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PORTALES — Kamal Cass is about to begin his second season in professional football, and this journey will take him a little farther east. Cass, the career rushing leader at both Clovis High and Eastern New Mexico University, has signed a deal with...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s women dropped a bit to eighth in this week’s D2SIDA South Central Regional rankings after splitting a pair of home games over the weekend. ENMU (17-7, 11-7 LSC) outlasted Texas...

TEXICO — When your offense isn’t working, it’s time for Plan B. In the case of last Saturday night’s Clayton/Texico boys basketball game, Plan B for the Wolverines was good defense that shut down the Yellow Jackets while transitioning to...

TYLER, Texas — Texas-Tyler rode home runs from Jordan Gochenour and Tanner Roach to a big early lead and completed a four-game Lone Star Conference baseball series sweep against Eastern New Mexico University on Sunday with a 9-1 rout. On Saturday,...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team split a pair of games on Sunday and finished 3-3 over the weekend in the Cactus Classic tournament. ENMU (5-4) beat California (Pa.) 6-1, tying the game with a run in the sixth and...

LITTLEFIELD — The Farwell Lady Blue made short work of Lockney on Monday night, rolling to a 32-8 halftime lead en route to a 52-29 victory in a Texas Class 2A Region I bi-district playoff game. Farwell (23-10) advances to the area round, and will...

PORTALES — After fighting for their lives at times down the stretch in Friday’s 64-57 win over Roswell Goddard, Portales High’s girls found things a little calmer on Saturday. Not that it was easy, but the stress level was ratcheted down a notc...

BULLARD, Texas — It was pretty evident that Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team was happy to see Texas-Tyler starter Austin Schneider out of Friday’s game after six innings. The senior right-hander allowed just one hit while striking...

HOBBS — It was just another day on the court for the Hobbs girls’ basketball team Friday night as the Lady Eagles did what they have done all year, win. The Lady Eagles latest victim was Clovis. Hobbs beat the visiting Lady Wildcats 57-22. “We...

FARWELL — Junior Jose Rodriguez scored on a offensive rebound with three seconds left on Friday and Farwell edged Olton 38-36 in a key Texas Region I District 3-2A boys matchup. The Steers (20-10, 4-3 district) fell behind 21-13 at halftime and...

ROSWELL — Whenever bracket play is involved, sometimes when you win is just as important as who you end up beating. The Clovis boys went 1-2 and finished fourth in the Goddard Invitational, while the Wildcat girls were 2-1 and took fifth in the...

GRADY — It’s not at all pessimistic to assume Chisum Rush didn’t dream of playing college baseball a few years ago, mainly because Rush’s high school didn’t have a baseball team. A few years have changed things. The Bronchos are soon to...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team certainly made the most of the least on Friday, and as a result had two wins to show for the opening day in the Cactus Classic. The Greyhounds had just four hits — but three were...

PORTALES — Even though Portales High’s boys led wire-to-wire on Friday night, the game wasn’t decided until late. Junior post Kenevan Bailey came up with back-to-back putbacks after Roswell Goddard had closed a double-figure deficit to three po...

PORTALES — Things came pretty easily for a long time for Portales High’s girls in Friday night’s District 4-4A matchup against Roswell Goddard at the Ram Athletic Center. PHS came out playing aggressive defense and flustered the Lady Rockets...

FARWELL — The Vega Lady Longhorns completed a perfect regular season on Monday night, building a 20-point halftime lead and holding off Farwell 58-46 to wrap up the Texas Region I District 3-2A championship. The doubleheader between the schools...

HONDO — The Grady boys basketball team got back on the winning track on Saturday night — and in a big way. Losers of three in a row in rugged District 6-1A, the Bronchos made short work of host Hondo, building a 12-point lead after one quarter...

ROSWELL — Portales girls coach Wade Fraze is thrilled to be off to a good start in District 4-4A, but says the work is just beginning. The Lady Rams rolled to a 10-point, first-quarter lead on Saturday night, but had to hang on late to edge...

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS PORTALES — To say that Texas A&M International baseball coach Ryan Flynn went to the bullpen early and often over the weekend would be an understatement. The Dustdevils’ skipper used eight pitchers in a winning effort on...