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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Jolei Adkins, 17, participated in professional golfer Steph Curry's second annual Underrated Golf Tour this summer, where she got to golf at some of the U.S. most prestigious courses and even met celebrities like American DJ, record executive and producer, DJ Khaled. The Women's City Champion of 2021-2022 said that she was grateful for the opportunities the program provided for her, especially it being her second time participating. Adkins said that her brother was a big...
CLOVIS – Clovis High's football team slogged through an 0-6 record during pre-District 4-5A play last fall, then found itself in position for a Class 6A state playoff bid going into the last week of the regular season. The Wildcats lost 54-0 at Los Lunas in their finale, finishing 3-7. They hope for a better start this year, even though their schedule is identical to 2022 except to reverse sites. Second-year coach Andrew McCraw remains ever optimistic. "We're working hard," h...
PORTALES – While the Rams are coming off a strong season, senior wide receiver Andru Ontiveros is hoping Portales High's football team can go a little farther this fall. The Rams began workouts on Monday in preparation for their 2023 opener against Highland in Albuquerque on August 19. This week, they have a 5:30 p.m. scrimmage on tap Friday against Las Vegas Robertson at the PHS practice facility. "I feel like we have a lot of talent on our team," Ontiveros said. "We've b...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Defending Lone Star Conference football champion Angelo State has been tabbed to repeat its crown in a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, plus media members. The Rams (12-1 overall and 9-0 in the LSC in 2022) collected 241 points and 25 of 27 first-place ballots, according to the poll released by the conference office. Last season, ASU reached the NCAA Division II national quarterfinals before it was eliminated. Eastern New Mexico University, with Kelley Lee returning to the helm t...
A Clovis teenager wrapped up his summer on the world stage. Kyan Wilhite, 17, earned the world championship title in tie-down roping at the 75th National High School Finals Rodeo. Wilhite claimed the crown Saturday in Gillette, Wyo., after securing a cumulative score of 27.24 seconds for the week-long event. The score is based on the combined times and scores of three rounds. Tie-down roping, or calf roping, is a timed rodeo event in which a rider must lasso a calf from...
Reserved seat tickets for the 2023 Wildcat Football season will go on sale Monday. Past reserved seat ticket holders will have until Aug. 4, to buy their tickets. After Aug. 4, the remaining tickets will go on sale to the public, according to a Clovis Municipal Schools news release. CMS is asking If you no longer want to buy your reserved seat tickets, please contact the CHS Athletic Office before the Aug. 4 deadline. The release reports reserved seat tickets are $60 per seat and $70 for each box seat. There is an additional...
It was the second tournament for the Clovis Bassmasters club and the second time the high schoolers and middle schoolers picked up top honors. The Clovis club, an affiliate of New Mexico Bass Nation, took to Ute Lake Sunday for their second state qualifier and finished with first-place wins in the high and junior high school divisions, according to a news release from Clovis Municipal Schools. Autumn Kinglsey and Nicole Patton took first place in the high school division along with bringing in the biggest bass in their...
Dalton Hartle has loved baseball since he was "itty-bitty." Now, at age 12, the Texico resident will be participating in not one but two national youth baseball tournaments in the next month. "He is so into it when it comes to baseball, he just has really loved it since he was tiny. He plays football and basketball but baseball is his passion for sure," Dalton's mother Leslie Hartle said. Dalton, his mother and father, Brenton, and his little brother Braxton, live in Texico....
The separate law firms representing defendants in a lawsuit filed by three former Eastern New Mexico University basketball team members have filed very similar responses to the team members’ complaint. The team members alleged in their complaint filed in the New Mexico district federal court they endured sexual abuse in 2021 and 2022 at the hands of their coach’s husband, Glen de los Reyes, in medical “treatments.” The basketball players state their coach Meghan de los Reyes required them to receive from De Los Reyes while t...
Eastern New Mexico University football fans will be able to enjoy something new this coming football season: Game Day tailgating tents. Fans may reserve their tents for a single game or season now, according to an ENMU news release. ENMU Athletic Director Paul Weir believes giving fans the opportunity for a tent, tables and chairs of desired sizes waiting for them in a secure location will help fans "embrace our spectacular football game-day experience," according to the news...
The New Mexico Activities Association’s membership recently voted in changes that significantly increase sanctions against unsportsmanlike conduct to the NMAA bylaws. According to the association, NMAA high schools voted nearly 80% in favor of the bylaw, entitled “Crowd Control & Unsportsmanlike Conduct.” The new policy goes into effect at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. The updated bylaws now specify the possibility of suspension of a team or fan, or both, from athletic activities if they engage in unspo...
The Clovis High School Lady Wildcat volleyball team is hosting its 12th Annual Sand Volleyball Tournament July 15 at the Lucky Dawg sand volleyball courts, according to a news release from the Clovis Municipal Schools administration. The release gives details of the registration and tournament: • $150 entry fee per team • 1st and 2nd place awards • Lunch provided for team members • Co-ed teams must have 2 women on court at all times • Pool play: 2 games to 21 • Bracket play: best of 3 – single elimination • One official pr...
