Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PANHANDLE, Texas – Farwell's boys opened a 28-point halftime lead on Tuesday night and cruised past Panhandle 59-41 to maintain the top spot in District 3-2A. The Steers (17-9, 4-0 district) posted their sixth consecutive victory. They have a one-game lead over Vega (11-7, 3-1) while the Panthers (12-10, 2-2) fell two games off the pace. Farwell outscored Panhandle 24-6 in the second frame for a 41-13 cushion. The Panthers then limited the Steers to four points in the third s...
MELROSE – Melrose’s girls survived a scoreless second quarter on Thursday night and posted a 29-21 victory over the Texico Lady Wolverines. Senior Karlee Elliott paced the Lady Buffs (15-2), ranked third in Class 1A, with 17 points. Melrose’s only losses this season are to Class 5A Roswell High and to Class 2A No. 1 Tatum. Meantime, the defending 2A champion Lady Wolverines (6-11) are almost exactly where they were last year, when they won 11 of 12 after a 6-12 state and took the 2A state crown as a No. 7 seed. Seniors Kaya...
DORA – Dora’s girls pushed Class 1A No. 4 Logan hard most of the way before the Lady Coyotes dropped a 70-61 decision on Friday night. Sophomore Desta Rosa led three players in double digits for the Lady Longhorns (13-7) with 24 points, while senior Camryn Cantrell had 12 – including 10 in the first half – and senior Lizzy Horner added 11. Logan’s losses have come to teams with a combined record of 95-17. Logan opened nine-point halftime lead with a 14-7 run in the second stanza. Sophomore Dakota Jones led four players i...
Eastern New Mexico University's men may have been down on Saturday, but they were hardly out. Trailing by 20 points with less than 13 minutes to go, the Greyhounds put together a furious comeback, actually taking the lead twice in the final two minutes before second-ranked rival West Texas A&M pulled out an 89-87 Lone Star Conference victory at Greyhound Arena. Senior guard Larry Wise's 3-pointer off a fast break put the Buffaloes (16-1, 10-0 LSC) in front 85-84 in the final...
It's a rare case when Eastern New Mexico University's women beat rival West Texas A&M, much less blow the Lady Buffs out. On Saturday, the Greyhounds appeared on their way to doing just that before WT found its stride. Down 21 points early in the second half, the Lady Buffs tied the score with under two minutes left, but junior forward Ishuana Hunter's 3-point play with 1:30 to go switched the momentum and ENMU prevailed 71-70 in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at...
Leading just 20-18 at halftime, Clovis High girls coach Jeff Reed said he was confident his team would be all right. The Lady Wildcats broke away in the final two stanzas to post a 53-37 win over Lovington on Saturday at Rock Staubus Gym, improving to 15-3 for the season with their fifth win in a row. CHS wraps up pre-district play this week, having visited Roswell Goddard on Tuesday night before hosting Portales on Friday. Reed said his squad, coming off a 1-point home win the night before over Organ Mountain, wasn’t p...
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Eastern New Mexico University senior Tamia Smith and freshman Grizzell Scarlett posted event wins in Friday’s Rumble in the Jungle Invitational indoor track meet, hosted by Pittsburg State at the site of the NCAA Division II national indoor championships in March. The homestandings Gorillas dominated both divisions of the event, winning the 10-team men’s side with 214 points to 103 for runnerup Harding (Ark.) and scoring 212 points to 78 for University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma in the 11-team women’s div...
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Eastern New Mexico University senior Tamia Smith and freshman Grizzell Scarlett posted event wins in Friday’s Rumble in the Jungle Invitational indoor track meet, hosted by Pittsburg State at the site of the NCAA Division II national indoor championships in March. The homestandings Gorillas dominated both divisions of the event, winning the 10-team men’s side with 214 points to 103 for runnerup Harding (Ark.) and scoring 212 points to 78 for University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma in the 11-team women’s div...
