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GRADY – Junior Cy Draper hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Melrose handed Grady its first loss of the season on Monday, a 6-3 decision in the District 3-1A opener for both teams. Draper’s home gave the Buffaloes (5-3) a 6-1 cushion, and they withstood a rally by Grady in the bottom half. The Bronchos (7-1) came into the game ranked No. 1 in Class 1A after their fast start. Senior Michael Cardonita went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored for Melrose. Draper drove in a fourth run with a suc...
NORMAN, Okla. – Sophomore Kennedy Ulmer and the women’s 400 relay team earned NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks over the weekend in the University of Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Invitational track meet. Ulmer went 145 feet, 4 inches on her final throw in javelin, good for sixth place and improving her Lone Star Conference-best distance in the event. “It was very exciting for me (to have) the opportunity to compete against D-I (athletes) and see how far (I’ve progressed),” Ulmer said. “The facility was just amazing....
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jonathan Baileys hadn’t had a lot of opportunity to play for Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team before this weekend. Suffice it to say, he pretty much made the most of his opportunity. The junior designated hitter from Tipp City, Ohio went 7-for-17 with a triple, three home runs, nine runs scored and nine runs batted in against Oklahoma Christian, capped by a 3-for-5 day with a pair of early two-run homers and five RBIs in Sunday’s 13-5 triumph. That gave the Greyhounds three victories in the fou...
EUNICE – Senior Noah Swift went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in three runs on Monday as Portales High’s baseball team registered a 10-5 victory over Eunice. With a Friday District 4-4A doubleheader against Artesia at Ram Field moved up to Tuesday, Rams coach Arturo Ontiveros decided to turn Monday’s tilt into a “bullpen by committee” game. Seven pitchers worked one inning each, with senior Dylan Saunders starting and followed by seniors Edel Legarda, Devin Diaz, Peyton Williams, Swift and Zane Mayberry and sophomore...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s boys were in a tie for seventh place with Roswell High after Monday’s opening round of the two-day RISD Invitational golf tournament. Playing the par-71 Spring River Golf Course, the Wildcats and Coyotes posted four-man team scores of 355. Roswell Goddard had a four-man tally of 325 and led the 10-team field by one shot over Silver and by two over Artesia. The final 18 holes were to be played on Tuesday at the New Mexico Military golf course. Clovis had just three players available in girls competition...
In one inning on Sunday, Eastern New Mexico University's softball team nearly scored as many runs as were tallied combined during the rest of the weekend series. Senior designated player Taighen Whitzel capped an eight-run second with a grand slam, and the Greyhounds went on to blank Oklahoma Christian 8-0 and take the Lone Star Conference series at Greyhound Softball Field – their first series win all time against the Eagles. Saturday's doubleheader was a split, with each s...
When the Clovis and Portales High softball teams met early in the season at Lady Wildcat Field, the teams combined for two football scores in a doubleheader swept by the Lady Rams. Wednesday's rematch – pushed back a day by Tuesday's rain – turned out much differently. Portales won both games again, but took the opener 14-8 after trailing 8-0 early and then squeaked out a 3-2 victory with a run in the seventh in Game 2. "I feel like we're doing things in midseason that we sho...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s girls outlasted Artesia to take third place in the seven-team Roswell Goddard Invite on Thursday, played at Spring River Golf Course. Sophomore Kylie Sprinkle led the Lady Wildcats, shooting 48-45 – 93, followed by junior Kayleigh Maldonado 49-47 – 96, senior Emilee Spears 53-54 – 107 and junior Jordan Archuleta 61-58 – 119. Lovington took team honors at 370, followed by Goddard 386, CHS 415, Artesia 420, Hobbs 531, Portales 444 and Gateway Christian 473. Individual medalist honors went to Lovington’s...
Had things gone according to plan, Clovis High's tennis girls might be looking at a big District 4-5A win over Carlsbad. Illness limited junior Madita Evert, the Lady Wildcats' No. 1 singles player, to just doubles against the Cavegirls. Then sophomore Emily Bjorklund had to default at No. 4 singles due to a leg injury with a 6-1, 2-1 lead over Carlsbad freshman Charise Young. The final result was a 6-3 victory for the Cavegirls in the district opener for both sides. Carlsbad...
