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San Jon high-school athlete Dustin Bryant earned All-America honors when he finished seventh in the high jump in the Hershey National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bryant, a freshman, cleared 5 feet, 8 3/4 inches at the meet in late July. He also qualified for the nationals in the triple jump and long jump after advancing at the state and regional levels. He finished 12th nationally in the long jump with a distance of 18-11 1/4. In the triple jump, he finished 15th with a distance of 37-3. Bryant...
PORTALES — Greyhounds coach Kelley Lee said it best about Saturday night’s 21-11 loss to No. 1 Texas A&M-Commerce at Greyhound Stadium. “Three first-half drives inside the red zone, resulting in just three points.” For Eastern New Mexico, there was certainly a somber feeling after the game, and it wasn’t necessarily because the Greyhounds now fall to 0-3 on the season — 0-1 in Lone Star Conference play. Instead, it was the disappointed feeling of knowing that they had the No. 1 team in the land...
Raton’s Aden Vanderwater proved to be a one-man wrecking crew against Tucumcari, scoring five touchdowns and making four interceptions during a 35-14 football victory Friday night at Raton. Vanderwater also kicked all five extra-points for the Tigers (2-2). The turnovers and a 17-play drive in the first quarter that stalled spoiled a solid rushing attack for the visiting Rattlers (1-3). Seth Martinez led Tucumcari with 127 yards on 23 carries. TJ Lampkin rushed for 71 yards on 13 carries and threw for a 38-yard touchdown during a halfback p...
The Logan volleyball squad suffered two losses last week, but they weren’t to creampuff teams. The Lady Longhorns (7-3) finished third in Vixen Classic tournament Saturday at Fort Sumner by defeating Santa Rosa 25-16, 25-17, 25-16. Logan was knocked out of title-game contention by losing to Class 1A defending state champion Melrose 21-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-25 in the semifinals. Melrose (7-0) went on to win the Vixen Classic by defeating Mesilla Valley Christian 25-21, 25-15, 25-23 in the title m...
The Mesalands Community College rodeo men’s team won the team roping reserve championship title during its first competition of the season this past weekend at Tsaile, Arizona. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished fourth in the average. Mesalands team roper Michael Lucero of Jemez Springs, New Mexico, finished second in the average and clinched the team roping reserve championship title with Braiden Washburn, who competes for New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Bareback rider A.J. Kee from Farmington, Missouri, finished third in th...
Josh Chavez and Aleaya Lucero were Tucumcari's top boys and girls finishers Saturday during the New Mexico Military Institute Invitational in Roswell. "The team is working hard, and times are coming down," Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said. Chavez led the varsity boys with a time of 17 minutes, 56 seconds over the 3-mile course, good enough for 25th. Other boys running for the Rattlers were Manny Hernandez (47th, 19:42) and Charles Prieto (62nd, 20:42). Clovis easily won the boys team standings with 27 points, followed by Carlsbad with 78. The...
Boise City, Oklahoma, seized control early during an eight-man football game Saturday night against visiting Logan and coasted to a 54-8 victory. The Wildcats (2-1) grabbed a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and led 35-0 at halftime against the Longhorns (1-3). "We had a lot of turnovers and key penalties that killed us," Logan coach Chase Disney said, estimating his team totaled about 300 yards in penalties. "Boise City was just bigger and faster than us," Disney added. The loss spoiled a big game for Logan running back Jantzen Paris, who ran...
Raton and Tucumcari made plenty of mistakes during their volleyball match. It was the Lady Rattlers who made a few more of them during a 25-27, 25-18, 18-25, 16-25 loss Thursday night at the Snake Pit. In the fourth and deciding game, Tucumcari (1-8) fell behind 21-12 and never quite recovered. In the first game, the trailing Lady Rattlers rallied for a 5-0 run to take a 25-24 lead but surrendered the next three points, including the clincher. Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez was frustrated by...
