Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Clovis and Portales weren’t the only two local teams in action this weekend. Melrose, Elida, Dora and Farwell also played, with varying results, including a big win for Elida as its long-awaited comeback season continued. Elida 63, Vaughn 30 VAUGHN — The Tigers haven’t played on their home field since 2010 — the last year they fielded a varsity football program — and they won’t play at home again until this coming Thursday afternoon. Still, they’re 2-1 away from Elida this season, after Friday afternoon’s rout at Vaughn...
PORTALES — Senior Eystin Salum accounted for 256 yards of offense and a touchdown, and 25th-ranked Colorado Mesa rode a dominant first half to a 34-21 victory over Eastern New Mexico on Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. The Mavericks (2-0) ran off the game's first 31 points, with Jonathan Beverly going for a 21-yard rushing touchdown on Mesa's opening drive. Pailate Makakona scored on touchdown runs of 15 and 4 yards, while Salum completed a 37-yard touchdown to Peter A...
MORIARTY — It was a longer-than-usual wait for Texico’s volleyball team to begin its 2018 season, but once it did begin, the Lady Wolverines played fairly well. Though they opened the Moriarty Tournament and their season with a loss to Los Alamos on Friday, the Lady Wolves bounced back in a big way Saturday, edging Capitan 3-2 and sweeping Valencia of Los Lunas 3-0 to play back for consolation honors. Texico prevailed in Saturday’s first match against Capitan, with scores of 23-25, 25-12, 25-19, 22-25 and 15-9. Then in Satur...
ELIDA — After losing some key seniors, following a heartbreaking loss in last year’s 1A title game, Elida volleyball came into the 2018 season hungrier than ever. On Saturday, it showed, as the Tigers disposed of the Fort Sumner Vixens in three sets, 25-14, 25-12, 25-20. “They’re volleyball-minded,” Tigers coach Darrell Chenault said. “They really see the floor well, play the floor well, they hit a lot of spots that were open and they see ‘em, and then they cover a lot o...