HOBBS – Clovis High’s wrestlers spent three days in Hobbs last week, first competing against the Eagles and Lady Eagles in District 4-5A duals on Thursday night and then in Hobbs’ Oil Patch Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats lost the duals to Hobbs, but the Cats came back to claim the team title while the Lady Cats were second in the tournament – a combination of varsity and junior varsity wrestlers. In the boys’ dual, the Eagles claimed a 58-18 win while the Lady Eagles notched a 33-6 vict...
RUIDOSO – Senior Graci Odom delivered 20 points on Saturday and Melrose’s girls held off Ruidoso 49-47 to improve to 14-2 for the season. Senior Karlee Elliott added eight points for the Class 1A No. 3 Lady Buffs, who led by seven points at halftime before fighting off a comeback by the Class 3A Lady Warriors (6-8). Junior Baylee Pritchett led Ruidoso with 13 points, while junior Aliyah Zamora scored 12 and freshman Faith Linares tossed in 11. In other girls clashes on Saturday: Des Moines 58, Grady 57 – The homes...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s swimmers had a challenging time in the Albuquerque Academy Invitational. First off, they had to leave by 4:30 a.m. on Friday to get there. Then the meet itself proved to be quite competitive. The CHS girls took third in a field of 19 teams while the boys were fourth out of 20 squads, with Academy sweeping the team titles, as expected. Academy won the girls’ division with 543 points to 257 for Artesia and 222 for the Lady Cats. The Chargers took boys team honors with 385 points, followed by St. P...
ESTANCIA – Senior guard Jayson Bruner scored 15 points in a 30-point Gallup third quarter and the Bengals rallied past Portales High’s boys 83-75 on Monday in a neutral-court game at Estancia H.S. Gallup (5-9) put together a 52-point second half to overcome a three-point halftime deficit against the Rams (11-7). Bruner connected on two of his three 3-pointers in the third stanza to help push the Bengals into a four-point lead. Senior forward/guard Quincy Spencer scored 21 points for Gallup while senior guard/forward Lydell Be...
TATUM – Junior Ashton Davis tallied 15 points and Dora’s boys posted a 46-34 victory over Tatum on Thursday night. The Coyotes (8-6) led by five points entering the final stanza before pulling away with an 11-4 finish. Senior Cole Kircher added 13 points and junior Roddy Neal chipped in nine for Dora. Tatum (1-15) got nine points from sophomore Anthony Duffy and eight from senior Spencer Whitman. In other area boys action on Thursday: Clovis Christian 54, San Jon 19 – At San Jon, the Eagles ran away with the game early...
VEGA – Farwell’s boys opened an eight-point lead at the quarter and the Steers went on to defeat Vega 50-38 on Friday night in a District 3-2A matchup. Sophomore Braddock Foster scored 13 points for Farwell (16-9, 3-0 district), which posted its fifth victory in a row. Senior Jose Silerio paced the Longhorns (10-9, 2-1) with 13 points. In other boys action on Friday night: Melrose 72, Capitan 30 – The Buffaloes put all 11 players in the scoring column and cruised past the host Tigers after grabbing a 25-14 advantage at the q...
ELIDA – Senior Seth Jimenez tied a personal-best with 26 points on Tuesday night and Elida’s boys used a big third quarter to pull away from Tatum 62-45. Leading by just four points, the Tigers outscored the Coyotes 24-8 in the third period. Senior Teagan Norman added 11 points for Elida. Junior Justice Torres scored 13 points and sophomore Anthony Duffy had 12 for the Coyotes (1-14), who have lost 14 in a row since a season-opening victory over Gateway Christian. In other boys action from Tuesday: Farwell 85, Boys Ranch 16...
TUCUMCARI – Portales High's girls saw a 13-point halftime lead cut to seven midway through the third quarter, but the Lady Rams took off from there to hand Class 3A fifth-ranked Tucumcari a 48-27 loss on Thursday night. Junior guard Angel Ornelas ignited a 15-3 PHS run with a pair of free throws and junior guard Myleigh Banda added three field goals during the stretch as the Lady Rams built their advantage to 41-22 early in the final segment. Banda finished with 19 points and...
