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ENMU's Briska 14th in prelims

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 // CMI staff
PUEBLO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Kaspars Briska finished 14th overall in Thursday’s  preliminaries of the 3,000-meter steeplechase  in the NCAA Division II...

Bears' Urlacher hangs 'em up

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 // Staff and wire reports
Former Portales High coach Mark McAfee knew Lovington’s Brian Urlacher had a bright future when he coached against him as the Rams’ defensive co-ordinator in the mid-1990s. McAfee didn&rsq...

ENMU athletes ready for nationals

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 // By Dave Wagner CMI sports writer dwagner@cnjonline.com
Eastern New Mexico University sophomores Kaspars Briska and Alesha Jones have their work cut out in the NCAA Division II national outdoor track meet this weekend in Pueblo, Colo., but both are ready t...

Fishing report — May 22

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 // CMI staff
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the...

Hounds soccer adds trio of midfielders:

Monday, May 20th, 2013 //
Two high school players and a junior college transfer have signed to play men’s soccer at Eastern New Mexico University.Midfielders Jose Hernandez  of Albuquerque High, Jose Jaramillo of Sa...

Speaking Spanish during games non-issue at Clovis

Monday, May 20th, 2013 // By Emily Crowe CNJ STAFF WRITER ecrowe@cnjonline.com
Athletes speaking Spanish while participating in New Mexico high school games is a non-issue, according to Clovis schools athletic officials.Clovis assistant athletic director Darren Kelley said CMS d...

Clovis girls finish fourth

Saturday, May 18th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner: CNJ staff writer
ALBUQUERQUE — In the end, the Clovis High Lady Wildcats finished just where coach Mike Hankins had projected — fourth — in the Class 5A state track meet at the University of New Mexi...

Clovis boys take eighth

Saturday, May 18th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner: CMI staff writer
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High junior Kamal Cass, the top seed going into Saturday's state Class 5A boys triple jump at the University of New Mexico track facility, tweaked his hamstring on an unsuc...

Rams' youth shows in first day of 3A meet

Friday, May 17th, 2013 // Ram boys tally five points in first day
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales’ track teams didn’t have the day they’d hoped for on Friday in the Class 3A state meet.The PHS boys put five points on the board, getting a fourth-place...

Portales eliminated at state

Friday, May 17th, 2013 //
Portales couldn’t cobble together another magical run through the loser’s bracket at the state tournament a third time.Senior Erin Torrez’ home run over the centerfield fence in the...

Clovis has solid first day

Friday, May 17th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner dwagner@cnjonline.com
ALBUQUERQUE — Truth be told, Clovis High's track teams would certainly have liked to do better on Friday's first day of Class 5A state track competition at the University of New Mexico track f...

Portales track squads hope to make noise

Thursday, May 16th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner: CMI staff writer
Both Portales High track teams know they have their work cut out in this weekend’s Class 3A state meet at the University of New Mexico track facility in Albuquerque, but they hope to make some n...

Wildcat track squad unsure where it will finish

Thursday, May 16th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner: CMI staff writer
Clovis High boys track coach Darren Kelley expects his squad to do reasonably well in this weekend’s Class 5A state meet at the University of New Mexico track facility in Albuquerque.Just where...

Three Greyhounds receive Daktronics team slots

Thursday, May 16th, 2013 // CMI staff
Three Eastern New Mexico University baseball players, the most in program history, were named to the Daktronics All-South Central teams Thursday.Senior Peter Creamer was named to the first team as a d...

Wolverines reach 2A semifinals

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 // By Isaac Avilucea CMI correspondent
RIO RANCHO — “We want more; we want more,” piped a member of the Texico baseball team from the dugout of Cleveland High School, in a nod to that popular phone commercial with the cut...

STATE TRACK: Lady Cats eye big meet

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner CMI sports writer dwagner@cnjonline.com
Clovis High girls coach Mike Hankins thinks his squad has a chance to finish in the top four in this weekend’s Class 5A state track meet at the University of New Mexico track facility in Albuque...

Lady Cats' Berry garners state golf medal

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 // CMI staff
ALBUQUERQUE — Haley Berry had a tough day Tuesday, but she still came home with a state golf medal.Berry couldn’t repeat her first-day 79, which had her in third place in Class 5A state gi...

Lady Cats fifth after first day at state

Monday, May 13th, 2013 // CMI staff
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High’s golfers didn’t have their best day in Monday’s opening round of Class 5A state competition at UNM South, but they’re still positioned to do so...

Zias' Wilson moving on to Fresno Pacific

Monday, May 13th, 2013 // CMI staff
Eastern New Mexico University is looking for another women’s head coach.Days after softball coach Lauren Sigwing stepped down, basketball coach Lindsey Wilson turned in her resignation Monday.At...

Lady Cats ousted in state tennis

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 //
ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis High girls tennis team was eliminated from Class 5A state team competition on Friday with a 6-3 first-round loss to Cibola at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center.The Lady Wild...

Seventh heaven: Vixens keep streak going

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 // By Isaac Avilucea CNJ correspondent
ALBUQUERQUE — There’s only one word that properly describes the Fort Sumner girls track and field team, and that’s “dynastic.”The Vixens headed the field on an uber succe...

Portales girls tennis squad eliminated

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 // CMI staff
The Portales Lady Rams were ousted from state Class 1A-3A tennis competition on Friday with an 8-1 loss  to top-seeded Bosque at Albuquerque Academy H.S. The Lady Rams’ only win came on an...

ENMU tracksters honored

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 // CMI staff
By virtue of wins in last week’s Lone Star Conference meet at Canyon, Texas, Eastern New Mexico University’s Kaspars Briska and Joseph Metcalf are on the All-LSC men’s track squad, r...

ENMU quartet off to finals rodeo

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 // By Dave Wagner: CMI staff writer
 Courtesy photoSenior Katelyn Lide ties her goat during last fall’s ENMU College Daze Rodeo at Lewis Cooper Arena. Lide will make her third trip to the College National Finals Rodeo, and fi...

Hollis’ distance double effort comes up short

Friday, May 10th, 2013 // By Isaac Avilucea CMI correspondent
ALBUQUERQUE — The strategy for Texico’s Colton Hollis in the Class 2A boys 3,200 meters could be classified as a simpleton’s game plan.“I just wanted to come out and run as har...