Eastern New Mexico University’s men’s soccer standout Daniel Letherby has been selected to the Under-19 Malta squad for the upcoming UEFA Under-19 European Championships, in an announcement by the Malta Football Association Thursday afternoon. According to a news release from ENMU, Letherby was selected to the 20-player squad chosen by Under-19 Maltese national team Coach Antonio Mendes. Malta’s U-19 Squad is making their first appearance in the competition, earning an automatic bid to the tournament finals as the host nation...
Jennifer Goble-Poyer, who starred at Eastern New Mexico University in women's basketball and volleyball, will be enshrined in the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame later this summer. Goble-Poyer will become the first former ENMU student athlete inducted into the Hall, according to a news release from ENMU's John Houser. "This was a wonderful surprise," said Goble-Poyer. "It is truly humbling to be honored with so many great people involved in New Mexico sports." She joins...
If you're a pickleball player there's a new place on the Eastern New Mexico University campus where you can "get your game on." The grand opening of the new pickleball courts at ENMU is scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. The pickleball courts, located at the ENMU Vetville Recreation Area, were created this spring when two old ENMU tennis courts were renovated into eight pickleball courts, allowing u...
It was Clovis High School's fishing club's first tournament and they came back with first-place honors. Colter Williams of the Clovis Bassmasters, an affiliate of New Mexico Bass Nation, caught the biggest bass of the tournament at Ute Lake with a weight of 4 pounds, 9 ounces, according to a report from Lonnie Hendren of Clovis Municipal Schools. Hendren reported all boaters were on the water by 5 a.m. Saturday and launched a half-hour later. The news release reports the...
Longtime area basketball coach Jimmy Joe Robinson passed away at the age of 87 last weekend, and the news has affected many locals that knew and loved him. According to his obituary, Robinson began his career as a coach and teacher at La Casita Elementary in Clovis where he taught 6th grade and coached football, basketball, gymnastics, and track. He then went on to teach other grades and coach other sports at various schools, but it was his coaching career at Clovis High Schoo...
The New Mexico High School Coaches Association (NMHSCA) will soon honor three coaches from across the state by inducting them into the Hall of Honor. One of those coaches is an eastern New Mexico local, and it’s safe to say he’s well known to many. Dickie Roybal of Melrose has been coaching for nearly 30 years. He recently learned of the accomplishment, and he credits all his success to the many athletes he has coached along the way. “It’s hard to take credit for anything that I did, because it was the kids, and it always...
If you like to take a regular run on the track at Clovis High School’s Leon Williams Stadium, you won’t be allowed to do that anymore. The track and stadium will be closed for renovations beginning this week, according to a news release from Clovis schools. The work is expected to continue through the summer. Once the renovations are done, the track will be officially classified as an “X1000 World Athletics certified track” – a competition track only, according to the news release. CMS administrators said the renovatio...
Wildcat Softball, Cross Country, and Wrestling programs are gearing up for a busy summer with camps and workouts spread across the next few months. For any girl, 8-12 grade in Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS), workouts started on Thursday, and will go through August 3. Workouts will consist of offensive and defensive skills, and speed/agility training, along with strength and conditioning. Mondays: • 9 to 10 a.m. - Lady Wildcat field, conditioning • 5:30 to 7 p.m. - Lady Wildcat field, skill development Tuesdays, Wed...
Summer means golf for many across eastern New Mexico. Here’s a look at some tournaments coming up in Portales, Clovis, and Farwell. The Portales Country Club kicked off its first tournament of the season in early May, but there are still plenty of opportunities to hit the green this summer. • A tournament for members and guests is scheduled June 10-11 • Hit the Green 4 Man Scramble is June 24 • A couples only tournament is July 8-9 • The 2 Men/1 Women tournament is July 30 • The Stone Invitational is Aug. 12-13 • The Ladies S...
Eastern New Mexico University is opening a foundation account to support athletic training while also honoring long-time trainer Bill Joy. “We are so grateful to the Joy family for agreeing to create this endowment in Bill’s name,” ENMU Athletic Director Paul Weir stated in a news release. “… At the very least it memorializes an absolutely amazing man. We hope to make our head athletic trainer position one dedicated to excellence and this endowment will help us do just that.” Joy got his start in Portales in 1966 after gradu...
Eastern New Mexico University’s (ENMU) Athletics Department is offering skills camps for area youth in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and women’s soccer this summer, according to a news release from John Houser, assistant vice president of ENMU’s marketing and communications department. “In our efforts to be a resource and community partner, ENMU is proud to offer a range of camps and activities for our area youth. We hope parents will take advantage of the programs,” ENMU President James Johnston said. Camps tha...
The Clovis Wildcat basketball and football teams have a busy summer planned with full schedules. That includes camps for youth to help improve their game while school is not in session. The Lady Wildcat Basketball Camp will be Monday, June and will last through Thursday, June 15 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be at the Rock. The camp fee is $70 which includes a camp T-shirt and a basketball and competition awards. Please make checks payable to head coach Jeff Reed. Sign ups...
Places to throw a line and fish might not seem common in eastern New Mexico, but there is fishing to be had in the region. Fishing options range from Clovis’ lakes to the large Ute and Conchas reservoirs to our north. Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt said fishing oversight of Ned Houk Park, Greene Acres and Dennis Chavez lakes is handled by the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMGF). Shawn Denny, NMGF Warmwater Fisheries Supervisor, confirmed the Clovis lakes are stocked by the department. “Rainbow trout are pro...
