CHS netters pound Manzano

Clovis High’s tennis team had a walk in the park Saturday in District 4-5A duals against Manzano at the CHS courts.

The girls lost just 16 games all day and rolled to a 9-0 win over the Lady Monarchs, improving to 3-3 in duals this year (2-2 district). Meantime, the boys won four three-set matches and registered an 8-1 win over Manzano and now stand 2-4 (1-3).

Senior Andrea Curry and junior Patricia Gallegos completed unbeaten district singles seasons for the Lady Wildcats with easy wins, giving up only one game between them. They also teamed up for a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles.

“I’m excited Andrea and Patricia both ended up unbeaten,” CHS tennis coach Billie Merritt said. “The girls had a really good day.”

Merritt said the girls team still has hope of qualifying for postseason as the No. 2 squad in the district on a tiebreaker, pending the outcome of duals next weekend.

The boys were without two of their top six players as seniors Jared Cole, their No. 1 in singles, and Mark Gant away at a choir competition. Sophomore Adam Quintero senior Patrick Jones and freshman Jay Cole all went three sets to win in singles, while Jones and junior Michael Adams teamed up for a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win over Jesse Start and Kyle Fuerschbach at No. 2 doubles.

“Justin (Brummitt) and Adam (Quintero) played really well at No. 1 doubles,” Merritt said of a 6-2, 6-0 thumping of Trevor Tyler and Brett Thomas. “If they continue to play that way, they have a real chance of being competitive in the district tournament.

“The boys played well, considering everyone had to move up one slot.”

Boys

Clovis 8, Manzano 1

Singles

No. 1 — Justin Brummitt (C) beat Trevor Tyler 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 — Adam Quintero (C) beat Jesse Stark 0-6, 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 — Patrick Jones (C) beat Brett Thomas 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; No. 4 — Michael Adams (C) beat Andrew Munoz 6-3, 7-5; No. 5 — Jay Cole (C) beat Steven Jackson 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; No. 6 — Kyle Fuerschbach (M) beat Matt Whittington 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles

No. 1 — Brummitt-Quintero (C) beat Tyler-Thomas 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 — Jones-Adams (C) beat Stark Fuerschbach 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; No. 3 — Cole-Randy Stapp (C) beat Jackson-Munoz 7-6 (7-1), 7-5.

Record — Clovis 2-4 (1-3 district).

Girls

Clovis 9, Manzano 0

Singles

No. 1 — Patricia Gallegos (C) beat Libby Putnam 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 — Andrea Curry (C) beat Ashley Harper 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 — Lauren Garrett (C) beat Sara Anderson 6-1, 6-0; No. 4 — Emily Gibbs (C) beat Janelle Anyanonu 6-1, 6-2; No. 5 — Britni Johnson (C) beat Vanessa Nva 6-0, 6-0; No. 6 — Emily Logsdon (C) beat Tierrah Hayden 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles

No. 1 — Curry-Gallegos (C) beat Putnam-Harper 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 — Johnson-Garrett (C) beat Anderson-Anyanonu 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 — Logsdon-Gibbs (C) beat Nava-Hayden 6-3, 6-3.

Record — Clovis 3-3 (2-2).

Track — Clovis’ boys finished second and the girls were third in Friday’s Alamogordo qualifier meet.

For the boys, junior Jacob Jones was the lone state qualifier, winning the 400 in a time of 49.74 seconds. Coach Darren Kelley noted, though, that the 800 and 1,600 relays each posted season-best times.

“The best thing is we got Jacob qualified,” Kelley said. “We wanted to improve our (400, 800 and 1,600) relay times, but we had a bad handoff on the 4-by-1.”

Junior Phillip Williams added a pair of wins for the Wildcats, taking long jump at 21 feet, 3 inches and winning the 100 in 10.93 seconds. The Cats finished with 96 points to trail only Alamo (110 1/2) in the seven-team competition.

“The kids are doing a good job,” Kelley said. “We just have to do the little things from here on out to make a difference.”

Senior Monique Walker helped two relays win for the girls in her first competition since injuring a knee in a meet at Moriarty on April 8.

The foursome of Kela Williams, Heather Malloy, Helen Morning and Walker won both the 400 relay in 49.59 seconds and the 800 relay in 1:45.93, the latter a state qualifying time. Those were the second-fastest times in the state going into the weekend, CHS girls coach Darrel Ray said.

The Lady Cats also qualified their 1,600 relay team, with Cassie Belford, Malloy, Kim Perkins and Vanessa O’Neal finishing a close second to Alamo in 4:11.2, beating their season-best time by about four seconds.

Ray said Walker will probably add the 100 and 200 in Tuesday’s Carlsbad qualifier, and compete in long jump and the medley relay three days later in the Hobbs qualifier.

“She ran very well,” Ray said. “You could tell she’s just getting into shape, but she’s such a strong runner.”

Alamogordo qualifier

Boys

Team standings: 1. Alamogordo 110 1/2; 2. Clovis 96; 3. Silver 93 1/2; 4. Cibola 59; 5. Los Lunas 48; 6. Gadsden 27; 7. Valley 18.

Clovis results

Field events

Long jump: 1. Phillip Williams 21-3. Shot put: 2. Charles Purdy 50-5. Discus: 1. Shea Chase 140-4; 3. Vinnie Williams 137-9; 5. Jeff Epps 130-3. Javelin: 3. Jarod Baldwin 154-0.

Running events

100: 1. P. Williams 10.93. 200: 3. Ben Teconchuk 22.98; 6. John Tranchida 23.28. 400: 1. Jacob Jones 49.74 (SQ). 110 hurdles: 3. Brian Mead 15.68; 5. Damian Robinson 15.87. 300 hurdles: 5. Brian Mead 42.37. 800: 5. Matt Lowen 2:06.0; 6. Jon Wareham 2:11.0. 3,200: 3. Brian Romero 10:06.0; 4. Matt Appelman 10:11.0. 400 relay: 2. (Tanner Williams, P. Williams, Tranchida, Teconchuk) 43.0. 800 relay: 2. (Teconchuk, P. Williams, Tony Contreras, Tranchida) 1:30.44. 1,600 relay: 2. (Jones, Teconchuk, Tranchida, P. Williams). 1,600 medley relay: 3. (Tanner Fickling, Contreras, T. Williams, Romero).

Girls

Team standings (only top 3 available): 1. Alamogordo 101; 2. Cibola 95; 3. Clovis 86.

Clovis results

Field events

High jump: 1. Brittany Blackmon 4-11. Javelin: 3. Aimee Hilburn 105-3. Shot put: 4. Kacee Escobar 34-6; 5. Tyisha Brown 33-2. Pole vault: 2. Cristin Vick 9-6.

Running events

100 hurdles: 3. Taeilor Evans 17.6. 800: 6. Amy Shober 2:37.0. 800 relay: 1. (Kela Williams, Heather Malloy, Helen Morning, Monique Walker) 1:45.93. 400 relay: 1. (Williams, Malloy, Morning, Walker) 49.59. 400: 1. Vanessa O’Neal, time n/a; 3. Blackmon, time n/a. 300 hurdles: 1. Kim Perkins 48.0; 3. Evans, tiime n/a. 1,600 medley relay: 4. (Williams, Brittany Montague, Kourtnie Cole, Tori Northcutt), time n/a. 1,600 relay: 2. (Cassie Belford, Malloy, Perkins, O’Neal) 4:11.2.