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PECOS – After seeing an eight-run lead get away in the opener, Texico bounced back with a 17-3 rout of Pecos on Friday for a split of their District 6-2A baseball doubleheader. In the first game, the homestanding Panthers came all the way back from an 8-0 deficit, scoring eight times in the bottom of the sixth for an 11-9 victory. Texico (5-8, 2-2 district) trailed 3-1 in Game 2 before putting together back-to-back, eight-run frames in the fourth and fifth innings and e...
ROSWELL – Roswell Goddard pulled away late in both games for a 12-8, 18-8 District 4-4A softball sweep over Portales High on Friday. In Game 1, the Lady Rams (10-9, 0-3 district) took an 8-7 lead on a two-run homer by junior Myleigh Banda in the top of the sixth, but the Lady Rockets came back for five in the bottom half. Freshman Roxanna Serrano went 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBIs for Goddard (12-8, 2-1). Sophomore Lindsay Campa was 3-for-3 and tallied three runs while senior Quiana Gonzales belted a...
ALBUQUERQUE – Eastern New Mexico University’s track teams competed in their penultimate meet of the regular season in Friday’s Don Kirby Tailwind Open at the University of New Mexico. For the women, senior Tamia Smith extended her own school record in shot put, finishing second at 46 feet, 11 inches, while ENMU sophomore Kennedy Ulmer was sixth at 40-7 ¾. Ulmer also placed third in discus with a personal-best 144-2, the No. 6 mark this spring in the Lone Star Conference. Others placing third in field events were freshm...
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team did what it needed on Sunday and remained alive for a possible Lone Star Conference tournament berth, although the Greyhounds' work is cut out. They opened an 8-0 lead through five innings against St. Mary's and earned a 10-5 win over the Rattlers at Greyhound Field, notching their second consecutive LSC series triumph. ENMU (21-25, 19-25 LSC) stands two games behind Arkansas-Fort Smith (21-23, 21-23) and St. Edward's (21-25,...
MELROSE – Logan broke open a tight game with a five-run sixth on Monday and the Longhorns defeated Melrose 11-4. The game was a battle between the top two teams in District 3-1A and in Class 1A. Logan (13-2, 4-0) came in ranked second in 1A while the Buffaloes (8-4, 3-1) were first. Sophomore Mason Wallin went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored for the Longhorns, while senior Kaeden Stoner was also 3-for-5, driving in two and scoring once. Meantime, sophomore Mitchell Wall added a solo home run for Logan....
Essentially, there were two track meets going on in Friday's Wildcat Relays at Leon Williams Stadium – one for Rio Rancho, Artesia and Hobbs and another for everybody else. Clovis High's squads won the "other" meet – finishing fourth in both divisions. Rio Rancho took the boys title with 97 points to 95 for Artesia, 80 for Hobbs and 50 ½ for the Wildcats, and completed a sweep with 102 ½ on the girls side to 85 for Hobbs, 83 for Artesia and 60 for the Lady Wil...
KINGSVILLE, Texas – After tossing her fourth shutout of the season in Friday’s series opener, Eastern New Mexico University sophomore right-hander Marissa Rodriguez was treated rudely by Texas A&M-Kingsville in Saturday’s Lone Star Conference series finale. The Javelinas banged out 15 hits off Rodriguez in 4 1/3 innings, knocking her from the box in a five-run fifth, and handed the Greyhounds a 9-5 setback to win the series. Kingsville (29-21, 22-20 LSC) has finished its regular campaign and is now assured of ninth place...
Were it not for three big crooked numbers, there wouldn’t have been much going on offensively in Friday’s District 4-5A baseball doubleheader between Clovis High and Carlsbad at Bell Park. Fortunately for the Wildcats, their big frame – a seven-run seventh – was just enough to pull out a 7-6 victory in the opener. The Cavemen posted their second six-run round of the night in the nightcap en route to an 11-0 victory. Carlsbad (13-7) took two of three from the Cats (11-8) in the district-opening series for both teams. Clovis co...
