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Logan’s track teams captured 13 district titles and qualified 27 athletes to this week’s state meet at the District 6/A meet Saturday at Fort Sumner. Melrose took home both boys and girls team titles at Fort Sumner and appear to be the favorite for this week’s Class 1A championships. Both Logan teams finished runner-up. Logan coach Robert Young didn’t seem too disappointed his teams finished behind the rival Buffs. “We got a lot of kids in we needed to for state,” he said. “We did about as good as we could do there. We just didn’t have t...
Tucumcari High School's track teams crowned seven district champions during the District 4AAA championships in Tucumcari, including one notable double-winner. Senior Khobie Salvador, apparently recovered from a bout with pneumonia several weeks ago, took home two district medals by winning the discus throw and the shot put. His hurl of 132 feet, 3 ½ inches in the discus was nearly 30 feet longer than the second-place finisher and was a personal-best for him this season. His effort was...
A Tucumcari second-grader finished eighth in her age bracket at the national finals of the Elks Hoop Shoot contest in Chicago. Trinity Gonzales, sponsored by Tucumcari Elks Lodge 1172, made 17 of 25 shots in the age 8-9 girls division finals Saturday at Wintrust Arena, home to the WNBA’s Chicago Sky and the NCAA’s DePaul Blue Demons basketball teams. Emersyn Hess, sponsored by an Elks lodge in Vincennes, Indiana, won that age division by making 24 of 25 shots – two more than the runner-up. Only one competitor went a perfect 25-of-25 at the f...
Because of a lack of hitting in the bottom half of the order, a winnable district softball game for Tucumcari against Dexter was lost last Tuesday. The Lady Rattlers left 10 runners on base during a 6-2 loss on April 26 against the Lady Demons, including the bases loaded once and runners on second and third in another inning. The top half of the Tucumcari's batting order is robust, including shortstop Alexus Lafferty hitting more than .600 going into the doubleheader. But coach CJ Oglesby said...
The Logan softball team got its bats going, but it still was searching for its first win of the season after a 16-11 non-district loss Friday at Clayton. Marilyn Cortez Moreno blasted a three-run homer and a double, driving in four runs for the Lady Longhorns. Camryn Cantrell also went 2-for-2 and reached base a third time when she was hit by a pitch. She stole four bases and scored a run. Logan, which is rebuilding its program after a two-year hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic, fell to 0-17 overall. Clayton improved to...
The state-ranked Sandia Prep baseball team appeared to sew up a district title with a 7-1 victory Thursday over visiting Tucumcari. The Sundevils, ranked second in the latest Class 3A ratings by MaxPreps.com, improved to 11-1 in District 4/5 and 18-5 overall. Sandia Prep had a three-game lead in the district standings through the weekend. The Rattlers (1-19, 0-12) didn’t make it easy, though. Tucumcari coach George Montano said Josh Griego “pitched the best game of the year.” “He stepped up and went after every batter that stepped into the box,...
The Logan baseball team split a doubleheader Friday and suffered its first district loss of the season against visiting Melrose. The Longhorns fell to 14-3 overall but remained in first place in District 3 with a 5-1 mark. The second-place Buffaloes improved to 9-7, 5-3. In the first game, Melrose rallied for six runs in the sixth inning and four in the seventh to break open what had been a close game. The Buffaloes prevailed 12-3. Walks hurt the Longhorns, with pitchers Kaeden Stoner, Aydin Kotara and Burns issuing a total of nine free passes...
East Mountain pitcher Olivia Ford again bedeviled a shorthanded Tucumcari softball team during a 13-8 district loss Thursday at East Mountain. Ford struck out 13, walked three and allowed five hits during the Timberwolves’ victory. East Mountain improved to 16-4 overall and 3-1 in district play. Ford also led the Timberwolves to a doubleheader sweep of Tucumcari on April 5. Tucumcari fell to 7-8, 0-4. Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby noted Ford had developed a change-up pitch since the last time his team faced her, and “it had us off balance at tim...