FORT SUMNER — Defending Class 2A state champion Fort Sumner scored early and often and suffocated Tucumcari’s offense during a 55-0 decision Friday night that ended at halftime because of the mercy rule. After overwhelming their opponent the previous week, the Rattlers (1-2) were the ones who became overwhelmed. The defense of the Foxes (2-0) allowed just 59 yards of total offense and forced five turnovers. Fort Sumner, which has a cooperative agreement with House and has three players from tha...
Logan staked its claim as the best high-school volleyball team in the area — at least for now — by winning the Tucumcari Invitational tournament on Saturday. The Lady Longhorns (6-1) defeated Grady/San Jon in the title game 25-7, 25-10, 25-16. Logan’s Jordan Hines was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, and three other Lady Longhorns -- Karli Webb, Kesleah Shields and Harlie Roach — were voted to the all-tournament team. Host Tucumcari (1-7) finished fourth, falling to East Mountain...
Logan earned its first eight-man football victory of the season in resounding fashion Friday with a 50-6 drubbing at Magdalena. Logan (1-2) was led by Kyle Knight’s 214 yards rushing and four touchdowns on 31 carries. Chase Hitson also rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. The Longhorns totaled nearly 400 yards rushing and 30 first downs. Logan coach Chase Disney said cutting back on turnovers and making defensive adjustments were keys to the game. Instead of a two-man defensive front, Disney said his team used a three-man a...
Members of the Tucumcari boys and girls cross-country teams each took the top individual spots at the Mora Invitational on Sept. 1. For the boys, Josh Chavez led all runners with a time of 18 minutes, 43 seconds over the 3-mile course. Teammate Manny Hernandez was second in 19:42. Rounding out the rest of the Rattlers squad was Charles Prieto (fourth, 21:01), Alex Lujan (12th, 23:14), Britt Lusk (17th, 28:12) and Dwight Brown (19th, 28:34). For the Tucumcari girls, Aleaya Lucero won the field with a time of 23:03. Teammate Erin Encinias was...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s 2018 home football opener proved to be a mirror image of the previous week, as untimely penalties and a lack of execution cost the Greyhounds on Saturday night. The Hounds got themselves into a 31-0 hole by halftime, as a strong second half could not save them in a 34-21 defeat at the hands of 25th-ranked Colorado Mesa. “We just can’t get out of our own way,” ENMU coach Kelley Lee explained. “Penalties — we had two big plays called back. It ends up being a two-tou...
Tucumcari's speed in the backfield and on defense overwhelmed a young Albuquerque Academy team 44-0 on Friday night during the Rattlers' home football opener. The Rattlers (1-1) passed the ball only twice - mostly because they didn't need to amid 359 yards rushing. Seth Martinez led Tucumcari with 159 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 10 carries. Robbie Hartmann ran for 95 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. "We lost to a clearly superior team," longtime Academy coach Kevin Carroll said....
LOGAN — Three teams from Quay County advanced to the semifinals of the annual Logan Lady Longhorn Volleyball Tournament, but it was a team from Texas that won it all Saturday. Friona conquered Class 2A defending state champion Logan 25-14, 25-23, 18-25, 25-20 in the semifinal, then downed Grady/San Jon (2-2) in the title match 20-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-16. Logan (2-1) won the third-place game against Tucumcari 25-17, 25-7, 25-12. The Lady Rattlers fell to Grady/San Jon 8-25, 14-25, 17-25 during the semifinal. Tucumcari (0-5), despite advancing d...
With his team trailing with less than a minute left, Ethan Short of San Jon/Grady recovered an onside kick, then scored the winning touchdown as time expired in a 76-71 six-man football victory Friday at Lake Arthur that featured eight lead changes. The Coyotes (1-1) took leads of 44-26 and 52-32, but the Panthers (0-2) chipped away in the second half and seized a 71-64 advantage in the fourth quarter. Coyotes coach Adrian Jones acknowledged exhaustion played a role in his team's lead evaporating. But he also said his squad showed resilience, a...
