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Quay County's Little League baseball teams were eliminated from postseason last week after suffering two losses in their respective district tournaments. The Quay County All-Stars Major League team of 10- to 12-year-olds fell 16-5 Thursday night to the Roosevelt County All-Stars at Portales in a do-or-die game that took two days to play because a storm suspended action the previous day. Quay County lost its earlier home game that week to Roosevelt County 10-4. Roosevelt County held a 6-2 lead af...
A Tucumcari native last week earned a national title in his age bracket in the horseshoes competition at the National Senior Games in Albuquerque. Joseph Garcia, also known by his middle name of Rudy, of Portales went undefeated in 13 matches at the Senior Games and came from behind to defeat eventual runner-up Larry Ulibarri by scoring a ringer on his final throw of the championship round. Garcia won the title by two points. Garcia earned the gold medal in the men's singles horseshoes...
As expected, the New Mexico Activities Association board of directors on Thursday approved girls wrestling as an officially sanctioned sport for the 2019-2020 season. The number of girls competing in wrestling in New Mexico had more than doubled – to 165 last season – in the last two years. New Mexico became the 18th state to officially recognize girls wrestling. Exhibition events for girl wrestlers had been held the last two seasons at the boys' state tournament. The NMAA laid out its pla...
The four athletes from Mesalands Community College who competed in last week’s College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, endured a disappointing week. Bull riders Levi Gray, Roy Jackson and Vinell Mariano walked away with no scores during their three early-round sessions. Bareback bronc rider AJ Kee managed to stay on his mount but received a poor score and was injured on his next ride. “It was disappointing, for sure,” Mesalands coach Matt Hughes said during a telephone interview Monday. “On paper, it didn’t look good. But in person...
Two players from the Logan softball team earned second team all-state honors last week. First baseman Harlie Roach and pitcher Kyndall Ragland each were selected to the second team in the Class 1A/2A all-state selections. The New Mexico High School Coaches Association announces its picks Wednesday. According to statistics compiled at MaxPreps.com, Roach hit a team-leading .614 and also led the team with triples (seven), RBI (23) and tied for the team lead in home runs (two). Ragland, a freshman, hit .500 and logged a 6.60 ERA as a pitcher with...
Four athletes from Mesalands Community College are competing in this week's College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, and their coach is confident one of them can emerge as a national champion. ESPN3 will broadcast the rodeo's performances Wednesday through Saturday. In addition to cable television, ESPN3 is available through a variety of online devices and platforms for those with a cable subscription. Levi Gray, Roy Jackson and Vinell Mariano each will be competing in bull riding and...
Two Tucumcari football players participated in the annual small-school North-South all-star game, with the North suffering a 19-3 loss Saturday at Nusenda Community Stadium in Albuquerque. Rattler senior Kaleb Hayes started the entire game at strong-side offensive tackle for the North squad, and fellow senior Seth Martinez, a halfback for the Rattlers during the regular season, played at wingback for the North. Rattlers coach Wayne Ferguson watched the game and said both “played well.” Ferguson said Martinez “didn’t get many opportu...
The New Mexico Activities Association is poised to make girls wrestling an officially sanctioned sport, and Tucumcari's wrestling coach is all for it. The association's commission voted for the proposal last month, and the NMAA's board of directors is scheduled to make a final vote June 13. If approved, girls wrestling will have its first official state tournament in February. Female wrestlers previously had competed at the state tournament, but those matches were deemed as exhibitions....
Two senior girls from Tucumcari and one from Logan competed over the weekend during the North vs. South basketball all-star games in the Albuquerque area. Kalani French and Aliyah Herrera of Tucumcari and Harlie Roach of Logan were part of the Northeast girls small-school team. Penasco’s Gilbert Mascarenas coached the team. The Northeast girls squad had a tough time over the weekend, with an 87-65 loss over the Southeast team on Friday and a 79-71 loss to the Northwest squad on Saturday. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said he watched both g...
More than 300 people attended the annual Tucumcari Athletic Awards Banquet put on May 20 by the Diamondback Booster Club at the Tucumcari Convention Center. The event served as a final sendoff - especially seniors who would graduate Friday - for participants in the school's varsity cheerleading, cross country, football, volleyball, wrestling, boys and girls basketball, golf, boys and girls track, baseball and softball programs. Rod Dunlap, a participant in track, football and wrestling during...
The Tucumcari softball team boasted five players that earned all-district honors after a 17-5 campaign, the most successful season in the program's history. Junior catcher Loren Chavez, junior pitcher Jayden Jimenez, junior shortstop Paige Moralez, senior center fielder Kalani French and junior left fielder Jasmine Jones were named to the first time in Class 3A, District 4/5. Moralez also was named Most Valuable Player for the Lady Rattlers. Moralez tied for the team lead with three home runs...
The Grady/San Jon baseball team had just one player make the all-district team in Distirct 2-1A, but he wound up also making the all-state squad. Junior right-handed pitcher Chisum Rush earned all-district and all-state honors with 94 strikeouts in 44 1/3 innings and a 2.20 earned-run average during the season for the 2-16 Bronchos. Logan (8-12) had three players make the all-district team - Dante Sanchez, Park Strong and Chase Hittson. Sanchez, a sophomore outfielder and shortstop, hit .638 on...
Tucumcari baseball coach Dwayne Roberts is leaving to take a position at his high school alma mater as coach of Logan's eight-man football program. Meanwhile, San Jon/Grady retained its six-man football coach, Tucumcari alum Adrian Jones, after advertising an opening for the position several weeks ago. Roberts, who accepted the offer from Logan in mid-April, said he also would serve as an assistant coach there in baseball and boys basketball with head coach Kyle Griffiths. Roberts also was an...
