PHS teams end regular season on high note

The Portales tennis teams finished off their home season with 5-0 wins against Roswell High Thursday afternoon.

The wins put the Portales girls at 18-2, the boys at 15-5.

The matches were played in district format, with players compete only in singles or only in doubles. Hailey Quick, Rachelle Self and Morgan Erf earned singles victories for the girls, while Portales’ doubles teams were Jessica Bulls/Kaycee Quick and Bethany Self/Kassandra Short.

Boys singles players were Chance Plummer, Bryan Yeast and Chris Kirchner. Doubles teams were Nathan and Chase Acker and Travis Holt/Logan Brown.

The teams are idle until the District 4-3A championships, set for May 7-8 in Roswell.

Coyotes clinch playoff berth

DORA — Chance Aguirre hit a two-run triple in a six-run second, and Brent Hays had 13 strikeouts as Dora clinched the runnerup spot in District 7-1A/2A with an 8-4 win over Santa Rosa.

The Coyotes (8-8, 5-3 district) will next play in a regional tournament at Santa Fe, against host Santa Fe Indian.

“It worked out pretty well,” Thatcher said of Thursday’s game, which broke a tie between the Coyotes and the Lions. “It was a one-or-done game for us.”

Texico finished undefeated in the district to claim the top spot.

Hays struck out the side in both the second and third innings for Dora, who played without Tyler Wilhoit (Business Professionals of America trip) and Jason Parker (groin injury).