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Tucumcari committed turnovers during its first three possessions, and that's all a stout Fort Sumner team needed in a 50-0 victory Friday night at Rattler Field in a football game shortened by the mercy rule. Tucumcari's lost possessions in the first quarter came on two fumbles and one tipped pass that was intercepted. Fort Sumner (2-1) converted two of those opportunities into touchdowns and 15-0 lead. "We'll take those turnovers any time," smiling Fort Sumner coach Brad Holland said after the...
Logan notched its first win of the season with a solid 54-28 victory over visiting Magdalena during eight-man football action Friday. The Longhorns (1-2) benefited from big plays by Jantzen Paris, Nick Brown and Park Strong to secure the win over the Steers, who fell to 2-1. Logan travels to Pine Hill (0-1) for a 7 p.m. game Friday. Pine Hill lost its most recent game 30-6 to Alamo Navajo. Hondo Valley 45, San Jon/Grady 26 The host Coyotes fell to 0-2 on the season with a 45-26 loss Friday to Hondo Valley in six-man football action. The Eagles...
Erin Encinias was the top finisher for Tucumcari during a cross-country meet Thursday at Lovington. No team scores were kept for either the girls or boys teams because they didn’t have enough runners. Encinias finished 12th with a time of 22 minutes, 50 seconds over the 3.1-mile course. For the rest of the Lady Rattlers, A’leaya Lucero was 20th in 23:31, Ashley Shipley 29th in 24:52 and Lizet Castillo 34th in 25:54. For the Tucumcari boys, Manny Hernandez was the top finisher, crossing the finish line 22nd with a time of 18:50. Rounding out the...
PORTALES - Johnny Smith scored the go-ahead touchdown with 4:51 to go, and Vicen'te Walker pulled down a red-zone interception to seal a nailbiter for Eastern New Mexico, 35-28 over Missouri S&T Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium in the season opener for both teams. The host Greyhounds outgained the Miners 503-411 and dominated the possession time (36:06 to S&T's 23:54), but could never quite put away the Miners thanks to a big-play offense that only went to third down nine times on the night....
LOGAN - Defending Class 1A volleyball champion Logan cruised through its season-opening Lady Longhorn Volleyball Tournament, including a 25-18, 25-15, 25-10 win in the final Saturday against district foe Grady/San Jon. Tucumcari went 2-1 in the tournament to take the consolation title. Logan didn't lose a game during its three matches Thursday and Saturday. It knocked off Springer 25-7, 25-9, 25-9 during the opening round, then dispatched of Kim, Colorado, 25-11, 25-21, 25-12 in the semifinal....
Fourth-quarter rushing touchdowns by Caleb White and TJ Lampkin fueled the Tucumcari football team to a come-from-behind 27-20 victory Saturday afternoon at Albuquerque Academy. On paper, it appeared the Rattlers (1-1) dominated in the trenches against the Chargers (1-1). Tucumcari totaled 337 yards on the ground and shut down Academy’s rushing game to minus-14 yards. For the Rattlers, Robbie Hartmann ran for 112 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, Lampkin rushed for 118 yards and a score on 16 carries, and White ran for 95 yards and two TDs o...
SAN JON - Lake Arthur scored on its first 11 possessions during a 77-32 victory over a shorthanded San Jon/Grady team Friday afternoon during the Coyotes' season opener in six-man football. The Coyotes showed firepower on offense, but their inability to stop the Panthers doomed them. Lake Arthur (1-1) took a 28-6 lead in the first quarter and held a 65-26 advantage at halftime. "We've got to work on defense," San Jon/Grady coach Adrian Jones said after the game. "That just wasn't good enough. I...
Tucumcari High School all-state girls basketball player Ashley Shipley, who will be entering her senior year with the Lady Rattlers this fall, verbally committed last week to play basketball next season at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Shipley said she visited the campus northeast of Dallas on Aug. 26 and committed to going there a day later. "I felt comfortable there, and it seemed like it was a great fit for me," she said Friday. "I made up my mind that's where I wanted to be. They had...