Wildcat Relays Friday at Leon Williams Stadium Boys Team standings: 1. Rio Rancho 97; 2. Artesia 95; 3. Hobbs 80; 4. Clovis 50 ½; 5. Alamogordo 40 ½; 6. Lovington 40; 7. Roswell High 24; 8. Portales 23; 9. Carlsbad 21; 10. Texico 8; 11. Fort Sumner 4; 12. Clovis JV 1. Clovis, Portales, Texico results Field events High jump: 5. Marvin Cox, Clovis 6-0; 6. Roddy Cabeldue, Clovis 5-10. Pole vault: 2. Tommy Lopez, Portales 12-9; 5. Jaydin Fenstermaker, Clovis 11-0. Long jump: 5. (tie) Kyrese Phillips 19-11. Discus: 6. Brandon W...
Clovis High's softball team got through an inning in each game of Thursday's District 4-5A doubleheader against Hobbs on Thursday night at Lady Wildcat Field. It was the next three frames where the sledding got rough. Leading 2-0 in the opener, the Lady Eagles put together three consecutive six-run stanzas en route to a 20-1 victory, ending in four innings on the 15-run rule. Game 2 was scoreless after the initial canto before Hobbs (15-3, 4-0 district) pulled away to a 15-0...
DEXTER – Host Dexter overcame two eight-run deficits, then dug out of a six-run hole late to edge Portales High 20-19 and salvage a split of Wednesday's non-district softball doubleheader. In the opener, the Lady Rams scored twice in the seventh to earn a 3-1 victory. Junior Myleigh Banda tripled twice in three at-bats, scoring twice and driving in a run for the PHS (10-7) in Game 1. Meantime, freshman Annaleah Lujan and eighth-grader Amaya Lujan combined on a four-hitter, wit...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s boys had four scores in the 80s on Thursday en route to a fifth-place finish in the Lovington Invite golf tournament. Lovington shot 321 and edged Artesia by two strokes for team honors. Carlsbad was third at 341, followed by New Mexico Military 344, CHS 348 and Hobbs 350. Senior Jett Stone led the Wildcats at 44-41 – 85, followed by senior Jacob Rowley 44-43 – 87 and sophomore Gavin Anderon at 45-42 – 87, freshman Jakob Stone 47-42 – 89 and eighth-grader Zak Spearman 49-45 – 94. Clovis Christ...
ARTESIA – Portales High's baseball team doubled up Artesia in hits on Thursday night 10-5, but it didn't pay off on the scoreboard. PHS dropped the finale of its opening District 4-4A series with the Bulldogs 3-2 as Artesia completed a three-game sweep. Artesia (9-11 overall) scored single runs in the first, third and fifth innings and made it stand up after the Rams (9-8) rallied for two in the top of the sixth. Portales had runners at second and third with two out in the s...
ESTANCIA – Ten players combined on a 17-hit Melrose attack and the Buffaloes pounded Magdalena 19-7 on Wednesday in a neutral-field baseball game. The Steers (3-6) opened a 7-2 lead with a seven-run first, but never scored again as senior Dathan Yeary tossed 3 1/3 hitless innings in relief, with one walk and six strikeouts. The game was called after five innings on the 10-run rule. Trailing 7-5, the Buffs (7-3) produced back-to-back seven-run frames in the fourth and fifth to take control. Junior Josiah Roybal led the way, g...
RIO RANCHO – Clovis and Portales High’s girls placed a combined 16 lifters en route to a third-place team finish last weekend in the large-school divisions of state powerlifting competition at Rio Rancho Events Center, sponsored by the New Mexico Activities Association. The Lady Rams finished with 34 points in 16-team Class 4A, trailing Lovington (59) and Silver (36). Meantime, the Lady Wildcats finished with 28 points in the 19-school Class 5A division, trailing Rio Rancho (39) and Rio Rancho Cleveland (32). Portales had 10...
CARLSBAD – Clovis High’s baseball team had a chance to steal one in a place where it’s been tough for them to win over the years. But the Wildcats weren’t able to close the deal as Carlsbad rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fifth on Thursday to claim a 7-5 victory in the District 4-5A opener for both squads. “We had a great chance to come down here and win a ballgame,” CHS baseball coach Richard Cruse said. “But we gave up 12 free (baserunners) with walks, hit-by-pitches and errors.” After falling behind 2-0 in t...