The Longhorns cruised to an 11-1 district victory on April 18 at Melrose in a game shortened by the mercy rule. Logan scored in four of its five innings, including five in the finale to secure the victory. Longhorns starting pitcher Kaeden Stoner allowed just three hits and four walks while striking out eight in five innings. Mason Wallin went 4-for-4 with six RBI, including a home run. Melrose fell to 6-5 overall and 2-1 in district play. Cimarron game postponed Logan’s district game Friday at Cimarron was postponed due to wildfires in the a...
LOGAN – The Logan girls and boys teams performed well at the EPAC Varsity Meet, but district rival Melrose performed better. The Buffaloes and Lady Buffaloes took team titles during the nine-team meet Saturday, solidifying their positions as state-championship contenders in Class 1A. The Melrose girls dominated the meet with 170 points, far outpacing runner-up Logan's 111 points. Melrose was paced by sprinter Jayda Brittenum, who won two events and finished second in another; and Graci Odom, w...
Down by as many as seven runs, the Tucumcari baseball team made a game attempt at a comeback but fell short in a 15-12 district loss Saturday to Dexter. Josh Griego went 4-for-5 for the Rattlers. Andrew Henderson-Clark, Johnathan Blea and Luis Archuleta each went 2-for-5. Tucumcari totaled 12 hits during the contest. But, like in several games this season, Tucumcari’s bats were slow to get going. The Rattlers trailed 11-4 at one point before rallying to tie it. Dexter then responded with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to win it. ...
The Tucumcari boys golf team last week saw its first player score under 100 during an 18-hole round at the Clovis Christian Conflict tournament at Colonial Park Golf Course in Clovis. Dylan Owen shot a 99 on the par-72 course during the five-team meet on April 19. Hobbs won the meet with a team score of 318. Tucumcari finished fifth with a 510. Other Rattler golfers were Kayden Brown with a 108 score, Marcus Lopez with a 148 and Taylor Rich with a 155. “The kids are getting better,” Tucumcari coach Justin Garcia said. “There’s tons of improve...
The Lady Longhorns dropped a 9-3 non-district decision against visiting Pecos on April 18. Logan coach Dustin Robertson said Lizzy Horner pitched all seven innings against the Lady Panthers and “did a great job.” Horner also hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run. Pecos improved to 6-5 overall. Logan fell to 0-12....
Tucumcari sophomore Amaya Infante smacked a game-winning RBI single with two out in the last inning to give her softball team a 20-19 come-from-behind victory against Mora on Saturday. The comeback occurred in the late innings after it appeared the Lady Rattlers (7-6) might go down to defeat by the 10-run mercy rule. Tucumcari trailed as much as 14-3 after four innings and 16-3 midway through the fifth. “Our pitcher (Mia Estrada) struggled early but settled in late,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “We had some field errors early in the game...
The Logan baseball team handed host Grady its first losses of the season with consecutive no-hitters during a district-opening doubleheader on Thursday. The Longhorns blanked the Bronchos by scores of 10-0 and 12-0 — with both games shortened by the mercy rule — to improve to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in District 3. Grady fell to 7-2-1, 0-2. “Our pitchers threw a lot of strikes,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “The defense backed them up when they needed to. Grady has a good team, and so I was pleased how our team performed offensively and defen...
Sandia Prep's baseball team rose to the No. 1 ranking in Class 3A a few days before its district matchup at Tucumcari, and it played like a top-ranked squad during a doubleheader sweep of the Rattlers on April 12. The Sundevils (13-4) cruised to 20-6 and 15-5 victories over the Rattlers (1-13), with both games shortened by the mercy rule. Sandia Prep, winners of eight in a row, also stayed in first place in District 4/5 with a 6-0 mark. The Sundevils put on a clinic in the opener. Their bats...
The San Jon school board voted last week to let its boys basketball team play only junior-varsity games during the 2022-2023 season in effort to rebuild the program. The Coyotes amassed a 1-18 record last season, with their only victory against a junior-varsity squad in Texas. During those losses, San Jon scored just over 10 points a game and suffered an average margin of defeat of more than 50 points. The Coyotes’ inexperienced varsity team this past season had no seniors, three juniors, one sophomore, one freshman and four eighth-graders. D...
