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MELROSE – The defending Class 1A state champion Melrose Buffaloes have earned the third seed in the six-team 1A state tournament and will host a first-round tilt against fellow District 3-1A member Cimarron at 2 p.m. today. The winner goes on to play second-seeded Magdalena in a semifinal match on March 12 at Spark Kindness Sports Complex in Albuquerque. The Buffs (9-5) went 3-0 against the Rams during district play. Unbeaten defending champion Logan faces the winner of today’s other game, sending fifth-seeded Gateway Chr...
LUBBOCK – Competing against a mix of Division I and II athletes, Eastern New Mexico University’s track teams set numerous personal bests during Saturday’s Corky-Crofoot Shootout hosted by Texas Tech. Junior Timothy Frederick ran an NCAA Division II provisional-qualifying time of 10.49 seconds in the men’s 100. Top finishes for the men came from freshmen Alex Williams, third in javelin at 208 feet, 6 inches, and Noe Ybaben, seventh in shot put at 43-5 ¾. Williams also posted a D-II provisional qualifying mark. For the wome...
LOVINGTON – Hopefully, the Clovis High boys track team is peaking at the right time. On Friday, the Wildcats took first place in Lovington’s Ross Black Relays, finishing with 97 ½ points to 88 for Artesia. Coach Mark Sena said it was their first team championship since taking the Plainview Invitational in 2019. “I really feel like we’ve got more kids running well,” Sena said on Saturday. “Some of the times we had last night were unbelievable.” Senior R.J. Nora continues to lead the way for the Cats. At Lovington he p...
PORTALES – Saturday's regular-season-ending Lone Star Conference softball doubleheader at Greyhound Softball Field carried a bit more weight for Texas A&M-Kingsville than Eastern New Mexico University. While the Greyhounds clinched the final spot in this week's 10-team, single-elimination LSC tournament with a 4-2 win in Friday's series opener, Kingsville still had a chance to jump up a couple of notches, and the Javelinas did just that with a 6-4, 3-1 sweep. ENMU (25-29, 17-2...
CLOVIS – Melrose in Class 1A and Texico in Class 2A expect to make some noise in this weekend’s small-school state track competition at the University of New Mexico track facility in Albuquerque. Both schools will take 32 athletes to their respective state meets, split almost evenly for both between boys and girls, for the two-day competition beginning on Friday. Melrose’s girls are the defending 1A state champions by a nearly 40-point margin over Gateway Christian, while the boys came in fourth last season. Texico tied...
PORTALES – About the only thing that was going to keep Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team from getting into this week’s Lone Star Conference tournament was a four-game sweep at the hands of Lubbock Christian on the final weekend. The Greyhounds took care of that little item in the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader, erasing a 6-0 deficit with two big innings and holding on for a 13-9 win over the Chaparrals. LCU (31-19, 29-19 LSC) took the nightcap 19-9, erasing an 8-4 deficit in the final three innings, before...
BASEBALL Prep standings District 4-5A Dist. All W-L W-L Carlsbad 8-1 21-5 Hobbs 4-5 10-16 Clovis 3-6 12-14 Roswell High 3-6 11-14 Thursday’s results Roswell High 3, Clovis 2; Hobbs 4, Carlsbad 3. Friday’s results Clovis 10-4, Roswell High 9-3, 1st game 8 innings; Carlsbad 9-6, Hobbs 1-4. Regular season ends District 4-4A Dist. All W-L W-L Artesia 7-2 15-11 Roswell Goddard 6-3 16-10 Lovington 4-5 12-14 Portales 1-8 10-14 Thursday’s results Lovington 9, Portales 4; Roswell Goddard 3, Artesia 2. Friday’s results Lovington 17-14,...
PORTALES – With two of the top offensive teams in the Lone Star Conference matched up and the wind blowing out to right-center for the most part, it would have been surprising to see a pitchers duel in Friday's series opener between Eastern New Mexico University and Lubbock Christian at Greyhound Field. Throw in a a noticeably tighter-than-usual strike zone, and it wasn't surprising to see a football score at the end of the day. LCU jumped in front 6-0 early, then held on a...
