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FARWELL – Idalou’s boys took the lead early and weathered a late bid by Farwell on Tuesday night to edge the Steers 50-45. Senior Tate Hendley led three players in double digits for the Wildcats (6-4) with 15 points, while senior Derek Cantu added 12 and junior Cutter Houchin 11. For the Steers (5-4), who tied the game in the final stanza but couldn’t get over the hump, junior Ryder McElroy collected 15 points and senior Corey Stancell scored 12. In other boys action from Tuesday: Dora 46, Tatum 36 – At Dora, the Coyotes...
RUIDOSO – Clovis High’s wrestling squads earned splits at a triangular at Ruidoso on Wednesday, the boys beating the host Warriors 48-30 and losing to Roswell Goddard 39-30 while the Lady Wildcats defeated Ruidoso 30-18 and lost to the Lady Rockets 36-24. “(The matches) showcased our team’s growing commitment to creating depth,” coach Eric Zottnick said of the second-year program. “We remain dedicated to building a strong foundation.” In boys action, the Wildcats tallied pins against Ruidoso from Joseph Abril at 121 pounds...
BOVINA – Don’t look now, but here come the Bovina Mustangs. Burdened with an 0-9 start, the Mustangs recorded their third win in four outings on Friday night with 58-36 spanking of Claude. Nine players scored for Bovina, led by senior Miguel Lopez with 14 points. Senior Gabriel Nieto added 13 points, and sophomore Angel Lara chipped in 10. For Claude (5-6), senior Conner Garth led the way with 15 points on five 3-point baskets. In other boys contests on Friday: Melrose 65, Las Vegas Robertson 61 – In the semifinals of one o...
ELIDA – In a constantly changing tournament bracket due to snowy weather in the northern part of the state, Dora's girls and Elida's boys were slated to play in championship games on Saturday night in the Clearway Energy Invitational. Dora (4-3) defeated Hagerman 60-17 on Thursday and Ruidoso 60-39 on Friday to advance. Elida lost 82-26 to Melrose, which filled in on Thursday when Reserve couldn't make it, but was advanced to the winners' side and reached the final with a 57-5...
TEXICO – Farwell defeated Jal 67-37 on Thursday and Tohatchi 70-57 on Friday to move into Saturday's boys championship against defending champion Magdalena in Texico's Citizens Bank tournament. Meantime, the girls final on Saturday night was to pit Tohatchi against Magdalena. Senior Corey Stancell scored 11 of his 23 points in the third quarter as Farwell (7-4), leading by a single point, pulled away from Tohatchi (4-3) with a 29-11 third-quarter blitz in the boys s...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High senior guard Keilyn Parker seems to enjoy playing against Lovington. Parker scored 21 points, including four clinching free throws in the closing seconds, to help lift CHS past Lovington 69-64 on Tuesday night. Last season, Parker had his personal high with 24 points as the Wildcats routed Lovington at The Rock in the second game of the campaign. “He’s got a thing for Lovington, I guess,” Clovis coach Josh Mattox joked. Parker’s late free throws twice stretched the lead from three to five as the Wildca...
The way things are going these days, Eastern New Mexico University's men might not want to take a holiday break. The Greyhounds (7-2) narrowly missed reaching the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season, but still had plenty to cruise past Northern New Mexico 97-67 in a game played at Clovis High's Rock Staubus Gym. Playing without regulars Greg Johnson (finger) and Blazej Czerniewicz (ankle) due to injury, ENMU shot 62 percent (23-for-35) from the floor in the opening h...
RIO RANCHO – Clovis High’s girls were beaten on Friday night in the semifinals of the Mel Otero Invitational, primarily by one of the best high school girls players CHS coach Jeff Reed says he has ever seen. Junior guard Bella Hines scored 33 points as Eldorado turned back the Lady Wildcats 63-51. Clovis (5-1) was slated to face host Rio Rancho for third place on Saturday. “We got in a hole early,” Reed said. “We had opportunities to score, but we didn’t. Give them credit; some of their other girls made some shots to he...
