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Clovis High junior shortstop Laura Wood attempts to complete a double play during the first game of Friday’s doubleheader at Lady Wildcat Complex after forcing Hobbs’ Lorena Castillo at second base. Photo by Eric Kluth CNJ STAFF It took nearly three hours, but the Clovis High softball team survived three rain delays in the first […]
Eastern New Mexico University’s Bryan Moore slides safely into second on a stolen base as Texas A&M-Kingsville shortstop Brandon Wittner applies a late tag in Saturday’s game at Greyhound Field. Photo by Kevin Wilson CNJ STAFF PORTALES — Nothing helps a pitcher like an early lead. Sophomore right-hander Kelly Crain, Eastern New Mexico University’s steadiest […]
A junior high assistant principal called police about 1 p.m. Friday regarding a fight in the locker room between two male students. A teacher had ordered them to stop fighting and saw blood on one of the boy’s mouths before taking them to the principal’s office and turning them over to their parents. Police reported […]
Elida’s Thomas West scrambles back to second base as Texico shortstop Aaron Vaughan can’t corral an errant pickup off. during the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game at Brady Field. CNJ photo by Rick White. By Rick White Justin Loven has pitched well this season. He’s hit well this season. The problem is he hasn’t done […]
Clovis junior Annie Tweedy swings at a pitch during Saturday’s game against Manzano Saturday at Clovis Softball Complex. CNJ photo by Eric Kluth. Annoyed by Manzano’s strategy, Sara Salguero got even. The Lady Monarchs intentionally walked Clovis High clean-up hitter Alicia Odom to get to Salguero with two outs in the fifth inning of Saturday’s […]
Carlsbad coach Tom Forni argues with plate umpire David Briseno over an out call at home on the Cavemen’s Steven Miehls to end the inning. Forni was ejected from the game. Photo by Eric Kluth By Dave Wagner Sophomore center fielder Matt Ulibarri, batting ninth in the order, started three rallies as the Clovis Wildcats […]
CNJ staff LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Less than 24 hours after committing 10 errors in a game, the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team turned in an errorless performance Wednesday afternoon against New Mexico Highlands. Unfortunately for the Greyhounds, freshman pitchers Josh Stephenson and Keith Balderaz struggled with control — 10 walks, three hit batsmen […]
By Eric Butler RIO RANCHO — The Clovis Lady Wildcats’ softball team was walking a thin line on Thursday. And, in such cases, the mere distance of a foot can be a big thing. That was the clearance margin for a bloop single from Academy’s Dylann Haas that just cleared the glove of Clovis second […]
CNJ staff Eunice Cardinals Tournament at Eunice First round Hobbs JV 7, Texico 0 Texico 000 00 — 0 1 4 Hobbs 212 02 — 7 10 0 Two-hour time limit Braden Vaughan and Logan Brown; Emanuel Montez, Tyler Irvin (3) and Kyle Campbell. W — Montez. L — Vaughan. 2B — Hobbs, Chris Rodriquez, […]
CNJ STAFF TUCSON, Ariz. — First-year Eastern New Mexico University softball coach Kevin Blaskowski is hoping the Zias can carry the momentum of a 3-0 weekend in the Tucson Invitational into the start of Lone Star Conference South Division play this weekend. The Zias (9-15) were rained out of Saturday’s scheduled doubleheader against Clarion (Pa.), […]
CNJ STAFF PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University got strong pitching from Kelly Crain, Ian Thurman-Kelly and Jesse Garcia-Perez and swept a Lone Star Conference crossover baseball doubleheader from Cameron 4-1 and 1-0 on Friday at Greyhound Field. Crain (3-0) pitched a seven-inning complete game — his third of the spring — while scattering five […]
Zia guard Laci Lee drives for a layup as Texas A&M-Commerce’s Amy Putman challenges the shot. Freedom Newspapers photo by Kevin Wilson. By Kevin Wilson PORTALES — As Dan Buzard prepped his team for its home finale Saturday, the second-year Eastern New Mexico stressed the importance of sending senior post Jereena Bosket out on a […]
CNJ staff CARLSBAD — It wasn’t pretty, but the Clovis High Wildcats will take it. The Cats struggled to pull away Tuesday night against the last-place team in District 4-5A, a Carlsbad squad they had beaten by 30 points two weeks earlier at home. But with the score tied, Clovis scored the first nine points […]
CNJ staff WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Heather Brown scored 10 of her career-high 25 points and hit two crucial 3-pointers during the final 3:49 Thursday as the Eastern New Mexico University Zias improved to 5-2 in Lone Star Conference South Division play with a 76-72 win over Midwestern State Thursday night. “The kids stepped up […]
Grady’s Heather Blackburn drives past Floyd’s Jewlie Paiz during Tuesday EPAC game in Texico. Blackburn was fouled on the play by Paiz. CNJ photo by Eric Kluth. By Eric Butler TEXICO — Grady was burned once by Floyd’s Corina Mendoza. They weren’t about to let it happen again. Mendoza hit six 3-pointers in their first […]
Eastern freshman point guard Heather Brown drives to the hole late in Saturday’s loss to Southeastern Oklahoma. CNJ photo by Rick White. By Kevin Wilson PORTALES — The Zias had the game they wanted to start January — a home matchup against a 1-7 squad. In the end, Eastern New Mexico’s offense couldn’t seal the […]
Clovis’ Aimee Hilburn battles a Portales defender for a loose ball during the second half of Saturday’s game in Portales. CNJ photo by Eric Kluth. By Kevin Wilson Youth edged out experience Saturday at Portales, as Clovis won the first battle in what could be a season-long war. Sophomore Aimee Hilburn had a game-high 22 […]
CNJ STAFF Clovis police were looking for a man Thursday night after he was caught shoplifting a bottle of liquor from Albertson’s grocery store at 6:52 p.m. and escaped apprehension by claiming to have a knife. Sgt. John Corley of the Clovis Police Department said the incident began as a shoplifting gone awry but is […]
Jason Seefeld hit .458 last season with a school-record eight home runs. CNJ photo by Eric Kluth. Rick White Jason Seefeld likes the idea of playing for a program on the rise. He likes the idea of getting a chance to play right away at the University of Arizona. He even gets to remain a […]
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, police received a report of a crash on the corner of Thornton and Purdue streets. The 29-year-old male driver of a GMC pickup said he was northbound on Thornton when he hit the rear end of a Toyota […]