PORTALES – Probably needing a series win to earn a spot in the Class 4A state baseball tournament, Portales High was just three outs away in Thursday night's opener at Ram Field. Then the roof fell in. Lovington, which was in the same predicament as the Rams, opened the seventh inning with six consecutive hits capped by a home run, and the Wildcats turned a 4-3 deficit into a 9-4 victory at Ram Field. In Friday's doubleheader at Lovington, the Wildcats (12-14, 4-5 district) ma...
CLOVIS – It was most likely too little, too late, but if nothing else the Clovis High baseball team ended its regular season on a winning note. Likely needing a series sweep to have a chance to make the 16-team Class 5A state tournament field, the Wildcats bounced back from Thursday's tough 3-2 loss at Roswell High to edge the Coyotes twice, 10-9 in eight innings and 4-3, on Friday night at Bell Park. Friday's sweep also ended the Coyotes' chances of sneaking into the 5A field...
MELROSE – Unbeaten and defending Class 1A state champion Logan broke away from Melrose with a nine-run sixth and defeated the Buffaloes 16-4 in six innings on Friday in the opener of a District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. The top-ranked Longhorns (18-0, 9-0 district) then won the nightcap 23-3 in five, scoring 10 times in the third and seven in the fourth. Freshman Mason Wallin went 6-for-7 in the doubleheader with six RBIs – four in the opener – and four runs scored. Sophomore Skyler DeLuca finished 3-for-3 with two runs...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team almost had its spot in the Lone Star Conference softball tournament clinched before it took the field on Friday night. The Greyhounds received a bit of help from rival Western New Mexico, which took the opener of Friday’s twin bill at Texas Woman’s 2-1, then lost the nightcap by the same score in the bottom of the seventh. That meant ENMU needed just one win in its three-game home set with Texas A&M-Kingsville, and the Hounds got it with a come-from-behind 4-2 win ove...
An investigation into the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball program resulted in “no findings of an abusive nature,” according to a university statement Athletic Director Paul Weir provided The News on Tuesday. The statement also said the investigation was related to “the use of volunteer services” and there were no findings “that any ENMU employee forced student-athletes to seek volunteer services.” Weir said the statement was issued by the university in response to questions from The News regarding mas...
BASEBALL College standings LONE STAR CONFERENCE All Times MDT Conf. All W-L W-L Angelo State 38-6 40-6 Texas-Tyler 31-13 32-14 St. Edward’s 30-13 32-13 Lubbock Christian 26-18 28-18 West Texas A&M 26-18 28-18 Texas A&M-Kingsville 25-23 26-24 Eastern New Mexico 20-23 22-23 St. Mary’s 20-24 22-24 Texas A&M International 18-26 19-27 Texas-Permian Basin 17-27 19-27 Oklahoma Christian 13-31 13-33 Ark.-Fort Smith 11-33 12-34 Cameron 12-32 12-34 Friday’s results Ark.-Fort Smith 11, Texas-Permian Basin 6; Texas A&M-Kingsville 7, Te...
CANYON – Eastern New Mexico University’s athletes set several personal bests in Saturday’s Buffalo Invitational, hosted by West Texas A&M. Freshman Alex Williams led a 1-3-4 ENMU finish in men’s javelin, throwing 175 feet, with junior Devis Cheruiyot (143-0) and Jude Murray (141-6) following. Also in field events, sophomore Luis Holguin was third in pole vault (12-9 ¾) and freshman Noe Ybaben took third (44-6) in shot put. On the track, freshman John Magee (11.26 seconds) and Josh Bachechi (14.69) ran 2-7 in the 100; Cheruiyo...
HOBBS – Hobbs’ tennis teams handed Clovis High a pair of setbacks on Monday in District 4-5A action, winning the girls tilt 8-1 and taking the boys matchup 9-0. The Lady Wildcats played competitively in doubles, getting their only win from senior Niliyaah Hall and sophomore Hansini Lingali with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over senior Jessica Sturgill and eighth-grader Madelyn Simon at No. 1 doubles. Meantime, freshman Emily Bjorkland took Hobbs sophomore Nivia Nash to three sets at No. 6 singles before falling 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Hob...
