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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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When Behren Morton’s pass fell harmlessly to the turf at the goal line with 19 seconds left and not a Red Raider in sight, the failed fourth-down pass on a failed Saturday afternoon in overcast West Virginia brought two issues into focus: • The 8-5 season of 2022 was a mirage. • The Texas Tech offense has some real problems. Just when Tech fans thought September couldn’t get any worse, it did in a hideous way with a 20-13 loss to the Mountaineers to drop the Raiders to 1-3. Just four weeks ago, a popular preseason questio...
Portales High's soccer teams earned wins over Santa Fe-based Academy for Technology & The Classics on Saturday at the PHS pitch. The PHS boys earned their first win of the season, defeating ATC 2-1, while the girls improved to 5-2-1 with a 4-2 triumph. In the boys' tilt, ATC (4-3-1) scored in the fourth minute with sophomore midfielder Luis Gomez doing the honors, but shortly before halftime the Rams (1-5-1) pulled even when junior forward/midfielder Anthony Cordova found the...
TYLER, Texas – Senior midfielder Nina Ballesteros scored in the fifth minute and, despite being outshot 25-7 overall and 8-3 on goal, Eastern New Mexico University managed to hang on to a 1-1 tie against Texas-Tyler on Saturday in Lone Star Conference women’s soccer. Ballesteros intercepted a pass from Tyler goalkeeper Daniella Wilken and knocked it in from the left side for her second tally of the year. It was the fastest goal of the season for the Hounds, who have played to draws in four of their eight matches (1-3-4, 0-1-1...
ALBUQUERQUE – Its District 4-5A slate is looming ahead, but Clovis High’s volleyball team has been on quite a run lately. The Lady Wildcats extended their winning streak to seven matches on Saturday with wins over Del Norte 25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23 and Highland 25-12, 25-7, 25-12 at Del Norte H.S. It’s believed to be the program’s longest winning streak since the Lady Cats strung together seven consecutive victories late in the 2007 season under longtime former coach Darrel Ray. Senior outside hitter Kailyn Jeffers...
BELEN – Clovis High’s soccer teams posted a road sweep on Saturday, the boys beating Belen 6-1 while the girls notched a 5-0 whitewashing of the Lady Eagles. In the boys’ match, five players contributed to the scoring column for the Wildcats (4-9), who won back-to-back outings for the first time this season. Junior forward Ihab Mesbah scored a pair of goals and also had an assist as the Cats broke it open after leading 3-1 at halftime. “They were fairly young and inexperienced,” CHS boys coach Greg Trujillo said of the Eagle...
• Portales avenges earlier setback, improves to 7-2. Portales High's volleyball team turned the tables on one of the squads it lost to this season. The Lady Rams get the chance to avenge the other setback next week, if not sooner. PHS improved to 7-2 on Monday with a 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 25-20 victory over Roswell High at the Ram Athletic Center. On Tuesday, the Lady Rams visit Clovis, which handed Portales a five-set defeat earlier this month at the RAC. They might also p...
• ENMU absorbs first setback of season. WICHITA FALLS, Texas – First, Eastern New Mexico University’s football team looked like it was headed for a loss. Then the Greyhounds stormed in front and seemed poised for a rare win over Midwestern State. In the end, the Mustangs scored 10 points in the final 90 seconds to claim a 34-31 Lone Star Conference victory, capped by a 54-yard field goal from junior Ritse Vaes with one second left. “It came down to the wire,” Hounds coach Kelley Lee said Monday. “We had chances to put them aw...
• Rams set to take on Valley in final game before district play. After getting through the pre-district gauntlet, Clovis High’s football team is hoping to make another run toward a playoff berth when it opens its District 5-6A slate with a 7 p.m. kickoff on Friday night against Albuquerque High at Leon Williams Stadium. The Cats (1-5), coming off a 49-0 loss at unbeaten Roswell High, were 0-6 at this time last season before starting district action with three wins. They came up short of the postseason, though, when they wer...
- Elida notches high-scoring win over Mountainair. ABERNATHY – Muleshoe scored 21 first-quarter points and improved to 5-0 for the season on Friday night with a 47-0 rout of Abernathy. Junior quarterback Nathan Martens ran for one touchdown and threw for another, a 45-yard pass to senior Ramzee Martinez in the opening stanza. Martens completed 19-of-23 passes for 196 yards. Sophomore Josue Sigala and senior Daniel Sianez were both over 100 yards rushing and each ran for a t...
