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San Jon/Grady on Friday closed its regular season of six-man football with a 45-26 district victory at Floyd. The victorious Coyotes, which moved up Sunday in the state rankings from eighth to seventh in six-man football, will go on the road Friday to face Springer/Maxwell (6-3) in the state quarterfinals in Springer, according to San Jon school officials. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Springer/Maxwell is seeded fourth in the tournament; San Jon / Grady is seeded fifth. The Devils defeated Roy/Mosquero 51-0 on Friday and corraled...
The Tucumcari volleyball squad emerged triumphant in its first district game of the season Thursday by defeating a young and inexperienced Dexter team 25-17, 25-11, 25-21 during the Lady Rattlers' annual Think Pink match in tribute to women's cancer survivors. Tucumcari improved to 4-13 overall. Dexter dropped to 2-16 and 0-2 in district play. Both teams wore specially made Think Pink jerseys for the match. With the Lady Demons fielding only three seniors and struggling to run a basic offense,...
Logan on Saturday defeated No. 1-ranked Melrose on the road 25-22, 24-26, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12 in an epic clash of regional volleyball powers that undoubtedly will shake up the state rankings. The Lady Longhorns, ranked fourth in Class 1A in MaxPreps.com before Saturday, defeated the Lady Buffaloes for a second time this season and took control of the district standings with a 7-0 record, with one district match remaining against struggling Clovis Christian. Logan, which also defeated Melrose on Sept. 28, improved to 16-3 overall and won its...
It didn't win a title, but Mesalands Community College saved its best for last during the finals Saturday night of the Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeo at the Quay County Fairgrounds in Tucumcari. That's when Mesalands bull rider Levi Gray, projected as a future star in the professional circuit, had the last and best ride of the night, drawing cheers from the grandstand and a high score of 85 points. Gray, who hails from Dairy, Oregon, said he was confident he could get a full...
LOGAN - Kyle Knight proved to be a one-man wrecking crew Friday against Mesilla Valley Christian by rushing for 305 yards and five touchdowns in 25 carries and making two interceptions during a 62-7 eight-man district football victory for Logan. Knight scored on runs of 29, 47, 1, 23 and 61 yards during the evening. He might have amassed more yardage but suffered a bruised neck early in the fourth quarter and was taken out of the game. The injury appeared minor; he walked off the field and was...
GRADY - Logan dealt with serving errors, playing on the road and a flat performance but still defeated area rival Grady/San Jon 26-24, 25-20, 25-11 during a district volleyball game Thursday. The Lady Longhorns, ranked third in Class A, improved to 13-3 overall and 4-0 in district play. The Lady Bronchos, ranked eighth, fell to 9-7, 1-3. Logan committed 10 serving errors during the first two games and coped with a lack of consistency in its attack game. "We were really fortunate," Logan coach Ro...
Tucumcari cross-country runner Erin Encinias finished in the top 10 on Saturday during a muddy Pecos Valley Invitational in Roswell. Coach Gary Hittson said he was pleased with his squads’ performances. “I’m very happy with the way the teams ran today,” he said Saturday. “Now we get ready for district.” The district meet will be Nov. 3 at a place and time to be announced. Encinias finished ninth overall during the varsity girls race with a time of 23 minutes, 44 seconds in the 3-mile course. Other varsity Lady Rattlers participati...
Seth Martinez rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries and added another TD on a 72-yard kickoff return Friday as Tucumcari fended off a fourth-quarter rally by Texico to win the Rattlers' Homecoming game 39-22. Quarterback Alijah Jimenez went 3-for-7 passing for 75 yards and two touchdowns for the Rattlers (2-5). Robbie Hartmann also rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries. Tucumcari's defense allowed just 68 yards rushing by Texico (2-5) and made life miserable for...
