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Logan sophomore Haden Judd captured an individual state championship at the Class 1A-3A boys powerlifting championships Friday at Rio Rancho. Logan senior Park Strong finished runner-up in his weight class at the state meet but broke a state record in the process during one of his events. Judd had been ranked No. 1 in the state in his 148-pound class going into the meet. He made that stand up during the finals by lifting a total of 930 pounds in the bench press, dead lift and the squat. He...
The Logan boys track team tied for first place with Texico on Saturday at the 15-team Mario Martinez Qualifier meet at Fort Sumner. Haden Judd, the top boys athlete at the meet, won two individual events, finished second in another and helped the Longhorns in several relay races on their way to 85 team points, tied with Texico. Tucumcari finished sixth with 35 points. The Lady Longhorns finished runner-up in the girls standings with 74 points, a smidge behind meet champion Santa Rosa’s 76 points. Tucumcari finished third with 63 points. L...
The Logan baseball team improved to 5-0 on the season after a 15-5 non-district victory Thursday at Questa. Though the Longhorns briefly trailed 3-2, they scored in every inning, including six runs in the fifth and final frame to end the game via the 10-run mercy rule. Mason Wallin went 3-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two runs for Logan. Colton Liles went 2-for-3 with a triple and a home run, with two RBI. Aydin Kotara also blasted a home run. Logan’s Kaeden Stoner and Park Strong combined on the mound for 12 strikeouts and two hits a...
Tucumcari’s baseball team endured a tough district doubleheader Saturday, losing by scores of 16-4 and 10-4 to Sandia Prep. In the first game, Sandia Prep jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first inning and led 15-4 after three. The game went only five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. The Sundevils rapped 13 hits, drew eight walks and stole 10 bases. Josh Riordan drove in four runs for Sandia. A committee of three Sundevils pitchers allowed just four hits and two walks. In the nightcap, the Rattlers briefly took a 4-1 lead after two innings. B...
Dora swept another doubleheader last Monday against the host Lady Longhorns by 20-8 and 25-8 scores. In the first game, Logan’s Brookel Smith drove in two runs, stole two bases and scored two runs. Alexis Nixon also totaled two RBI and a run scored. In the second game, Camryn Cantrell went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases and two runs scored for the Lady Longhorns. Marilyn Moreno drew three walks and scored three runs. Jayden Garcia also went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Smith, starting on the mound for Logan in the nightcap, struck out f...
A Texas jury required less than an hour to deliver a guilty verdict against a Logan EMT and volunteer firefighter who groped a 17-year-old girl in an Amarillo hotel room in 2021. Brian Cox of Logan was convicted of indecent assault, a misdemeanor, by a Potter County jury on March 16, according to court records. Cox was 38 at the time of the offense. Cox was sentenced to 90 days in the Potter County Jail, along with a 365-day suspended sentence and two years of community supervision. He was booked into the jail the next day. Village of Logan...
The Village of Logan council didn’t have to look far to find a new village administrator. It tapped its police chief, Rodney Paris, as the new leader of village operations. He officially was hired March 2. Paris said in a phone interview he was ready to go a different direction in his career. “I’ve served 26 years in law enforcement, and I was ready for a change but didn’t want to retire,” he said. “I felt like I could do a good job for the people of Logan and the visitors who come to town.” Paris said among his high-priority goals are to...
The Tucumcari City Commission postponed its work session and regular meeting last week after it failed to have a quorum. The work session was rescheduled to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 30, with the regular meeting at 6 p.m., both at city hall. Mayor Ralph Moya and Commissioner Paul Villanueva attended the sessions last Thursday, but commissioners Mike Cherry and Christopher Arias were absent. Arias was in Dallas for job training, and Cherry was recuperating at home following an traffic accident in southern New Mexico the previous weekend. Moya said...
