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Three local high school baseball teams qualified for the state tournament fields in their respective classes when the brackets were announced late Monday night. Clovis, after missing the tournament a year ago, is the No. 11 seed in the Class 6A state tournament. Portales is the No. 2 seed in Class 4A and Texico (21-3) is the No. 1 seed in Class 3A. Clovis and Portales will begin play with a single game on Friday in a best-of-three series in the opening round. Game two will be played Saturday, with a third game played... Full story
PORTALES — Texico High’s baseball team managed to hold on to an early lead to pick up the win over Portales 8-5 on Monday at Ram Field in the teams’ final game of the regular season. Going up 2-0 after the first inning, Texico managed to score another three runs over the next four innings before the Rams finally tied the contest at 5-5 in the fifth. But the Wolverines (22-3) plated three runs in the sixth would push the Wolverines (22-3) over the top though, with the Rams (19-7) going scoreless in their final try at the p...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s baseball team has had a pretty good season in 2017. The Wildcats, though, were no match for the state’s top-ranked team on Monday at Bell Park. La Cueva extended its winning streak to 23 games since a season-opening loss to Valley and wrapped up a perfect 10-0 run through District 2-6A with a 12-1, 12-0 sweep of the Cats in the regular-season finale for both teams. The games were makeups of Saturday’s weather-related postponement. Clovis (16-10, 5-5 district) managed just five singles in the twin bi...
RUIDOSO — Portales High’s boys shot a four-man score of 309 on Monday to claim the title in the District 4/1-4A golf tournament at The Links at Sierra Blanca, beating out Hope Christian by five shots. Senior Thomas Tulk took individual medalist honors for the Rams, shooting a 71 for a three-shot margin over teammate Austin Davis. The Rams’ Mario Cordova finished in a tie for fifth place with a 78. Meantime, Ruidoso took girls team honors at 401, with Portales second at 413 and Texico third at 419. The Lady Warriors’ Lexi Lu...
CLOVIS — Clovis High on Monday selected Darren Kelley as its next athletic director. Kelley, a 1986 CHS graduate, has been on the school’s coaching staff since 1991. He is in his 18th year as the boys track coach, and has had assistant’s positions in football, basketball and baseball. Kelley, who turned 50 last September, spent 21 years as an assistant to longtime CHS football coach Eric Roanhaus, including 12 seasons as the Wildcats’ defensive coordinator. The last four years, he has served as the assistant AD under the ret...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team hung in with seventh-ranked rival West Texas A&M for three innings in Sunday’s Lone Star Conference and regular-season finale before the Lady Buffs took charge. WT scored seven runs on nine hits over the next two innings and pulled away to 9-1 victory at Greyhound Softball Field, called after five because of the eight-run rule, to complete a three-game series sweep. The game was a makeup of Saturday’s weather-induced postponement. Right fielder Brittany Cruz belted...
AMARILLO, Texas — Texas authorities say three people are dead after an air ambulance crashed Saturday night just south of the Amarillo airport. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Cindy Barkley said the single-engine plane went down about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in an industrial section of the city between Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport and Interstate 40. Barkley said everyone aboard the plane was killed. Rico Aviation, an air ambulance service based in Amarillo, issued a statement saying three of its crew m...
Humans learn very quickly that they are individuals — possessing a name, face, body, unique thoughts, feelings and experiences — and through the sum of these things, begin to ponder their existence, their purpose and to wonder about the meanings of things and about life itself. Understanding the concept of “self” has long been thought of as uniquely human and the complexity of it as a mark of superior intelligence, separating humans from other animals. Psychology and cogniti...
On this date ... 1977: Longtime Night Nursing Supervisor Sandra Grigsby had been appointed director of nurses at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Grigsby was a graduate of the Mary Fletcher Hospital School of Nursing in Burlington, Vermont. She was a hospital staff nurse in multiple communities before coming to Clovis in 1969. 1967: Hotel Clovis had a "limited number of guest rooms available on a monthly rate," according to a newspaper advertisement. "Completely air conditioned,...
