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Four players from Tucumcari High School’s volleyball team earned first-team honors last week in District 4 of Class 3A. First-team members for the Lady Rattlers were: — Senior defensive specialist and outside hitter Haisley Huffman (146 kills, a team-high 258 digs, 255 receptions); — Junior setter Caylee Benavidez (166 kills, a team-high 602 assists and 63 aces, 242 digs and 37 blocks); — Freshman outside hitter Cambree Benavidez (a team-high 232 kills, 56 aces and 154 digs); — Senior libero Alexis Ramirez (53 aces, 205 digs, a team-high...
Five Logan High School volleyball players earned first-team honors in recent voting by District 6 coaches in Class 1A. The Lady Longhorns' first-team all-district players were: - Senior libero Hailee Robertson; - Senior outside hitter Kaylee Williams; - Sophomore outside hitter Desta Rose; - Junior middle blocker Haylie Bidegain; - Senior defensive specialist Bella Coronado. Robertson also was named to the Red Team as a defensive specialist in the New Mexico High School Coaches Association's...
RIO RANCHO - A Class 1A volleyball championship clash of No. 1 Melrose vs. No. 2 Logan seemed inevitable virtually all season, but Gateway Christian had other ideas Saturday morning. The Warriors, seeded fourth in the tournament, ousted the Lady Longhorns 21-25, 25-23, 25-11, 16-25, 15-10 in the semifinals. In the fifth and deciding set, Gateway's Kimber Balok made three kills and an ace during a critical 5-2 scoring run to give her team a 13-9 lead. Balok totaled 11 kills and a team-high six sc...
The Logan Municipal Schools board voted reluctantly to drop its football program from its current eight-man format to the six-man division for two years starting in 2024 due to declining participation. The vote was 4-1, with Kene Terry casting the only “no” vote during the board’s Nov. 13 meeting. Terry said he wanted to table the item until a later date. Athletic director Billy Burns recommended Logan going to six-man football because of projected low participation numbers by underclassmen and junior-high students. He faced a Nov. 29 deadl...
RIO RANCHO - The Lady Rattlers didn't bring home a trophy, nor did they advance to the Class 3A semifinals. What they did, however, was solidify their claim as the best volleyball team in school history. The Lady Rattlers not only earned their first-ever victory at the state tournament on Thursday, but they notched another win on Friday. Tohatchi finally brought Tucumcari's postseason to an end with 15-25, 25-14, 16-25, 19-25 loss Friday afternoon at the Rio Rancho Events Center. The Lady...
Logan senior Brock Burns recently was named co-Offensive Player of the Year for District 3-1A in eight-man football. Burns shared the award with Melrose wide receiver Michael Cardonita. As Logan's quarterback, Burns went 92-for-178 passing for 1,791 yards, 21 touchdowns and just nine interceptions. He also ran for 292 yards and six touchdowns. He even caught a pass for a TD. Burns was named a first-team all-district selection as quarterback, defensive end and punter. Logan finished 7-3 overall...
LOGAN - The Lady Longhorns defeated top-ranked Melrose for the first time in two years and notched their first district championship since 2018, though they didn't know the latter until about 20 minutes after Friday's match ended. Logan, ranked No. 2 in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, prevailed in a 21-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-16, 15-13 epic in the regular season finale for both teams that took about two hours. Melrose (20-3) and Logan (17-5) each finished district play with 7-1 records. Logan athletic di...
Tucumcari's volleyball team won its second district title in three years Thursday night, and they did it at home this time. The Lady Rattlers conquered defending district champ Ruidoso 18-25, 25-15, 25-19, 26-24 in front of an estimated 600 people, the largest volleyball crowd in many years at Rattler Gymnasium. With the fourth set tied 24-24 and the Warriors trying to force a fifth and deciding set, Tucumcari's July Lafferty executed a kill to give her team a slim lead. Next, senior Haisley...
