Glenda Price remembers the days of radio. “We could only get a few stations, but after school on certain days we could hear ‘The Lone Ranger,’ and sometimes there were mystery stories on,” she reports. See her entire column in the Opinion section. • • • Want to participate in questions and answers with the editors? Email […]
Zias get first win in South
February 10, 2008
CNJ courtesy photo: John Vestal ENMU freshman Patricia Malouff puts up a shot against Texas A&M-Kingsville guard Ali Scott in Saturday’s Lone Star Conference South Division women’s game at Greyhound Arena. By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer PORTALES — A hot hand early and some toughness late helped the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball […]
Ballet scheduled for weekend
December 6, 2007
Members of the Lone Star Ballet will utilize their bodies in telling the tale of “The Nutcracker Suite” this weekend. According to the company’s Web site the show will feature all new sets, costumes, props and choreography. “The premier will be an extravaganza superior to any presentation Lone Star Ballet has offered. The new production […]
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November 16, 2007
Clovis National Bank, First National Bank and Citizens Bank of Clovis advised readers to keep an eye on their account balances because many merchants were complaining to the banks about having their checks turned down with notations of “Insufficient funds.” … A.S. Beck returned from a visit to Chillicothe, Texas, were he visited on business. […]
Texans prove too big for Greyhounds
October 21, 2007
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo ENMU freshman defensive back Charles Allen, right, forces Tarleton State receiver Shamarr Prentice out of bounds during the first half of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference South Division game at Greyhound Stadium. By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer BLACKWATER DRAW — Going into Saturday’s Lone Star Conference South Division clash against […]
Boit posts line win for ENMU in LSC track
May 7, 2007
COMMERCE, Texas — Junior Felix Boit won the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the Greyhounds posted a 2-3-4-5 finish in javelin in the Lone Star Conference track meet, hosted over the weekend by Texas A&M-Commerce. ENMU finished last in both divisions of the six-school meet, with the men scoring 47 points and the women 16. Abilene Christian […]
Hounds salvage finale against Javs
April 29, 2007
CNJ staff PORTALES — If nothing else, the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team went out on a winning note Saturday at Greyhound Field. Mired in a 10-game losing streak after dropping the opener of Saturday’s season-ending Lone Star Conference South Division doubleheader to Texas A&M-Kingsville, the Greyhounds erased an early 4-0 deficit in the […]
Zias in precarious position after pair of losses
April 28, 2007
CNJ staff PORTALES — Two weeks ago, the Eastern New Mexico University softball team appeared to be a virtual lock for one of four South Division berths in the upcoming Lone Star Conference tournament. Now, after losing five of six in division play, the Zias are hanging on by a thread and probably need a […]
ENMU track teams making strides
April 4, 2007
CNJ staff PORTALES — Eric Boll thinks this is the year his Eastern New Mexico University men’s track team could escape the cellar in the Lone Star Conference track meet. Boll, an ENMU football assistant, is beginning his fifth season with the track program and admits it’s been a challenge trying to build it up. […]
Rains wipes out LSC crossover event
March 31, 2007
CNJ staff IRVING, Texas — Rain forced the cancellation of the final few games on Friday and all of Saturday’s schedule in the Lone Star Conference softball crossover tournament. Fourteen games were scheduled each day — pitting teams from the LSC’s South Division against teams from the North — but only eight were completed on […]
Tarleton loss puts Hounds in must-win situation
February 24, 2006
CNJ staff STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University is down to its last chance to qualify for the Lone Star Conference tournament. Riding a dominant inside game, Tarleton State beat Eastern 81-64 Thursday in a Lone Star Conference South men’s, putting the Greyhounds in a must win situation in Saturday’s season finale at Midwestern […]
Day Trips: Ballet offers ‘Romantic Evening’
October 21, 2005
The Lone Star Ballet will begin its season Nov. 5 with “A Romantic Evening,” and will end March 22-23 with a special performance of “Romeo and Juliet” by the Joffrey Ballet. (Courtesy photo) Compiled by Mike Jimenez For couples in search of a romantic evening, why not drive to the Lone Star Ballet in Amarillo […]
Hounds take on East Central
September 17, 2005
By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer The Eastern New Mexico University and East Central football teams may be facing an early crossroads tonight. With both teams standing 1-2, the winner of the 6 p.m. Lone Star Conference crossover matchup at Blackwater Draw will be positioned for respectability. The loser, meantime, faces an uphill battle the […]
Clovis native takes job at West Texas
April 26, 2005
By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer At 26, Clovis native and 1997 Grady High graduate Justin Ashley has already worked under some successful college basketball coaches. He hopes to continue his progression at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Ashley has been hired to replace Russell Vanlandingham as an assistant to Buffaloes head coach Rick […]
Hounds pitcher honored in LSC South
February 17, 2005
Freedom Newspapers RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico senior right-hander Trevor Davis has been named the Lone Star Conference South Division’s pitcher of the week after posting two wins in the Greyhounds’ first four games. Davis won in relief at Sul Ross State on Feb. 5, throwing the final 1 2/3 innings of a 9-6 […]
Krigbaum, Viola
February 8, 2005
Viola Krigbaum Services: Have been held. Viola Krigbaum, 90, of Fort Sumner, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Nursing Home in Clovis. She was born on July 15, 1914 in Lone Wolf, Okla., to Arther McDonald Jones and the former Ellen Millie Jane Allin. She was raised in Lone Wolf and attended school […]
Ellliott era ending at Eastern
November 5, 2004
By Dave Wagner: Freedom Newspapers PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s Bud Elliott, coming to the end of a coaching career this week that dates to the early 1950s, admits to mixed feelings about his impending retirement. ENMU’s football coach for the past 11 seasons, the 72-year-old Elliott will retire after Saturday’s 1 p.m. season […]
We could use another Lone Ranger
June 14, 2004
By Ruben A. Pro: Guest columnist I believe I have part of the problem facing this country now. What we need now is what has been missing for almost two generations or more — we need national heroes, whether real or fictional. The past two or three generations have missed what my 1930s and ’40s […]
Zias clinch spot in LSC volleyball tournament
November 1, 2003
CNJ STAFF PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team clinched its 11th Lone Star Conference tournament berth in the last 13 years Friday night with a 30-28, 31-29, 30-19 Lone Star Conference South Division win over Angelo State at Greyhound Arena. ENMU (14-14, 6-3 South) can do no worse than tie for the […]
ENMU looking for respect
August 12, 2003
By Kevin Wilson PORTALES — The Zia soccer team is looking to earn respect in the Lone Star Conference this year, one practice and one song at a time. Members of the inaugural Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team are preparing for a 15-game regular season, starting Aug. 30 against College of the Southwest […]
