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Grady/San Jon ended its season with a 60-18 loss at home Friday against Floyd in six-man football action. The Coyotes trailed only 22-18 after the first quarter against visiting Floyd, but the Broncos salted away the game with 38 unanswered points. Chad Becerra scored two rushing touchdowns for the Coyotes, and Dustin Bryant added another. San Jon/Grady coach Adrian Jones said his team had several dropped passes that would have been touchdowns and committed several turnovers. “We had our opportunities; we just couldn’t capitalize,” he said....
Noah Baker of Amarillo knew he had the talent to excel at Robert Lumpkin Memorial Disc Golf Course in Tucumcari's Five Mile Park. But he didn't play well during his last three tournaments. His biggest obstacle was "between the ears," as he put it. During this weekend's third annual Shootout at Six Shooter Siding, he changed his mental approach. The result was Baker shooting a 9-under-par 165 during the 54-hole tournament and winning the open title by a comfortable seven strokes. "I've been a bra...
LOGAN - The Lady Longhorns volleyball team kept its hopes alive for a regular-season district title with 25-12, 25-11, 25-12 victory Thursday over Grady/San Jon. Meanwhile, the visiting Lady Bronchos saw their chances for a district crown dim markedly with their second straight league loss. Grady/San Jon fell to 6-8 overall, 0-2 in the district. Both are chasing No. 1-ranked Melrose, who improved to 13-0 overall and 4-0 in district play by week's end. Logan, ranked No. 2 in Class 1A by...
The host team was left out in the cold for championship buckles during the 12th annual Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeo. Several athletes with the host Stampede squad finished runner-up overall Saturday night at the Quay County Fairgrounds arena. Among those Mesalands athletes finishing second were Bonner Voss in the saddle bronc riding, Jesse Hay in bareback bronc riding and Wyatt Wells in bull riding. AJ Kee finished third in the bareback and Vinell...
A visiting Logan squad manhandled Mesilla Valley 50-0 in an eight-man football game that ended at halftime Friday because of the mercy rule. The Longhorns led 20-0 after the first quarter. Logan, ranked fifth in the state, improved to 4-3 overall and 2-1 in District 3. The SonBlazers, who have scored only three touchdowns all season, fell to 0-7, 0-3. Logan travels to Tatum (6-1) at 7 p.m. Friday. Tatum, a 50-0 winner over Gateway Christian on Friday, defeated previously unbeaten Melrose 32-14 on Oct. 4 to seize first place in the district...
Erin Encinias was the top runner for Tucumcari's cross-country teams during Saturday's Pecos Valley Invitational at Roswell in their regular-season finale. Encinias finished 16th in the girls race with a time of 19 minutes, 11 seconds over what coach Gary Hittson described as a “very fast” 3-mile course. “The teams ran their fastest times of the year,” Hittson said. Other Lady Rattlers at the meet were Ashley Shipley (43rd, 22:12), Lizet Castillo (45th, 22:19) and Leslie Navarette (59th, 24:22). The top boys finisher for Tucumcari was Manny H...
Six turnovers in the first half and a depleted varsity roster spelled doom for the Tucumcari football team during a 55-0 loss Friday night at Texico that was shortened by the mercy rule. For the Rattlers (1-6), running back and linebacker Robbie Hartmann and tight end-linebacker Julian Vargas were sidelined with severe ankle injuries, and receiver and safety Ryan Birch was out with a non-football knee injury. On top of that, starting quarterback, safety and kicker Jesus Ramos quit the team...
The Tucumcari volleyball team dropped a 15-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-27 road match Thursday at Fort Sumner, snapping the Lady Rattlers' win streak at seven. Tucumcari fell to 9-6 overall. Jasmine Jones led the Lady Rattlers with nine kills, and teammate Felicity Lopez added seven kills. Reece Goldstone made 26 assists. "We started out a little sluggish," Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said. "We played better in the third and fourth sets but fell short in the fourth. Even though we lost, this will pre...