Thursday Texico 3, Tatum 0 Texico 25 25 25 Tatum 12 14 14 Texico individual statistics Kills – Aspyn Furrow 15, Adalyn Autrey 7, Madi Hodges 3, Synia Harrison 3. Blocks – Autrey 3, Harrison 2. Digs – Furrow 12, Desiree Holman 9, Abby Haakma 8. Aces – Haakma 5, Furrow 4, Ella Collins 1, Taylee Sours 1. Assists – Collins 28. Records – Texico 7-1, Tatum 3-6. Other Thursday results: Clovis Christian (2-3) def. Floyd (0-10) 3-0 (scores n/a); Springer (7-1) def. Grady (7-4) 25-18, 25-14, 23-25, 23-25, 15-6. Saturday result: Roy...
Junior midfielder Fernando Segovia scored a pair of second-half goals on Thursday and Ruidoso defeated Portales High 2-0 in boys soccer at the PHS pitch. Segovia tallied his first goal in the 50th minute and then provided insurance in the 68th minute for the Warriors (3-4-1). Senior goalkeeper Mathew Garcia provided six saves for the Rams (0-5-1), who were outshot by Ruidoso 8-5 on goal. "They're pulling it together," PHS boys coach Dustin Harden said of his squad. "Every...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s volleyball team extended its winning streak to five matches with a 25-17, 25-189, 27-25 victory over Lovington on Thursday night. The Lady Wildcats (7-2) were slated to visit Albuquerque on Saturday to take on Del Norte and Highland in matches at Highland H.S. Their next outing is a 6:30 p.m. tiff on Tuesday against Roswell Goddard at The Rock. Senior outside hitter Kailyn Jefferson had a double-double with 14 kills and 14 digs for the Lady Cats, but coach Cristy Hill said she struggled at tim...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Christian finally played at home for the first time this season on Friday night, and the Eagles celebrated with a 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 win over Eastern New Mexico University in the Lone Star Conference volleyball opener for both teams. Freshman middle blocker Camryn McGough posted 10 kills for OC (7-5 overall), while junior setter Lauren McClure notched 30 assists. ENMU (8-6) was led by eight kills and four block assists from senior outside hitter Mikaela Garvin, while senior middle hitter Gracelyn S...
EUNICE – Class 2A Eunice proved to be a fairly stern test for the Portales High football team. In the end, the Rams, ranked No. 2 by MaxPreps this week in Class 4A this week behind District 4-4A rival Lovington (3-3), had too much for the Cardinals and pulled away to a 38-13 win on Friday night in the team’s closest game this season. PHS coach Jaime Ramirez said it wasn’t his squad’s best overall outing. “We played a little sloppy,” he said. “We need to get a little sharper on our execution. We probably left three or four tou...
TEXICO – After a bit of a slow start, Texico started rolling in a Thursday night matchup against the Carlsbad junior varsity. The only thing stopping the Class 2A top-ranked Wolverines was the weather. After missing opportunities in Carlsbad's end of the field on their first two possessions, junior Alex Fuentes scored the next three times the Wolverines had the ball, including a 53-yard run with 8:37 left in the second quarter. It was at that point that the rain and l...
Friday Dora 3, Cimarron 2 Dora 25 19 22 25 15 Cimarron 20 25 25 23 12 Dora individual statistics Kills – Faith Jasso 15. Blocks – Justice Deason 3, Bre’ann Rodriguez 2, Karen Inge 1, Riley Kropf 1. Digs – Ka. Inge 5, Kropf 2, Jasso 1, Rodriguez 1. Aces – Deason 4, Ka. Inge 4, Jasso 3, Rodriguez 3. Assists – Rodriguez 15, Ka. Inge 8. Records – Dora 2-3, Cimarron 3-6. Tuesday Texico 3, Hagerman 0 Hagerman 20 8 10 Texico 25 25 25 Texico individual statistics Kills – Adalyn Autrey 8, Kinzee Crow 8, Aspyn Furrow 8. Blocks – Aut...
