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In the end, Clovis High's boys didn't reach their goal of a three-game sweep in the Clovis Holiday Classic. What the Wildcats gained, though, may be more important in the long run. After surviving at the buzzer against Class 3A power Navajo Prep in the semifinals, the Cats came up short down the stretch in a 69-64 loss to La Cueva in the finals of Clovis' Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. Senior guard Dylan Chavez hit back-to-back 3-pointers to transform a one-point Bears...
Clovis High senior Zarai Lewis attained a personal milestone on Thursday. As for the Lady Wildcats, they cruised to a pair of victories to reach the finals of the Plateau Holiday tournament at Rock Staubus Gym. Lewis funneled in 14 points and reached the 1,000 mark with a basket early in the second period as CHS crushed Silver 63-18 in a semifinal tilt. The four-year varsity veteran ended the night with 1,007 points. "That's good for a kid," CHS girls coach Jeff Reed said of...
A coaching move helped win Clovis High's game on Thursday against Navajo Prep. And it wasn't even authored by Wildcats coach Josh Mattox. After taking the lead on a layup by senior guard Keilyn Parker with 13 seconds left, Mattox, at the suggestion of senior guard Manny Gutierrez during a timeout, inserted 6-foot-2 junior J.J. Saiz for him when play resumed. It paid off when Saiz was able to get enough of the ball to force a held ball as Eagles senior Jude Thomas tried to go...
The way things are going these days, Eastern New Mexico University's men might not want to take a holiday break. The Greyhounds (7-2) narrowly missed reaching the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season, but still had plenty to cruise past Northern New Mexico 97-67 in a game played at Clovis High's Rock Staubus Gym. Playing without regulars Greg Johnson (finger) and Blazej Czerniewicz (ankle) due to injury, ENMU shot 62 percent (23-for-35) from the floor in the opening h...
MELROSE – Things started poorly for Grady's boys in Saturday's American Heritage tournament finals, and they never got better. Senior standout Zane Rush picked up a foul on the first trip down the court, and Grady couldn't get anything going in a 65-25 loss to host Melrose. In the girls' title matchup, Melrose posted a 59-29 victory over Quemado. Despite their early issues, the Bronchos (3-3) managed to stay within hailing distance, trailing 32-15 at halftime. But Melrose t...
All it took for Clovis High’s girls to run away from Valencia was a little more pressure. Tied with the Lady Jaguars at halftime, CHS opened the second half with a 16-0 run in just over five minutes and waltzed to a 60-27 win on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. The Lady Wildcats’ 1-2 punch of seniors Zarai Lewis and Kailyn Jefferson took over after the break. Each was limited to two points in the first half, but Jefferson scored 18 in the final two stanzas while Lewis – who sat the final 12 ½ minutes of the opening half a...
It was if Clovis High's boys played three games in one on Tuesday night. A 13-0 run put the Wildcats in command late in the opening stanza. Then, trailing 21-9, Roswell Goddard used surges of 8-0 and 6-0 to pull to 31-28 two minutes into the second stanza. With the lead at 34-30 and four minutes left in the third frame, the Cats suddenly regrouped. They held the Rockets to just two free throws the rest of the night and ran away to a 70-32 win at Rock Staubus Gym. "Once we...
As that old song says, what a difference a day makes. It did for Clovis High's boys, anyway. Coming off a season-opening, 15-point loss at Hereford on Friday night, the Wildcats rebounded with a strong third quarter to eventually subdue Rio Rancho 68-47 on Saturday at Rock Staubus Gym. Six-foot-7 senior center Marvin Cox was in the middle of it. With the Cats leading just 28-24 starting the second half, Cox hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points as Clovis quickly pushed...
Last year, Junior Hodnett played mostly a bit role for the Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball team. Suffice it to say, that's changed this season. Hodnett, a sophomore guard from Rio Rancho, is delivering key points – mainly from the 3-point line – and has helped the Greyhounds get off to a solid start. He was one of six players in double digits on Thursday night as the Hounds (3-2) opened Lone Star Conference play with a 103-70 rout of St. Edward's at Gre...
Portales High's basketball teams are ready to kick off the 2023-24 season this week. The boys travel to Eunice on Tuesday night, while both the Rams and Lady Rams will play in the Farwell Invitational from Thursday through Saturday. Only one starter returns for the boys from last year's 17-12 squad, which finished second at 3-3 in District 4-4A behind Artesia (19-10, 6-0). Meantime, the Lady Rams (14-15, 2-4 district) will be a bit on the young side but have more veteran...
Lovington used the run to keep Portales High's defense honest in Saturday's Class 4A state football championship game at Greyhound Stadium. Meantime, the Rams had no answers for the Wildcats' potent passing attack, led by senior quarterback Wyatt Gomez. Riding six touchdown passes from Gomez, including five in the first half, Lovington was simply overwhelming. The Wildcats scored on eight of nine possessions in the game en route to a 57-21 victory. If it weren't for...
With an experience core to build around, veteran Clovis High girls basketball coach Jeff Reed is hoping the Lady Wildcats can reach heights they haven't made in almost a decade. "We've got a good group of seniors, and we've got our two leading scorers back," Reed said as the team prepared for its Tuesday season opener at Rio Rancho Cleveland. "I'm excited about having the opportunity to do some things we haven't been able to do in a while." Meantime, the CHS boys open their...
Portales High senior Devin Diaz and junior Paxton Culpepper were having, shall we say, up-and-down days for most of Saturday's Class 4A state semifinal matchup against undefeated and top-seeded Bloomfield at Greyhound Stadium. Suffice it to say, the duo saved their best for last. Trailing 21-20 with just under two minutes to play, Culpepper directed the Rams into scoring position, going 3-for-4 through the air for 59 yards and scrambling for 16 yards to put PHS on the...