The Tucumcari boys team ran tightly bunched but well back of the pack over the 3-mile course during the season-opening Clovis Invitational cross-country meet Friday at Ned Houk Park in Clovis. The top Rattlers finisher was Josh Chavez, finishing 40th with a time of 21 minutes, 4 seconds. Teammates behind him were Charles Prieto (41st, 21:12), Manny Hernandez (43rd, 21:24), Alexander Lujan (50th, 23:47), Dwight Brown (55th, 25:30) and Britt Lusk (56th, 25:33). Patrick Coburn of Hobbs was the top boys finisher at the meet in a time of 16:24,...
LOGAN - More than 50 surfers tested their skills in Quay County, and they didn't even need an ocean to do it. Ute Lake on Sunday hosted its first wake-surfing event on a cove near the 12 Shores Golf Club. The lake itself didn't make big waves, but specially made boats create a wake a surfboarder can ride for up to hundreds of feet behind the boat. Laurie Strebeck, co-owner of Beck's Boats in Logan with her husband Layne, said she was hoping for 20 participants for the inaugural event. Instead, i...
Tucumcari’s coach could have come up with several reasons the Rattlers lost a back-and-forth 28-26 game Friday night at Escalante that wasn’t decided until the last minute. But he directed most of his ire on his team drawing untimely flags from the officials. “We killed ourselves with penalties,” Tucumcari head coach Wayne Ferguson said. Tucumcari was flagged eight times for 65 yards against the Lobos, a small-school power that’s won three state titles since 2012. The Rattlers lost a 58-yard touchdown run by Seth Martinez early in the secon...
Longtime Tucumcari cross-country coach Gary Hittson likes the talent level of his girls team. Trouble is, only four are participating so far this year, and the Lady Rattlers need five runners to qualify for team competition. “We’re beating the hallways, trying to get girls out (for the sport),” Hittson, in his 14th season, said. Both the Tucumcari boys and girls cross-country teams open their seasons Friday at the Clovis Invitational. The starting gun will sound at 3 p.m. at Ned Houk Park in Clovis. Hittson said he has three runners on the g...
SAN JON - When Vaughn senior Morgan Berumen didn't pass over the San Jon/Grady defense, he ran around or through it during a 61-21 victory Friday over the hosting Coyotes during the season-opener in six-man football. Berumen accounted for well over 300 yards of total offense for the Eagles, which scored touchdowns on eight of 12 possessions. "We couldn't contain him," Coyotes coach Adrian Jones said. "That's something we're going to have to work on. We've got a long of young guys and not a lot...
If the Tucumcari varsity volleyball team doesn't see a lot of improvement, it won't be from a lack of effort. Following a 4-17 season marred by injuries and inexperience last year, third-year coach Dana Benevidez said her players took several off-season steps to improve their skills. Those included a players' camp at Eastern New Mexico University, a team camp at Adams State University in Colorado, a "play day" event in Texico and open-gym workouts in July. "We have much higher expectations,"...
Ready or not, the Tucumcari High School football team's season begins Friday. Its first foe isn't a cupcake, either. The Rattlers travel to Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, to play always-tough Escalante. Longtime Lobos head coach Dusty Giles is coming off a 10-2 season, losing in the Class 2A championship to Fort Sumner. The Lobos have won three state titles since 2012. Kickoff for Friday's game is 7 p.m. Tucumcari head coach Wayne Ferguson, in his eighth season, said last week he hadn't seen game...
Eastern New Mexico News PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico redshirt junior quarterback Wyatt Strand was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for 2018. The prestigious off-the-field college football honor is for players that are actively involved with a charitable organization or service group, while maintaining a strong academic standing. This year, Allstate and the AFCA nominated 169 NCAA football players across all divisions. The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team is comprised of 11 players from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and 11 players f...