SAN JON - James Gonzales' third rushing touchdown with 1:33 left sealed a 39-33 victory for Carrizozo over San Jon/Grady in a six-man football game Friday afternoon that saw three lead changes and two ties. Gonzales ended the game with 108 yards on 14 carries. The win for the visiting Grizzlies (3-4) snapped a three-game losing streak. Carrizozo coach Jesse Samora said his team's resilience was the difference. "It's been a while since we'd won a game, so I was really proud of the boys for coming...
Manny Hernandez and Erin Encinias continued to be the top runners for the Tucumcari boys and girls cross-country teams Thursday at a wet Hobbs Invitational meet. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said it was “very entertaining watching the runners go through the mud puddles; they had a great time. The muddy conditions certainly were not hazardous.” Hittson did not get the final placings of his individual runners and teams, as those hadn’t been compiled before they departed for home. Hernandez finished the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 53 seconds to l...
Robertson’s defense put the clamps on Tucumcari during a 54-0 Rattlers loss Friday night at Las Vegas. Tucumcari (1-5) managed just three first downs, 63 yards of offense and was intercepted three times. TJ Lampkin was the Rattlers’ top offensive producer with 31 yards in 10 carries. The Cardinals (5-1), ranked fifth in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com, racked up 378 yards and 11 first downs en route to a 35-0 lead at halftime. Quarterback Matthew Gonzales threw for four touchdowns — three to receiver Antonio Padilla — and ran for a fifth TD. “They c...
MELROSE - In the first one-third of the game Friday night, Logan's defense had held Melrose, the state's top-ranked team in eight-man football, to one touchdown from scrimmage, stopped two drives in the red zone and forced a fumble. Then half of the field's lights abruptly went out, leading to a 20-minute stop in play until they flickered back on. That 20 minutes was all Melrose coach Caleb King needed to make vital adjustments to his team's offense. After that, the Buffaloes (5-0) scored on...
MELROSE - The top-ranked and unbeaten Lady Buffaloes played a nearly perfect district volleyball match Friday afternoon and No. 2 Logan didn't, leading to a rare three-game loss - 14-25, 23-25, 23-25 - for the Lady Longhorns. Melrose, which improved to 10-0 overall and 2-0 in their district, undoubtedly had their sights on Logan after losing four of five of their matches last season, including in the Class 1A state championship. "We played exceptionally well," Lady Buffaloes coach Casey Jackson...
SANTA ROSA - Though Santa Rosa has dominated its football games against Tucumcari in recent years, the Lions' 35-33 overtime victory Friday over the Rattlers was a throwback to when anything could happen during their rivalry. In the end, the Lions relied on running back Elijah Velasquez as their workhorse. He scored the go-ahead touchdown in overtime and ultimately game-winning two-point conversion. He totaled 262 yards in 29 carries in Santa Rosa's vaunted single-wing offense, and he added a...
With a solid 25-9, 25-17, 25-14 victory Thursday over Maxwell, the Tucumcari volleyball team tied its total number of wins from last season even before September ends. The Lady Rattlers improved to 7-5, matching the victory total of last year’s 7-16 campaign. Tucumcari logged a 4-17 record in 2017. “This is the first time we’ve had a winning record since my first year in coaching here,” Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said, noting her inaugural season with a 13-8 record in 2016. “This is huge f...
The Tucumcari girls team finished eighth overall Saturday at the prestigious Ron Valdez Memorial Cross-Country Invitational meet at Pecos. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson, noting the course is “one of the hardest in the state,” said he was “very pleased with the way the kids performed” against 470 runners at the meet. Erin Encinias was the top Lady Rattlers runner, finishing 28th in a time of 22 minutes, 59 seconds. Rounding out the rest of the Tucumcari girls roster were A’Leaya Lucero, 41st in 24:12; Lizet Castillo, 62nd in 27:00; Leslie Na...
COMMERCE, Texas — With a win over No. 12 Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday, Eastern New Mexico stood a great chance to break the top 25 in the AFCA Division II poll. The Lions, however, wanted no part of that, taking advantage of early miscues to build a 24-3 lead that turned into a 45-27 victory Saturday night. The Greyhounds seemed primed to hang in with the No. 12 Lions late in the fourth, after taking the early lead on a Tyler Vargas 26-yard field goal followed by a goal-line interception by Vicen'te Walker. But the Greyhounds fumbled away the...
