Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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JAL – Texico scored in all but one inning on Monday and the Wolverines cruised to a 15-4 victory over Jal. Senior Daltyn Cain went 3-for-5 with a double, scoring three times and knocking in one, while senior Erik Davalos was 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Leading 4-1, the Wolverines (3-5) broke the contest open with a six-run fourth. Senior Kyle Gonser was 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored twice while sophomore Hunter Bowman finished 2-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs. Senior Easton Cooper was the w...
SNYDER, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s women finished sixth while the men were 10th in the Western Texas College rodeo. Junior Shacie Marr earned all-around honors on the women’s side, taking fifth after a 7.1-second run in Saturday’s short go while partnering with junior Justin McCormick in team roping to claim fifth place in the short go. She just missed making it to the finals in barrel racing, her time of 14.15 coming up .04 seconds short of qualifying. For the men, junior Blasé Steffen partnered with Ranger’s...
HOBBS – Clovis and Portales High track squads competed with less than full contingents in Friday’s Gene Wells Relays, holding some of the younger athletes back for Saturday’s Mario Martinez qualifier at Fort Sumner. Team scores were not available for the meet. “We ran a little more of a targeted meet,” CHS boys coach Mark Sena said. “For the most part, we did OK. We improved our times in the 4-by-1 and 4-by-2 (relays), and we had some other personal bests.” Junior Sammy Fuentes posted a pair of wins for the Wildcats, taking f...
SANTA FE – Portales High’s baseball team scored six runs each in the fourth and fifth innings to break open the game in a 14-0, five-inning triumph over Pecos on Saturday in the third-place contest of the St. Michael’s Invitational. Sophomore left-hander Carson Pfaffenberger went the distance for PHS (7-4) and allowed just a pair of singles to the Panthers (4-4), including one of the infield variety. He had two walks and six strikeouts. Leading 2-0, the Rams got a two-run triple from senior Noah Swift in the fourth and a two...
DENTON, Texas – Texas Woman’s senior right-hander Alyssa LeBlanc pitched her second complete game of the series and the Pioneers defeated Eastern New Mexico University 7-3 on Monday to win the three-game Lone Star Conference set. The games were originally slated for Tuesday and today, but due projected thunderstorms during that time in the Denton area they were moved up a couple of days. LeBlanc (10-10) shut out the Greyhounds until the sixth inning, finishing with a five-hitter, five walks and eight strikeouts. Mea...
Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of stories looking at Clovis Municipal Schools plans for closure and repurposing. The series will continue over the next three weeks. One aspect of the Clovis Municipal Schools Facilities Master Plan is the repurposing and liquidation of some of the system’s buildings. Lincoln-Jackson school, a building that is on the National Registry of Historic Places at Alphon St. and Grand Avenue and Los Niños Early Intervention Center at 3001 N. Thornton St. are two buildings set for repu...
Optical Source of Clovis has been named the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar. Optical Source will be presented with the award at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at its location at 1908 Prince St. Optical Source was nominated for the honor by the previous winner, City Printing....
La Fiesta restaurant at Fifth and Main streets in downtown Clovis officially opened with a ribbon cutting last Wednesday hosted by Clovis MainStreet. “La Fiesta is owned and operated by Rudolfo and Irene Gonzales. The Gonzales’ have come to Clovis from Mexicali in the Mexican state of Baja,” Dominique Chairez said. Chairez is on the board of Clovis MainStreet. Chairez described the restaurant as “family oriented, faith oriented and home style.” “It’s got its own Baja California spin. The little gem on their menu are the...
Tropical Twist Café has opened a second location in Clovis. Jonathan Rodriguez, who operates the cafes with partner Amanda Ornelas, said the new location at 616 W. 21st St. was opened in response “to customer requests.” “A lot of our customers were asking for a drive-through location,” Rodriguez said. Tropical Twist’s first location, at 713 E. 21st St., unit A, “is doing really well,” according to Rodriguez. The grand opening of the second location is Saturday, featuring a bouncy house, DJ and face painting from noon to 8...
SANTA ROSA – Melrose scored five runs in the third inning to take control on Friday night and the Buffaloes advanced to the finals of a tournament hosted by Santa Rosa H.S. with a 12-5 victory over Tularosa. Melrose (4-1) was slated to play Lions in Saturday night's championship game. Santa Rosa (8-1) edged Gateway Christian 7-6 in Friday's second semifinal tilt. The third-inning rally opened a 7-1 lead for the Buffs. Junior Josiah Roybal pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing f...
EUNICE – After some early-season trouncings, Clovis High’s young softball team – whose 14-player roster includes five freshmen and five sophomores – is hopefully making some progress. Tuesday night, the Lady Wildcats had early leads in both games and hung tight with Eunice before dropping 4-2 and 9-5 decisions to the Lady Cardinals. Earlier in the campaign, Eunice handed Clovis a 14-0 setback at Lady Wildcat Field. CHS (2-10) jumped on Eunice for a pair of runs in the top of the first in the opener, one coming on a double by...
ROSWELL – Senior Jett Stone shared medalist honors with a round of three-over-par 39-36 – 75 on Tuesday, helping Clovis High’s boys to a share of third place with New Mexico Military at 339 in Roswell High’s seven-team Coyote Classic golf tournament, played at NMMI’s course. Meantime, sophomore Kylie Sprinkle was fourth overall at 47-41 – 88, helping the Lady Wildcats tie for third with Hobbs at 417. Stone shared first place with Gateway Christian’s Troy Oswald. Artesia won the boys’ division at 319, followed by Roswell Godda...
