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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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DALLAS – Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team finished another long weekend on the road on Saturday, dropping a 25-12, 25-15, 25-18 Lone Star Conference decision to Dallas Baptist. Senior outside hitter Delaney Fuller led the Patriots (12-6, 6-2 LSC), ranked 25th in NCAA Division II and the defending LSC regular-season champions, with 17 kills and five of the team’s eight aces. She collected eight of her kills in the opening set, when DBU finished with 19 as a team. Sophomore outside hitter Karly Wells added 11 ki...
Clovis High’s soccer girls had Hobbs on the ropes for quite a while on Saturday, but they weren’t able to finish the Lady Eagles off. Still, it was a significant improvement over the teams’ first meeting in Hobbs. CHS led 1-0 at halftime, but the Lady Eagles mustered a couple of goals midway through the second canto to take a 2-1 victory in District 4-5A action at Leon Williams Stadium. The district champion and Class 5A sixth-ranked Lady Eagles (16-3, 5-0 district) won the earlier matchup at home 6-0. Lady Cats coach Ray R...
TYLER, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University's men were outshot 20-4 overall, but Texas-Tyler managed only three shots on goal and the teams battled to a scoreless draw on Saturday in Lone Star Conference soccer. It was the fourth meeting all-time between the Greyhounds and Patriots, and three of them have ended in draws – two of the scoreless variety and the other a 1-1 deadlock. Tyler picked up a 3-0 win at home in 2022. ENMU (4-3-5, 2-1-1 LSC) posted a second con...
Following a 42-24 Lone Star Conference loss on Saturday at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium, members of the Eastern New Mexico University football team watched a herd of West Texas A&M Buffs stampede off the turf and toward the scoreboard to take ownership of the Wagon Wheel, the trophy awarded to the winner of this contentious rivalry. "This is their trap and we just took it over," one Buff bellowed into his iPhone while recording the moment. The scene may have marked the...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls finished sixth while the boys were 11th on Saturday in the 22-school Albuquerque Academy Extravaganza 5K cross country meet. The Lady Wildcats finished with 177 points, with Eldorado coming in first with 53. For the boys, Rio Rancho was first at 27 while the Wildcats were at 289, four behind District 4-5A rival Hobbs. Hobbs was 12th with 336 points, Carlsbad placed 16th with 446 points and Roswell High was 22nd at 584 on the girls side. For the boys, Carlsbad came in 14th at 407 and Ros...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Coming off their second Lone Star Conference tournament championship, and first since 1993, Eastern New Mexico University’s men were picked for seventh place in the 16-team LSC in a poll released by the conference office on Monday. ENMU, which went 22-10 (15-7 LSC) last season for its most wins since 1992-93, earned 391 points in the poll of LSC coaches and sports information personnel, and selected media members. West Texas A&M, an NCAA Division II national semifinalist and owner of a 30-5 record las...
Portales High’s football team is hopeful that a week off helps the Rams get back on track. Beaten 48-18 by St. Pius in their most recent outing on Oct. 11 at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium, PHS is looking for a bounce-back in a 1 p.m. District 2-4A kickoff on Saturday at Albuquerque Academy. Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said the bye week was beneficial. “We’re feeling better (physically),” he said. “It helped getting the guys healed up, for sure.” The Chargers (3-5, 1-3) are coming off a 22-9 loss at Friday night at Si...
Tuesday District 4-2A Texico 3, Hagerman 0 Hagerman 11 12 13 Texico 25 25 25 Eunice 23 14 13 Texico individual statistics Kills – Adalyn Autrey 11, Kinzee Crow 9, Aspyn Furrow 8. Blocks – Autrey 2. Digs – Crow 8, Gabby Delarosa 7, Furrow 7, Abby Haakma 6, Kirra Fontanilla 5. Aces – Furrow 5, Haakma 3, three tied with 2. Assists – Furrow 19, Kailie Wieland 11. Records – Hagerman 6-8 (1-2), Texico (13-3 (3-0). District 4-1A Melrose 3, Dora 0 Melrose 25 25 25 Dora 9 10 10 Melrose individual statistics Kills – Braylan Morgan 6, H...