The Mesalands Community College men’s rodeo team finished second and the women’s team fourth in their first competition of the 2019-2020 season at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona. “This was a great start to the rodeo season,” said Matt Hughes, rodeo coach and faculty member at Mesalands. “We continue to get better every year.” In roughstock events, Mesalands bull rider Taylor Pierce of Vinton, Louisiana, finished second. Saddle bronc rider Bonner Voss, of Stamford, Texas, also finished in second and teammate Wyatt Wells of Hereford, Te...
San Jon/Grady held off host New Mexico School for the Deaf in a 76-74 shootout Saturday in six-man football action at Santa Fe. The visiting Coyotes, which improved to 2-2, fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter but rallied with three unanswered touchdowns and led 29-20 at halftime. San Jon led the rest of the way, except for a brief stretch in the third quarter when they fell behind 34-29. The Coyotes sealed the game with a touchdown with three minutes left for a 76-67 lead. The game was a last-minute fill-in for the Coyotes’ schedule after R...
Five turnovers and other mental errors by the Rattlers paved the way to a 41-0 victory by Raton, spoiling Tucumcari's Homecoming game Friday at Rattler Stadium. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson lamented his team's mistakes and lost opportunities. "I don't know how many fundamental mistakes we made tonight - dropping snaps, fumbling, throwing interceptions with people wide open for touchdowns," he said after the Rattlers fell to 1-3. If there was any comfort Ferguson could take from the game,...
The Logan volleyball squad suffered its first loss of the season to district rival Melrose during a 25-19, 22-25, 17-25, 25-27 decision in the title game Saturday of the Fort Sumner Tournament. Logan fell to 9-1 overall. Melrose improved to 6-0. “I thought we did some things well during the match and looked solid in many areas,” Logan coach Robert Young said. “We had moments, though, where we reeled off numerous errors and struggled getting back in sync.” Both teams have traded the No. 1 ranking in the Class 1A coaches’ poll this season. L...
San Jon/Grady picked up its first victory of the season with a 54-6 decision Saturday against Reserve at Carrizozo in six-man football action. The visiting Coyotes stormed to a 34-6 lead by halftime. The Coyotes improved to 1-2 overall. The host Mountaineers fell to 0-3 on the season. Because of the cancellation of the Roy-Mosquero game on the Coyotes’ schedule due to a lack of players by their opponent, they next play at Springer at 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Logan 50, Pine Hill 0 The visiting Longhorns destroyed Pine Hill 50-0 in an eight-man f...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Wyatt Strand rushed for his third touchdown of the game on a third-down run in overtime, and the Greyhound defense didn’t allow a first down on the ensuing possession as Eastern New Mexico escaped Colorado Mesa 44-37 Saturday night. The overtime win, Eastern’s first in school history against four losses — the last one coming in the 2011 season — didn’t seem like the eventual outcome for the Greyhounds (2-0). The Green and Silver outgained the host Mavericks 561-381, won the turnover battle 4-1 and led 37-17 with with 3...
Erin Encinias again was Tucumcari’s top cross-country runner during a meet Saturday at Roswell. Encinias finished 22nd overall on the 3.1-mile course with a time of 21 minutes, 40 seconds. Ashley Shipley finished 52nd in 25:45. Encinias and Shipley were the only varsity girls from Tucumcari at the meet. For the Rattlers varsity boys team, Manny Hernandez was the top finisher, crossing the line in 19:08 for 37th place. Alex Lujan was 60th in 22:45 for Tucumcari. For the boys junior varsity, Andrew Henderson-Clark finished 72nd in 27:58 and J...
Hard-hitting Logan dominated Floyd 25-16, 25-14, 25-12 in the title match Saturday of the Tucumcari Invitational volleyball tournament at the Snake Pit. Karli Webb, who had 13 kills and four serving aces for Logan (7-0) during the championship, was named Most Valuable Player of the eight-team tournament. Lady Longhorn teammates Jordan Hines, Kyndall Ragland and Julianna Garcia were named to the all-tournament team. Grady-San Jon (3-5) finished fourth in the tournament after suffering losses to...