Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — Cristina Doris compiled 20 kills and 17 digs and Angelo State rallied from a 2-1 deficit in games to edge Eastern New Mexico University 30-28, 25-30, 28-30, 30-24, 17-15 in a Lone Star Conference South Division matchup on Thursday night. Adrienne Taylor added 15 kills, 12 digs and three block solos for the Rambelles (4-20, 2-7 South), who avenged a five-game loss earlier this season at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (6-24, 1-8) took a 14-13 lead in the fifth game on a kill by junior middle blocker Vicki Charvat a... Full story
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Midwestern State limited Eastern New Mexico University to just two shots on goal Thursday night and the top-seeded host Mustangs notched a 5-1 victory in the semifinals of the Southwest Soccer Conference tournament. Goals by Scott Leonard and Brandon Swartzendruber midway through the first half staked Midwestern (16-2-1), ranked No. 10 in NCAA Division II, to a 2-0 halftime lead. Then the teams erupted for three goals in a span of less than two minutes early in the second half. Midwestern’s Sun Por...
EDMOND, Okla. — Junior defender Tamara Geels scored two goals and sophomore midfielder Melissa DoRemus and freshman defender Whitney Hancock each had a goal and an assist Thursday, lifting Texas A&M-Commerce to a 4-1 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in the first round of the Lone Star Conference women’s soccer tournament. In the other first-round matchup, No. 5 seed Midwestern State slipped past No. 4 Angelo State 2-1. Today’s semifinals pit third-seeded Commerce against No. 2 West Texas A&M at 11 a.m. (MDT), follow...
First they shut down daylight-saving time. Two days later they celebrate Halloween. Is that a conspiracy or what? The mystery is, who’s behind it? Here at the Academy for Thorny Plots I’ve researched that question, coming quickly to the conclusion that in both cases I need a government grant for more research. But I’ve made progress in one area—the conspiracy lies within the medical profession. (You can’t blame lawyers for everything. In fact, 99 percent of the lawyers give the rest a bad name.) Here’s how the conspiracy...
In the town of Salineville, gateway to Ohio’s share of the Appalachian Mountains, where I served my student ministry internship, the main street of town winds from one end of the village to the other, east to west. Like the stream whose bed it follows. It was not surprising, then, that the Halloween parade, an event that signaled the highlight of fall and the beginning of the holiday festive season, would line up at Vern Gosman’s fuel station on the east end of town to begin. Flashlights, costumes, children and parents, and...
In March 2002 it was claimed that the Curry County Men’s 42 League was the largest such league in the state. If “Forty-Two,” the only exciting dominoes game, ever becomes one of the Olympic games, this county in Eastern New Mexico could supply the U.S. team. One warning: These guys are in good form. They play competitively one night a week all fall and winter, and are always in topnotch shape for their annual spring tournament. The 52nd consecutive annual tournament was Feb. 25, 2002, at the Texico Community Center, and I saw...
This week my husband and I had an argument. Every married couple fights once in a while, but fighting when someone is away, especially during military deployments, makes it all the more difficult. For starters, there is no way to call back. Then, there is the pressure of trying to solve the problem in a few minutes. Get the issue out there. Tell the other person what is bothering you, and explain why you are right and they are wrong. Disagree on the last point, and quickly arrive to some resolution. All this has to be done...
My dog found a new habit. A very expensive habit. A very expensive, life-threatening, rush-to-the-vet-so-he-doesn’t-die habit. To make it sound fancy schmancy — as all expensive habits should — one could call it sedentary mouth squashing. Or igneous ingestion. Or metamorphic mastication. In other words, he ate rocks. The rocks themselves are not costly. Heck, they can be picked up for free at the lake, the ditch, the roadside or the back yard. Even gourmet stones, like shale, run about 22 cents for 458 pounds. The expen...
Clovis running back Manuel Robles is brought down by Hobbs defenders Brandon Solomon, left, and Thomas Schnaubert during Friday’s district game at Leon Williams Stadium. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) For a second-straight game, Clovis senior Brian Mead ran himself into the storied Clovis High record book. Mead rushed 328 yards and five touchdowns in Friday’s 40-9 win over Hobbs at Leon Williams Stadium. The effort broke Doug Cavanaugh’s single-game record of 319 set in 1982 — against Hobbs. The 5-foot-6, 160-pound senior...
Clovis High quarterback Jordan Mendoza drops back to throw a pass against Artesia during the Wildcats’ last game on Oct. 13 at Leon Williams Stadium. The Cats begin District 4-5A play tonight at home against Hobbs. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) In the entryway of the Clovis locker room, a trophy case devoted to the program's accomplishments stands against the left wall. Among the numerous state title honors and jerseys of legendary players, a miniature cannon rests inside as a symbol of Clovis’ age-old rivalry with Hob...
