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The Tucumcari softball team has worked on its hitting, and it showed last week while racking up four victories and averaging 15 runs a game. The Lady Rattlers improved to 14-2 overall during the week and held a solid lead in the Class 3A-District 4/5 standings with a 5-0 record. Tucumcari's 19-8 victory April 23 over winless district foe Sandia Prep proved to be a harbinger for the week. The Lady Rattlers banged out 20 hits during the game, including four home runs. Loren Chavez went 4-for-5...
LOGAN — Logan’s baseball team earned a 3-2 district victory Friday against Grady/San Jon’s ace, and it was an eighth-grader who secured it for the Longhorns. Bronchos junior hurler Chisum Rush, who is leading Class 1A in strikeouts, had a largely typical game against Logan — 12 strikeouts, one walk and five hits allowed in six innings. Rush has 87 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings this year and an earned-run average around 2.00. But Logan eighth-grader Park Strong largely matched Rush’s performance on the mound — 12 strikeouts, five walks and five h...
The Tucumcari boys track team finished third Friday at the seven-team Santa Rosa Invitational in the final tune-up event before Friday's district meet. The Rattlers finished with 84 points, behind Estancia's 101 1/2 and host Santa Rosa's 158. Tucumcari senior Seth Martinez, a two-time state champion in the hurdles, easily won the 110-meter hurdles race in a time of 16.74 and the 300-meter hurdles in 41.04. Casey Carter also won the 100-meter dash (11.53). Tucumcari's 1,600-meter relay team of...
Tucumcari senior Jaxon Arguello on Thursday earned his second of three legs required to qualify for the state tournament during the nine-team NMMI Invitational at Roswell. Arguello shot a 79; the qualifying score was 80. Other Tucumcari scores from the boys team: Malachi Anaya 90, Rod Dunlap 107 and Andrew Clark 121 for a total of 397. Clovis won the meet with a team score of 329. Tucumcari coach Marty Garcia said because of an leg injury Isaac Arias suffered the previous week, he promoted two players from the junior varsity. Lenora Trujillo...
Four rodeo athletes from Mesalands Community College qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo after recently competing at the Grand Canyon Regional Rodeo in Socorro. These Mesalands athletes advanced to nationals: bull rider Roy Jackson of Tiller, Oregon; bareback rider AJ Kee of Farmington, Missouri; bull rider Vinelle Mariano of Pinedale and bull rider Levi Gray of Dairy, Oregon. It also was Gray's second consecutive College National Finals Rodeo berth. Mesalands rodeo coach Matt...
Center fielder AnnMarie Strong caught Tucumcari slugger Loren Chavez's sinking line drive in the gap and held on for the final out despite colliding with her right fielder during Logan's come-from-behind 10-7 softball victory Saturday at Rattler Field. The finale, which came with two Tucumcari runners on base and Chavez representing the tying run, proved to be a fitting end for the Lady Longhorns (6-7), whose outfielders kept getting key outs despite a swirling southeast wind that made catching...
The Tucumcari baseball team lost four more games last week, extending its losing streak to 15. Improbably enough, the Rattlers (1-17) still have a chance for a postseason berth if they can string together a few wins. That's because of the Rattlers' strength of schedule. A look at the latest coaches' poll of Class 3A teams reveals four of the teams in Tucumcari's District 4/5 - Sandia Prep, East Mountain, New Mexico Military Institute and Dexter - each are ranked in the top 10 in the state. Two...
Tucumcari’s Seth Martinez suffered his first loss of the season in the 110-meter hurdles race during the 14-team Wildcat Relays on Thursday in Clovis. Hope Christian’s Vince Quezada finished the race in 15.23 seconds, edging two-time state champion Martinez by two-tenths of a second. Martinez, however, continued to prevail in the 300-meter hurdles, winning the race in 0:40.59. The Tucumcari boys finished eighth at the meet with 20 points. Clovis won easily with 145 points, and Carlsbad finished runner-up with 65 ? points. Rounding out the sta...