Tucumcari’s volleyball team landed the No. 5 seed in this week’s Class 3A tournament and will face a familiar foe — Ruidoso — in the first round on Thursday morning. Logan earned a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the 1A tournament. The Lady Longhorns (17-5) will play the winner of seventh-seed Pine Hill (16-6) vs. 10th-seed Quemado (17-5) at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bernalillo High School. During a watch party at Rattler Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon, applause broke out from players and fans when the bracket for Class 3A pairings that include...
Runners from Tucumcari and San Jon competed Saturday in the state cross-country championships, with the lone Rattler representative finishing in the top half of his field. Tucumcari’s Alex Bueno De La O finished the 5,000-meter course at Albuquerque Academy in 18 minutes, 39.49 seconds. That was good for 38th place of 92 runners in the Class 3A boys field. Bueno De La O will have another shot next year to make the state meet, as he is a junior. Landen Sandoval of St. Michael’s won the Class 3A boys individual title in 16:01.04, which was 12...
Tucumcari High School’s Alex Bueno De La O was the school’s lone runner to qualify for the state cross-country meet during Friday’s district event at Socorro. Also, San Jon runner Rayna Sena qualified for state during Saturday’s district meet at Fort Stanton. Bueno De La O, a junior, ran the primitive 5,000-meter course at the Socorro Rodeo & Sports Complex in 19 minutes, 39.3 seconds. That was good enough for sixth place. The top 10 individual finishers advanced to the state meet. Eddie Encinias, who coached the team while Tim Clark is side...
Tucumcari's volleyball team ran its winning streak to 11 and tightened its grip on first place in its district with a 25-11, 25-22, 25-15 victory over visiting Dexter on Thursday. The Lady Rattlers, who improved to 17-4 overall and 4-0 in District 4, knocked the Lady Demons (10-11, 1-3) out of district contention. Tucumcari can wrap up an undisputed district title with wins Tuesday at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell and at home Thursday against contender Ruidoso. The Lady Rattlers,...
MELROSE – It's not like Melrose expected to run roughshod over Fort Sumner on Friday night, as the Buffaloes had done two weeks earlier in district play. In fact, Friday's eight-man semifinal matchup was far more competitive for far longer. In the end, though, the top-ranked Buffaloes simply had too much firepower and pulled away to a 50-14 win over the Foxes. Fort Sumner is in a sports cooperative with House Municipal Schools in southern Quay County, but no House students are on the Foxes' r...
Tucumcari's volleyball team took sole possession of first place in the district standings with a 25-22, 26-24, 25-17 victory Thursday over New Mexico Military Institute during the Lady Rattlers' annual Think Pink event for breast-cancer awareness. The Lady Rattlers, ranked fourth in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com, won their 10th straight. They improved to 16-4 overall and 3-0 in District 4. Cambree Benavidez led Tucumcari with 12 kills, and Haisley Huffman added nine kills. Tucumcari held a 30-20...
Hampered by injuries to its quarterback and nearly all of its offensive line, Tucumcari struggled against district champ New Mexico Military Institute during a 60-6 loss in the regular-season finale Friday night at Roswell. Tucumcari first-year coach Tarik Embrack said starting quarterback Nick Romero was out with a concussion suffered during the previous game against Dexter. Four of the Rattlers’ five linemen were out with injuries, as well. “That old saying, ‘You don’t know what you got until it’s gone,’” Embrack said of the injuries. “It...
LOGAN - For the Foxes, what a difference three weeks - and two healthy starters - make. Fifth-seeded Fort Sumner-House scored early and often against fourth-seeded Logan during a 52-0 victory Friday in the eight-man football playoffs. The game ended midway through the third quarter due to the mercy rule. The Foxes avenged a 38-34 district loss to the Longhorns on Oct. 6 where Fort Sumner blew a three-touchdown lead in the third quarter. One of those Foxes players who didn't play during the earli...
A girl with Tucumcari ties will be part of Team USA in two events at the Parapan American Games later this month in Santiago, Chile. Chloe Chavez of Panhandle High School in Panhandle, Texas, an amputee below her left knee after a birth defect, will compete in the 200-meter dash and discus throw. Chavez, a junior, is the daughter of Tucumcari native Terry Chavez and granddaughter of Ted and Rose Chavez of Tucumcari. The girl was fitted with a prosthetic at 11 months old after the leg was...
