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TEXICO – Finally, a close game against Pecos went Texico's way, and the Wolverines are advancing to the Class 2A state quarterfinals because of it. Texico erased deficits of 5-0, 10-8 and 12-11, scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to nip District 6-2A rival Pecos 13-12 on Wednesday night. It's the third time in four meetings this season that the teams have played tight, high-scoring contests decided late. The Panthers won the first two, erasing an 8-0 deficit for an 1...
LUBBOCK – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team, which had previously earned only one Gold Glove award in All-Lone Star Conference postseason picks, had three in selections announced on Wednesday at the conference’s baseball awards banquet, held in conjunction with the start of a four-team, double-elimination conference tournament. Juniors Beau Preston at first base, Demetrio Archuleta at second and Tucker Gideon in the outfield notched gold gloves. Meantime, junior left fielder/relief pitcher Luciano Terilli was n...
MELROSE – There's nothing like getting off to a quick start to take the suspense out of things. Defending Class 1A champion Melrose did just that on Wednesday, getting a three-run homer from junior catcher Dathan Yeary before anyone had been retired in the bottom of the first and rolling to a 19-0 win over Magdalena in a state quarterfinal game shortened to 4 ½ cantos by the 10-run rule. The third-seeded Buffaloes (12-6), who defeated District 3-1A rival Logan13-7 in l...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis and Portales’ girls had no luck in Wednesday’s opening round of state tennis competition. At Jerry Cline Tennis Center, the Lady Wildcats had one entry in singles and one in doubles in Class 5A, while the Lady Rams had a doubles entry in Class 1-4A at Albuquerque Academy. For the Lady Cats, junior Hannah Lingala lost a 6-0, 6-0 decision to third-seeded senior Ellise Jay of Mayfield in singles. Jay advanced with a 6-2, 6-3 quarterfinal victory over La Cueva junior Varinn Sood, but she bowed out in the s...
Saturday at Logan District 6-2A Boys Team standings: 1. Santa Rosa 174 ½; 2. Texico 128 ½; 3. Pecos 85; 4. Clayton 44. Texico results Field events High jump: 1. Keaton Dumas 5-10; 2. Alex Fuentes 5-8; 3. Luke Thompson 5-8; 6. Nathan Autrey 5-4. Long jump: 5. Jaheim Moses 16-11. Triple jump: 6. James Hawkins, 35-5. Shot put: 2. Cade Figg 40-10; 6. Daniel Harrison 32-3. Discus: 2. Cade Figg 135-2; 4. Taye Smith 128-1 ½. Javelin: 1. Alex Fuentes 133-5 ¾; 6. Kye Conley 90-8. Track events 200: 2. Jaheim Moses 25.16; 6. Kye Con...
ALBUQUERQUE – The track season comes to an end this weekend for New Mexico Class 1A, 2A and 3A schools with state competition on tap Friday and Saturday at the University of New Mexico track facility. A total of 54 boys and 54 girls will represent the area in the smaller two divisions, with Texico in Class 2A sending 11 boys and 18 girls. Area boys Class 1A schools will have 11 representatives from Melrose, 10 from Floyd, nine from Elida, seven from Grady and six from Dora, while on the girls side, Melrose is sending 15, D...
LOGAN – Melrose recovered from a heartbreaking loss in Game 1 to beat Logan 4-2 and gain a split of Friday's District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. The Longhorns (16-4, 7-2 district), who rallied to win the opener 6-3 in eight innings, clinched the district title while the Buffaloes (11-6, 6-3) were second. On Sunday, Logan earned the top seed and one of two first-round byes in the Class 1A state tournament, while Melrose was given the third seed and hosts sixth-seeded M...
ROSWELL – Texico's girls shot a four-person score of 377 to post a lopsided victory in Monday's District 4-1/3A golf tournament, played at the New Mexico Military golf course, and qualify for next week's state tournament at the New Mexico Tech golf course in Socorro. Dexter was a distant second at 430, while Gateway Christian shot 454 and Ruidoso came in a 474. Texico senior Liz Elam took medalist honors, shooting 39-42 – 81. Other Lady Wolverines scores were senior Sie...