Runners from the Tucumcari cross-country girls team finished 1-2 at the Mora Invitational on Saturday. Erin Encinias of Tucumcari was the top girls runner overall at the meet with a time of 21 minutes, 56 seconds over the 3-mile course. A'Leaya Lucero finished runner-up in 24:23. For the Tucumcari boys, Manny Hernandez finished second overall in a time of 20:18. Teammate Alexander Lujan finished fifth in 24:44. Tucumcari did not take a full boys or girls team to the Mora meet. At the...
Escalante quarterback Brendan Giles torched Tucumcari's defense for six passing touchdowns and 223 yards during a 40-14 victory during a storm-delayed season-opening game Friday at Rattler Field. Worse yet for the Rattlers, coach Wayne Ferguson's fears about injuries to his thin ranks of skill players came true - for one game, at least. Running back Robbie Hartmann provided most of the highlights for the Rattlers with two touchdowns. He returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score in the third...
Tucumcari’s cross-country coach is expecting better things from his squads after a disappointing season in 2018. Both the boys and girls teams finished well out of the running during the Class 3A state meet last year. Both open their seasons at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Clovis Invitational at Ned Houk Park. Rattlers coach Gary Hittson said he’s guiding a total of nine runners on the boys team, with four strong competitors to anchor it — all-district sophomore Manny Hernandez, sophomore Ayden Lusk, freshman Curtis Gonzales and senior Joe Martinez....
Logan committed four turnovers and fell behind 16-0 en route to a 40-14 season-opening loss Friday to Mountainair at Logan during eight-man football action. The visiting Mustangs outgained the Longhorns 474 to 171 in total yards and picked off three Logan passes. Logan quarterback Jantzen Paris scored a 92-yard touchdown on a keeper. The Longhorns’ second TD came on a 40-yard run by Nick Brown. Logan hosts Boise City, Oklahoma, at 7 p.m. Friday. San Jon game canceled San Jon/Grady’s scheduled six-man football game Friday at Vaughn was can...
Tucumcari vs. Santa Rosa was expected to be a battle between two evenly-matched volleyball teams, and it didn't disappoint. But it was the Lady Lions who prevailed in crunch time during their 21-25, 25-15, 29-27, 26-24 victory at the Snake Pit in the Lady Rattlers' season opener. The match Saturday didn't prove decisively which team was better. Two of the games went beyond the usual 25 points, and only four points decided another. Santa Rosa coach Kevin Ortiz said he was pleased with his team's...
If history is any judge, those who attend Tucumcari's season-opener at 7 p.m. Friday at Rattler Field against Escalante shouldn't leave early. The Lobos are a perennial postseason power in Class 2A and have won the last five matchups against the Rattlers. However, several of those matchups weren't decided until the final quarter, including a 28-26 decision last year. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson remains well aware of longtime Escalante coach Dusty Giles' penchant for unusual formations to...
Last season, Tucumcari's volleyball team came within an eyelash of winning the district title and forced a tiebreaking match to decide the crown. This year, coach Dana Benavidez thinks her Lady Rattlers can win the Class 3A-4 crown outright against Dexter, a young team that struggled last season, and Tularosa, which lost its best hitter to graduation. "If we hit like we know how and like we're practicing, we'll be the dominant team in our district. I really believe that," she said. Tucumcari...
“I think we will be a decent ballclub if we can stay healthy.” Tucumcari head coach Wayne Ferguson’s thumbnail assessment of his team matches others in the region. Simply put, coaches in Quay County and beyond are struggling to get enough athletes out for football. Ferguson has 31 players on his varsity roster, but he’s seen fewer than 20 show up for practices so far. Because of his lack of skilled players, he felt forced to cancel a scrimmage last week against the Clovis junior varsity because...
