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Two Quay County seniors will be playing this weekend at the annual Red vs. Green All-Star Football Game in Roswell. Tucumcari senior Khobie Salvador will be playing on the defensive line for the small-school green team. Salvador was the Rattlers’ lone player to receive first-team honors in Tucumcari’s Class 3A-4 district as a defensive and offensive lineman. The green team also includes seniors from Texico, Gateway Christian, Eunice, Hope Christian, West Las Vegas, Dexter, Tularosa, Capitan, St. Michael’s, Socorro, New Mexico Military Insti...
Mesalands Community College’s president said the college would add women’s golf, men’s and women’s cross country and e-sports to its offerings by fall 2022. Mesalands already has rodeo and men’s golf among its Stampede athletic programs. Gregg Busch, Mesalands president, said during the board of trustees meeting Nov. 16 the college has submitted an application to the National Junior College Athletic Association, which governs community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States, so Mesalands sports pr...
Several San Jon High School boys and girls basketball games have been canceled or postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the community. San Jon superintendent Janet Gladu announced in a Nov. 16 letter posted online the district would go to remote-only learning through Nov. 29 because coronavirus-positive cases had climbed, and “our cases are spread out across grade levels and staff.” As a result, San Jon’s season-opening home boys and girls basketball games that included Elida on Nov. 20 and Des Moines on Nov. 22 and a boys game on Nov. 23 at...
Khobie Salvador, a senior offensive and defense tackle, was the lone Tucumcari Rattler named to the first team of the Class 3A-4 football selections this week. Salvador also played some fullback during Tucumcari's season. The Rattlers finished 1-9 overall and 0-3 in the district, which included Hope Christian, Dexter and district champ New Mexico Military Institute. NMMI fell to St. Michael's 34-14 in the state quarterfinals. Rattlers who made the second team in the district were senior...
Logan football team saw seven players earn all-district honors in the District 2 eight-man football division, including one who earned recognition at five positions. Park Strong, a junior, was named all-district as an inside linebacker, offensive lineman, tight end, kicker and punter for a Longhorns team that finished 8-4 and advanced to the state semifinals, according to details provided by Logan coach Dwayne Roberts. Other Logan players who earned all-district applause: • Skyler Deluca, a j...
Logan saw three players and San Jon had two earn all-district volleyball honors in Class 1A's rugged District 6. The Lady Longhorns (19-8), who advanced to the state semifinals before being downed by eventual champion Melrose, had these players earn all-district honors: • Senior outside hitter/setter Reece Goldston; • Senior outside hitter/setter Rilee Nials; • Senior libero Kyra Conway. Goldston also was selected to the New Mexico High School Coaches Association's small-school all-star volle...
RIO RANCHO - Perhaps beating the No. 1-ranked team twice in a week was too tall of an order. Facing Melrose for a second consecutive Saturday, the Lady Longhorns this time found themselves overmatched by the top-seeded Lady Buffs 11-25, 17-25, 16-25 in the semifinal of the Class 1A volleyball tournament at the Rio Rancho Events Center. It was a rematch of the previous Saturday's district matchup, one that host Logan won in four sets. Melrose's Graci Odom led her team's hit parade with a...
Four players from Tucumcari’s district-champ volleyball team earned District 3A-4 honors this week. Honored are senior outside hitter Amber Owen, senior outside hitter Madison Dysart, junior libero Alexus Lafferty and freshman setter Caylee Benavidez. Tucumcari (9-12) tied with Dexter for the most all-district players, with four. New Mexico Military Institute had three all-district players. The Lady Rattlers this season captured their first district title since 1979 with a 3-1 mark, edging Dexter’s identical mark in head-to-head play. Owen led...
The Lady Rattlers ran into a proverbial buzzsaw during a 10-25, 8-25, 13-25 loss to host Hot Springs during the first round of the Class 3A volleyball tournament on Nov. 9. Twelveth-seeded Tucumcari was an underdog to the fifth-seeded Truth or Consequences school, but their dominance still impressed Lady Rattlers coach Dana Benavidez. “If they got No. 5, I’d like to see 1, 2, 3, 4,” she said. “They were really good. They ran a good offense, and their setter was really good. I expect them to do well.” The Tigers totaled 22 kills during the match...