The three-game non-conference dance card is complete for Texas Tech. The results are this: The Red Raiders are likely not as good as offseason storylines indicated. Neither is the Big 12. If a 1-2 start has been underwhelming for Tech, the same could be said of the new-look conference the Raiders are in. Only five of 14 Big 12 teams went through non-conference unbeaten – outgoing members Texas and Oklahoma as well as Kansas and newcomers Central Florida and Brigham Young. A...
FARWELL – Senior running back Corey Stancell tallied five touchdowns, rushing for 133 yards and three tallies on just 12 carries, and junior quarterback Jonathan Armstrong threw for two scores and ran for another as Farwell defeated Texico 47-22 on Friday night in a battle of area unbeatens. Texico (4-1), ranked No. 1 in New Mexico Class 2A by MaxPreps, was within 20-14 before the Steers (4-0) closed out the half with a pair of TDs by Stancell to open a 20-point cushion. T...
Eastern New Mexico University's volleyball team finished off a 3-1 weekend in the five-team LSC Preview round-robin event at Greyhound Arena, rallying past Midwestern State 28-30, 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 on Saturday. Senior libero Getsemani Carrasco provided a school record 41 kills against the Mustangs (3-9), who faltered after pulling out the first set. The Greyhounds scored the final four points to break a 21-21 tie in Game 2, getting two kills and a block from senior outside...
Things certainly didn't look good for Eastern New Mexico University's football team when Western Oregon stormed in front with three touchdowns in the final four minutes of the half. Trailing 29-17 at the break, the Greyhounds found the formula in the final two periods, blanking WOU in that time and getting the winning touchdown on a 34-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Mario Sanchez to sophomore wide receiver Andre Jones with 1:06 left for a 30-29 Lone Star...
ARTESIA – Artesia scored a pair of first-half goals on Saturday and the Bulldogs made them stand up for a 2-0 boys soccer victory over Clovis High. Junior midfielder Othoniel Alvidrez and sophomore defender Moises Corza scored the goals for the Bulldogs (5-4-1). Junior midfielder Luis Torres had an assist on each goal. Artesia had an 11-3 advantage in shots on goal over the Cats (2-9), who dropped their fourth match in a row. Clovis was slated to return to action on Tuesday, hosting Portales High at Leon Williams Stadium. N...
ROSWELL – Things certainly didn’t go very well for Clovis High’s volleyball team in Friday’s Zia Classic pool play. The Lady Wildcats went 1-9 in games in their six-team pool and were relegated to the bottom seed from the pool for Saturday’s bracket play. They recovered nicely, though, beating Lovington 21-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-15 and Miyamura 25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 15-4 to capture the Bronze bracket title and finish ninth overall in the 12-team event. “We did not play good on Friday, at all,” first-year CHS coach Cri...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s football team appeared to be cruising in building a big halftime lead against Eldorado at Wilson Stadium on Saturday. They ran roughshod over the Eagles and rolled into the intermission with a 49-20 lead after sophomore Max Roche hauled in a 27-yard scoring pass from freshman Javi Jimenez in the final seconds. Things changed after the half, though, and Clovis’ season-long battle with depth issues quickly reared its head. Eldorado outscored the Cats 44-7 in the second half and got a touchdown and 2...
CLOVIS – Clovis High’s volleyball team dominated in the first and third sets on Tuesday night, and the Lady Wildcats cruised to a 25-10, 25-21, 25-10 victory over Lubbock Estacado at Rock Staubus Gym. It was the team’s first home win in their second match so far at The Rock. Senior outside hitters Kailyn Jefferson and Elizabeth Warwick collected 13 and 11 kills, respectively, for the Lady Cats (4-2), and Warwick added a pair of blocks. Senior libero Brienne Romero had 10 digs and three aces, junior defensive specialist Jori...
Through five weeks of the season, Portales High's football team has dominated on offense, defense and special teams. If you're wondering how far all of it might take them, though, don't ask the Rams. Senior Zane Mayberry scored three touchdowns – including two in the first 3 ½ minutes – as Portales rolled to a 41-0 victory over St. Pius on Friday night at Greyhound Stadium. And it wasn't even that close. Including Mayberry's 88-yard return of the opening kickoff, the...
