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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
PLAINVIEW — Clovis High’s track teams opened the season in Friday’s Reagor Dykes Relays, with the boys finishing second and the girls fourth in the six-team competition against west Texas schools.
On the boys side, the Wildcats finished with 130 points to 145 for host Plainview, with Lubbock Monterey third at 117. Meantime, the Lady Wildcats tallied 87 points to trail Monterey (181), Lubbock Coronado (141) and Plainview (96).
Senior Leroy Wilson posted the lone first for CHS in the meet, winning the boys 300 hurdles in 41.46 seconds, while Lane Kelley finished second at 43.60. Meantime, Kelley was second at 17.94 and Juan Alvarez third at 19.92 in the 110 hurdles.
Burgin Foster finished second in pole vault at 11 feet, 6 inches, while Jonathan Williams and Wilson came in 2-3 in triple jump at 41-10 and 40-10, respectively.
Elsewhere on the track for the Cats, Austin Fuentes was second in the 200 (23.11) and Jon Fuentes claimed second in the 1,600 (4.43.41). The Cats also posted a second-place finish in the 800 relay (1:33.91) and a third in the distance medley relay (11:27.65).
For the Lady Wildcats, top finishes included seconds by Kelsey McNaughton in the 1,600 (5:32.12) and Brittany Reed in shot put (37-8) and discus (110-6). Senior Monay Phillips followed in third place in discus at 110-4.
Clovis squads return to action on Friday at the Lovington Invitational.
Softball — Coach Brandi Thomas knows it’s a work in progress with her young Clovis High softball team, and the Lady Wildcats were given some heavy lessons in this weekend’s 16-team Las Cruces Invitational.
The Lady Cats opened with an 18-1 loss on Friday to Centennial before playing competitively in a 6-4 setback to Las Vegas Robertson. On Saturday, Clovis dropped a 12-8, eight-inning decision to Miyamura and a 9-1 verdict to Alamogordo.
Thomas said the Lady Cats (0-6) learned from the experience.
“It was a tough weekend, but there were some bright spots,” she said. “It was a good learning experience. We got our eyes opened against Centennial, but we got to watch some really good softball.”
Junior Celeste Chavez pitched all but four innings for the Lady Cats, Thomas said, and also hit the ball well. She said Marina Tapia and Daisy Dodge also had some big hits, while third baseman Destinee Sotelo and first baseman Jasmine Lefevre played well in the field.
Down 4-0 in the sixth inning, the Lady Cats rallied to force extra innings against Miyamura at 6-6, but gave up a six-spot in the eighth inning.
“I think we should’ve beaten Miyamura,” Thomas said.
Clovis has a pair of road doubleheaders on tap this week, visiting Roswell Goddard in a 4 p.m. start on Tuesday and former district rival Carlsbad on Friday.
