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PORTALES — Greyhounds coach Kelley Lee said it best about Saturday night’s 21-11 loss to No. 1 Texas A&M-Commerce at Greyhound Stadium. “Three first-half drives inside the red zone, resulting in just three points.” For Eastern New Mexico, there was certainly a somber feeling after the game, and it wasn’t necessarily because the Greyhounds now fall to 0-3 on the season — 0-1 in Lone Star Conference play. Instead, it was the disappointed feeling of knowing that they had the No. 1 team in the land...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico’s 2018 home football opener proved to be a mirror image of the previous week, as untimely penalties and a lack of execution cost the Greyhounds on Saturday night. The Hounds got themselves into a 31-0 hole by halftime, as a strong second half could not save them in a 34-21 defeat at the hands of 25th-ranked Colorado Mesa. “We just can’t get out of our own way,” ENMU coach Kelley Lee explained. “Penalties — we had two big plays called back. It ends up being a two-tou...
RIO RANCHO - It's been a long way coming for coach Robert Young and his Logan Longhorns, but now they can call themselves 2A state volleyball champions. The 'Horns went the full five sets against Ramah on Saturday morning, but prevailed - 20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 24-26 and 15-9 to capture the school's first-ever state title. "It's special for us," Young said. "It's special for me and it's special for the girls and the community. When I was in Jal, we lost to Tatum in 2005, and just the experience of...
RIO RANCHO — For the fourth year in a row — and eighth time under head coach Kristen Scanlan, the Texico Wolverines are state champions. Texico won yet another 3A state volleyball title at the 2017 NMAA State Volleyball Championships on Saturday afternoon, needing just three sets to take care of Santa Rosa — 25-18, 25-16, 25-19. “It’s the girls that got that win and we (as coaches) kinda come along for the ride,” Scanlan said. “It’s a blessing to be with such great young women — who, not only love the game of volleyball, but they love the Lor...
RIO RANCHO — To be the best, you have to beat the best. On Saturday night, the Melrose Buffaloes proved that old adage to be true, knocking off a Goliath of sorts in Elida, for the Class 1A state volleyball crown. For Melrose, it’s the sixth state title in school history, as it pulled the narrowest sweep in the history of narrow sweeps, 25-23, 26-24, 26-24. “The girls came in refusing to lose today. We knew all year that were just as good as that team, and we just couldn’t get over that hump,” Melrose coach Casey Jackson said. “Today we...
PORTALES — What looked like a blowout early for the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds ultimately turned into a down-to-the-wire affair in last Saturday’s homecoming game against UT-Permian Basin. The Hounds got out to a 17-0 first-half lead, only to see the Falcons line up for a potential game-tying field goal with just 39 seconds left. Trailing 20-17, following a strong second-half push, UT-Permian Basin (1-5, 1-3 Lone Star Conference) put together a five play, 51 yard drive to position themselves for a possible game-tying 47-yard field goal, wit...
