hard, but at 17-5 (0-2 district) they've put themselves in a bit of a hole with the next three of four remaining regular-season contests on the road. "We've got...
HOBBS – On paper, this would appear to be the year to get the Hobbs Eagles. Clovis High’s boys weren’t able to do it on Friday night, suffering through a four-point second quarter and eventually dropping a 68-67 decision in District 4-5A action. Junior guard Abraham Pena and sophomore guard Braylon Vega scored 17 points each while 6-foot-10 junior center Parker Henderson added 13 as Hobbs (9-13, 1-1 district) held on late for the win. “We had a 3-point look that missed, and an offensive rebound (basket) cut it to one as time...
Time’s running out for Eastern New Mexico University’s women to make a run at the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament. The Greyhounds certainly took a step in the right direction on Thursday night, though, clamping down on Angelo State in the second half to notch a 60-55 victory over the Rambelles at Greyhound Arena. Senior guard/forward Deja Adrian capped an 18-point night by knocking down four free throws in the final 30 seconds for the Greyhounds (7-12, 3-10 LSC). Junior forward Ishauna Hunter added 17 points, and...
It’s been a while since Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team has beaten Angelo State. Down to their final out, the Greyhounds tied the second game of Friday’s Lone Star Conference and season-opening doubleheader against the Rams on an RBI triple by junior first baseman Beau Preston, who then scored the game-winner on a wild pitch for a 4-3 victory and a split at Greyhound Field. The Rams, defending NCAA Division II champions and ranked No. 1 in the preseason, came from behind to win the first of the two seven...
CLAYTON – Senior Cade Figg paced four Texico players in double figures with 18 points and the Wolverines rallied in the second half to defeat Clayton 71-63 on Thursday in the District 6-2A boys opener for both squads. Freshman Jett Curtis added 13 points, junior Alex Fuentes 12 and senior Daltyn Cain 10 for the Texico (9-10 overall), which trailed by five points at halftime but outscored the Yellowjackets 38-25 over the final two stanzas. Senior Jonoven Hidalgo led all scorers with 22 points for Clayton (10-12), while j...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball squad was picked for ninth place out of 13 teams while softball was ticketed for 11th out of 15 in Lone Star Conference preseason polls released recently by the league office. Defending NCAA Division II champion Angelo State was tabbed to win its third consecutive LSC baseball title in a poll of league coaches, sports information directors and media members. The Rams (56-9, 40-8 LSC last spring) collected 38 of 39 first-place votes and finished with 503 points to...
Playing two games in less than 24 hours is just part of the process, as far as Portales High girls coach Wade Fraze is concerned. After losing at Clovis High on Friday night, the Lady Rams brushed that off and posted a 51-36 victory over Roswell High on Saturday afternoon at the Ram Athletic Center. Junior guard Myleigh Bennett (19) and junior forward Evannie Fulfer (15) combined for two-thirds of the Lady Rams' points as PHS (15-5) wrapped up its pre-district schedule. Fulfer...
SANTA FE – Clovis High's swimmers got a good look over the weekend at the top two teams in the state in the season-ending Griffin Invite, hosted by Santa Fe Prep. Albuquerque Academy and Los Alamos went 1-2 in the meet and are expected to do the same in state competition, slated for Feb. 23-24 at Academy. The Chargers took the boys team championship this weekend with 557 points to 373 for Los Alamos, while the Lady Hilltoppers won the girls' division with 385 ½ points t...
Portales High’s girls let it be known early that they were ready to play. After a slow start, though, Clovis High got untracked and the Lady Wildcats pulled away to a 50-39 victory on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. CHS (17-3) won its seventh in a row and used its advantage in depth to subdue the Lady Rams (14-5), who came in with a six-game winning streak. Lady Cats coach Jeff Reed said he thought depth might be a factor. “I knew we had a chance to wear them down,” he said. “We cranked it up on defense. We went to (a 2-3)...
The Gattis seventh grade boys basketball team posted five wins last week and wrapped up its season with a 16-1 record. On Jan. 22, the Cubs traveled to Elida and came away with a 49-12 victory over the Tigers. Alex Hita scored 14 points for Gattis, while Mark Arias added eight and Braylon Weaver and Braylon Chavez six apiece. On Thursday, the Cubs knocked off Portales A 27-21 with eight points from Luciano Gallo. Gattis then took the championship in a weekend tournament at Portales, beating Melrose 42-39, Floyd 45-25 and, in...
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....
The Eastern New Mexico University football program is welcoming 12 players at mid-year, transfers from NCAA Division I and II or junior college programs. The most familiar one is senior place-kicker Cooper Hamilton, who is returning to ENMU after spending last fall at the University of Houston. Hamilton, who has also played baseball for the Greyhounds, went 17-for-17 on extra points in 2021 and is also tied for the school’s third-longest field goal since 2000 with a 50-yarder against Tarleton State in 2022. Others with p...
LOGAN – Clovis Christian’s girls blanked the Logan junior varsity in the final quarter, but their late rally wasn’t enough and the Lady Longhorns escaped with a 20-18 victory on Saturday. CCS (10-7) trailed 20-13 entering the final period, but their five-point output left them just short. Freshman Reese Hastie led Logan JV with eight points, while senior Allison McRaven scored seven for the Lady Eagles. In another Saturday girls matchup: Fort Sumner 58, Grady 36 – In District 6-1A play at Grady, the Vixens (16-4, 2-0 distric...
KINGSVILLE, Texas – Finally, a late play with the game on the line went Eastern New Mexico University’s way. ENMU survived a nearly-costly turnover and two shots for the win by Texas A&M-Kingsville to edge the Javelinas 87-86 in Lone Star Conference men’s action on Saturday, improving to 2-5 in games decided by three points or less. Senior guard/forward Jahcoree Ealy scored 10 of his game-high 29 points in the final 9 ½ minutes as the Greyhounds (12-6, 8-4 LSC) returned to the winner’s circle after a pair of nailbiti...
LAREDO, Texas – It’s been a good season for the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team, but a tough one at the same time. ENMU erased an 11-point, second-half deficit and led by three with just under four minutes to go, then failed to score the rest of the way as Texas A&M International pulled out a 68-66 Lone Star Conference victory on Thursday night. This season, the Greyhounds (11-6, 7-4 LSC) have absorbed five losses by three points or less. It was also a season-scoring low, eclipsing the previous mark from...
Portales High’s boys got the sour taste of defeat from Monday night out of their mouths with back-to-back home wins. Now it’s on to District 4-4A competition. Six-foot-4 sophomore Carson Pfaffenberger posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Rams cruised to a 62-34 victory over New Mexico Military on Thursday night at the RAC. PHS (13-7), ranked eighth this week in Class 4A by MaxPreps, will now have a full week to get ready for Friday’s district opener at Roswell Goddard, and the Rams are hopeful of bi...