HOBBS – The Gattis seventh grade boys basketball team improved to 4-0 with a couple of wins this week. On Monday, the Cubs won at Texico 47-22 as Luciano Gallo scored 16 points and Trey Knox added 12. The following night, they won again on the road, beating Hobbs Houston 53-22 with 20 points from Gallo and 16 from Alex Hita. The Cubs’ next outing is at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at home against Yucca....
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s boys saw a last-second shot go off the mark on Friday night, and the Wildcats absorbed a 60-58 loss to host Albuquerque Academy in the championship semifinals of the Joe Armijo Classic. Six-foot-4 senor Joe Jack scored 22 points for the Chargers (5-0), who advanced to face the winner of Friday’s late semifinal between Organ Mountain and Cibola. The Cats (4-2), who had a four-game winning streak snapped, were to take on the loser of that tilt for third place. Academy had 10 2-point baskets and 1...
POJOAQUE – After the first day of Pojoaque’s tournament was postponed due to snow, Portales High’s basketball teams each came back to win twice on Friday. The Rams improved to 6-0, topping the host Elks 57-55 before blowing out Dulce 84-44, while the Lady Rams won easily over Crownpoint 57-32 and Santa Fe Capital 67-29 to raise their mark to 4-1. The Rams were slated to close out the event on Saturday against Monte del Sol while the Lady Rams took on Dulce. Boys – Portales fell behind Pojoaque early and rallied to pull out th...
LUBBOCK – Clovis High's girls finished fourth in a field of 22 teams while the boys were ninth out of 24 over the weekend in the Lubbock Invitational swim meet. CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said on Monday that the boys had some disqualifications trying to get to events on time in the large and, at times, unwieldy meet. "The meet was huge, and a lot was going on," de Maio said. "These things happen, and it was a learning process for us." Lubbock High swept both team titles, b...
WHITHARRAL, Texas – It took Bovina’s boys a while to get their first victory. Now they have a little winning streak going. On Saturday, the Mustangs claimed the consolation championship in Whitharral’s tournament with a 53-52 victory over Springlake-Earth. In a game that was close all the way, the Mustangs (2-9) pulled even with the Wolverines (5-3) in the third quarter, outscoring them 18-13, then edged them out with a 15-14 advantage in the final stanza. Seniors Miguel Lopez, Yandel Deleon and Daniel Herrera scored 15, 1...
FARWELL – Five members of the Farwell Steers were chosen to the first-team offense in District 1-2A Division I football selections. Junior Jonathan Armstrong was made it at quarterback, senior Corey Stancell was selected at running back, junior Lucas Nicolas and senior Jorge Vasquez were tabbed in the offensive line and junior Ryder McElroy earned a spot a wide receiver. Named to the second team were sophomore Chris Reyes in the line and Wilbourn at both wide receiver and kicker. Farwell had no first-teamers on defense, b...
MELROSE – Things started poorly for Grady's boys in Saturday's American Heritage tournament finals, and they never got better. Senior standout Zane Rush picked up a foul on the first trip down the court, and Grady couldn't get anything going in a 65-25 loss to host Melrose. In the girls' title matchup, Melrose posted a 59-29 victory over Quemado. Despite their early issues, the Bronchos (3-3) managed to stay within hailing distance, trailing 32-15 at halftime. But Melrose t...
FARWELL – Portales High’s boys expected to have their work cut out for them in Saturday’s Farwell Invitational final against Class 1A Fort Sumner, and they weren’t disappointed. Juniors Jase Hightower and Paxton Culpepper posted personal bests of 22 and 21 points, respectively, as the Rams rallied in the final stanza to top the defending 1A New Mexico champion Foxes 69-63. In the girls’ championship game, Farwell had no trouble with Littlefield, rolling to a 57-28 victory. Portales (3-0) needed a 22-10 fourth-qu...
DALLAS – Eastern New Mexico University’s men – and Jahcoree Ealy in particular – just keep on rolling. The senior guard/forward poured in 42 points – the most by an ENMU player in this century – and the Greyhounds controlled the game most of the way en route to a 104-94 victory over previously unbeaten and seventh-ranked Dallas Baptist on Saturday. Ealy, who was 14-of-19 from the floor, now has 104 points in his last three outings and on Monday earned his second consecutive LSC player of the week honor on offense. Th...