Friday was the final night of the regular season for the Clovis and Portales High softball teams, and it was definitely tough sledding for both squads. Portales, though, did get a bid to the Class 4A tournament on Sunday. The Lady Rams (10-15, 5-9 District 4-4A) were seeded 16th and travel to No. 1 seed Gallup for a 4 p.m. first-round tilt on Friday. At Artesia, the Lady Bulldogs were rude hosts to Portales on Friday night, sweeping the twin bill 19-0 and 12-0. The Lady Rams...
HOBBS – Clovis High’s girls are sending three players to Class 5A state tennis competition, scheduled for today and Thursday at Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque. Junior Hansini Lingala will represent the Lady Wildcats in singles after finishing second in Friday’s District 4-5A tournament, while senior Hannah Heath and junior Madita Ewert won the district tournament in doubles. Lingala will take on third-seeded senior Ellise Jay of Mayfield in her first-round match at 3 p.m. The winner moves on to the 7 p.m. quart...
Portales High's baseball team seemingly was cruising to a District 4-4A doubleheader sweep of Lovington on Friday at Ram Field when suddenly the wind started blowing. It nearly caused the roof to fall in on the Rams. Senior left-hander Edel Legarda pitched 3 2/3 innings of perfect ball before the Wildcats began to put some things together. With the wind picking up, they scored four times in the sixth, then threated to overtake the Rams in the seventh before an unusual double...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s girls earned 1-2 finishes from freshmen in both the 1,600 and the 300 hurdles on Friday to claim team honors in Lovington’s Ross Black Relays, which concluded the regular season. The Lady Wildcats posted 118 points in the six-school event to outlast Carlsbad (106) and Portales High (95), followed by Roswell High (63), Roswell Goddard (56) and Lovington (26). Team scores were not provided by Lovington on New Mexico MileSplit and were unofficial. Lovington captured the boys team title, finishing with...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s baseball team essentially had its destiny in its hands going into Friday’s District 4-5A and season-ending doubleheader against Roswell High. With a sweep, the Wildcats could have finished second in the district and perhaps locked in a reasonably good seed in the upcoming 16-team Class 5A state tournament. A split would have all but assured a berth, but the Cats left it in the hands of the New Mexico Activities Association selection committee after dropping 11-9 and 2-1 decisions, relegating them...
Wolverine Invite Tuesday at Texico Boys Team standings: 1. Texico 95; 2. Clovis JV 86; 3. Melrose 73; 4. (tie) Santa Rosa and Tucumcari 37; 6. Clayton 36; 7. Fort Sumner 31; 8. Floyd 22; 9. Grady 16; 10. (tie) Elida and Portales JV 11; 12. San Jon 10. Area results Field events Shot put: 1. Dathan Yeary, Melrose 47-3; 2. Cade Figg, Texico 41 11 ½; 3. Aidan Berry, Elida 40-2. Long jump: 1. Max Roche, Clovis JV 19-1 ½; 3. Isaias Nieto, Floyd 17-6; 4. Josh Roybal, Melrose 17y-5 ½; 5. Jaheim Moses, Texico 17-3. Pole vault: 2. Ja...
TEXICO – Pecos and Texico played to a 9-9 tie through four innings on Thursday night, then waited a long time before anyone scored again in their District 6-2A baseball matchup. It was still 9-9 through nine innings, but the Panthers scored twice in the top of the 10th and held on for an 11-10 victory over the Wolverines. Sophomore Jesus Chavez went 3-for-3 at the plate for Texico with a double, two runs scored and two walks. He also took over on the mound during the Panthers'...
CANYON, Texas – Six members of the Eastern New Mexico University softball team were honored by the Lone Star Conference on Wednesday night prior to the start of the LSC tournament. Leading the way were junior catcher Samantha Gutierrez, senior designated player Taighen Whitzel and senior third baseman Alondra Vasquez, all chosen to the first team. Vasquez was also awarded a Gold Glove honor for her play in the field this season. Whitzel entered the tournament with a team-leading .387 average, 12 home runs, 60 hits and 24 w...