MELROSE – Melrose thought it came out perhaps a little lethargic on Friday night. You'd have had a hard time selling that to the Lordsburg Mavericks. Senior Brayden Eldridge and junior Jaxon Odom had three touchdowns apiece, and the Buffaloes cruised to a 52-0 win over the Mavericks in 8-man District 3 action. The game ended with just over seven minutes left on the 50-point lead rule. Melrose (9-0, 5-0 district), ranked No. 1 in 8-man and the defending state champion, p...
Clovis High's volleyball team is sure glad to have Ashlynn Evans back. The senior outside hitter missed four matches with a shoulder issue before returning this week to help the Lady Wildcats win a pair of District 4-5A home matches. Evans compiled 19 kills, three blocks, seven digs and a couple of aces on Thursday night as CHS defeated Hobbs 18-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-18 at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The Lady Cats (9-9 overall) now take on sixth-ranked Roswell High (18-1, 2-0) in...
HOBBS – It was another long night for the Clovis High football team. Rival Hobbs wasted no time, scoring five first -quarter touchdowns and handing the Wildcats a 63-8 setback in District 3-6A football on Friday night. Clovis (0-8, 0-4 district) moved the ball at times, but struggled to sustain anything. The Cats got their only points on a fumble return for a touchdown by junior Jaden Tapia-Cordova and a 2-point conversion run by sophomore quarterback Javier Jimenez in the second period. CHS returns home on Friday night to f...
For all the world, it looked like Eastern New Mexico University and Oklahoma Christian were headed to a scoreless draw in Wednesday’s Lone Star Conference men’s soccer tilt at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. But the Greyhounds upped their pressure as the match headed into the final stretch, and sophomore forward Robin Vandewalle was able to break through from point-blank range with just under eight minutes left for a 1-0 victory over the Eagles. ENMU (4-3-4, 2-1-1 LSC) is currently tied for fourth place in the 11-...
Carlsbad forced overtime with a goal in the final three minutes of regulation, then scored again two minutes into sudden-death overtime to edge Clovis High 2-1 on Tuesday night in District 4-5A girls soccer at Leon Williams Stadium. The win avenged a 3-2 setback to the Lady Wildcats in the district opener for both teams at Carlsbad on Oct. 1. Junior forward Ava Evans split a pair of Carlsbad defenders and slipped the ball into the back of the net to give Clovis (5-11-2, 1-3...
The Gattis seventh grade football team defeated Portales 14-8 on Tuesday at Portales, improving to 5-1 for the season. The Cubs finish the campaign with a 6 p.m. tilt on Tuesday against Yucca at Gattis Field to determine the city championship. Nate Lewis accounted for the Cubs’ scoring with two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion. Defensively, Ricky Fenstermaker had one sack and five total tackles, Jaime Hernandez recorded a sack and a tackle for loss and Larry Munoz-Bravo and Andres Cabrerra each recovered a f...
TYLER, Texas – Texas-Tyler wasn’t about to be caught looking ahead to a Saturday’s showdown with ninth-ranked West Texas A&M for the Lone Star Conference volleyball lead. Tyler took control from the get-go and never let up in a 25-13, 25-11, 25-18 sweep of Eastern New Mexico University on Friday night. UTT (10-5, 7-0 LSC) converted 47 kills on 90 attacks in making short work of the struggling Greyhounds (3-15, 0-7). Junior outside hitter Kota Hartman notched 14 kills and six digs and sophomore outside hitter Autumn Perry...
After struggling a bit at the start, No. 9 West Texas A&M settled in and the Lady Buffs went on to post a 25-18, 25-12, 25-10 victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday in Lone Star Conference volleyball at Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena. Senior outside hitter Camy Jones and junior middle hitter Taytum Stow each had eight kills for WT (13-3, 6-0 LSC), while Stow also added four blocks. Senior setters Ainsley Malis and Blair Moreland compiled 17 and 10 assists, r...
Freshman Nathan Le Roux scored with just over five minutes left and the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team edged Texas A&M International 2-1 on Saturday at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium for its first Lone Star Conference victory of the season. Senior Loris Tsiatsipy played a long diagonal pass forward, drawing the Dustdevils out of the 18-yard box and leaving Le Roux open for a shot into an empty net. It was his first collegiate tally. ENMU (3-3-4, 1-1-1...
