Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep summaries Friday District 4-5A Clovis 86, Roswell High 77 Roswell High (6-17, 0-3) — Steven McCaskill 2, Josh Estrada 20, Ivan Miramontes 11, Damian Morales 10, Jeremiah Burrola 13, Emiliano Bonilla 9, Jachan Lackey 8, Anthony Ortega 4. Totals 26 14-25 77. Clovis (1-2, 4-19) — Brian Weiss 12, Luciano Webster 16, Manuel Gutierrez 7, Kash Roberts 11, Juan Hernandez 15, R.J. Nora 18, Andrew Hall 7. Totals 28 26-40 86. Roswell High 11 24 19 21 2 — 75 Clovis 16 19 13 27 11 — 86 3-pointers — Roswell High, Estrada 4...
PORTALES — When Lovington shoots the ball the way it did on Friday night, the Wildcats can be a tough out. Not blessed with a lot of size, they rely on their quickness and shooting ability. It was on full display against Portales High, especially in the first half when they made 10 of their 11 3-pointers en route to a 66-46 District 4-4A boys win at the Ram Athletic Center. Senior guards Adam Aguilera and Isaac Hinson each hit three 3-pointers in the opening stanza, which ended with the Wildcats in front 20-13. Then senior f...
TEXICO — Junior Jahvon Askew scored 17 points on Monday night and Texico’s boys squeezed past Melrose 43-37 in a non-district matchup. The Wolverines (11-7) carried a three-point lead into the fourth quarter and outscored the Buffaloes 14-11. Sophomore Cade Figg added 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Wolverines. High scorer for Melrose (13-5) was senior Brody McAlister with nine points. Melrose girls 36, Texico 30 — In the girls’ half of the twin bill, Melrose opened a 24-13 halftime lead and staved off Texico...
ALBUQUERQUE — Lisette Urquidez weilded a pretty big bat in her Eastern New Mexico University softball debut. The freshman utility player from Tucson, Ariz. went 5-for-11 with two home runs, including a grand slam, and nine runs batted in to help the Greyhounds earn a 2-2 split over the weekend in the season-opening South Central Region Crossover event at the Albuquerque Regional Sports Complex. Facing Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference competition, the Hounds posted a 9-3 win on Saturday and a 9-1, run-rule victory on S...
ROSWELL — Clovis High’s first-year wrestling programs competed in District 4-5A duals on Saturday. The boys were defeated by Carlsbad 74-6, Hobbs 54-18 and Roswell High 50-10, while the girls lost to Hobbs 29-6 and won the only two matches they had against Roswell High. Against Carlsbad, the Wildcats win was a forfeit for freshman Nick Tackitt at 172 pounds, while two of their three wins against Hobbs were the result of first-period pins by juniors Michael Tree at 170 pounds and Semaj Satcher at 195. They also claimed a for...
PORTALES - Shots weren't falling for Eastern New Mexico University's men on Saturday. Eventually, their defense suffered as well. The Greyhounds shot just 24 percent in the first half and never could get much going on that side of the ball in absorbing a 71-49 Lone Star Conference loss to Midwestern State at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (6-13, 2-8 LSC) eventually warmed up a bit, but still finished at 31 percent, including 6-of-25 from 3-point range, in absorbing its seventh...
PORTALES - Midwestern State started a bit slowly, and finished somewhat slowly as well. In the middle two quarters, though, the Mustangs were right on target. MSU shot 60 percent from the field over the second and third stanzas, including five 3-pointers, and pulled away to a 79-70 Lone Star Conference women's victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday at Greyhound Arena. Sophomore guard Frances King came relatively close to a triple-double with a game-high 21...
AUSTIN, Texas — Junior right-hander Damian Acosta went all out to get Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team a win in its Lone Star Conference and season opener on Saturday. Acosta threw a whopping 144 pitches and survived seven walks, but struck out nine and allowed only four hits in the Greyhounds’ 4-3 victory over St. Edward’s. The Hilltoppers held on to win the nightcap 5-4, then took the series by sweeping Sunday’s twin bill 12-0 and 11-6. Both teams scored three times in the third in Saturday’s seven-inning opene...
ARTESIA — Clovis High’s boys swimming team took first place while the girls were second on Saturday in District 3-4A competition. The Wildcats tallied 248 points in the boys race, with Las Cruces second at 154 in the nine-team bracket. Meantime, the Lady Wildcats were second out of eight teams with 104 points, trailing only the host Lady Bulldogs (126). “I was so proud of our girls team,” CHS co-coach Gordy Westerberg said. “We knew going into the meet that we could be as high as second (or as low as) fourth. They stepped u...
CLOVIS - After a wild finish to regulation which saw Roswell High force overtime with a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer, Clovis High's boys were finally able to take control in the extra session. The Coyotes went in front on two free throws three seconds into the OT, but the Wildcats dominated the remaining time to claim an 86-77 District 4-5A boys victory on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. Clovis (4-19, 1-2 district), which has seven losses by six points or less this...
PORTALES - Lovington's girls did some damage in the first and fourth quarters Friday night - in fact, the Lady Wildcats played Portales High even during that stretch. Not to worry, though. PHS ran roughshod over the Lady Wildcats in the middle two periods - the Lady Rams blanked them during that time - en route to a 62-28 District 4-4A victory at the Ram Athletic Center. Portales (15-5, 3-0 district) remains firmly in control of the district race at the halfway point. The...
PORTALES — For one half Monday night, the Oklahoma Christian women’s basketball team looked like anything but a winless squad. The Eagles, whose 16-player roster includes 11 freshmen, shot 53 percent from the floor, including 8-of-13 from 3-point range — and that includes missing the first three attempts. Yes, OC was playing way above its normal game. Good thing that Eastern New Mexico University was playing similarly well on offense. Both sides cooled off a bit in the final two stanzas, but Oklahoma Christian’s dropoff was f...
