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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1989: In local sports news:
• Bill Hill had recently scored a hole-in-one on the Farwell Country Club’s 161-yard seventh hole. Hill used a seven iron for his ace. Bill Cole, Bill Schilling, Joan Boney and Chris Fontanilla witnessed the shot.
• Jay Draper of Melrose had set a Class A state record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:01.41. He broke the mark of 2:02.5 set in 1980.
• Matt McGaughey of Fort Sumner had won gold in the Class A state track meet’s pole vault. He cleared 13 feet, a foot higher than runner-up Shane Drake, also of Fort Sumner.
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