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Portales High’s boys basketball program will run its summer camps May 28-30 at the PHS gym. Boys entering grades 1-6 will go from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., while boys in grades 7-9 will go from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is $50 and will be...

PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico coach Kelley Lee has always made a simple case. If the Greyhounds wanted to make the Division II playoffs, it had to play 11 Division II opponents to give itself the best chance. That’s what the Greyhounds now have...

PORTALES — When the Greyhound men’s basketball team was ousted in overtime in their Lone Star Conference tournament opener, the focus had to change quickly. A promising year that ended with the fourth seed, and a mild upset by Tarleton State,...

PORTALES — For most of Eastern New Mexico University, this is the slow time. The students that didn’t leave sometime during finals week likely left after graduation ceremonies. But there’s one place where it’s still plenty fast for the green...

CLOVIS — You could see it on their faces. Though the Clovis boys track and field athletes had won a green trophy last year, signifying third place in the state, they weren’t happy. They wanted more from their trip to Albuquerque. They wanted it...

CLOVIS — It’s a hectic week for Texico’s baseball team. Monday, there were elementary school players at the Wolverines’ practice, followed by a live intersquad game and then the team dinner at a local restaurant. Tuesday was awards night....

CANYON, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico track and field team’s regular season ended in style Sunday, thanks largely to junior sprinter Kandice Miles. At the West Texas A&M Last Chance meet in Canyon, Miles won three events to lead Eastern. The...

From the middle of the state to the upper left corner of it, Tuesday was a rough day for prep golf teams from eastern New Mexico. The Clovis girls and Portales boys finished out of title contention as the state 5A and 4A golf tournaments concluded....

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico’s track and field program is growing and has collected some honors this year to show it. Junior sprinter Kandice Miles led a group of five Greyhounds selected the All-Lone Star Confe...

ALBUQUERQUE — The results may show first- and second-round exits, but that doesn’t mean it was a short state tennis championship for either Portales or Clovis. After a series of rain delays pushed matches back Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the...

HOBBS — A red trophy is better than a green. And way better than no trophy at all. So, when Texico’s girls golf team finished second and won a red after Saturday’s final round of the state A-AAA match on Hobbs’ Rockwind course, it was a big...

GALLUP — Catcher Jeuliece Chavez had the softball rarity of a leadoff RBI single, and the Portales Rams scored a trio of runs in the eighth inning Saturday to pull a 15-13 first-round upset over seventh-seeded Gallup Saturday afternoon. Nicole Laur...

PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team made a big signing, literally and figuratively, by landing center Natalie DeLonge for the 2019-20 season. DeLonge, a 6-foot-4 center, comes to the Greyhounds after three years at Division...

ROSWELL — Thursday brought yet another sweep for the Clovis boys and girls track teams. And this one happened at one of the most opportune times of the season — in the District 4-5A championships at the Wool Bowl in Roswell. Clovis’ girls wallo...

RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University may not have gotten a slot in the weekend Lone Star Conference tournament, but it did find out earlier in the week it had five of its players named for postseason awards. Infielders Nicholas...

Clovis sand volleyball accepting entries Entries are now being accepted for the Clovis sand volleyball leagues. Starting in June, games will be played in the women’s league Monday nights and the co-ed league Tuesday nights. Both leagues are compris...

Just a few brief weeks into the 2019 Major League Baseball season, incontrovertible evidence has surfaced that computerized balls and strike calls cannot be far away. Before each game begins, the announcers offer their insights into the home plate...

CLOVIS — The Clovis boys track and field team has been a district champion before and there’s no reason the Wildcats can’t be a district champion again. Winners of the District 2-6A title in each of the last two seasons, the ’Cats will be...

Texico’s baseball team has had one main goal this season — to win a fourth consecutive state championship. State 3A champs in each of the past three seasons, the Wolverines (16-5) will be vying for a 2A crown this year because of offseason...