West Las Vegas, ranked third in Class 3A, built an early 4-0 lead against Portales High on Thursday and held on for a 5-4 victory at Ram Field. Trailing 5-1, Portales (7-5) put together a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh before coming up short. Sophomore Javier Montoya went 2-for-3 for the Dons (12-2), with a run scored and an RBI. “They got the hits when they needed them,” Rams coach Arturo Ontiveros said. “We left a lot of runners in scoring position. “We had plenty of opportunities, but we just couldn...
Clovis High's baseball team has had a pretty solid pre-District 4-5A slate, and the Wildcats are hopeful it carries over. CHS wrapped up the pre-district portion of its schedule with a 17-2 victory over Class 2A Texico on Thursday night at Bell Park. The Cats now have a trio of three-game district series remaining on the schedule, beginning this week against Carlsbad. Clovis (10-6) managed just seven hits against the Wolverines, but took advantage of numerous walks and errors...
Manny Chavez appears to be rounding into form. The Portales High junior is the defending Class 4A state boys javelin champion, winning by nearly 27 feet at 177 feet, 2 inches, and he's already easily surpassed that mark this season. On Thursday, Chavez posted his third consecutive personal best with a throw of 192 feet in Portales' George-Love Relays at Greyhound Stadium. It was the highlight for the Rams, who finished 10th in the 14-team meet with 25 points. "We had better...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Junior shortstop Willie Ponce capped a six-run seventh with a grand slam to get Eastern New Mexico University close, and the Greyhounds completed a comeback from a seven-run deficit to beat Oklahoma Christian 16-12 on Friday in the opener of a four-game Lone Star Conference baseball series. Ponce drove in seven runs with a pair of home runs, giving him five for the year. He hit a three-run shot in the second for a 5-2 lead. The teams were slated for two seven-inning tilts on Saturday, then wrap things up with...
Former Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball assistant Daven Vo was chosen as the program’s next head coach in an announcement by the school on Thursday. A native of Oklahoma City, the 39-year-old Vo served for three years under outgoing ENMU coach Brent Owen as an assistant coach from 2020-23. Owen accepted the head coaching job at NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C. After the program was shut down due to COVID-19 in 2020-21 in Owen’s and Vo’s first campaign, they helped the Greyhounds post a 1...
Mario Martinez qualifier Saturday at Fort Sumner Boys Team standings: 1. Clovis JV 71; 2. Santa Rosa 64; 3. Clayton 50; 4. Fort Sumner 41; 5. Melrose 40; 6. Springer 36; 7. Tucumcari 27; 8. Texico 22; 9. Estancia 20; 10. Dexter 18; 11. Elida 17; 12. Floyd 10; 13. Portales JV 6. Area results Field events Long jump: 2. Isaias Nieto, Floyd 19-8; 5. Spencer Eldridge, Melrose 17-9 ¼. Triple jump: 2. Ethan Gutierrez, Clovis JV 34-4; 3. Kyden Everett, Clovis JV 34-1 ½; 4. Issak Bustamante, Floyd 33-7; 5. Benton Cain, Floyd 33-5. S...
Clovis High's girls won two of three doubles matches on Monday to eke out a 5-4 tennis victory over Roswell Goddard at the CHS tennis courts. Meantime, the boys had no such concerns, rolling to a 9-0 sweep as the Rockets managed to win only 15 total games. It was the start of a busy week for the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats, all at home. Clovis is slated to host District 4-5A foe Roswell High in non-district duals today, with the actual district slate beginning on Friday...
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...
Luciano Terilli had a tough time in his first pitching start for Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team on Sunday, but he sure delivered at the plate. So did almost everyone else. The junior left-hander, normally the Greyhounds' closer, was thrust into the starting role in the wind-blown finale of a Lone Star Conference series against Arkansas-Fort Smith at Greyhound Field. He lasted three innings on the mound, giving up eight runs, but as the designated hitter from the...
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...
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 men’s basketball coach Brent Owen has accepted the head coaching job at Lenoir-Rhyne University, an NCAA Division II program in Hickory, N.C. In a release from ENMU, Owen said the decision comes with “the opportunity to get my children closer to their grandparents and cousins and to put my wife, Ashley, in a better position for her career.” Owen was hired by ENMU prior to the 2020-21 season, which was later canceled due to COVID-19. After a 7-18 record in 2021-22, the Hounds won 17 games the f...
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...