FARWELL – Junior Joel Lujan scored four of Portales High's six points in overtime and the Rams handed Littlefield its first loss of the season 67-65 in Thursday's first round of the 10-team Farwell Invitational. Five players accounted for all the scoring for the Rams (2-0), and all five reached double digits – sophomore Carson Pfaffenberger with 17 points and juniors Xavier Tarpeh with 15, Jase Hightower with 13, Lujan with 12 and Paxton Culpepper with 10. Tarpeh had all but...
FARWELL – Portales High’s boys faced an interesting challenge on Saturday night in the finals of the Farwell Invitational. The Rams improved to 3-0 for the season with a 73-58 win over Hale Center in Friday’s semifinal, and they were slated to take on defending Class 1A champion Fort Sumner for the title. The Foxes (2-0) dismissed Silverton 52-43 in the late semifinal. In the girls’ division, Farwell and Littlefield notched semifinal wins and were to play in Saturday’s title tilt. Five players accounted for all but two point...
TYLER, Texas – Senior guard/forward Jahcoree Ealy posted his second consecutive 31-point outing Thursday night and Eastern New Mexico University’s men held on for a 67-66 Lone Star Conference victory over Texas-Tyler. Ealy, from Conway, Ark., shot 10-of-17 from the field and 10-of-14 from the foul line for the Hounds (5-2, 3-0 LSC). He was chosen the LSC offensive player of the week this week, and Thursday’s performance moved him into the league scoring lead with his average now at 22.4 ppg. Sophomore forward Jose Muril...
All it took for Clovis High’s girls to run away from Valencia was a little more pressure. Tied with the Lady Jaguars at halftime, CHS opened the second half with a 16-0 run in just over five minutes and waltzed to a 60-27 win on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. The Lady Wildcats’ 1-2 punch of seniors Zarai Lewis and Kailyn Jefferson took over after the break. Each was limited to two points in the first half, but Jefferson scored 18 in the final two stanzas while Lewis – who sat the final 12 ½ minutes of the opening half a...
EUNICE – Things went pretty well for Portales High’s boys in Tuesday’s season opener. Junior forward Paxton Culpepper, sophomore forward Carson Pfaffenberger and junior guard Jase Hightower combined for 44 points and just missed double-doubles as the Rams downed Eunice 58-51. Culpepper scored 19 points – 10 in the first quarter and seven in the fourth – while Pfaffenberger added 16, both personal bests. Each played finished with nine rebounds. “It’s a very different team (from last season), but this group enjoys being...
The Gattis seventh grade boys basketball team opened its season with a pair of wins. The Cubs notched a 54-11 victory over Yucca with Alex Hita scoring 15 points, Braylon Weaver 14 and Zamien Saucedo 13. On Monday, they posted a 52-12 win over Elida with Hita’s 14 points leading the way. The Cubs return to action on Monday at Texico....
MELROSE – Melrose’s basketball teams certainly had no trouble reaching the finals of their own American Bank tournament this weekend. The boys trounced To’Hajiilee 75-20 on Friday and were slated to face Grady, which routed Hagerman 71-46, in Saturday’s championship game, while the Melrose girls cruised past Gateway Christian 54-17 and were to meet Quemado in the finals. Junior Josiah Roybal poured in a personal-best 22 points for the Buffs (2-0), who led 37-7 after just one quarter. Senior Michael Cardonita added 16 points...
It was if Clovis High's boys played three games in one on Tuesday night. A 13-0 run put the Wildcats in command late in the opening stanza. Then, trailing 21-9, Roswell Goddard used surges of 8-0 and 6-0 to pull to 31-28 two minutes into the second stanza. With the lead at 34-30 and four minutes left in the third frame, the Cats suddenly regrouped. They held the Rockets to just two free throws the rest of the night and ran away to a 70-32 win at Rock Staubus Gym. "Once we...
