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ELIDA - Despite playing a pretty competitive second half, Elida's boys basketball team found themselves in too much of a first-half hole Saturday night and couldn't overcome San Jon, falling 57-40. The Coyotes (6-5, 2-1) were led by the combo of Daniel Lee and Jacob Thurman, who filled up the stat sheet with 18 and 15 points, respectively. The Tigers (2-14, 0-3) were led by Kaul Burton with 15 points. "Our game plan was to try to run our pace," Elida coach Logan Turnbow said, "and move the ball...
By David Norton STAFF WRITER [email protected] MELROSE — The New Year is here and to kick off every year on the High Plains comes the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference basketball tournament, this year being hosted by Melrose before moving to Greyhound Arena in Portales. This year the top seeds will go to both the Texico boys and girls, having won the 2016 tournament. Texico ousted Melrose, 78-75, while the Lady Wolverines took a 3-point win over Tatum, 48-45. “I’ve been involved with it (the tournament) for a long time,” Texico girls c...
PORTALES —Despite a 45-12 drumming at the hands of Fort Hays State in Saturday’s C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl of the 2016 season, the Eastern New Mexico University football team is continuing its steady march toward to the ultimate goal of NCAA Division II postseason playoffs. “I think the standard needs to go up a little bit,” fourth-year ENMU coach Josh Lynn said on Monday. “You talk about narrowing the gap to get to the playoffs, and we have to narrow that gap. We have to work harder and get a few more players to get to where we want t...