It’s less than a week to Valentine’s Day, and being the helpful person that I am, I have scoured some local newspapers from decades past to uncover gift-giving ideas that may have escaped your radar, as well as some pitfalls to avoid. I’m betting, for example, that you may not have considered a wig for your loved one. A half-century ago, the Wig Chateau (inside New Mexico Barber and Beauty Supply in Clovis) offered this Valentine’s Day special: “A new look pre-style...
The asking price for the nearly 65,000-acre ranch in the Texas Panhandle once owned by oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been reduced again. The ranch, located 85 miles northeast of Amarillo, is now listed for $170 million after a $50 million price drop. Mesa Vista Ranch includes a massive lodge with more than 25,000 interior square feet, a 6,000-square-foot family house, a two-story gate house, a gun and hunting gear storage facility, a chapel, and 10,000 square feet of porches and patio areas. The property also includes a...
As a professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. L.T. Williams had a way of making history multidimensional. He gave history meaning for the present-day world. As a student pursuing my degree at UALR, I recognized his teaching talents early on. Initially, I took his course in U.S. history up to the Civil War and loved it so much that the next semester I jumped straight into his second U.S. history overview, from the Civil War to the present day, then I delved into both of his Black history classes,...
There is room in this world for many different beliefs, even those that are wrong. Beliefs are only truly incompatible when one of them includes the belief that it’s OK to force others to believe one particular thing. Or, more accurately, to force others to pretend they believe, since belief can’t be imposed. Any such belief discredits itself; no valid belief has to be forced on others. I’m fine with the beliefs of others, even beliefs I think are crazy. It’s only when those b...
We join the many New Mexicans and others around the nation who are pulling for a full and speedy recovery for U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján. News on Feb. 1 that the congenial 49-year-old lawmaker from Nambé had suffered a stroke five days earlier shocked New Mexicans and national leaders in Congress, the White House and beyond. Luján’s chief of staff, Carlos Sanchez, says Luján is expected to make a full recovery. That’s very good news. As many New Mexicans know from the experience of their loved ones, strokes are serious disease...
On this date … 1942: Portales residents crawled out of bed before daylight this morning, consoling themselves that the people of Texas were having a tougher time of it, and that anyhow it is little enough to help defeat the Axis. The Portales Daily News reported, “Probably no one waited up until 2 a.m. this morning to set their clocks ahead, but begun to live under ‘War Time’ from the time they went to bed.” The newspaper reported school buses ran on schedule, “but many...
Election Day is March 1 for municipal candidates in Curry and Roosevelt counties. On the ballots: Clovis City Commission: • District 1: James Burns (incumbent); George Jones • District 1: Juan Garza • District 2: Ronald Porter • District 3: Paul Nelson; David Bryant. • District 4: Megan Palla Municipal judge: Vicki Kelley Four proposals related to the city charter: • Raising the recall petition signature requirement from 20% of prior municipal election turnout to 33 1/3%. • Requiring a recall petition include a reason. • Eli...
SANTA FE -- District Attorney Andrea Reeb was optimistic a month ago, hopeful that New Mexico lawmakers would be cracking down on crime this legislative session. More than halfway through the 30-day session, she’s now frustrated. “Nothing is happening. Nothing is getting through,” she said Tuesday. Lawmakers, in the face of rising violent crime across the state, last month introduced multiple bills aimed at reducing that crime, including pretrial detention issues and eliminating a statute of limitations for secon...
Three candidates are running for one Ward B seat on the Portales City Council. They are the incumbent, Oscar Robinson, and Grace Padilla and John Bonifant. Election Day is March 1. Early voting ends Feb. 26. Oscar Robinson Q: In 100 words or less, why are you qualified to be a Portales city councilor? Robinson: I am qualified for the Ward B Portales City Council because: I am a U.S. citizen, a registered voter, live within my ward, I have professional administrative working experience, and I’ve served as city councilor for W...
Two candidates are running for mayor of Portales. They are incumbent Ron Jackson, who has been the mayor for four years, and challenger Reydecel Coss, director of Campus Life programs at Eastern New Mexico University. Election Day is March 1. Early voting ends Feb. 26. Reyedecel Coss Q: In 100 words or less, why are you qualified to be the mayor of Portales? Coss: Due to my professional experience as director of Campus Life at ENMU, education, dedication, and contributions to our diversified community of Portales by being par...
SANTA FE — “Guardedly optimistic” is how state Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus said he feels regarding the chances that a $3.87 billion education budget makes it through this year’s short legislative session, underscoring his “year of literacy.” The House last week approved that budget, which now goes to the Senate — where, Steinhaus acknowledged, it could be amended, approved or rejected. Even so, “I’ve never seen the executive branch and the legislative branch come together so quickly and so clearly aligned,” he said...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission on Tuesday tabled changes to the ordinance that sets conditions for cannabis businesses locating in unincorporated areas of the county. Commissioners questioned whether distance requirements between cannabis businesses and homes should be the same as the 1,000-foot separation currently called for between cannabis businesses and schools, day care centers, cultural centers, community centers, public parks or government buildings. District 4 Commissioner Seth Martin asked whether the c...
CLOVIS — A man driving a white Chevrolet Cavalier on Jan. 30 led police on a 3-mile pursuit through Clovis’ streets. The unidentified man ran through eight stop signs and two red lights before crashing into another vehicle and escaping, according to a Clovis police report released Monday. No one was seriously injured in the incident. A man who exited the Cavalier at the crash site told police he knew the driver and had asked him to stop about six times before he was able to jump out of the car. The man driving the other car...