Tucumcari's Seth Martinez won another title in the 110-meter high hurdles race during the 14-team George Love Relays Friday in Portales. Martinez, a two-time state champion, finished the race in 15.8 seconds. The senior, however, declined to compete that day in the 300-meter hurdles. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson said Martinez was “a little sore.” Gerardo Villa-Vargas finished second in the 400-meter dash for the Rattlers in a time of 0:52.15. Ethan Culliver of Clovis nipped him by four-hundredths of a second. Tucumcari's 400-meter and 800...
Jaxon Arguello of the Tucumcari boys golf team recently captured the first of three legs needed to individually qualify for the state tournament. Arguello, a senior, shot a 78 on the par-72 Links course April 8 during the two-day Leroy Gooch Tournament in Ruidoso. The qualifying score was 80. It was the Rattlers’ first leg – team or individual – this season. Other individual Tucumcari scores on that day were Isaac Arias 85, Malachi Anaya 88, Jeremiah Cordova 93 and Andrew Sandoval 112. The top score of the day was Jeremiah Avery of Socor...
The Tucumcari girls softball team swept doubleheaders last week against Estancia and Pecos to improve to 8-1 overall. On Thursday at Rattler Field, Tucumcari held off Estancia 9-6 in the first game, then prevailed 12-2 in a nightcap shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. The Bears fell to 3-10. Defense proved to be crucial in the opener, as the Lady Rattlers committed two errors compared to the Bears' six. Three fielding miscues by Estancia, plus RBI hits by Melanie Jones and Jasmine...
The Tucumcari baseball team dropped two more home doubleheaders to district foes NMMI and East Mountain last week, extending its losing streak to 11 games. On Saturday, a lack of pitching depth bedeviled the Rattlers (1-13, 0-6 in district play) during losses of 19-5 and 22-0 to New Mexico Military Institute. Tucumcari's hurlers walked 18 batters and hit eight more with pitches during the twinbill. In both games, Tucumcari started promisingly, with starting pitchers Ryan Birch and EJ Martinez...
Fielding and mental errors continued to plague the Tucumcari baseball team during doubleheader losses to Mora and Dexter last week. On Saturday, coach Dwayne Roberts also dealt with a short-handed varsity roster during 18-1 and 16-2 home losses to district foe Dexter (7-5). Four Tucumcari starters missed the game for varying reasons. That included No. 2 starting pitcher and third baseman Alijah Jimenez, who drew an in-school suspension and would have to sit the next four district games. With...
The Tucumcari and Logan girls track teams tied for second place Saturday at the 20-team Mario Martinez Qualifier meet at Fort Sumner. Melrose won the meet with 62 points, edging Tucumcari and Logan’s total of 60 apiece. Rounding out the rest of the totals for the girl teams were Artesia JV 54, Pecos 47, Estancia 42, Hagerman 33, Fort Sumner 32, Santa Rosa 20, Clovis JV 16, Dora 13, Lake Arthur 4, Texico 3, San Jon 2 and Clovis Christian 1. Elida, Floyd, Grady, House and Mora did not score. The first-place performers for Tucumcari were S...
Against an all-state pitcher, the Tucumcari girls softball team couldn't afford many mistakes Thursday against (Las Vegas) Robertson. As a result, five errors by the Lady Rattlers loomed large - especially in a four-run second inning - during a 10-0 loss to the Cardinals (8-7). It was Tucumcari's first loss of the season (4-1). Robertson pitcher Mckayla Encinias stifled Tucumcari's offense to one hit - a single by Melanie Jones. Encinias struck out nine and walked three. The Cardinals banged...
Several Quay County athletes earned all-state basketball honors last week from the New Mexico High School Coaches Association, including two from Tucumcari’s girls team. Tucumcari junior point guard Ashley Shipley earned first-team honors in Class 3A, along with (Las Vegas) Robertson’s Alianza Darley, Tessa Ortiz and Jazmyne Jenkins and Navajo Prep’s Aiona Johnson. Tucumcari senior guard Kalani French made Class 3A’s second team, along with Santa Fe Indian’s Leanna Lewis and Franki Maestas-Chavez, Robertson’s Jayden Jenkins, St. Michaels’ Joely...
