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CLOVIS — The Clovis High boys basketball team has not only eclipsed its win total from either of the previous two seasons, the Wildcats are also above .500 as the year winds down. The Cats improved to 6-5 for the season and advanced to Friday’s 7:30 p.m. finals of the Griego & Sons Classic at Rock Staubus Gym against El Paso Cathedral with a 54-45 victory over Highland on Thursday at Rock Staubus Gym. Cathedral turned back Carlsbad 39-34 in the other semifinal. “From where we’ve been, it feels pretty good,” Cats coach Sco...
LITTLEFIELD — Portales High’s basketball teams kept rolling on their merry ways on Thursday. Both remained unbeaten with quarterfinal victories in Littlefield’s Wildcat Classic, the boys crushing winless Friona 80-36 while the girls turned back Stratford 60-48. Both PHS squads are now 8-0 for the season. The boys are slated to face either Lamesa or Lubbock Roosevelt at 4 p.m. (MST), while the girls take on Levalland in the prior game at 2:30 p.m. Finals are on tap for Saturday. The Rams unloaded 11 3-pointers against Frion...
CLOVIS — Teya Morris is scoring her points. She's just having to get them from the free throw line. On Thursday night, the Clovis High junior got enough support from her teammates that the Lady Wildcats were able to break out of a five-game losing streak. Morris scored 23 points, including 13-of-15 from the free throw line, and CHS posted a 48-38 victory over Amarillo Caprock in the consolation semifinals of the Plateau Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. The Lady Cats (...
One Roosevelt County team made its way back to the top, while another just refused to leave it. The Portales Rams are football champions once again, and Elida is the volleyball and girls basketball champion, seemingly as always, with 2016 coming to a close. Whether it is basketball or volleyball, Elida High seems to have it figured out. In 2016 both the Elida Lady Tigers basketball and volleyball teams won their respective class 1A titles and kept alive some of the longest streaks in the state. Rams football: Redemption,...
TOURNAMENTS Boys Griego & Sons Classic At Rock Staubus Gym Wednesday Quarterfinals Carlsbad 46, Lovington 36 El Paso Cathedral 43, St. Michael’s 29 Highland 60, Borger 47 Clovis 56, Dumas 46 Thursday Consolation semifinals Lovington 53, St. Michael’s 50 Borger 55, Dumas 47 Championship semifinals El Paso Cathedra 39, Carlsbad 34 Clovis 54, Highland 45 Friday St. Michael’s vs. Dumas (7th), 9:30 a.m. Lovington vs. Borger (5th), 12:50 p.m. Carlsbad vs. Highland (3rd), 4:10 p.m. El Paso Cathedral vs. Clovis (championship), 7:30...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories recapping news events in 2016. The search for a new Eastern New Mexico University president in 2017 began early in the college's fall semester. Current President Steven Gamble tendered his resignation to the university in May. After executive search firm Witt/Kiefer was chosen by the university's board of regents in September, the process of finding candidates for the position of president began in earnest. In early November,...
On this date ... 1971: Clovis was recognized as one of the few communities where "firm plans" had been made to observe New Mexico's 60th year of statehood. City commissioners had signed a proclamation for a year-long observance. A celebration had been scheduled Jan. 8 at the Yucca Junior High gymnasium. Entertainment was planned, but "there will be no political speeches," said Don McAlavy, chairman of the Clovis Cultural Affairs Committee. 1956: Clovis TV Service had declared...
Henri Nouwen tells us Christmas is saying yes to something beyond all emotions and feelings. “Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to a hope based on God’s initiative, which has nothing to do with what I think or feel. Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work and not mine,” the Dutch theologian wrote. Christmas is choosing for a change to take a look through the right end of the telescope and thrilling to the sight of God’s work written large rather than cring...
Billy Graham, the famous Christian evangelist, once said: “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” I would say that my encounter with some special friends is the best example of Billy Graham’s words. It was about a week before Christmas, and I had the opportunity to visit with a group of friends, all seniors, ranging in age from 75 t...
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, somewhat flat on one side are you. I’m a firm proponent of the idea that nothing is impossible. But, while anything can be accomplished, that does not always translate into the job getting done in an optimal manner. Sometimes, the best you can do is not quite as good as you’d hoped for. And so it was with the Christmas tree hunt one year. Me and the kid and the one in the middle had been dispatched to the ranch two counties over to fee...
Poison centers are placing parents on alert with regard to the potential for teens using gardening seeds to get high. Officials said seeds for plants like Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Sleepy Grass and Blue Morning Glory contain the hallucinogenic substance LSA, which is considered to be similar to LSD. “Ingested seeds can cause auditory and visual hallucinations, spatial or temporal distortion and introspection,” said Jeanie Jaramillo of the Texas Panhandle Poison Center, adding the seeds contain LSA in varied amounts — depen...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 8:25 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, Seventh Street/Cameo Street • 9:36 a.m.: Larceny, 3900 block of Woodlark Road • 9:49 a.m.: Breaking and entering, 1000 block of Ross Street • 10:26 a.m.: Lost property, 400 block of North Ash Street • 11:45 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 4700 block of East Mabry Drive • 12:48 p.m.: Battery, 300 block of Sandoval St...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Wednesday • 10:54 a.m.: Reckless driver, location unknown • 11:04 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, location unknown • 11:15 a.m.: Breaking and entering, 700 block North Avenue O • 12:03 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 1900 block South Roosevelt Road 8 • 1:34 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 700 block East Brazos Street • 2:03 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 1800 block South Roosevelt Road 3 • 2:46 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1800 block South Rooseve...
Tuesday • Lodger's Tax Advisory Board — 5:30 p.m. in assembly room at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Wednesday • Clovis Chamber Ambassador meeting — 11:30 a.m. at the chamber. Information: 575-763-3435 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Library. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Saturday • Game night — 8:30 p.m. at Living Word Church, Clovis. 11:30 p.m. prayer for the new year. Snacks will be available. Information: 575-218-1914 Tuesday • Group reading — 10 a.m. at Retirement Ranch, hosted by Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 Ongoing • Pintores Artist of the Month — Art from Lois Snyder featured at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Juried Student Art Show — Through Jan. 13 in Eula Mae Edwards Museum and Gallery at CCC. Information: 575-769-4956 Th...