Tucumcari’s cross-country runners competed in their final tuneup of the regular season at Santa Rosa before they run at the district meet this week at Socorro. Results of Saturday’s 18-team City of Natural Lakes Invitational at Santa Rosa weren’t available due to technical problems. Tucumcari coach Tim Clark said junior Alex Bueno De La O finished in the top 10 at the meet. A better measurement of how his runners might stack up in the postseason was at the recent Albuquerque Academy Extravaganza, which took place on a course identical to the s...
Longtime Tucumcari High School boys basketball coach John Span is temporarily stepping down from his post this coming season because he's recovering from major cancer surgery in August. During a school board meeting Oct. 16, athletic director Wayne Ferguson said Span would not coach the team this season because he is not yet able to handle the rigors of those duties. It would have been Span's 21st season. Span had been listed as the Rattlers' head coach on their schedule just a few weeks ago....
After spotting Ruidoso a first-set victory, Tucumcari’s volleyball team captured the next three Saturday to win its district opener. The Lady Rattlers prevailed 20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-20 against the host Warriors. Tucumcari (14-4) won its eighth in a row. Cambree Benavidez led the Lady Rattlers with 13 kills, and July Lafferty added eight kills. Caylee Benavidez totaled 27 assists. Kirksey Smith totaled five aces. “Our back row had amazing plays and played great defense, led by Alexis Ramirez and Haisley Huffman,” Tucumcari coach Dana Benav...
Both Tucumcari and Dexter were walking wounded during their district game at Rattler Stadium on Friday, but the Demons showed how strong their depth was during a 62-7 victory. Tucumcari (3-5, 1-2) lost starting safety and slotback Kamren Apodaca due to a concussion during the previous week's Hope Christian game. That forced coach Tarik Embrack to start a freshman or eighth-grader in the secondary. Dexter exploited that repeatedly during the game. "I wasn't surprised" by the outcome, Embrack...
After spotting Tatum an early 6-0 lead, host Logan responded with seven unanswered touchdowns en route to a 50-12 district victory on Friday in the regular-season finale in eight-man football. The Longhorns (7-3) led 24-6 at halftime and 38-6 after three quarters. They held a 44-6 advantage before the Coyotes (5-5) scored again. “The defense played really well all night,” Logan coach Dwayne Roberts said. Logan quarterback Brock Burns is known for his passing, but he made his presence felt with his legs, as well. In addition to his three tou...
Logan faces a rematch against Fort Sumner during the first round of the eight-man football playoffs. The Longhorns (7-3), seeded fourth in the state tournament, have a home game against the defending state champion Foxes (5-2), seeded fifth, at 7 p.m. Friday. Logan overcame a three-touchdown deficit to defeat host Fort Sumner 38-34 during a district clash on Oct. 6. Logan coach Dwayne Roberts said because of Fort Sumner’s big line, he’ll be developing plays to try to counter that. “It’ll be a good game,” he said. “It’ll be exciting.” The winner...
Tucumcari’s inability to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference during a 22-20 district loss Saturday afternoon against Hope Christian at Nusenda Community Stadium in Albuquerque. Daymion Urioste scored two touchdowns — including a 99-yard pass reception — and totaled more than 200 yards of offense in a losing cause for Tucumcari. Kamren Apodaca also scored a rushing TD. The Rattlers fell to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in district play. The loss hurts Tucumcari’s chances of qualifying for the Class 3A play...
LOGAN - The Buffs were just too tough. No. 1-ranked Melrose, scoring three touchdowns on its first five plays from the line of scrimmage, rolled to a 54-0 district victory over Logan during the Longhorns' Homecoming game in eight-man football action Friday night. The game ended midway through the third quarter due to the mercy rule. The Buffaloes (8-1, 3-0) came into the game known as a running team. But second-year coach Drew Hatley added a wrinkle by opening his squad's passing game. Melrose r...