The Logan girls track team continued its strong early-season showing by winning its 16-team Logan Invitational on Saturday. The Tucumcari boys team, powered by Seth Martinez's top finishes in two hurdles races and two relays, finished third behind Fort Sumner and Santa Rosa, respectively. San Jon tied for seventh, while athletes from Grady and House also competed. The Lady Longhorns easily prevailed amid all the girls teams participating on a cold, blustery day with 82 points. Runner-up was...
The Tucumcari baseball team's offense continued to be low gear during an 8-1 loss at rival Santa Rosa on March 26. The Rattlers, who fell to 1-5, have scored just one run in four of its losses and two runs in another loss. Against Santa Rosa, Tucumcari left nine runners on base. However, Tucumcari coach Dwayne Roberts saw hopeful signs during the loss to the Lions. "This was a good game, but the score may not reflect it," he said. "The players even felt after the game that it was some of our...
Felicity Lopez drove in five runs, including two in the sixth inning, to help lead the Tucumcari softball team to a come-from-behind 11-6 victory March 26 over Santa Rosa. The Lady Rattlers, who improved to 4-0, led 7-6 at the bottom of the sixth when they scored four insurance runs for winning pitcher Jayden Jimenez. Lopez hit a two-run double during the rally, and Jasmine Jones added another RBI. "Felicity came up big for us again," Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby, noting her strong performance...
Two girls basketball players from Tucumcari and one from Logan will participate for the Northeast small-schools all-star team during games May 31 and June 1 in Albuquerque. Kalani French and Aliyah Herrera of Tucumcari and Harlie Roach of Logan were among area seniors named to the Northeast team. They will play all-star teams from the other three quadrants of the state during a two-day tournament at Manzano and Valley high schools in Albuquerque. Times for the all-star games will be announced at a later date....
Tucumcari played the host of the Rattler Relays track and field event, but it was Logan that apparently felt most at home. Both the Logan boys and girls squads took home titles during the 12-team event Saturday, beating out several schools with enrollments much larger. "I thought both teams did a great job today, especially with having only a few days of practice," Logan coach Robert Young said. "We had several individuals and relays each state-qualifying marks. I'm excited to see how much...
The Tucumcari baseball showed mixed results in its second week of the season, winning a road game at Melrose but taking it on the chin during a doubleheader loss at home against Robertson. On Saturday, the Cardinals (3-1) won their games by scores of 18-1 and 23-1. The Rattlers (1-4) managed just five hits and committed a total of 15 errors during the twinbill. Robertson took leads of 9-1 by the second inning of the first game and 10-0 by the third inning of the second contest. In the first...
The Tucumcari softball team began its season on a high note by winning three games and the Santa Rosa Lion Classic title over the weekend. Tucumcari starting pitcher Jayden Jimenez was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, while Lady Rattlers left fielder Jasmine Jones, shortstop Paige Moralez and catcher Loren Chavez were named to the all-tournament team. “Our defense was solid all the way through the tournament,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “It was really impressive. And our hitting is coming around.” The Lady Rattlers capture...
Adrian Jones wants to return to coach the San Jon/Grady six-man football team this fall. Whether he will appears uncertain. The San Jon school district placed an advertisement in last week’s Quay County Sun, requesting applications to fill a coaching vacancy for its six-man football team. The start date would be Aug. 1. The opening was not listed on the district’s job-opportunities section of its website. However, Jones said he did not resign, nor was his coaching contract nonrenewed, by the school district. Jones said in a telephone int...
Two Tucumcari boys basketball players were named to the District 3-4A all-district team. Jesus Ramos, a freshman guard-forward, and Josh Chavez, a senior guard, each were selected from the Rattlers, who finished with a 5-20 record and 2-4 in district play. Logan saw four players make first team in rugged District 6-1A. Senior guard Dyson Day, sophomore guard Dante Sanchez, senior forward Chase Earle and senior forward Kyle Knight each made the first team. The Longhorns finished 21-8 overall and 7-1 in district play. They advanced to the...