Sirens heard in Tucumcari late Tuesday weren’t because of a fire or a wreck on the interstate. Those sounds from first-responder vehicles served as a welcome-home celebration and an escort for a bus of a Tucumcari volleyball team that won its first district title in more than 40 years. The Lady Rattlers earned a District 4-3A championship earlier in the evening by defeating New Mexico Military Institute 25-20, 25-19, 25-22 at Roswell. Though Tucumcari (9-11 overall, 3-1 in district) qualified for an at-large berth in the state tournment two y...
Top-seeded host Tatum decisively ended Logan’s season Friday during the eight-man football semifinals with a 52-0 victory that was halted in the fourth quarter by the mercy rule. Logan, a fourth seed, ended its year with an 8-4 record. The Longhorns also lost 34-8 to Tatum during a district matchup on Oct. 15. In addition to Logan losing top running back Hayden Judd to a broken collarbone during the previous week’s victory over Magdalena, coach Dwayne Roberts said his team also lost receiver and defensive back Kaeden Stoner to an injury ear...
LOGAN - The No. 1-ranked Melrose volleyball team won't have an undefeated season. Logan made sure of that Saturday with a 25-23, 25-20, 12-25, 25-23 district victory in the regular-season finale for both teams. Reece Goldston pounded home a match-high 17 kills, including the last three to secure the win for the Lady Longhorns (16-6 overall, 7-3 in district). Rilee Nials, rounding back in shape after a groin injury sidelined her for weeks, added 13 kills for Logan and helped set up more as a...
Tucumcari went on the road this week for its play-in match at the Class 3A state volleyball tournament, while Logan hosted its first-round contest in the Class 1A tourney. The Lady Rattlers (9-11), who captured an automatic berth due to winning its first district title in more than 40 years, earned the No. 12 seed and played at fifth-seed Hot Springs (16-7) at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Truth or Consequences. Shortly after the pairings were announced Sunday afternoon, Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said she was hopeful about her team’s chances on the r...
Tucumcari senior Manny Hernandez finished 47th overall during the Class 3A boys cross-country state championships Saturday morning at Albuquerque Academy. Hernandez, who finished third at the previous week’s district meet at Roswell, completed the five-kilometer course Saturday in 19 minutes, 39.95 seconds. “Manny started out too fast,” coach Gary Hittson said. “After the first mile, Manny was in 27th, at the two-mile mark he had dropped to 37th place. … This is the best finish for Manny at state.” Hernandez was Tucumcari’s lone contestant at...
LOGAN – The Longhorns scored the go-ahead touchdown with less than five minutes left, then their defense stopped Magdalena in Logan territory to preserve a 24-18 victory Friday in the state quarterfinals of eight-man football. Logan (8-3), the fourth seed in the state tournament, will play at No. 1-seeded Tatum in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday. Tatum (7-1) defeated Logan 34-8 in a previous district clash on Oct. 15. Logan surged to an 18-0 lead in the first half Friday against the visiting a...
A playoff-bound New Mexico Military Institute football team captured a district title with a solid 42-11 victory Friday over Tucumcari in the regular-season finale at Roswell. NMMI improved to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in Class 3A’s District 4. The Colts, a fifth seed in the playoffs, face Thoreau (6-3) in its first-round game this weekend. Tucumcari ended its season at 1-9, 0-3. The Colts seized leads of 13-0 in the first quarter and 28-3 at halftime. Tucumcari scored its only points during the half on a short field goal by Matthew Calbert early i...
Tucumcari put itself in the driver's seat for a district volleyball title with a 25-14, 25-17, 23-25, 25-12 home victory Thursday over Dexter that avenged an earlier district loss to the Lady Demons. The Lady Rattlers (8-11, 2-1) can win the Class 3A-4 championship outright if they defeat New Mexico Military Institute on the road during their regular-season finale on Tuesday. (The match was after the Quay County Sun's print deadline.) Tucumcari defeated NMMI (4-15, 0-2) in a five-set marathon in...