GRADY – Junior Cy Draper hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Melrose handed Grady its first loss of the season on Monday, a 6-3 decision in the District 3-1A opener for both teams. Draper’s home gave the Buffaloes (5-3) a 6-1 cushion, and they withstood a rally by Grady in the bottom half. The Bronchos (7-1) came into the game ranked No. 1 in Class 1A after their fast start. Senior Michael Cardonita went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored for Melrose. Draper drove in a fourth run with a suc...
NORMAN, Okla. – Sophomore Kennedy Ulmer and the women’s 400 relay team earned NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks over the weekend in the University of Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Invitational track meet. Ulmer went 145 feet, 4 inches on her final throw in javelin, good for sixth place and improving her Lone Star Conference-best distance in the event. “It was very exciting for me (to have) the opportunity to compete against D-I (athletes) and see how far (I’ve progressed),” Ulmer said. “The facility was just amazing....
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jonathan Baileys hadn’t had a lot of opportunity to play for Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team before this weekend. Suffice it to say, he pretty much made the most of his opportunity. The junior designated hitter from Tipp City, Ohio went 7-for-17 with a triple, three home runs, nine runs scored and nine runs batted in against Oklahoma Christian, capped by a 3-for-5 day with a pair of early two-run homers and five RBIs in Sunday’s 13-5 triumph. That gave the Greyhounds three victories in the fou...
EUNICE – Senior Noah Swift went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in three runs on Monday as Portales High’s baseball team registered a 10-5 victory over Eunice. With a Friday District 4-4A doubleheader against Artesia at Ram Field moved up to Tuesday, Rams coach Arturo Ontiveros decided to turn Monday’s tilt into a “bullpen by committee” game. Seven pitchers worked one inning each, with senior Dylan Saunders starting and followed by seniors Edel Legarda, Devin Diaz, Peyton Williams, Swift and Zane Mayberry and sophomore...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s boys were in a tie for seventh place with Roswell High after Monday’s opening round of the two-day RISD Invitational golf tournament. Playing the par-71 Spring River Golf Course, the Wildcats and Coyotes posted four-man team scores of 355. Roswell Goddard had a four-man tally of 325 and led the 10-team field by one shot over Silver and by two over Artesia. The final 18 holes were to be played on Tuesday at the New Mexico Military golf course. Clovis had just three players available in girls competition...
In one inning on Sunday, Eastern New Mexico University's softball team nearly scored as many runs as were tallied combined during the rest of the weekend series. Senior designated player Taighen Whitzel capped an eight-run second with a grand slam, and the Greyhounds went on to blank Oklahoma Christian 8-0 and take the Lone Star Conference series at Greyhound Softball Field – their first series win all time against the Eagles. Saturday's doubleheader was a split, with each s...
Manny Chavez appears to be rounding into form. The Portales High junior is the defending Class 4A state boys javelin champion, winning by nearly 27 feet at 177 feet, 2 inches, and he's already easily surpassed that mark this season. On Thursday, Chavez posted his third consecutive personal best with a throw of 192 feet in Portales' George-Love Relays at Greyhound Stadium. It was the highlight for the Rams, who finished 10th in the 14-team meet with 25 points. "We had better...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Junior shortstop Willie Ponce capped a six-run seventh with a grand slam to get Eastern New Mexico University close, and the Greyhounds completed a comeback from a seven-run deficit to beat Oklahoma Christian 16-12 on Friday in the opener of a four-game Lone Star Conference baseball series. Ponce drove in seven runs with a pair of home runs, giving him five for the year. He hit a three-run shot in the second for a 5-2 lead. The teams were slated for two seven-inning tilts on Saturday, then wrap things up with...
Former Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball assistant Daven Vo was chosen as the program’s next head coach in an announcement by the school on Thursday. A native of Oklahoma City, the 39-year-old Vo served for three years under outgoing ENMU coach Brent Owen as an assistant coach from 2020-23. Owen accepted the head coaching job at NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C. After the program was shut down due to COVID-19 in 2020-21 in Owen’s and Vo’s first campaign, they helped the Greyhounds post a 1...
