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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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GRADY — Chisum Rush didn’t dream of playing college baseball a few years ago, but striking out the side for six consecutive innings tends to change things. That happened Rush's sophomore year, he had an even better junior year and now Rush is college-bound after signing a letter of intent with Luna Community College. Rush, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior, said he also looked at Wayland Baptist but decided the two-year route with T.C. Nusser was the best starting point. “We prayed about it and thought about it,” Rush said. ...
CLOVIS — The Clovis boys basketball team couldn’t afford another District 4-5A loss, especially against Hobbs, the one district team that had already beaten the Wildcats this season. Clovis has big postseason ambitions, in the district and state playoffs, so winning Friday night’s rematch against the Eagles was one of the biggest items on the Wildcats’ to-do list for the regular season’s final stretch. And Clovis was able to cross that one off the list after playing strong fro...
PORTALES — Things came pretty easily for a long time for Portales High’s girls in Friday night’s District 4-4A matchup against Roswell Goddard at the Ram Athletic Center. PHS came out playing aggressive defense and flustered the Lady Rockets with fullcourt pressure, taking a 16-2 lead late in the first quarter. Then Goddard decided to return the favor. Trailing 45-25 with three minutes left in the third frame, the Lady Rockets gave Portales some of its own medicine. In a wild game which saw the Lady Rams lose starting guard...
PORTALES — Even though Portales High’s boys led wire-to-wire on Friday night, the game wasn’t decided until late. Junior post Kenevan Bailey came up with back-to-back putbacks after Roswell Goddard had closed a double-figure deficit to three points, and the Rams went on a late 9-0 run for a 69-59 District 4-4A win at the Ram Athletic Center. Bailey finished with a double-double — 15 points, 11 rebounds — as the Rams broke through with their first district triumph. Portales (9-14, 1-2 district) hoped to build on the win when i...
PORTALES — If you like offense, Thursday night’s Texas Woman’s/Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball game was not for you. Offense at Greyhound Arena was at a premium, especially during a third-quarter clank-fest for both teams. But, a lot of that was due to defense, and the Greyhounds did emerge with a 50-41 victory. So, Eastern head coach Josh Prock will certainly take it. “Defense this time of year is what wins championships,” Prock said. “Defense wins. So you...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team certainly made the most of the least on Friday, and as a result had two wins to show for the opening day in the Cactus Classic. The Greyhounds had just four hits — but three were home runs — and rallied to pull out a 7-5, eight-inning win over Colorado Mesa in their second game. Earlier, they edged Simon Fraser 5-4. ENMU (4-1) was slated to face Hawaii-Hilo and Lindenwood (Mo.) on Saturday before finishing the event on Sunday with games against California (Pa.) a...
ROSWELL — Whenever bracket play is involved, sometimes when you win is just as important as who you end up beating. The Clovis boys went 1-2 and finished fourth in the Goddard Invitational, while the Wildcat girls were 2-1 and took fifth in the eight-team field. The Wildcat boys cruised by Alamogordo 8-1 in the first round, then fell 7-2 to New Mexico Military Institute and 8-1 to St. Michael’s. Clovis boys coach Brad Heath was happy with the finish in the eight-team tournament, and felt the team got solid early play fro...
PORTALES— The Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team has had its share of disappointing games this season. Thursday night’s game, though, did not make that list. Hosting Dallas Baptist at Greyhound Arena, ENMU took the lead early, never surrendered it, and held on for a 79-72 victory. It was the Greyhounds’ seventh win this season — both overall (7-15) and in the Lone Star Conference (7-10) — as they headed into Saturday’s home game against another LSC rival, Ta...
CLOVIS — Amber Westerberg was definitely going to continue her swim career outside of Clovis. The question was where. “I was looking through a bunch of college websites for Division II and NAIA schools and I came across this one,” Amber said, pointing to her T-shirt that read ‘Morningside Mustangs,’ “and another one called Lindsey Wilson. And I ended up visiting both, as well as Adams State.” It was somewhat of a varied geographical array, with Morningside located in Sioux Cit...
FARWELL — Junior Jose Rodriguez scored on a offensive rebound with three seconds left on Friday and Farwell edged Olton 38-36 in a key Texas Region I District 3-2A boys matchup. The Steers (20-10, 4-3 district) fell behind 21-13 at halftime and still trailed by five entering the final period. Junior Jonathan Mora, who led Farwell with 14 points, stole the inbounds pass by the Mustangs (17-11, 5-2) as time expired. Senior Brian Capen was Olton’s lone double-digit scorer with 11 points. In other area boys games on Friday nig...
FLOYD - The Floyd Broncos pulled off a bit of a stunner on Thursday night. Trailing by nine points late in the first quarter, Floyd rallied for the lead by halftime and pulled away in the second half to beat Gateway Christian 60-49 in District 4-1A boys action. Junior Trace East led a balanced attack for the Broncos (3-16, 2-5 district) with 17 points - 13 coming during a 23-13 second-quarter surge that sent Floyd into halftime with a 30-27 advantage. Junior Juan Alba-Beltran...
HOBBS — It was just another day on the court for the Hobbs girls’ basketball team Friday night as the Lady Eagles did what they have done all year, win. The Lady Eagles latest victim was Clovis. Hobbs beat the visiting Lady Wildcats 57-22. “We didn’t play good at all,” Clovis coach Jeff Reed said. “Right from the very beginning, Hobbs put the pressure on us and we couldn’t handle the pressure. We knew it was coming and there was nothing we could do about it.” Wisdom Anthony dominated on the court for the Lady Eagles. The Hob...
BULLARD, Texas — It was pretty evident that Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team was happy to see Texas-Tyler starter Austin Schneider out of Friday’s game after six innings. The senior right-hander allowed just one hit while striking out 14. Unfortunately for the Greyhounds, he left with a 9-0 lead and a six-run seventh by ENMU was not enough as the Patriots held on for a 9-6 Lone Star Conference win in the opener of a four-game series. ENMU (1-6, 1-6 LSC) chased two relievers in the seventh before left-...
Recent detection of cancer-causing pollution in Clovis’ drinking water prompted three New Mexico congressional leaders to call for the Defense Department to map and clean up the contaminated groundwater under Cannon Air Force Base. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Rep. Ben Ray Luján wrote a letter last Sunday to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, criticizing the agency’s lack of action in monitoring and filtering PFAS — known carcinogenic substances — that have been discharged from military bases for years in the state. The...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis ∞ Ventura Garcia, 30, embezzlement, probation violation ∞ Edgar Biliebre-Organezq, 23, failure to pay fines, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, criminal damage to property, accidents involving damage to vehicles, no drivers license, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give immediate notice of accidents, unattended motor vehicle, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer ∞ Wayne Gilbe...
These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “The Body Lies” by Jo Baker: When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. A vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative-writing class. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the...
