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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Told by some he’d be a nobody in life, Clovis boxer Rico Urquizo has certainly become a somebody. Urquizo, 36, owns his own business — Show Tyme Flooring and Roofing in Clovis — and has been a professional boxer since 2012. Now, the man that has always had dreams of making something of himself has a chance to realize a lifelong goal — bring a title back to Clovis. Urquizo will fight in Austin, Texas, on July 28 for the vacant NABF Junior Cruiserweight world title against Kazakhstan’s Ali Baloyev. “I know this is...
PORTALES — Before a football team can celebrate state championships and all the glory that comes with them, it must first think about getting better everyday. July and August may be the dog days of summer for baseball, but in football, it could be the difference between a playoff berth and sitting home in November. On Thursday night, Portales hosted 7-on-7 scrimmages against Eunice, Lovington and Muleshoe. The round-robin scrimmages lasted 20 minutes apiece, with the first g...
The lesser prairie chicken population in eastern New Mexico and surrounding regions continues to increase, a recent survey shows. An aerial survey done by the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Plan shows the bird population increased from an estimated 30,000 last year, to almost 39,000 this year. A 30 percent annual increase has been the norm in recent years. For Roosevelt County Agriculture Agent Patrick Kircher, the increase is good for ranchers as well as for the birds... Full story
CLOVIS - The 2018 New Mexico Junior Softball state championship will go through Clovis - in more ways than one. The Wildcats 13-14 junior league team is the defending state champion, and will have an opportunity to repeat in its own backyard. Clovis High School will play host to the championships next Friday through Sunday (July 13-15), but first, the junior 'Cats must get through this weekend. The Clovis American Little League team will host a sectional on Saturday, which als...
PORTALES — For three years running, Portales has hosted a charity event at its Portales Softball Complex, in conjunction with the Relay for Life, to raise additional proceeds toward cancer research. The Portales Relay for Life Charity Mushball Tournament has raised thousands of dollars over the past few years, and has garnered a strong community response, in the process. For event organizer Connie Cuevas-Florez, the idea was something that she dreamed up one day, and she c...
PORTALES — Standing at an imposing 7-foot-1 and 250 pounds, then-University of Arizona freshman center DeAndre Ayton sure looked the part of star to Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball onlookers, who had to face the highly-touted McDonald’s All-American in a preseason exhibition game last November in Tucson. In the Wildcats’ matchup against the Division II Greyhounds, Ayton had 31 points on 13-of-16 shooting and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes of a 91-63 win. Ayton, the Pac-12’s Player of the Year and a consensus First Team All-...
Three local up-and-coming rodeo stars of tomorrow will compete at this year’s National Junior High Finals Rodeo, representing Team New Mexico. The 14th annual event, which will be held June 24-30 in Huron, South Dakota, features roughly 1,000 contestants from 43 states, five Canadian provinces, Australia and Mexico. Over $80,000 in prizes and more than $200,000 in scholarship money are at stake. The local trio of Jacob Derrer (Portales), John Hisel (Clovis) and Rustin Baldwin (Muleshoe, Texas) will do their best to take h...
CLOVIS — Calm and under control, former Clovis standout Christian Fontanilla doesn’t let any miscues get him down on the golf course. The 2018 Wildcat graduate on Friday signed his National Letter of Intent to resume his golf career at The University of the Southwest in Hobbs. The Fontanilla family is no stranger to golf. Christian’s grandfather, Chris, was a golf pro, while his father, Jeff, played professionally for many years. Christian’s decision to head to Hobbs, instead...
PORTALES — Some say that seven is the luckiest number, but for Eastern New Mexico rodeo, that number is actually three. The Greyhounds will send three rodeo team members to the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming starting Sunday, and running through next June 16. Coincidentally, the trio — Lindsey Adcock, Celie Vick and Landon "Ed" Beardsworth — are all ranked, you guessed it, third in the Southwest Region in their respective events. "It was this year,...
PORTALES — The kids are out of school and the weather is sweltering hot, which means camp season is in full swing. Portales girls varsity basketball coach Wade Fraze, along with boys coach Rickie McBroom, are each running camps this week, as they try to develop the next generation of Ram basketball players. Both camps run from Tuesday through this afternoon, with a morning session for the younger grades and an afternoon session for the older grades each day. Fraze’ camp, the...
Editor's note: This is the last in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University track and field athletes heading to the Division II national championships this week. PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico Women's 400 relay team has overcome the adversity of injuries and some execution issues to emerge as one of the better 400 relay teams in the country. The Greyhound relay team of Danee Bustos, Maijah Mathis, Kandice Miles and Lateria Slaughter have been on a roll l...
PORTALES — Kenneth Lloyd is hoping to raise the bar — literally and figuratively — when he competes this week in Charlotte. For the Eastern New Mexico senior, the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships mark the high jumper's final event as a college athlete. "To be honest, the way I've been looking lately, and seeing how close the competition is (coming into this event), I've been practicing really hard and I could definitely win it," Lloyd said. "I alway...
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University athletes heading to the Division II national track and field championships. Tuesday's story will feature senior high jumper Kenneth Lloyd. PORTALES — People always seem to be gunning for the top dog, trying to knock them off of their pedestal. For sprinters at this week's NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the top dog is a Greyhound. Sophomore Marcus Parker has e...