The New Mexico Department of Agriculture will host a pesticide disposal event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5 at the Curry County Fairgrounds parking lot, located at Fair Grounds Road in Clovis. This will be the first of three pesticide disposal events to be held throughout the state this year. This event is free and is available to all New Mexico-based businesses and the general public with a need to dispose of unwanted pesticides. All forms of pesticides will be accepted, including, but not limited to, pesticide rinsate and treated seeds. NMDA...
About nine months after Carlson Coffee Co. began offering coffee and baked goods in downtown Tucumcari, its co-owners opened a bakery along the city's Route 66 corridor. The Goodies Go Last bakery opened March 20 in the former Cornerstone's First Edition restaurant building at 711 E. Route 66 Blvd., which Michael and Christy Carlson purchased from previous owner Todd Duplantis. Michael Carlson was asked Thursday what prompted him and his wife to buy the building and launch a bakery business....
The Tucumcari girls captured the consolation title at the West Las Vegas Softball Tournament with a 20-11 victory over Taos on Saturday. The Lady Rattlers (3-3) won two of three during the tourney, with their only loss to eventual champ Santa Fe Indian School. During the victory Saturday over Taos, the Lady Rattlers seized control of a once-close game with five runs in the fourth inning, five in the fifth and four in the sixth. “The game was just an all-out team effort,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “Super-excited about today’s play....
LOGAN - Haden Judd played a big role in the host Longhorns' team victory Saturday at the 22-team Logan Varsity Meet. Judd won two individual events and finished second in three others to help the Logan boys track team rack up 99 points, finishing well ahead of district rival and runner-up Melrose and its 77 points. Texico finished third with 73 points. The Tucumcari boys finished ninth with 22 points, and San Jon was 14th with four points. In the girls team standings, Melrose took home the team...
Seven Logan High School athletes will compete Friday in the NMAA Powerlifting Championships at Rio Rancho High School after qualifying for the event. These Longhorns qualified in the Class 1A-3A championships in these weight classes: — 148 pounds: Haden Judd and Izaiah Kneitz; — 165 pounds: Christian Kotara; — 181 pounds: Skyler DeLuca; — 220 pounds: Park Strong; — 275 pounds: Mason Wallin. Judd is the highest-rated competitor in his weight class, lifting a total of 950 pounds in the squat, bench press and dead lift. A total of six athletes...
Tucumcari’s baseball team went 1-2 during the West Las Vegas Tournament, including a 23-0 loss Saturday to East Mountain. Rattlers coach George Montano indicated the district-rival Timberwolves hit into a lot of good luck, and his team had a lot of bad luck. “I felt we had a good lineup to play a good ballgame against East Mountain,” he said. “The score looks crazy, but East Mountain hit every single gap that field had, and we couldn’t get an out to save our lives or get our offense going. We had the bases loaded, and once again couldn’t...
Dylan Owen was the top golfer for Tucumcari during the Rattler Invitational last Monday at Tucumcari Municipal Golf Course. Owen shot a 102 on the course and finished third of 12 players on the course that included golfers from Santa Fe Indian and Robertson. Kaden Owen finished sixth, shooting a 112. Logan Lafferty shot a 118 to finish eighth, and Creed Owen was 11th with a score of 149. In girls competition that included players from Santa Fe Indian, Robertson and Texico, Tucumcari’s July Lafferty finished fifth of 10 golfers with a 122 s...
The Logan girls softball team took it on the chin during its season-opening doubleheader Friday, losing at Dora by scores of 17-6 and 17-2. In the first game, Logan pitcher Charli Fuller struck out six and went 1-for-2 at the plate with a double and two walks. Bella Coronado went 2-for-3 with a double and walk and scored a run. “We played good defense in the first game, minus one half-inning,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “A couple of throwing errors turned into a big inning that we were trying to avoid. It was too much to overc...
Quay County entities are in line to receive $1.84 million in capital-outlay allocations from the just-completed session of the New Mexico Legislature, including more than $1 million to the City of Tucumcari that includes some street repairs and renovations to the long-closed Princess Theatre. What was notable was what the county didn’t receive — namely, up to $30 million to build a new Dr. Daniel C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari. The county didn’t go empty-handed. It is due to receive state allocations for EMS radio improvements and r...