Manny Hernandez and Erin Encinias were Tucumcari's top boys and girls cross-country runners during the Hobbs Invitational on Thursday. "We did not run well at this meet," Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said. "We need to get it together before district." Hernandez finished 36th in the varsity race with a time of 19 minutes, 55 seconds over the three-mile course. Teammate Charles Prieto finished 45th in 21:15. They were Tucumcari's only runners in the varsity competition. Clovis won the team title w...
Logan nearly made up a two-touchdown deficit in the second half but fell short during a 28-26 district loss Friday to Dora during an eight-man football matchup. “Turnovers and penalties killed us again,” Logan coach Chase Disney said, whose team fell to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in district play. Quarterback Kyle Knight led the Longhorns with 173 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He also passed for another TD. On defense, Chase Earle totaled 14.5 tackles. Dora improved to 5-2, 1-1. The Longhorns trailed 28-12 at halftime. Logan scored with less tha...
The Tucumcari volleyball team on Thursday earned a rare easy win, defeating Maxwell 25-10, 25-17, 25-17 on the road. The Lady Rattlers improved to 3-12 overall and have won two of their last three matches. Tucumcari coach Dena Benavidez, imploring her players to focus on improving their play before upcoming district matches, said her squad had shown progress in recent weeks. “We played well, passed well and did all the basic things we needed to do to win,” she said. “It’s all starting to click, and they’re improving day to day.” The Bears f...
The Mesalands Community College rodeo team recently took home bull-riding titles at rodeo competitions at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and at Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona. The men's team also won a team roping title at Cochise. The women's team brought home a reserve championship title in goat tying at Cochise. "The students have been competing much better," Mesalands coach Matt Hughes said. "I think they are really starting to get more comfortable, and our next rodeo is...
Some of the best collegiate rodeo athletes in the Southwest will compete Friday and Saturday during the Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Fall Rodeo at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in Tucumcari. The Grand Canyon Region encompasses nine colleges or universities in New Mexico and Arizona. About 250 to 300 athletes will compete for prize money and a trophy buckle during the weekend. Host Mesalands is bringing 23 athletes to the event, including the No. 3 bull rider in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys...
Tucumcari's recent inability to score on drives deep in enemy territory may have proved decisive during a 28-20 loss Friday against state-ranked (Las Vegas) Robertson at Rattler Stadium. On the game's first possession, the Rattlers drove 60 yards in 14 plays and had a first down on the Cardinals' 8-yard line. But two Tucumcari running plays were stopped for a loss, and a pass play fell incomplete. On fourth down, Robbie Hartmann caught a pass up the middle but tackled on the 2-yard line, giving...
Logan has been known for its high-powered rushing offense this season, but it was its defense that rose to the occasion Friday night during a 30-8 district victory over Melrose in an eight-man football matchup. Kyle Knight ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries for the Longhorns (3-3). Teammate Chase Hittson ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. Melrose fell to 1-4 overall. The Buffaloes totaled 216 yards passing but it came with three interceptions and 37...
The Tucumcari volleyball team notched its biggest victory of the season with a come-from-behind 24-26, 15-25, 25-14, 25-21, 15-9 win at seventh-ranked Raton on Thursday. The Lady Rattlers (2-12) for a while looked as if they would knock off their second ranked team in a week Saturday, but they fell to No. 2 Santa Fe Indian School by a 23-25, 9-25, 22-25 score. Raton, ranked in Class 3A, fell to 5-3 overall. "We had a great game," Tucumcari coach Dena Benavidez said of the victory over the...
LOGAN - Logan defeated top-ranked and previously unbeaten Melrose 20-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 15-10 in a District 6-1A volleyball match Friday that took nearly two hours to decide. The Lady Longhorns, 11-4 and ranked fourth in Class A before Friday's clash, knocked off the Lady Buffaloes (10-1) primarily because of blocking. Logan scored at least 13 points on blocks and blunted Melrose's attack. "That's the best we've blocked this season," Logan coach Robert Young said. "(Melrose) is a really...