The Gattis seventh grade boys basketball team posted four recent wins to improve to 9-0 for the season. The Cubs won a tournament in Clovis with victories over Portales B 44-4, Texico 52-7 and Portales A 37-28. High scorers against Portales B were Alex Hita with 10 points, Trey Knox with 7 and Fabian Armijo and Xavier Vargas with 6 apiece. Luciano Gallo posted 10 points, Knox 8 and Braylon Chavez 5 in the win over Texico, while five others finished with four points. In the win over Portales A, Hita led the way with 13...
Portales High's boys were able to stop the bleeding on Tuesday night. Losers in three of their previous four outings, the Rams got back on the winning track with a 69-50 victory over Texico at the Ram Athletic Center. Sophomore forward Carson Pfaffenberger posted a double-double and led the Rams (11-6) with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Junior guards Joel Lujan and Jase Hightower added 12 and 11 points, respectively, while junior forwards Paxton Culpepper and Xavier Tarpeh just...
Clovis High's boys let Alamogordo get going from long range on Friday night. Three 3-pointers by junior guard Marcus Bryant Jr. and two by senior guard Kai Beckham helped the Tigers score 27 second-quarter points and open a 41-28 halftime cushion. Things changed after that. CHS held the Tigers to just 13 second-half points – including only three in the final stanza – and bailed out a 57-55 victory at Rock Staubus Gym. "We let their shooters get going in the second quarter," CH...
Freshman guard Gianna Cordova's 3-point basket with 4 ½ minutes left gave Clovis High's girls their largest lead of the night at five points. Little did anyone know that would be the Lady Wildcats' last tallies of the game ... and just enough for them to hang on. A 4-point play by Organ Mountain junior guard Aliyah Martinez with 3:05 to go made it a 1-point game, but when her 12-footer from the right of the lane clanged off the rim as time expired the Lady Cats had esca...
Eastern New Mexico University's men continue to show that they can hold their own in the Lone Star Conference. On Thursday night, the Greyhounds rode a strong first half and a strong finish to a 73-57 victory over Lubbock Christian at Greyhound Arena, moving into a tie for second place in the West Division with the Chaparrals. ENMU (11-4, 7-2 LSC), off to its best start in conference play since winning the then-LSC South title in 2003-04, was slated to host division-leading...
Eastern New Mexico University senior guard Greg Johnson has had a somewhat quiet season – until Saturday, that is. The Little Rock, Ark. native erupted for a personal-best 39 points, and the Greyhounds erupted late for a 108-91 Lone Star Conference men's victory over Midwestern State at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (10-4, 6-2 LSC) trailed 71-70 when Johnson put the team ahead for good on a layup with 8:36 left. Sophomore guard Junior Hodnett followed with a 3-pointer as the Hounds f...
RUIDOSO – Clovis High’s girls finished fourth while the boys were fifth in Saturday’s nine-school Sierra Blanca Invite, hosted by Ruidoso H.S. Roswell Goddard took both team titles, winning the boys’ event with 169 points to 164 ½ for Roswell High and taking girls team honors with 100 points to 65 for Mayfield. Clovis’ boys finished with 99 points while the girls scored 35. The Lady Wildcats placed in five divisions. Sophomore Sophie Collasco was second at 138, losing her final match 3-2 to Mayfield’s Alyssa Michel, while sop...
MELROSE – Melrose's girls looked like they were going to lose, while the boys team was poised for a big win in Saturday's Eastern Plains Athletic Conference tournament finals. In the end, it took some late heroics from the Odom siblings to get it done against Logan. The Lady Buffs overcame a 12-point, third-quarter deficit with senior Graci Odom providing the winning basket in a 44-43 win over the Lady Longhorns. Then, in the boys' final, top-seeded and unbeaten Logan erased a...
In a word, the Clovis High boys basketball team simply didn’t have it on Saturday. Coming off a hard-fought win the night before at Portales, the Wildcats struggled virtually all game against Class 5A No. 2 Organ Mountain, trailing by 26 points early in the fourth quarter and absorbing a 68-51 shellacking at the hands of the Knights at Rock Staubus Gym. Organ Mountain junior guard Lenny Washington hit two free throws with five seconds left in the opening frame to break a 15-15 tie, and the Knights never looked back. “I tho...
