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BOVINA — Suffice it to say, the competition ramps up considerably this week for the Bovina football team. Coming off a 19-7 win over Plains in last week’s Class 2A Division II bidistrict round, the Mustangs take on a hot Vega squad at 7 p.m....

CLOVIS — As New Mexico, like most of the rest of the country, wades through the coronavirus pandemic and its recent surge in cases and hospitalizations, high school seniors looking to move on to play in college can only sit and wait. Football...

FARWELL — It was hardly the way the Farwell Steers expected to end the regular season, dropping back-to-back games to Panhandle and Olton to fall to third place in Class 2A Division I District 1. They’ll try to get back on track in a bidistrict...

MULESHOE — Coming off two seasons in which they went 1-19, the Muleshoe Mules have made significant strides this year. True, they’ve won just two games, but four of their six losses have been by 11 points or less, and they were tied at Dalhart...

CLOVIS — Courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, the calendar for New Mexico Activities Association sports was already pretty full with its scheduled start in January for everything except volleyball, cross country and some tennis. Last week, it...

FARWELL — Panhandle is averaging almost 60 points a game this season. Farwell has allowed just 73 points for the entire campaign. Something has to give in Friday night’s 7 p.m. (CDT) Class 2A Division I District 1 matchup at Farwell, with the...

BOVINA — After wading through a challenging pre-district schedule which included losing their starting quarterback for four games, the Bovina Mustangs are on the verge of a Class 2A Division II District 2 title. Standing in the way is Smyer, which...

Bovina coach Coby Emery is glad to get his team’s first Class 2A Division II District 2 game out of the way, and in the win column. Still, while it puts the Mustangs in a favorable position in the district race, Emery is trying to keep his team...

If high school sports in New Mexico resumes during the current school year, it won’t be until 2021. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said on Thursday that the state would not update its public health order about whether to permit youth and K-12 games or...

FARWELL — The Farwell football team was looking at the possibility of three open dates in a four-week stretch. Not good. The Steers, though, managed to find a game last week, and they learned that their first Class 2A Division I District 1...

CLOVIS — Jerrick Maldonado won the New Mexico Activities Association’s Class 5A state cross country race last fall, then he didn’t. After watching film, Maldonado and then-Clovis High coach Mark Bussen discovered a photo finish should have...

CLOVIS — With the belated start of the state’s high school fall sports season around the corner, volleyball, cross country and golf teams are slowly getting closer to a return to relative normalcy. The preps entered what Clovis High volleyball...

MULESHOE — They collected their first victory in nearly two years a couple of weeks ago, and last week posted a double-digit comeback win at previously unbeaten Tulia. So what can the Muleshoe Mules do for an encore? Hopefully, pick up another one...

BOVINA — Just two seasons ago, New Deal found itself playing for a Class 2A Division I Texas state championship at “Jerry’s World,” home of the Dallas Cowboys. The Lions might not be quite as strong as that squad, but they should give Bovina...