PORTALES - Senior Layton Rabb wasn't perfect, or even up to the standards he's set early in the Lone Star Conference football season. But he and Midwestern State were just good enough Saturday to escape Greyhound Stadium undefeated. Rabb completed 16 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 49-yard toss to Juwan Johnson, and the Mustangs moved to 5-0 with a 31-23 victory over Eastern New Mexico. Entering Saturday, the Midwestern State quarterback had won the Lone Star...
The number of cyclists participating in Saturday’s third annual Wheels on Fire 100 surged past the century mark, and a Rattler alum won the race in less than 4 1/2 hours. John Frey, 59, a national-champion cyclist and Tucumcari native who lives in Albuquerque, finished the 100-mile loop from the Tucumcari Convention Center to San Jon, Grady and Ragland and back in 4 hours, 27 minutes and 13.41 seconds — the best time in the event’s young history. That was an average speed of 22.5 miles per h...
After Tucumcari suffered a 25-20, 19-25, 20-25, 16-25 home loss Thursday to Fort Sumner that dropped the Lady Rattlers to 1-11 on the season, coach Dena Benavidez again said she no longer was fretting about her team’s regular-season win-loss record. Fort Sumner’s coach can relate. Vixens coach Michelle Bonds said in the last week, she no longer knew what her team’s record was (it’s 3-4) and instead told her players to consider upcoming matches as if they were season-openers. “We had a rough str...
Logan defeated Grady/San Jon 25-17, 25-11, 25-13 in an opening district matchup Friday between two area volleyball powers. Logan improved to 9-3, while Grady/San Jon dropped to 7-4. Lady Longhorns coach Robert Young was pleased, and not just because his team won. “As a team, we played really well,” he said. “We served and hit the ball well, and our blocks are getting better. “And we didn’t have many unforced errors, which helped a lot.” Lady Bronchos coach Rebecca Burns, whose team lost to Logan on Sept. 8 at the Tucumcari Invitationa...
San Jon/Grady emerged triumphant in its first district matchup by defeating Roy/Mosquero 55-24 in a six-man football game Friday at San Jon. Ethan Short and Chad Becerra each scored two touchdowns for the Coyotes (3-1). But the key play was by Chisum Rush, who returned an interception for a touchdown to forge a 26-12 Coyotes lead late in the second quarter after Roy/Mosquero (0-4) threatened. San Jon/Grady coach Adrian Jones said his team concentrated on defense in practice during the week leading up to the game, and it paid off. “We know w...
Santa Rosa’s Stephen Sanchez ran for four touchdowns and more than 200 yards — mostly in the first half — as the Lions drubbed rival Tucumcari 46-0 on Friday night at Rattlers Stadium. The Lions, 4-1 and ranked third in Class 2A, totaled 386 yards rushing and didn’t throw a pass except for a broken play on a two-point conversion attempt. Elijah Velasquez added 94 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Lions. Santa Rosa made six running plays of 25 yards or more. The Rattlers (1-4) let a good...
KINGSVILLE, Texas — For the first time all season, Eastern New Mexico’s football team found itself with a lead. And just like last year’s version of the Green and Silver, this year’s knew exactly what to do with it. The Greyhounds took advantage of a pair of short fields early in the first quarter, then survived a Texas A&M-Kingsville rally for a 31-14 victory to finally get one in the W column and even their Lone Star Conference record to 1-1. Eastern New Mexico (1-3 overall), coming off a 21-11 loss to top-ranked Texas A&M-Commerce in a ga...
Josh Chavez and Erin Encinias were the top Tucumcari boys and girls runners respectively during the Ron Valdez Invitational cross-country meet Saturday in Pecos. “The Pecos course is one of the toughest courses in the state; you run at over 6,000 feet (elevation),” coach Gary Hittson said Saturday. “Very proud of the team; they ran with a lot of heart today.” Chavez finished 27th of 109 runners in the varsity boys race. His time over the 3-mile course was 19 minutes, 17 seconds. Other Tucumcari runners included Manny Hernandez (52nd, 20:15), Ch...