MELROSE – It took only one play Saturday to let you know where this matchup was headed. On the game's first play from scrimmage, Melrose senior Michael Cardonita caught a swing pass from junior quarterback Josiah Roybal and weaved his way down the right sideline and past Clayton defenders for a 62-yard touchdown. Suffice it to say, it didn't get any better for the Yellowjackets after that as the Buffaloes rolled to a 50-0 victory in the 8-man state championship game, which e...
TEXICO – It hasn't been long since the Texico Lady Wolverines last garnered a state volleyball championship – other than, maybe, by their standards. Three years ago, Texico saw a run of six consecutive state titles under then-coach Kristan Scanlan – including four in what was then Class 3A – come to an end. Although they haven't won one since, the Lady Wolverines have reached the finals twice, including last season. This week, they're primed for a run at another title in Clas...
It was a bit of an unusual game – certainly by Portales High's lofty standards this season. After running roughshod through the first nine games of their season and then absorbing a loss at Lovington which cost them a potential top seed in the Class 4A playoffs, it took the Rams a while to put things together in Friday's quarterfinal tilt at Greyhound Stadium. Thanks to a last-ditch drive, helped by two late penalties on Bernalillo, the Rams broke the scoring ice on an u...
One down. One to go. Eastern New Mexico University's football team captured the first of two season-ending rivalry games on Saturday, rallying past West Texas A&M 35-27 at Greyhound Stadium in the Wagon Wheel game. This week, the Greyhounds wrap up the season at Western New Mexico at noon on Saturday in the Chili Bowl contest. ENMU (5-5, 2-5 LSC) will be seeking a winning season and trying recapture the Chili Bowl trophy, which the Mustangs took home last season with a 38-24...
It’s basketball time at Eastern New Mexico University. ENMU men’s and women’s squads open the 2023-24 campaign at home this weekend, taking on Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference members Fort Lewis and New Mexico Highlands at Greyhound Arena in the South Central Region crossover event. Four games are scheduled each day, with ENMU’s women playing at 2:30 p.m. and the men at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The women face Fort Lewis on Friday and Highlands on Saturday while the men’s get Highlands first and then Fort Lewi...
Clovis High's volleyball team put together one of its best runs of the season during Game 2 of Thursday's District 4-5A match against rival Hobbs at Rock Staubus Gym. Despite that, it took a couple of plays at the end to pull out a two-point win. The Lady Eagles (11-11, 4-1 district) rebounded over the final two sets to complete a 25-17, 25-27, 25-20, 25-12 victory to stay tied for the district lead with Roswell High (13-9, 4-1), which dispatched Carlsbad (6-15, 0-5) on... Full story
As Wednesday’s Lone Star Conference and regular-season finale was playing out at Greyhound Stadium, the Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer squad went from knowing a win against Texas-Tyler could possibly get the Greyhounds a first-round home match in the six-team Lone Star Conference tournament to realizing they’d need to win just to make it in. A tie might have also gotten them in, but in the end the 1-1 draw with the Patriots wasn’t quite enough. In a league which featured 15 ties in 45 matches, the Hounds (4-7-6,... Full story
MELROSE – It's not like Melrose expected to run roughshod over Fort Sumner on Friday night, as the Buffaloes had done two weeks earlier in District 6-1A play. In fact, Friday's 8-man semifinal matchup was far more competitive for far longer. In the end, though, the top-ranked Buffaloes simply had too much firepower and pulled away to a 50-14 win over the Foxes. Now the Buffs (11-1) are getting set to meet another district rival in Saturday's 1 p.m. title tilt at Melrose in s... Full story
After a pulsating late win over Los Lunas on Friday night at Leon Williams Stadium gave Clovis High's football team the District 5-6A championship, the Wildcats found out on Sunday that they'll face a most familiar foe in Friday's opening round of the 12-team Class 6A playoffs. Drawing the No. 9 seed in the brackets, the Cats (5-5) visit eighth-seeded Hobbs (5-5) in a 7 p.m. start. The winner of that one gets a date next weekend against top-seeded Rio Rancho Cleveland (7-3)....
Clovis High's girls didn't exactly blow lowly Roswell High off the pitch in Thursday's District 4-5A soccer finale, but in the end they did what was needed. Now it's wait-and-see time for the Lady Wildcats, who will find out today if they qualify for the 12-team Class 5A New Mexico Activities Association state playoffs. Senior midfielder Aspen Ulibarri notched a pair of goals and senior goalkeeper Aja Gonzales registered her 10th shutout of the campaign as CHS turned back the...
Down by 17 points midway through the third quarter, Clovis High's football team rallied to pull one out of the fire on Friday night and, in the process, earned a somewhat surprising trip to the Class 6A playoffs. Seniors Jett Stone and Kash Roberts each carried 30 times, combining for more than 300 yards rushing and all five touchdowns, as the Wildcats stunned fourth-ranked Los Lunas 30-29 at Leon Williams Stadium, taking the District 5-6A championship and thus automatically...
Clovis High’s football team has been down this path before – last year, as a matter of fact. The Wildcats on Friday night will look to secure a spot in the Class 6A playoffs and win a district title in the process when they entertain fourth-ranked Los Lunas at Leon Williams Stadium. It’s the same scenario as last year, except that one was played in Los Lunas and won overwhelmingly by the Tigers 54-0. As was the case last season, both the Cats (4-5) and Tigers (7-2) come into the tilt at 3-0 in District 6-5A play. “If we go o...