TEXICO – Whenever Portales High's volleyball team needed a key point on Saturday, the Lady Rams knew where to go. Five-foot-11 junior middle hitter Skyler Massey compiled 19 kills, and the Lady Rams turned back defending Class 2A state champion Texico 25-17, 25-23, 18-25, 25-18 in a battle of top-five teams. Portales (10-7), ranked fourth in Class 4A by MaxPreps, erased an early five-point deficit in Game 4 after it looked like the Lady Wolverines (12-3), No. 3 this week in 2...
HOBBS – Seven Eastern New Mexico University runners – four for the men, three for the women – took part in the New Mexico Junior College Invitational cross country meet on Friday. It was the Greyhounds’ final tuneup before the Lone Star Conference meet, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Texas A&M-Kingsville. In the men’s 8-kilometer event, featuring 53 finishers, all four ENMU contestants were bunched in the 40s – freshman Bryan Hernandez, 41st in a time of 28 minutes, 35.1 seconds; freshman Justin Sauceda, 45th in 29:09.6; fr...
HOBBS – Sophomore Brooke Newcomer led a dominating finish for Clovis High’s girls on Saturday and the Lady Wildcats earned the team title in Hobbs’ Bob Jackson Invitational cross country meet. Newcomer posted a time of 20 minutes, 21.69 seconds over five kilometers, pacing a 1-2-4-6-8 finish for the team. Only three schools had full teams for the girls, with Carlsbad second at 62 and Roswell High third at 104. Freshman Roselia Morales was second in the event at 21:20.64, while senior Gabi Foggie placed fourth in 21:51...
MONMOUTH, Oregon – Eastern New Mexico University tried to put an early stamp on Saturday’s Lone Star Conference game against Western Oregon with a nearly-eight-minute touchdown drive following the opening kickoff. Unfortunately, after that it was pretty much all Wolves. Western Oregon scored its most points in nearly three years and most against an NCAA Division II foe in five years while extending its longest winning streak since 2019 to four games on Saturday with a 49-20 victory over the Greyhounds. With the victory, WOU...
Another week, another challenge for Clovis High’s football team. Coming off one of their better performances of the campaign, the Wildcats visit longtime rival Hobbs in a 7 p.m. District 3-6A contest on Friday. Hobbs (3-4, 1-2 district) has alternated wins and losses throughout the season. Last Friday, the Eagles were dealt a 51-12 setback at second-ranked Centennial (7-0, 3-0). Meantime, the Cats (0-7, 0-3) led 24-21 at halftime against Organ Mountain on Friday at Leon Williams Stadium and hung around until the fourth q...
DALLAS - The feistiness of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones finally surfaced Tuesday, two days after the most one-sided loss of his 36-year tenure in Dallas. As fans have hoped, Jones is finally threatening to hold some people accountable around here. Starting with radio hosts. Jones, as you cannot possibly be unaware, makes two appearances a week on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) during the NFL season. And when he was asked about his offseason mistakes and frequent unwillingness to spend...
The Gattis seventh grade football team improved to 4-1 for the season on Tuesday with a 46-0 victory over Yucca. Ricky Fenstermaker scored two of the Cubs’ three touchdowns on defense and also tallied one on offense. Other TDs for Gattis came on a 55-yard run by Uriah Sarracino, a 28-yard run by Ezra Cano and a 30-yard run by Nathan Lewis, who also tacked on a pair of conversion runs. Meantime, Langdon Lewis returned an interception 50 yards for a score, while Jaime Hernandez had a forced fumble and a sack and Andres C...
LOVINGTON – The preliminaries are over for Clovis High’s volleyball team, which begins District 4-5A action on Tuesday at home against Carlsbad. The Lady Wildcats take a 7-9 overall record into district competition after polishing off Lovington 25-21, 25-18, 25-23 on Thursday night. Playing without senior outside hitter Ashlynn Evans (shoulder) and senior middle hitter Maricella Gutierrez (broken foot), the Lady Cats controlled their third match of the campaign with winless Lovington (0-15) most of the way. Lovington clo...