Tucumcari senior Emmanuel "Manny" Hernandez earned all-district honors by finishing third at the Class 3A district cross-country meet Friday at Roswell and qualified for this weekend's state championships at Albuquerque. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said Hernandez dropped back from third to fourth place halfway through the 5,000-meter race but rallied during the last half-mile. He finished in a time of 18 minutes, 24 seconds. "Manny ran a very good race ... very proud of him," Hittson said....
The San Jon volleyball team withstood a challenge from district rival Grady during a 25-6, 18-25, 25-14, 25-19 road victory on Saturday. Bailey McEwen of the Lady Coyotes served 10 straight points during the first-set win. “The second set, we dug ourselves a huge hole right away and while we battled back and cut our losses tremendously, it was too little, too late,” San Jon coach Jaree Elliott said. “Third set, we came out slow again but turned things around.” She said Karlee Elliott’s spikes and Sarah Archuleta’s serves were “a huge factor...
The New Mexico Activities Association last week featured a Logan student-athlete who is playing football in spite of a partial amputation of his leg after an accident last summer. The NMAA posted a two-minute video about Ace Whitson, an eighth-grader who's on the Longhorns' varsity roster. Whitson suffered the severe injury to his lower right leg in May 2020 while helping build a fence on his family's ranch. "I knew my leg was broken for sure, but I wasn't 100% sure what had happened," he said...
Logan dropped its regular-season finale at home Friday to district arch-rival Melrose by a 62-36 decision but still gained the No. 4 seed in the eight-man football playoffs that begin this week. Logan, which finished 7-3 overall and 1-3 in rugged District 2, will host Magdalena at 6 p.m. Friday. Magdalena finished 5-3 but captured the District 1 title with a 4-0 mark. The Longhorns defeated Magdalena 42-28 on the road on Sept. 10. The winner of the Magdalena-Logan matchup will play at No. 1 seeded Tatum (7-1), which has a bye, the weekend of...
Juan Anthony Cruz of Carlsbad made a 15-foot putt for an eagle on the final green to capture the championship of the Shootout at Six Shooter Siding tournament by one shot Sunday at the Robert Lumpkin Memorial Disc Golf Course at Tucumcari's Five Mile Park. And get this: Cruz is just 14 years old. Cruz overcame a mediocre second round to to shoot a 10-under-par in the third and final round to finish 23-under in the 54-hole tournament and pocket $230. DISConnect Disc Golf of Lubbock was the...
This is the kind of game it was for Dexter. Even during a busted play, the Demons scored a touchdown after officials failed to notice an on-field infraction that was part of it. Dexter also used its blazing speed to overwhelm Tucumcari 50-0 on Friday during the Rattlers' Senior Night at Rattler Stadium. The game ended via the mercy rule early in the third quarter. Doing most of the damage was quarterback Juan Fuentes, who darted for three rushing touchdowns, passed for another and returned a fum...
Facing match serve by their opponent, Tucumcari's volleyball team on Thursday turned to its two best hitters to rally for three straight points in a five-set win over New Mexico Military Institute that kept alive the Lady Rattlers' chances for a district title. Senior Madison Dysart notched a kill to tie the fifth and deciding set at 16 points apiece. Then senior Amber Owen knocked down two straight kills to secure the 25-9, 25-20, 21-25, 14-25, 18-16 victory that took two hours to complete and...
Logan’s volleyball team prevailed 25-20, 25-17, 25-12 over much-improved district rival San Jon on Saturday. The Lady Longhorns, with a 13-6 record overall, are ensconced in second place in rugged District 6 with a 4-3 mark. Melrose and Fort Sumner, both unbeaten in league play, will fight it out for the title in the next week and a half. “We played a good match largely due to cutting down on our unforced errors,” Logan coach Robert Young said of his team’s victory. San Jon coach Jaree Elliott said her squad held brief leads in each set. “But w...