PORTALES — A quick look at Class 4A football in the Land of Enchantment looks like you’re playing a dice game, with four different title winners in each of the last four seasons. The better gambling metaphor, however, would be the World Series of Poker. Whatever cards get dealt, the same people always seem to find their way to the final table. The safest bet for 4A’s final four has been Portales, the only team to make every semifinal round in that time. They’re hoping to make it five, and als...
CLOVIS — The night of Nov. 2, 2018 might be one the Clovis High football team may want to remember as among its best of last season. It was a game the Wildcats lost 10-7. Huh? Yes, the ’Cats did lose their final regular-season game and missed out on handing La Cueva its first loss of the season. Instead, the Bears prevailed and went on to become undefeated state 6A champions while Clovis was one-and-done in the playoffs and wound up 4-7. The Wildcats, though, were not only in that ear...
A total of 72 participants from all over New Mexico competed for saddles, buckles and prizes during the Quay County 4-H Rodeo on Friday and Saturday at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in Tucumcari. 4-H youth competed in goat tying, pole bending, barrel racing, team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and other events. A total of 32 buckles and three saddles were awarded to top entries in the novice, junior and senior categories. Among the Quay County winners were Rylan Montoya in...
About 25 people participated in the Beck's Boats second annual wakesurf competition Saturday at Ute Lake, with a Logan boy winning his division. Mason Wallin of Logan won the boys age 11 and younger division. The event on the south side of the lake near Horseshoe Bend drew competitors from all over eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Here are the winners of the competition: • Girls 11 and younger: Brylee Burgin of Clovis • Girls 12 to 14: Aubrey Hill of Clovis • Boys 11 and young...
The Eastern New Mexico University cross-country and track and field programs officially signed 23 student-athletes to compete during the 2019-2020 season, including former state-champion hurdler Seth Martinez of Tucumcari. According to a news release last week from the university, the Greyhounds will have 17 incoming freshmen, including Martinez. "I am excited to be having this group join the Greyhound family," ENMU cross country and track coach Jeff Kavalunas stated in the news release. "We hav...
Gage Bruhn of Logan High School finished ninth in trapshooting and 13th in the light rifle event nationally during last week's National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Bruhn, who will be a senior this fall, scored 95 of 100 points in the trapshooting competition Thursday and secured his ninth-place finish by scoring 10-of-10 in the tiebreaker. Van Dalton of Utah scored a 99 in the preliminary rounds and tallied consecutive perfect-10s in two tiebreakers to win the national tit...
About 75 young athletes will show their cowboy and cowgirl skills Friday and Saturday during the annual Quay County 4-H Rodeo at the Quay County Fairgrounds arena. Rodeo performances begin at 5 p.m. nightly with the singing of the national anthem by local vocalists, plus a color guard. Rodeo events include barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, team roping, steer riding and bull riding. Saddles will be given to all-around winners in the senior, junior and novice divisions, plus belt buckles for the winners of each event. Several...
RICHARDSON, Texas — In the classroom, Eastern New Mexico University athletes have been some of the best in the Lone Star Conference, with six consecutive semesters of placing among the top three in LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections. Wednesday made it seven semesters, as the list released by the LSC office had 131 Greyhounds on the list. Eastern was topped by only Angelo State (144) and Texas A&M-Commerce (139), and ahead of UT Permian Basin (125) and West Texas A&M (119). Logan’s Wyatt Strand was one of 35 selections from the footb...
Three teenagers who hail from Quay County schools will participate in next week’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Amanda Kanapilly, a junior at Logan High School, will compete in the reined cow horse and girls cutting competitions at the 71st annual event. She’s competed at the NHSFR thee times and finished tied for seventh in the nation last year in the reined cow horse average. Another Logan athlete, Gage Bruhn, will compete in the shooting rifle and shooting trap competition. Dylan Reed, a recent graduate at House...