Embattled Mesalands Community College President Gregory Busch last week submitted a formal resignation letter, effective March 10. Busch’s three-page resignation letter, which stated it was sent from Tucson, Arizona, was received March 14 through his attorney, stated Mesalands director of communications Josh McVey in a news release. The Mesalands board of trustees accepted Busch’s resignation after a one-hour closed executive session Thursday. They also voted to make acting president Allen Moss as college’s the interim president. (See other...
The Logan Municipal School board approved a calendar for the 2023-2024 school year that’s largely the same as in previous years but complies with an expanded-instruction bill expected to become law. Superintendent Dennis Roch said during the board’s March 13 meeting the bill compels districts to expand its number of instruction hours per school year. He said under Logan’s existing schedule, that would put the school year past Memorial Day — a “non-starter” among the district’s staff and faculty. Roch said in the elementary school, much...
A Tucumcari man filed a lawsuit against the city, police department and two officers over his being body-slammed during a 2021 arrest that was captured by a bystander’s video. Pete Apodaca filed a complaint for damages on March 6 in Tucumcari district court. The defendants are the City of Tucumcari, Tucumcari Police Department, former TPD corporal Herman Martinez and officer Justin Garcia. Margie Rutledge of the Harrison, Hart & Davis law firm in Albuquerque filed the seven-page suit on Apodaca’s behalf, and it demands a jury trial. Acc...
The Tucumcari baseball team swept a doubleheader Friday from visiting Clayton, including a come-from-behind 8-7 victory in the second game. The Rattlers, taking advantage of a nine-run first inning, prevailed 12-2 in five innings over the Yellowjackets in the opener. Josh Griego hit two triples and drove in a game-high four runs for the Rattlers. Xzander Garcia totaled three RBI. Griego also excelled on the mound, striking out 11, walking two and allowing five hits to earn the win. In the nightcap, Tucumcari trailed 7-4 in the bottom of the...
The Tucumcari girls and Logan boys captured team titles Saturday during the season-opening, 23-team Rattler Relays track and field meet at Tucumcari's Rattler Stadium. The Lady Rattlers and their 87 points comfortably prevailed over rival and runner-up Logan's 57 points in the team standings. San Jon, the other Quay County school at the meet, finished 15th with four points. In the boys standings, the Longhorns and their 94 points topped runner-up Legacy Academy by a nearly 2-to-1 margin....
Tucumcari’s fielding errors proved costly during a 19-13 softball loss Saturday to Estancia in the championship game of the Santa Rosa Invitational. The Lady Rattlers committed five errors against the Lady Bears, leading to five unearned runs for Tucumcari starting pitcher Juli Rivera. Rivera struck out seven, walked one and allowed 10 earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. “Juli’s a gamer … that competitive attitude you love in a player,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “She also hit the ball really well for hardly getting any batting practice....
Two area basketball players earned second-team all-state honors form the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. Three others were honorable mentions. Tucumcari senior point guard Alexus Lafferty took second-team honors in Class 3A girls basketball. She averaged a team-high 15.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.7 steals per game for the 20-7 Lady Rattlers, which advanced to the state quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Tohatchi. Brock Burns, a junior point guard at Logan, earned second-team honors in Class 1A boys basketball. Burns...
The Tucumcari High School cheerleading squad finished sixth overall in Class 3A at the New Mexico Activities Association’s spirit championships Saturday at The Pit in Albuquerque. The Rattlers squad scored 69.83 in their first performance and 60.53 in their second for a total of 130.37 points — less than two points behind fifth-place finisher West Las Vegas and its 132 points. Raton won the Class 3A state title with 165.13 points. Ruidoso was runner-up with 150.1 points, and Cobre finished third with 148. Members of the THS cheer squad are D’N...