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Tucumcari High School’s boys golf coach said he saw improvement with his two athletes who made the trip Thursday to Roswell for the Dexter Invitational at New Mexico Military Institute’s course. Caden Brown shot a 108 score on the par-72 course – an improvement of more than 20 strokes. Teammate Taylor Rich shot a 151. “We did a lot better than last week,” Tucumcari coach Justin Garcia said, referring to the Rattlers’ season-opening meet at the NMMI course. Garcia said one golf didn’t make the trip because of an illness and another had a...
The Tucumcari baseball team notched its first win of the season last week and snapped a 41-game losing streak that dated to 2019. The Rattlers won the first game of a March 29 doubleheader at Clayton by an 18-11 score and were leading the second game 3-1 until it was canceled due to darkness. Tucumcari first-year coach George Montano — the third Rattlers coach since the skid began — acknowledged the victory produced “a lot of emotions from the coaches and the boys.” “The game should have ended soon than it did,” he added. “We need to learn...
The Logan girls basketball team that advanced to the Class 1A semifinals saw two players named to the New Mexico High School Coaches Association’s all-state first team. A House student who played for 1A champion Fort Sumner also was named to the first team. One Tucumcari player made the second team in Class 3A’s all-state selections. For the Lady Longhorns, senior guards Kyra Conway and Reece Goldston each made the Class 1A first team. Logan finished with a 23-7 record and advanced to the state semifinals before being defeated by eventual cha...
LOGAN - Gateway Christian and Logan's baseball teams may face each other again later this spring during the Class 1A playoffs, including a possible rematch of last year's title game. For now, the Warriors have bragging rights against the defending 1A champ. Gateway Christian scored the go-ahead run in extra innings, then retired Logan in order for secure a 4-3 victory on March 28. That gave the Warriors (3-3) two wins in three games against the Longhorns (4-2) this season. Gateway quickly recove...
The Logan boys and girls track teams looked strong Saturday, but district rival Melrose looked stronger at the Wolverines Relays in Texico. The Buffaloes prevailed over the Longhorns 106-89 in points at the 10-team meet. The Lady Buffs also won easily over the runner-up Lady Longhorns 116-84 at the event. The Tucumcari girls team finished fourth and the Rattler boys sixth at the meet. Other teams compiling points were Texico, Des Moines, Clayton, Dora, Grady, Clovis Christian, Floyd and Hagerman. For the Longhorns, freshman Haden Judd won four...
Pecos swept a doubleheader Friday from the visiting Logan softball team by scores of 19-4 and 7-6. In the first game, Lizzy Horner had a single and two RBI for the Lady Longhorns. In the nightcap, Logan was leading 6-4 going into the final half-inning but gave up three runs, including the game-winner with two out. Bella Coronado hit a three-run, inside-the-park home run in that game. Pecos improved to 5-4 overall. Logan, which practically is rebuilding its program after a two-year hiatus, fell to 0-6. Dora 17, Logan 2 Dora 16, Logan 1 Dora...
The Tucumcari boys golf team struggled with nerves and wind during its season-opening meet March 29 at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course in Roswell. The Rattlers finished last of seven teams with a cumulative score of 554. Clovis Christian won the meet with a score of 347. “I think they were a little bit nervous because it was their first meet of the season,” Tucumcari coach Justin Garcia said, “and it was severely windy that day.” According to National Weather Service data, gusts that afternoon reached 54 mph, with 25-35 mph sus...
Tucumcari second-grader Trinity Gonzales recently won the Elks Regional Hoop Shoot national semifinals in Texas and is advancing to next month's championship competition in Chicago. Trinity, sponsored by Tucumcari Elks Lodge 1172, made 21 of 25 free throws in the age 8-9 girls division at the Southwest Region championships at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas. Trinity said she was nervous before the Texas competition but prepared with lots of practice. Her mother, Heather, said...
