Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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It all started with a coffee can. Brooks Jennings Sr. took a metal Folgers can, cut out the bottom, taped it to the wall and handed his 3-year-old son Brooks “Bubba” Jennings a tennis ball. That was how Bubba attempted his first basketball shots. And his life would never be the same. The sport carried Bubba through a historic Clovis High career that ended with him as the program’s all-time leading scorer, a decorated playing career at Texas Tech, inclusion in the 1985 NBA Draft, a stint playing overseas, a chance to coach...
TEXICO — The Texico boys and girls basketball teams both picked up their ninth victory of the season Friday night, and both moved on to their respective title game in the Citizens Bank Tournament. A 10th win and a tournament title for each, however, didn’t appear to be a foregone conclusion for either. The Texico girls used a late run to hold off Tucumcari 53-43, while the boys defeated Tohatchi in a 66-55 win that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score indicated. The w...
CLOVIS — Basketball rivalries are always cool. Even if teams aren’t in the same district, an area rivalry can be fun, packed with fans. Tuesday night’s Portales-Clovis boys basketball game was both of the above, with each team taking turns being in control of the flow, and Rock Staubus Gymnasium jammed with fans of both teams watching it all play out. Clovis held on to win 59-51 in front of all those fans, putting another area rivalry installment in the scorebooks. “That...
CLOVIS — ‘Twas the Friday before Christmas, and all through the Rock ... all the Wildcats were stirring, a win seemed a lock. The numbers rung up on the scoreboard with care ... with hopes that the mercy rule soon would be there. In its last home game before the Christmas break, Clovis’ boys basketball team shot well, scrapped for second shots, distributed the ball and played good defense, all leading to a heartwarming 73-30 Yuletide rout of Hereford on Friday at Rock Staubus...
DENVER — Isaiah Murphy wasn’t the biggest scorer by any means in Wednesday’s game at Regis, but he was certainly one of the most important. Murphy scored five of his eight points in the final 19 seconds, including a tie-breaking 3-pointer and a pair of game-sealing free throws as Eastern New Mexico went into Christmas break with a 78-73 win to extend its winning streak to four games. It’s the longest winning streak since the 2016-17 team ripped off five straight in a late-seas...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s women’s soccer team added three more high school prospects over the week, bringing the team’s total haul to 11 following its Lone Star Conference tournament runnerup finish. The signings of defender Alexandra Clark, forward Desirae Pera and forward Emily Quiros were announced this week by Greyhound women’s coach Joshua Smith. Clark and Perea are both Albuquerque natives, with Clark playing at Sandia and Perea at Hope Christian. Quiros plays for...
ALBUQUERQUE — A total of 13 area high school seniors were selected this week as some of the state’s best in football and volleyball. Four area athletes were selected for the North-South football games, while nine were chosen for North-South volleyball. Both football games will be held at Community Stadium in Albuquerque. The large-school game is 7 p.m. June 7, and the small-school game is 7 p.m. June 8. Volleyball matches will be June 7-8 in Albuquerque, with locations to be...
ALBUQUERQUE — A total of 11 area football players were selected for all-state honors, as the New Mexico High School Coaches Association released all-state teams for all classifications this week. The 11 include three Clovis players named Tuesday morning to the Class 6A team — senior Montez Wright on the defensive first team, senior Stephen Acosta on the offensive first team and senior Jaylen Mason on the defensive second team. Each team is created through a two-step process. First, each coach in the classification nom...
PORTALES — The biggest silver lining in the storm that was the Frenship Tigers? It could have been worse. A lot worse. The visiting Tigers, ranked No. 8 in the nation by MaxPreps, made quick work of a shorthanded Ram squad Tuesday night with a 17-2 first and eventually went on to a 59-15 victory. Cassandra Awatt scored 14 points and had five of the 22 total steals for Frenship (17-1), which had 10 players register on the scoreboard but only Awatt notching more than seven. P...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Wednesday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Tomas Ortiz Ortiz, 26, to Micaela Ortiz Ralios, 26, both of Muleshoe • Daniel Gallegos Jr., 18, to Angela Eva Garcia, 18, both of Jal • Miguel Adrian Garza, 21, to Rylie Jayne Lee, both of Clovis • Joshua Matthew Ertley, 36, of Auburn, Georgia, to Maria Guadalupe Meza-Esquivel, 31, of Clovis • Diego Molinar Garcia, 23, to Johann Yudith Jimenez, 17, both of Clovis • Derrick Andrew Notice, 27, to Ulises Daly, 20, both of Clovi...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. needle gang, 12:30 p.m. chat and chew, 1 p.m. pinochle, 7 p..m dance — Randy Chavez Daily activities: 8-ball pool Community Senior Center 1100 Community Way, P...