ARTESIA – Portales High’s girls nearly won Friday’s Artesia Invitational track meet, falling one point short in a 12-school field. The Lady Rams tallied 75 points to 76 for St. Michael’s, with Clovis High third at 56. Meantime, the Wildcats were third on the boys’ side with 66 points, trailing the host Bulldogs (89) and Carlsbad (84), while PHS finished seventh with 27 points. “The girls had a very good meet,” PHS coach Quintin Wilson said. “Everybody ran well. There were so many PRs (personal records), we must be doing s...
SAN ANTONIO – In what could have been a devastating weekend, Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team salvaged a 10-5 series finale win over St. Mary’s in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday and inched closer to securing a berth in the upcoming Lone Star Conference tournament. The Rattlers took the first game 9-7 and won the series three games to one. ENMU (22-23, 20-23 LSC) regained seventh place over the Rattlers (22-24, 20-24) with the Game 2 victory, and leads ninth-place Texas A&M International (19-2...
CLOVIS – Weather conditions were more suited for maybe mid-March than late April in Clovis High’s Wildcat Invitational on Monday at Colonial Park Golf Course, and hardly anyone was really satisfied with how it went. Clovis Christian boys coach Trent McKay said the Eagles were a bit off their game overall, even though they shot a four-man total of 350 for an 11-stroke margin over Clovis High. The Wildcats, meantime, edged Alamogordo and Roswell High by a stroke in the battle for second place. “We won, but we didn’t play ve...
MELROSE – Two-run singles by junior Ryker Loomis and sophomore Josh Roybal in the fifth inning helped Melrose pull away for a 9-4 District 3-1A victory over Cimarron on Monday. The four-run inning made it 8-0 and allowed the Buffaloes (9-3, 5-2 district) to weather a late rally by the Rams (5-8, 1-6). Melrose closes the regular season on Friday against top-ranked and unbeaten Logan (16-0, 7-0) in a 1 p.m. doubleheader. In other district action on Monday, Logan posted an 11-0 win at Grady (7-9, 1-6), while Gateway Christian (...
PORTALES – When the Portales High volleyball team takes the court next year, there will be only one Bailey on the sideline. PHS has named Bailey (Rowley) Greenwalt to replace Jacki Bailey as its volleyball coach. “I’m really excited to bring our legacy back and show what it means to me,” Greenwalt said. “I’m excited to bring our legacy back and show what Portales means to me. “It means a lot to give back to the community.” A 2016 PHS grad, Greenwalt served as an assistant for two years under Jacki Bailey, who resigned the po...
PORTALES – Fresh off a big win in Thursday's series opener at Roswell, Portales High's baseball team couldn't continue the momentum at home on Friday. Roswell Goddard pounded out 26 hits, including 17 in the opener, and cruised to 15-3 and 12-0 District 4-4A run-rule victories over the Rams at Ram Field. While the Rockets (15-8, 5-1 district) scored in eight of the 10 innings, their pitching limited the Rams to nine singles in the two games. On Thursday night, PHS stunned G...
HOBBS – Clovis High's baseball team got its first District 4-5A win on Friday night, pounding Hobbs 11-4 in the second game of a doubleheader. The Eagles, who pulled away late to win 16-3 in Thursday's series opener at Bell Park, took Game 1 in Friday's twin bill 8-1. The split ended a five-game losing streak for the Wildcats (10-13, 1-5 district) and keeps them in contention for a possible Class 5A state playoff berth heading into next week's regular-season series finale agai...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University has announced that it will not retain women’s basketball coach Meghan De los Reyes for the 2023-24 school year. In a release on the university’s web site, athletic director Paul Weir said the school is looking to go in a different direction. “After review of the women’s basketball program, we have decided upon a change in leadership,” Weir said in the release. “We look very much forward to a new chapter of Greyhound women’s basketball.” Martin Pazanin, De los Reyes’ lead assis...
SAN ANTONIO – Senior center fielder Ryan McGowen hit a long tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning and St. Mary’s held on for a 5-4 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in the opener of a Lone Star Conference baseball doubleheader on Friday at Nelson Wolff Stadium, home of the Class AA minor-league San Antonio Missions. The Greyhounds chased Rattlers starter Clay Bradford in the third inning of Game 2, but as the designated hitter Bradford delivered four hits and four RBIs, including a three-run homer, to St. Mar...