LOGAN - The Class 1A track and field championships are weeks away, but Logan already appears to be strong contenders. Both of Logan's boys and girls rose to the top in the team standings of the 15-team Logan Varsity Meet on Saturday, with several athletes logging qualifying times or distances for the state meet. "I felt like both teams competed well, considering we were on spring break last week," Logan coach Robert Young said, noting several athletes also improved their times in previously...
The Lady Rattlers softball team grabbed a big early lead, then held on during the last few innings for an 11-8 victory on March 22 to hand Santa Rosa its loss of the young season. Tucumcari (4-3) got big production from the top of the batting order, with Harley McKinney, Haisley Huffman and Alexus Lafferty combining for 10 runs scored and seven stolen bases. They fueled the Lady Rattlers taking a 10-3 lead after three innings. Mireya Estrada earned a complete-game victory for Tucumcari. She...
In a rematch of last season’s Class 1A championship game, the Logan and Gateway Christian baseball teams split a doubleheader Friday at Roswell. Logan, the defending 1A champ, won the opener 4-3, and Gateway took the nightcap 13-3, handing the Longhorns their first loss of the young season. In the opener, Logan scored three in the sixth inning to take a decisive 4-2 lead. Brock Burns went 2-for-3 batting with two RBI. Park Strong, pitching four innings in relief, struck out five and allowed one run. Logan coach Kyle Griffiths praised his team’s...
The Tucumcari baseball team suffered four more losses last week but inched closer to its first victory since 2019. At the West Las Vegas Tournament, the Rattlers (0-5) barely dropped the opener 4-3 to East Mountain on Thursday, then lost a 10-9 decision to Taos on Friday. The Rattlers then fell in the seventh-place game 11-2 to Socorro on Saturday. New Tucumcari coach George Montano was pleased with his team’s performance against East Mountain. The Rattlers rallied with a run to tie it in the top of the seventh inning, and the Timberwolves won...
A Logan softball team that virtually is rebuilding from scratch dropped its season-opening doubleheader to Dora by scores of 17-1 and 27-5 on Friday. The Lady Longhorns played their first game since 2019 after the program took a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Logan also is a young team, with a roster that contains only four seniors and no juniors. Dora improved to 4-1 overall. “Dora is an excellent team,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “The girls are having fun and glad to be playing softball again. We are working hard to ge...
Three Tucumcari boys basketball players recently made the first team on the all-district selections. The 8-17 Rattlers, which won their district tournament and qualified for their first postseason berth since 2016, saw senior center Andrew Henderson-Clark, senior guard Dominick Jasper and junior guard Curtis Gonzales each earn first-team district honors. Henderson-Clark averaged 19.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots per game. He also played in the Red/Green All-Star Game for Class 1A to 3A players. Jasper averaged 9.9 points, 3.5...
The Logan boys and girls track and field squads showed they'll be a regional power again by besting 17 other teams and winning the season-opening Rattler Relays at Rattler Stadium on Saturday. Host team Tucumcari finished a strong fourth in both the boys and girls divisions. Tucumcari was buoyed by a double-champion Khobie Salvador in the weighted field events for the boys, along with champion Delilah Acosta in the girls discus. The Longhorns totaled 87 points, edging runner-up Pecos with its 76...
Four players from the Tucumcari girls basketball team earned all-district honors in District 4 of Class 3A. Three players from Logan and two from San Jon also were named to the all-District 6 team in Class 1A. For Tucumcari, junior guard Alexus Lafferty, freshman forward Caylee Benavidez, freshman guard July Lafferty and eighth-grade forward Kyla Samaniego each were given all-district honors. The Lady Rattlers finished with a 13-11 record, won their district tournament and earned a postseason berth. Alexus Lafferty averaged a team-high 15.5...
The Tucumcari girls softball team salvaged a so-so showing during the Santa Rosa Tournament with a 24-5 victory Saturday over Estancia after two narrow defeats. The Lady Rattlers (3-3), which won three of five last week, lost a 16-13 decision Thursday against Mora and fell 15-12 to Dora on Friday. Against Estancia, Tucumcari scored nine runs in the first inning and 19 in the second to seize control. The game ended after three innings due to the mercy rule. During the Dora game, Tucumcari coach...