The Logan softball squad fell to a strong Santa Rosa team by a 23-3 score on the road on April 11 in a game shortened to three innings by the mercy rule. Santa Rosa pitcher Daelyn Pacheco allowed just three hits and four walks in the victory, striking out four. The Lady Lions totaled seven hits and 10 walks. Celina Jaramillo clubbed two triples and drove in four runs. Danae Esquibel hit a three-run homer. Santa Rosa improved to 12-4. The Lady Longhorns (0-11) scored their runs in the first and third innings. In the first, Desta Rose led off...
The Logan girls track team finished a distant third behind a dominant Melrose squad during the 19-team Fox/Vixen Relays meet Friday at Fort Sumner. The Lady Buffs steamrolled over the competition by winning eight events and totaling 107 points, more than double of runner-up Gateway Christian’s 51 points. Logan finished with 44 points; Tucumcari totaled 31 to finish sixth. The Lady Longhorns’ 3,200-meter relay team prevailed in its race in 11 minutes, 34.04 seconds. For the Lady Rattlers, Elena Gutierrez won the 300-meter hurdles in 52.74 sec...
The Tucumcari boys golf team took a full contingent to a five-team tournament Thursday at the Lovington Invitational. Though the Rattlers finished fifth with a score of 539, coach Justin Garcia said he saw “tons of improvement” compared to the previous time Tucumcari’s full team competed earlier this month at Roswell. Host Lovington won Thursday’s meet with a team score of 324 on the par-71 Lovington Country Club course. Other schools competing were Artesia, Clovis and Carlsbad. Kayden Brown was the Rattlers’ top golfer, shooting 118. Dyla...
The Tucumcari softball team in a workmanlike fashion swept a doubleheader Thursday by 15-0 and 17-7 scores against a visiting Logan squad that's rebuilding its program. In the first game, Mireya Estrada pitched a no-hitter against the Lady Longhorns in a game that was shortened to four innings by the mercy rule. Estrada struck out seven with no walks and one hit batter. Harley McKinney, Kylee Carmichael and Alexis Ramirez each hit two-run singles. In the nightcap, Sage Knapp earned the win by...
The East Mountain baseball team showed last week why it is ranked fourth in Class 3A. Tucumcari baseball showed it still has a lot of work to do. The Timberwolves (9-2) swept their district-opening doubleheader April 5 by scores of 22-3 and 17-4 at Tucumcari (1-9). East Mountain's only defeats this season are close losses last month to state-ranked Robertson and Santa Fe Indian. In the first game, East Mountain jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, led 6-0 after two and tallied 12 runs in...
The Logan girls track team finished runner-up Friday at the 16-team Mario Martinez Qualifier event at Fort Sumner. Melrose won an area invitational event for the second straight week, totaling 103 points to Logan’s 72. The Tucumcari girls finished third with 58 points. San Jon scored two points. The Lady Longhorns won the 400-meter relay in 53.64 seconds, the 1,600-meter medley relay (4:47.84) and the 3,200-meter relay (12:29.34). Sierra Horne also captured the triple jump with a distance of 31 feet, 3 inches. For the Lady Rattlers, Haisley Huf...
The Logan baseball team took a 10-1 lead after three innings and coasted to a 21-2 non-district victory over Questa on April 4. Aydin Kotara earned the win for Logan, striking out nine and allowing four hits, one walk and one earned run in five innings. Diego Sanchez drove in three runs for the Longhorns and Bryce Merrill two. Logan totaled just five hits but drew 17 walks. Questa also committed four errors. Logan improved to 7-2 overall; Questa fell to 2-6....
Logan proved to be no match for a strong Santa Rosa club, with the visiting Lady Lions sweeping a doubleheader by 19-0 and 20-1 scores on April 4. Kassie Padilla pitched a no-hitter in the first game, striking out nine and walking five in four innings. In the second game, Daelyn Pacheco also pitched a no-hitter, striking out seven and walking two in three innings. Logan scored its only run of the day in the first inning. Kyra Conway single, stole second base, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on another passed ball. Santa Rosa...