ROSWELL – Senior Jasiah Mendoza’s two-run double broke a tie in the top of the seventh and boosted Clovis High’s baseball team to a 4-2 victory over Roswell Goddard in the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday night. Senior right-hander Michael Mathison tossed a five-hit shutout in Game 2 to give the Rockets a 2-0 victory and a split of the twin bill. Mendoza led the Cats’ nine-hit attack, going 3-for-4 and driving in a run with a first-inning hit. Senior Koby Rivera’s RBI single helped CHS take a 2-0 lead in the frame, bu...
SANTA FE – Portales High’s softball team has had a fairly easy path to the finals of the eight-team St. Michael’s Invitational. After rolling to a quick win over Zuni in Thursday’s quarterfinals, the Lady Rams jumped on Santa Fe Indian for 10 runs in the first two innings in Friday’s semifinals to post a 13-3 win. Portales (7-4) was slated to face Santa Fe High – a team it beat 12-1 last weekend – in Saturday’s championship clash. PHS posted a six-run first against the Lady Braves, highlighted by a bases-loaded tr...
SANTA FE – Senior right-hander Elijah Archuleta tossed a five-hit shutout and senior first baseman John Leeder clubbed a two-run double during a five-run, third-inning rally as host St. Michael's blanked Portales High 6-0 in Friday's semifinals of the St. Michael's Invitational. With the loss, the Rams (6-4) were slated to play for third place on Saturday against Pecos (4-3), a 7-1 loser against Cobre in Friday's other semifinal tilt. Archuleta walked two and struck out n...
Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team has gone from a solid position in the Lone Star Conference standings to all but out of the postseason. On Friday, the Greyhounds were competitive against Arkansas-Fort Smith, but couldn’t come up with enough offense in dropping 3-1 and 4-3 decisions to the Lions at Greyhound Field. Originally, the four-game series called for single nine-inning games on Friday and today and a pair of sevens on Saturday, but due to expected high winds ENMU decided to go with the twin bill on Fri...
A Clovis High School senior is one of 23 New Mexico high school seniors to be named a Daniels Scholar. According to a news release from Clovis Municipal Schools, Rebekah Warren was awarded up to $100,000 in college funding toward an undergraduate degree. Warren is one of CHS’s Early College High School students. With that designation she is on track to graduate from Clovis Community College with an Associate of Applied Science - Paralegal and an Associate of General Studies according to the release. Warren is expected to grad...
Christmas will be celebrated two times in Clovis this year; the first celebration will be in July at Hillcrest Park Zoo. Stephanie Chavez, zoo director, presented to the commission at their regular meeting Thursday and expressed her excitement for the first ever Christmas in July. The commission unanimously approved of the event. “I love Christmas,” Chavez said. Celebrating the holiday two times a year was something Chavez wanted to bring to the area. “A lot of animals are going to be out because it’s going to be warmer...
The Clovis Music Festival’s three-day weekend is turning into a month-long “Clovis Takes the Stage” concert series, according to the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce and Clovis Economic Development. The annual Music Festival is set for April 18-20 at the Curry County Events Center. The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular, rock band Gin Blossoms and country music’s Kip Moore are the headliners. On Friday, the Chamber announced a series of musical performances before and after the Music Festival “celebrating and highlight...
As part of Clovis Municipal Schools’ facilities master plan, the Dual Language Program at Lockwood Elementary and James Bickley, along with students at La Casita, would become one at La Casita Elementary. With the proposed transition of Lockwood Elementary becoming an early childhood center, those in the dual language program would merge with those at James Bickley in the same program at La Casita. According to CMS’ plan, The Center for Teaching for Biliteracy will assist with merging the two programs and develop a com...
While Monday’s solar eclipse will bring night-like darkness to a “zone of totality” about 400-500 miles to our east, the event will also dim sunlight in eastern New Mexico. Gary Zapotoczny, vice president of the Clovis NM Astronomy Club, said the moon will eclipse most, but not all, of the sun’s disc in our area. “We won’t be in totality. You’re probably looking at about 85% coverage. You’ll see the moon eclipsing the sun, you’ll still see sunlight, but sunlight will dim,” Zapotoczny said Thursday. Zapotoczny said any solar e...
Looking at the recent Clovis city election, voter turnout was 11% to 13%. Any idea as to why voter turnout is so low? What if voters were offered incentives such as Jell-o shots or gift cards after voting? Clovis City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon said she doesn’t know the answer. “I have heard, ‘it doesn’t matter, nothing changes,’ ‘It’s rigged and the winner has been decided,’ ‘I didn’t know there was an election,’ ‘I don’t know any of the candidates, so I won’t vote,’ and some say the citizens must be okay with the representati...
SDV Construction, the Albuquerque company that worked on the Curry County Courthouse addition and renovation in Clovis reports the company earned a national “Excellence in Construction® Pyramid Award” for the project. According to a SDV news release, the national award was presented at the Associated Builders and Contractors convention 2024 in Orlando on Mar. 14. “We’re honored to have the dedication, attention to detail, ethics and hard work of our team recognized by ABC,” SDV Construction President and CEO Paul Farless sa...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest “Retail Rockstar” is City Printing. Presentation of the honor was last Thursday at City Printing’s location at 117 W. Grand Ave. City Printing was nominated by the previous “Retail Rockstar” honoree, Fuller Supply Company....
Eastern New Mexico Rising has announced its schedule of events for Pride 2024 in June. According to its website, Eastern New Mexico Rising is a non-partisan, progressive movement that empowers individuals and connects communities by advocating for equality, diversity, human rights and civil liberties. “We are excited to continue community building with you,” Co-Founder of ENMR Laura Wight said. Below is the schedule: • June 1 : Drag show at 8 p.m. at Red Door on Main, Clovis. Event is only open to people who are 21 years...