Umpires on Thursday suspended Tucumcari baseball's home-opening doubleheader against Mora after one inning due to persistent rain. The games will be resumed at a later date, with the score tied 3-3 after one inning in the opener. Tucumcari coach George Montano said the head of the umpiring crew suspended the games after a 20-minute rain delay due to heavy mud and standing water on the field. Freshman Josh Griego started the game for Tucumcari. Mora raced to a 3-0 lead in part because right field...
Avery Cavett is the only player from the southern Quay County school district of House as part of its sports cooperative with the Fort Sumner girls basketball team. Yet it's hard to imagine the Vixens winning a Class 1A championship last weekend without her. Cavett, a senior, totaled a team-high 15 points and 10 rebounds during a 37-30 victory over Logan in Friday's semifinal at Bernalillo. She went 6-for-6 from the free throw line against the Lady Longhorns during a pressure-packed fourth...
BERNALILLO - Fouls and foul shots spelled doom for the Lady Longhorns in the semis. Fort Sumner-House made 11 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter as three Logan starters rode the bench due to foul trouble during a 37-30 comeback victory Friday for the Vixens in the Class 1A girls basketball semifinals at Spartan Gym. Second-seeded Fort Sumner-House (21-4) went on to capture the state title by soundly defeating district rival and fourth-seeded Melrose 56-30 on Saturday at The Pit in...
The Tucumcari boys baseball team managed just one hit during a 17-0 season-opening loss Saturday at Raton. The game was shortened to 4 1/2 innings by the mercy rule. The Tigers scored seven runs in the first inning and eight in the second to seize control. Raton pounded 14 hits and drew six walks. Eighth-grader Luis Archuleta’s infield single was the only hit for the Rattlers. Tucumcari coach George Montano said his starting pitcher, Johnathan Blea, had trouble getting control of his pitches “and when they hit it, we made errors.” “They...
Tucumcari High School's track coach expressed optimism about his boys team and especially the girls squad as their seasons begin Saturday. The Rattler Relays at Tucumcari's Rattler Stadium kicks off with field events at 9 a.m. Saturday, then with the running events at 11 a.m. Logan, a traditional Class 1A power with their boys and girls teams, will be among the participants at the meet. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson said he has only 15 girls going out for track, but he's impressed with that...
The Tucumcari girls softball team came out on the losing end of a 15-13 slugfest during its season opener Saturday at Raton. The Tigers seized control with a seven-run fifth inning, then allowed just one run by the Lady Rattlers in the final two innings. Raton also scored seven runs in the second inning. Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said fielding errors proved critical during the loss. Harley McKinney, who switched to left-handed batting during the offseason, went 4-for-5 at the plate with four stolen bases for the Lady Rattlers. Alexus Lafferty...
Tucumcari coach John Span was a bit skeptical about Socorro’s No. 1 seed in the Class 3A boys basketball tournament, but he came away more of a believer after the host Warriors stormed to an 81-48 first-round victory Saturday over the 16th-seeded Rattlers. Socorro (21-5) raced to a 23-8 lead in the first quarter and prevailed 43-17 by halftime. Tucumcari (8-17), turning up the intensity of its press defense, edged Socorro 21-20 in points in the third quarter, but the Warriors closed with a 15-6 fourth period. Tucumcari senior center Andrew H...
The 12th-seeded Tucumcari girls basketball team was holding its own during the first quarter of its first-round Class 3A tournament game Friday in a full gym at fifth-seeded Crownpoint. Then the Lady Eagles began hitting 3-pointers. Crownpoint (22-7) went on a 19-9 run in the second quarter, giving the Lady Eagles a double-digit lead it wouldn’t relinquish during a 57-36 victory over the Lady Rattlers. “We had them neutralized in the first quarter, and they adjusted to our defense,” Tucumcari coach Patrick Benavidez said. “We were sinking in (d...