The Logan softball team won its play-in game 10-9 over McCurdy in extra innings in the Class 1A/2A NMAA State Softball Championships at Rio Rancho but lost to eventual state runner-up Eunice and Santa Rosa. During the Wednesday morning play-in game against eighth-seeded McCurdy, the ninth-seeded Lady Longhorns had a 9-6 lead in the top of the sixth inning. The Bobcats rallied for three runs in the final two frames to tie it and send it into extra innings. Logan scored a run in the eighth and held McCurdy scoreless to secure the program’s f...
ALBUQUERQUE - The Logan girls track team continued its season-long dominance, easily winning the Class 1A team title Saturday during the NMAA Track and Field Championships at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex. The Lady Longhorns scored 89 points over the two-day event, almost double over runner-up Fort Sumner's 48 points. Two of its winning relay teams were among those that broke 20 state records over the weekend, despite cold and rainy weather Friday and two lightning delays Saturday. The Logan...
ALBUQUERQUE - Tucumcari senior Seth Martinez added two more first-place medals in the hurdles races Saturday at the NMAA Track and Field Championships at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex, capping his Rattler career with five wins in those events. However, the Rattlers finished a somewhat disappointing fifth place with 39 points in the Class 3A team standings and just a few points away from the runner-up spot. Coach Wayne Ferguson attributed that to a hamstring injury Josh Chavez suffered during the...
The Tucumcari softball team made a comeback bid from a double-digit deficit but fell 17-14 to Hatch Valley in its first-round Class 3A playoff game played over a two-day period at Rattler Field because of rain. On Wednesday, the ninth-seeded Bears (13-10) blasted six home runs to take a 13-2 lead over the eighth-seeded Lady Rattlers (17-5) when umpires suspended the game after four innings because of lightning and heavy rain. When the game resumed Thursday, the Lady Rattlers scored four runs in...
A Quay County 4-H rifle shooting team is eligible to participate in national shooting competition after scoring third overall in state competition, according to New Mexico 4-H sources. The Quay 4-H pistol team also scored third overall in state competition, records show. Gares Lopez, a member of that team scored the second-highest overall score among all participants in both rifle and pistol shooting, records show. The teams competed with 4-Hers from other New Mexico counties May 3-5 at the National Rifle Association’s Whittington Center n...
Tucumcari senior Jaxon Arguello finished in a tie for fifth during the Class 1A-3A state golf championship Friday and Saturday at Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs. Arguello shot an 87 during a cold, rainy and blustery day Friday, then improved to a 77 on Saturday for a total of 20-over-par 164. He tied with James Woods of Socorro for fifth. “Playing in extreme conditions yesterday and great conditions today were reflected in the scores,” Tucumcari coach Marty Garcia said Saturday. “Jaxon was able to take advantage; he hit some nice recovery sh...
The Logan softball team earned a No. 9 seed for the Class 1A/2A state softball championships and will play against No. 8-seeded McCurdy on Wednesday at a neutral site. Logan (10-10) will see the first pitch against McCurdy (9-6) at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. The winner faces the winner of No. 1-seeded Eunice (20-5) against 16th-seeded Pecos (3-17) later that day at 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland. The semifinal rounds will be Thursday in Rio Rancho. The championship will be Friday at UNM Softball Complex. Logan finished...
Thanks to a few surprises and the usual strong performances, the Tucumcari girls track team wound up as district champions during the Class 3A, District 4 meet Friday at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Tucumcari racked up 146 points at the meet, far outpacing runner-up Dexter’s 101. Rounding out the rest were Tularosa’s 96 and NMMI’s 69. The Lady Rattlers will send nine athletes to the state meet Friday and Saturday at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex in Albuquerque. The Tucumcari boys finished third at district and will send eight to th...
The Tucumcari softball team secured a No. 8 seed in the Class 3A state tournament and will host No. 9-seeded Hatch Valley in a first-round game Wednesday. The Bears come into the game with a 12-10 record. The only common opponents for Tucumcari and Hatch Valley were Estancia and East Mountain - all which were wins for the Bears and Lady Rattlers. First pitch for Wednesday's game is 5 p.m. at Rattler Field. The winner of Wednesday's game plays the winner of the Robertson-East Mountain game at...
LOGAN - The Logan girls track team dominated the Class 1A, District 6 meet Saturday like it did other meets this season, sending 11 athletes to this week's state meet in Albuquerque. The Logan boys finished a close second to Fort Sumner and will send 13 athletes to the state meet on Friday and Saturday at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex. The San Jon boys, largely on the strength of Dustin Bryant qualifying for state in three events, finished fourth at the meet. The Lady Longhorns racked up 163...
The Tucumcari baseball team failed to snap its long losing streak during a 10-4 loss in its season finale Thursday at district foe Sandia Prep, but the Rattlers’ coach saw encouraging things that might lead to improvement next year. The game was tied 1-1 through three innings until the Sundevils (10-14 overall, 7-5 in district play) rallied for four runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the fourth. The Rattlers (1-21, 0-12) rallied for three runs in the seventh before the game ended. Alijah Jimenez went 3-for-3 and Ryan Birch d...
Tucumcari senior Jaxon Arguello last week captured the third leg needed to qualify for the state golf tournament. Arguello shot 80, the minimum score needed, on Thursday during the NMMI Invitational at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course in Roswell. Other Tucumcari competitors at Roswell were Malachi Anaya, who shot an 86; Jeremiah Cordova, 103; Andrew Sandoval, 108; and Rod Dunlap, 113. The Rattlers shot a 377 at the nine-team tournament. Carlsbad won with a 338 score. Kolt Bennett of Clovis won the event with a 75. The state...