LOVINGTON – Portales High’s baseball team got just what it needed with a strong pitching performance from senior Kaiden Gutierrez on Thursday night. Gutierrez also did all right at the plate in sparking the Rams’ 5-1 District 4-4A victory over Lovington. The teams entered their regular-season-ending weekend series tied for the cellar at 0-6 in the four-team district, but the Rams (10-11) are hopeful an overall good showing against the struggling Wildcats (4-18) will be enough to lift them into this week’s 16-team Class 4...
Portales High’s softball team was close enough to breaking through in District 4-4A on Tuesday night that the Lady Rams could almost taste it. PHS led 2-1 after two innings, then scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to tie visiting Roswell Goddard only to see the Lady Rockets post a three-run rally in the top of the seventh for an 8-4 victory. Portales (10-13, 0-7 district) outhit Goddard 8-5 for the game, with sophomore Anetsy Acosta and eighth-grader Amaya Lujan both going 2-for-3. Acosta drove in a run, while f...
While 12 seniors honored in postgame ceremonies on Thursday night at Bell Park, it was junior Jace Piepkorn who stole the spotlight. Piepkorn, a transfer from Class 1A Grady, spun his second shutout of the season on a two-hitter and also contributed a run-scoring single as the Wildcats blanked Roswell High 10-0 in a District 4-5A clash and their home finale. Except for a brief blip in the fifth, when he walked the bases loaded before escaping, Piepkorn stayed in command in...
CANYON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team was the last squad to beat third-ranked Texas-Tyler, posting a 3-2 win on March 23 at Tyler. On Thursday, the Greyhounds nearly ended the Patriots’ 19-game winning streak, but instead saw their season come to an end in a 4-3 quarterfinal loss in the Lone Star Conference tournament. ENMU (26-26), which beat Texas Woman’s in a first-round match on Thursday morning, fell into a 3-0 hole in the first inning against the Patriots (47-7) and wasn’t able to catch up. Junio...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s girls shot 387 for fifth place in a 10-team field in Thursday’s Colt Classic golf tournament, hosted by New Mexico Military. Lovington, led by medalist Bailey Alexander’s 76, ran away with the team title at 315. Carlsbad was a distant second at 368, followed by Texico (370), Hobbs (384) and the Lady Cats. Sophomore Kylie Sprinkle led the Lady Wildcats, shooting 37-49 – 86, while senior Emilee Spears followed at 50-49 – 99. Also, junior Jordyn Archuleta and sophomore Aahana Bhakta both shot 50-51 – 101...
It certainly wasn't the way Eastern New Mexico University's softball team wanted to end the regular season. Now the Greyhounds will see if they can bounce back when they open play as the No. 10 seed in the 10-team Lone Star Conference tournament at Canyon, Texas, facing seventh-seeded Texas Woman's (25-28) in the opening round at 10 a.m. on Thursday. It's the second consecutive year and just the fourth time in program history that the Hounds (25-25, 18-24 LSC) have reached...
LOGAN – Top-ranked Logan built an early four-run lead and hung on late to edge Grady 8-7 on Monday in District 2-1A baseball. Logan (15-3, 6-1 district), coming off a 14-8 loss at Cimarron on Friday in the second game of a doubleheader, got a 3-for-4 showing from junior Diego Sanchez, who doubled, scored twice and drove in a run. Senior Izaiah Kneitz went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, while senior Brock Burns was 1-for-1 with three walks, two runs scored and two RBIs. Senior Zane Rush was 2-for-4 with a run scored a...
ARTESIA – Portales High’s girls notched several season bests on Saturday en route to a second-place team finish in the Artesia Invite track meet. Artesia ran away with both divisions of the 10-school meet, compiling 164 points to 66 for runnerup Lovington on the boys side while the Lady Bulldogs finished with 133 to 68 for PHS. Portales was seventh in boys competition with 26 points. The Lady Rams got individual wins from senior Olivia Low (120 feet, 7 inches) in discus and junior Kadynce Reeves in pole vault (9-6). Low, who...
LUBBOCK – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball played Lubbock Christian competitively for much of the team’s final Lone Star Conference series of the season, but the Greyhounds didn’t have anything to show for it. LCU completed a late charge to overhaul West Texas A&M for its first regular-season championship since joining the league in 2020 and earn the No. 1 seed in the conference’s eight-team postseason tournament beginning this weekend, beating the Hounds 9-4 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep. It was just enou...