District 2-6A First game La Cueva 12, Clovis 1 La Cueva 106 14 —12 11 0 Clovis 100 00 — 1 2 3 Jonathan Stroman, Wes Alexanderson (4) and Phoenix Autrey; Connor Langrell, Kayden Shober (5) and Jace Piepkorn. W — Stroman. L — Langrell. Top hitters — La Cueva: Jack Pineda 1-2, 3 runs, 2 BBs; Richard Ware 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs, HBP; Ryan Phillips 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, run, HBP; Autrey 1-3, 3-run 2B, 4 RBIs, Chris Campbell 1-3, RBI, 2 runs, BB. Clovis: Jace Piepkorn 1-2, run, BB. Second game La Cueva 12, Clovis 0 La Cueva 001 017 3 —12...
CLOVIS — Mustache March is over, and it’s time for local men to step up their facial hair game. Clovis Pioneer Days offers the opportunity to strut your scruff in the 2017 Beard Competition. Organizer Renee Wilson said judging is scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m. on June 5. But you better start growing those beards now if you hope to be named most bearded, best groomed or most creative. The masters of manscaping will be judged by a panel of six community leaders — three men and three women. The $15 entry fee goes towar...
Invenergy, Xcel plan open house PORTALES - Invenergy, the developer of the Sagamore Wind Project, and Xcel Energy will be answering questions today about the new wind farm southeast of Portales at an open house 5-7 p.m. at the Yam Theater in Portales. Xcel Energy announced in March it plans to purchase the Sagamore Wind Project from Invenergy and build out a 522-megawatt wind generating facility for the benefit of regional Xcel Energy customers. Sagamore will be the largest...
Portales City Council The following are items listed on the agenda for today’s Portales City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Memorial Building: • Recognition of accreditation of the Portales Communications Department by the New Mexico Municipal League. • A proclamation declaring May 7-May 13 Municipal Clerks Week. • Request of the mayor’s signature on a Juvenile Adjudication Fund grant budget amendment. • A resolution authorizing the City of Portales to submit an application to the Department of Finance and Administrat...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 12:46 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 200 block South Avenue C • 4:46 p.m.: Reckless driver, Diamond Way/Roosevelt Road S • 4:51 p.m.: Breaking and entering, 400 block North Knoxville Street • 5:22 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, Fifth Street/Avenue F, report taken • 7:03 p.m.: Theft report, 200 block Colorado Drive, report taken • 8:16 p.m.: Criminal damage, 700 block South Elgin Avenue • 10:07 p.m.: Fire ru...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for the Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 1:26 a.m.: Burglary (commercial), 700 block of East 21st Street • 11:12 a.m.: Failure to appear, Prince/East 21st Street • 11:41 a.m.: Criminal damage, 100 block of Garrett Drive • 12:36 p.m.: Following too close, Prince/Commerce • 12:59 p.m.: Careless driving, 200 block of Providence • 1:20 p.m.: Improper backing, 1100 block of North Pile Street • 12:56 p.m.: Failure to pay fines, 900 bl...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s first veteran resource event will have many benefits for veterans, but according to the event organizer, clarity is among the most important. The free event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the Campus Union Building Ballroom. Organizer Gretchen Leigh said many of the educational benefits available to veterans aren’t utilized, because their potential recipients don’t know they qualify for them. “The resources will be here who will be able to let them know whether t...
Today • Relay for Life Committee — 5:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Relay for Life Captains — 6:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 Wednesday • Roosevelt County Commission workshop — 9 a.m. in commission...
Today • Blood drive — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at CCC. Information: 575-769-4154 • Veteran Resource event — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Campus Union Ballroom at ENMU, Portales. Veterans, interested parties welcome. Information: 575-562-2195 • Avastar virtual music competition — 7 p.m. at CCC Town Hall. Admission: Free. Information: 575-769-4115 • Get Found On Google workshop — 11 a.m. at Clovis Chamber of Commerce. Cost: Free. RSVP by Monday. Information: 575-763-3435 • Books and Babies Lapsit — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 0-...
