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BOLIVAR, Mo. — It was not the start to the season the Eastern New Mexico football team was looking for, but its 49-35 loss at Southwest Baptist on Thursday showed some good starting points. Former Clovis standout Kamal Cass led the team with 149 yards rushing and two touchdowns while D’Maujeric Tucker had 147 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Head coach Josh Lynn said, “Cass and Tucker, Wyatt Strand also ran well and was a spark for us, ran real well. It took us a little bit to get going but once they figured it out,... Full story
BOLIVAR, Mo. — It was not the start to the season the Eastern New Mexico football team was looking for, but its 49-35 loss at Southwest Baptist on Thursday showed some good starting points. Former Clovis standout Kamal Cass led the team with 149 yards rushing and two touchdowns while D’Maujeric Tucker had 147 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Head coach Josh Lynn said, “Cass and Tucker, Wyatt Strand also ran well and was a spark for us, ran real well. It took us a little bit to get going but once they figured it out,...
Sports editor [email protected] GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The Eastern New Mexico men’s soccer team opened its season with a 0-0 tie Thursday, shutting out Colorado Mesa University in double overtime. While Greyhound (0-0-1) head coach Paul Tate would obviously have liked a win, in the game of soccer a tie can feel just as good. “For us to start the season off with a shutout was huge. We weren’t able to do that last year. This was a hard fought battle and we just stayed in it and played our game,” said Tate. James Gutierrez...
Sports editor [email protected] GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The Eastern New Mexico men’s soccer team opened its season with a 0-0 tie Thursday, shutting out Colorado Mesa University in double overtime. While Greyhound (0-0-1) head coach Paul Tate would obviously have liked a win, in the game of soccer a tie can feel just as good. “For us to start the season off with a shutout was huge. We weren’t able to do that last year. This was a hard fought battle and we just stayed in it and played our game,” said Tate. James Gutierrez... Full story
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Sports editor [email protected] The Clovis High School football team will head down to Carlsbad today, taking on the Caveman and renewing one of New Mexico’s strongest rivalries. link Staff photo: David Norton Wildcats Antonio Martinez, left, and Tyrell Clewis get ready on the defensive line as Hobbs prepares to snap the ball during Friday’s season opener at Hobbs. The Cats blasted their longtime and former district rivals 46-10, and play their other former district riv...
Texico (0-1) at Dexter (1-0)When: 7 p.m. today Last week: The Wolverines lost a suspended game at Portales 24-0, finished on Saturday after lightning and rain halted play the day before. Dexter defeated Santa Rosa 7-0. Last year: The Demons won at Texico 32-8. Of note: Wolverines coach Ryan Autrey said both teams will try to make the other one-dimensional. “They’re going to try to take away our run game and force us to throw it, just like we’ll do,” he said. “It comes down to which team can counter it.” … Dexter scored... Full story
Melrose 3, Tatum 1 Melrose 25 25 20 28 Tatum 23 18 25 26 Melrose individual statistics Kills — Hannah Wofford 14, Reagan Carthel 13, Brette DeVaney 12. Blocks — Natalie Mondragon 1. Digs — Carthel 25, LaKasey Mondragon 16, Kiki Roybal 16, Jayden Beard 13, Landry Widner 13. Aces — Wofford 4, Carthel 2. Assists — Widner 44. Records — Melrose 2-0, Tatum 2-1. Junior varsity — Melrose def. Tatum 2-1 (scores n/a). Grady 3, Dora 0 Dora 8 19 22 Grady 25 25 25 Grady individual statistics Kills — Yara Sotelo 13, Sage Starbuck 6. Blo...
STAFF REPORT Two Clovis trials are approaching for a Portales man accused of more than 200 felony charges. Gustav Jimenez, 33, acquired more charges in January when he ran from Roosevelt County sheriff’s deputies. There was a warrant for his arrest for multiple felony charges out of Curry County. The chase led to Jimenez rolling his vehicle. He and two other occupants of the vehicle were airlifted to University Medical Center. He was charged with three counts of abuse of a child and aggravated fleeing from a law e... Full story
Managing editor [email protected] Eastern New Mexico University is working its way toward being a more energy efficient campus, according to officials. Brandon Travis, director of project development for Bernhard Energy, gave a presentation to ENMU Board of Regent members at a meeting last week. He said there are 20 projects the university could put into place to save energy at a total cost of $4.5 million and an estimated savings of $405,000 per year on utilities. Some projects he mentioned were updating controls in...