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University athletes heading to the Division II national track and field championships. Sunday's story will feature sophomore sprinter Marcus Parker. PORTALES - The first time is a surprise, the second time a goal. After reaching the NCAA Division II nationals during an injury-plagued indoor season, Eastern New Mexico junior Danee Bustos seemed headed for an easy outdoor national appearance if she...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University athletes heading to the Division II national track and field championships. Saturday’s story will feature junior sprinter Danee Bustos. PORTALES — She doesn’t really know how good she is, but everybody else seems to have a pretty good idea. That’s pretty much been Eastern New Mexico sprinter Kandice Miles’ track career in a nutshell, as others always believed in her, but it’s just recently that’s she’s starting to finally believe i... Full story
PORTALES — Just like riding a bike, competing at a national track championship gets a bit easier with experience. Eastern New Mexico’s Marcus Parker, Kenneth Lloyd and Danee Bustos have been there before, but sophomore Kandace Miles, on the other hand, has not. Miles (200-meter dash), along with Bustos (200), Parker (100 and 200), Lloyd (high jump) and the women’s 4x100 relay team (Miles, Bustos, Lateria Slaughter and Maijah Mathis) will all represent the Greyhounds at this year’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field C...
ALBUQUERQUE — Bittersweet might be the word — and the feeling, to describe the weekend's Class 4A state meet for the Portales Ram track team. Hopes of a boys title quickly faded on the second day of the meet, while the promising relay teams didn't quite have the performances they needed. As a result, the Rams finished just out of trophy contention, scoring 46 points. Taos, with 81 points, edged out Silver (75) while St. Michael's took the green trophy with 54 points. And the...
PORTALES — One last hand-off. One last jump. One last throw. One last sprint to the finish. Twenty-three Portales track and field athletes — 13 boys and 10 girls — will compete at Friday and Saturday's 2018 Class 4A State Track and Field championships. Head coach Chris Bachicha is optimistic about this weekend in Albuquerque, as he believes big things could be in store for his squad. "We're pretty excited and we like our chances," Bachicha said. "If our kids P.R. (Pers...
PORTALES — The 2018 season has seen its fair share of ups and downs for Eastern New Mexico baseball, but they recently remedied that by making school history, as the Greyhounds qualified for the Lone Star Conference Tournament for just the second time in program history, with the other time coming in 2009. ENMU (23-23, 7-17 LSC) swept UT-Permian Basin in a doubleheader Saturday to clinch an LSC Tournament berth. The Hounds will open today's tournament at West Texas A&M's W...
PORTALES — After sweeping No. 8 West Las Vegas in the Class 4A baseball tournament first round last weekend, Portales finds itself one step closer to a 4A title repeat. For Coach Dusty Nusser and company, this year's field should provide some interesting challenges. "Honestly, 1 through 8, anybody who gets to that third game (4A title game) is gonna be tough," Nusser said. "Most years, it's not always like that." According to Nusser, the remaining eight teams, including Portal...
PORTALES — It's not easy going up against a hard-throwing, left-handed pitcher, but the Rams found a way, like they seemingly always do. Portales' baseball team had a four-run third inning to take Game 2 of its NMAA 4A Baseball Tournament first-round series with West Las Vegas at home on Saturday. The four runs put the Rams (18-10) ahead for good, as they knocked-off the Dons (11-15), 7-3, to sweep the series. And with the victory, Portales will face No. 12 Santa Fe Indian n...
ALBUQUERQUE — For several area athletes, this weekend is an opportunity for dreams to come true, after all the hard work they’ve put in over the past year, and then some. Schools like Dora, Elida, Floyd, Melrose and Texico will all be competing in today and Saturday's NMAA Track Championships in Albuquerque, as they’re hoping to bring home at least a few champions to the eastern plains. In Elida, coach Jarred Hestand is trying to make history, as the Tigers boys team has never won a state track title. Hestand led Hager...
PORTALES — "Not one, not two, not three." Those were famous words by then-Heat signee LeBron James for titles he hoped to win in Miami. The Portales boys track team is hoping to be that successful at the District 4-4A level. A team win at today's 4-4A meet at Greyhound Stadium would be not one, not two, not three, but four district titles in a row. "For my last year to be a good four-peat for my district championship, it's gonna be hard, because Hope (Christian is) bringing a...
TEXICO — The Texico High machine keeps rolling along. The No. 1 Wolverines clobbered No. 16 Zuni in Wednesday's Class 3A baseball state tournament first-round matchup 21-0. The defending 3A champs sent 24 batters to the plate in an 18-run first and never looked back. With the win, the Wolverines advance to a 10 a.m. Wednesday quarterfinal at Cleveland High School against No. 9 Laguna Acoma. "I thought the kids came out prepared and locked in, and did a great job of taking w... Full story
PORTALES — For some, this weekend's Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships are an opportunity to produce their strongest performance of the year, while others are trying to fine-tune their techniques heading into the NCAA Division II Championships in three weeks. For Eastern New Mexico track and field, that appears to be the reality when they head down to San Angelo, Texas to compete for league titles on the campus of Angelo State. The event, which will b...