Editor’s note: This is one in a series profiling the lives of senior citizens in Roosevelt County. STAFF WRITER [email protected] Glover Dwayne Glover has had a long life in Portales, and despite various hardships he has faced, he has managed to make a life for himself of which he can be proud. Glover, 82, was born in Carizozo, New Mexico, in 1934. He moved to Portales in 1938 when he was four years old. Glover’s father built his family a home on the Dora highway that...
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I’ve heard that finding a needle in a haystack is hard, but I’ve yet to come across a situation that produced the need to solve that particular conundrum. It’s not for lack of the items. Haystacks and needles are both common enough in the agricultural endeavors I’m involved in. Due to that lack of direct experience on the matter, I’ll abstain from any definitive judgements about the puzzles produced by the juxtaposition of needles and haystacks. I have, however, come acro... Full story
Ten years ago, when I was thirty-something, it took practice, but I finally learned how to become a coffee drinker. Now that I’m forty something, I’m trying to master another ritual of gracefully growing a bit older and wiser — getting up early. Getting up early is for the birds, be us spring chickens or retiring roosters. I feel like the former, a spring chicken afraid to spread its wings and fly too early in the morning. I practiced this summer, trying to beat the sun at daw...
On this date ... 1976: A depressed cattle market was blamed for the temporary closure of the Anderson-Skaggs feed lot in Roosevelt County. Manager Dale Skaggs said cattle would be shipped to the company’s lot at Smyer, Texas. Skaggs said the beef market had not been stable since a price freeze in 1973 that “interfered with the natural pricing mechanisms,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. 1951: Leslie J. Stone, former mayor of Clovis and longtime engineer for the Santa Fe Ra...
Saturday • Fishing derby — 3 p.m.-7 p.m. registration for “Biggest Catfish Challenge” at Oasis State Park. Contest runs from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Cost is $5 per person. Entry fees applly. Prizes awarded immediately after contest. 12 and older must have valid fishing license. Information: 575-356-5331 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission meeting — 9 a.m. in commission room at county court house. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council meeting — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at Portales Memorial Building. Information: 57...
Staff Writer [email protected] Farwell Independent School District faces both praise and criticism after introducing a mandatory drug-testing policy for students. Superintendent Kelly Lusk said after more than a year of planning, the school board approved random drug testing at the high school, effective to open the school year. The policy says students in school-sponsored extracurricular activities, or those who park a vehicle on Farwell High School property, are subject to random drug tests administered by a Waco-based...
Gender: Female Age: About 6 weeks old Gray domestic shorthair Breed: Gray domestic shorthair According to Tony Martinez, animal control officer, this kitten came in with her two siblings. This is a very calm and curious cat. The owner of this kitten just needs to have time to play and socialize with the cat while she’s still growing, said Martinez, adding the kitten can be playful, but the animal shelter isn’t the best place to see her playfulness in action. For adoption inf... Full story
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Students grow up. That painful reminder was hammered home these last few days after news broke in Albuquerque about the murder of little Victoria Martens. Patti Dobson Eastern alum Vincent Rodriguez (B.S. Broadcast Production, 2012) was assigned to cover the story, and was among the first on scene. What he witnessed — what all of the reporters, photogs, first responders, law enforcement officials, medical personnel witnessed — cannot be unseen. It cannot be erased from the...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Being able to discuss the Bible in an open-minded environment is what draws many at Eastern New Mexico University to Spectrum, a Tuesday night Bible study held on the university campus. Spectrum attendees said the discussions are why they come on Tuesday nights. Staff photo: Kurt Munz-Raper Don Thomas, senior pastor at Central Christian Church, leads the Spectrum Bible study Tuesday night at the Christian Campus House on Eastern New... Full story
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One takeaway from the incomprehensibly tragic death of 10-year-old Victoria Martens is that the state’s agencies and systems don’t take domestic violence against women and children seriously enough. Victoria was raped, strangled and stabbed before her body was dismembered and burned, allegedly at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend and his cousin, Jessica Kelley, while her mother, Michelle Martens, watched. The boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, had two prior convictions for violence against women, yet he had managed to game the ... Full story
