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The Tucumcari girls track team breezed to a district title during the Class 3A-4 meet Friday at Ruidoso High School. The Lady Rattlers amassed 121 1/2 points, well ahead of runner-up Dexter’s 100 points in the team standings. Ruidoso was third with 86 points, and New Mexico Military Institute finished with 61 1/2. Haisley Huffman, a senior, captured two district titles for the Lady Rattlers. Her 17 feet, 4 1/2 inch effort in the long jump won the event by well over a foot, and her 35-10 distance in the triple jump won it by more than three f...
LOGAN - The Longhorns baseball team nabbed another district title Friday in dramatic fashion - a walk-off, three-run home run in extra innings by sophomore Mason Wallin, capping a 6-3 comeback victory over defending Class 1A champion Melrose in the first game of a doubleheader. Wallin also scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning, when the Buffaloes were one strike from securing the win. That run forced extra innings. Logan finished the day at 16-4 overall and...
Logan track standout Haden Judd and his younger sister Makinlee Judd played substantial roles in helping their respective teams win district titles on Saturday. Haden Judd, a junior, won three individual events - the 100-meter dash (11.72 seconds), 200-meter dash (0:23.73) and 400-meter dash (0:51.27) as the Longhorns breezed to a team district championship with 187 1/2 points. Melrose was a distant runner-up with 100 1/2 points at the six-team meet. Meanwhile, freshman Makinlee Judd won two...
Logan was seeded No. 1 in the Class 1A baseball tournament and earned a first-round bye this week. The Longhorns (16-4) won’t play until the semifinals at 10 a.m. May 16 on Field 5 of the Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex in west Albuquerque. Logan will play the winner of fifth-seeded Grady (11-5) vs. fourth-seeded Mesilla Valley Christian (13-4). Those teams will face each other at Las Cruces on Wednesday. Gateway Christian (13-5) is the No. 2 seed and also earned a first-round bye. Gateway will play in the semifinals the winner o...
Mesalands Community College has a new rodeo coach, and he’s holds some familiarity with the Stampede program because he helped guide athletes against it. Mesalands interim president Allen Moss announced last week the hiring of Bo Segerman to take over the Stampede. Segerman had been an assistant rodeo coach for two years at New Mexico State University, a rival to Mesalands in the Grand Canyon Region. Segerman said NMSU’s head coach told him about the opening in Tucumcari. “I think it’s a great program,” he said in a phone interview last week...
The Logan softball team remained in contention for a district title with a resounding 19-2 victory Friday at Clayton. Logan’s Marilyn Moreno hit a triple and an inside-the-park home run. She drove in four runs and scored four times. Presley Griffitt hit a double, drove into two runs and scored twice. Logan starting pitcher Zaiyana Grijalva struck out nine batters in three innings. The Lady Longhorns were scheduled to play a second game that afternoon, but it was postponed by lightning. Logan instead will host Clayton for a district d...
Tucumcari’s baseball team finished its regular season with a district doubleheader loss Saturday at East Mountain by scores of 13-0 and 17-0. After starting the season with a decent 3-5 record, the Rattlers lost 12 district games in a row. East Mountain improved to 18-7 overall and captured the district title with an 11-1 mark, edging No. 2-ranked New Mexico Military Institute by one game. East Mountain is ranked fourth in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com. In the first game, the Rattlers managed just one hit against Timberwolves pitchers Cole D...
The Tucumcari girls softball team dropped a close district doubleheader at home Saturday against Dexter by scores of 11-9 and 9-8. During the 11-9 loss, Harley McKinney smacked three doubles, scored three runs and drove in another. Alexis Ramirez and Caylee Benavides each drove in two runs. Tucumcari pitcher Mia Estrada allowed 13 hits and two walks while striking out six in seven innings. “We had them,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “We committed a couple of errors early in the game. Dexter scored just four earned runs.” Despite the losses,...
In a final tune-up before their district meet, the Logan girls team finished runner-up in the 13-team Wolverine Invitational last Tuesday at Texico. The Lady Longhorns scored 85 1/2 points, behind host Texico and its 127 1/2 points. Tucumcari’s girls finished ninth with 16 points. The San Jon girls scored eight points for 12th place. Logan’s Kaylee Williams won the 100-meter dash (0:13.20) and the triple jump (34-9), then finished second in the 200-meter dash (0:27.65). Teammate Makinlee Judd won the 300-meter hurdles (0:51.53) and fin...
Logan broke open a close game in the sixth inning to secure an 11-4 district victory at No. 1-ranked Melrose last Monday. The Longhorns were clinging to a 5-4 lead when they scored five in the top of the sixth. Jace Jackson and Mason Wallin each had big hits during the rally. Wallin went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run and four RBI. Jackson and Kaeden Stoner each drove in two runs, and Mitchell Wall hit a solo homer. On the mound, Stoner and reliever Brock Burns combined for 12 strikeouts and allowed just four runs (two earned). “Our pitch...
The Logan High School boys and girls teams each prevailed over the rest of the field at the nine-team EPAC Varsity Meet on Saturday at Logan. The Longhorns breezed to the title with 139 points, well past runner-up Melrose and its 104 points. House finished with nine points. The Lady Longhorns scored 99 points to edge the runner-up Lady Buffs and their 93 points. Logan’s Haden Judd won three events — the 100-meter dash (11.36 seconds), the 300-meter hurdles race (0:42.55) and pole vault (15 feet). He also finished second in the 200-meter das...
Tucumcari senior long-jumper Haisley Huffman came close to breaking the school record in that event but settled for first place instead during the six-team Tucumcari Quad meet at Rattler Stadium last Tuesday. Huffman, a two-time Class 3A champion in the long jump, was hoping to surpass the THS record of 18 feet set by Sandy Fortner in 2002. Huffman logged measured jumps of 18 feet, 5 inches and 18 feet, 8 inches but scratched during both attempts, thwarting her bid to break the school mark...
The Tucumcari softball team reeled off four straight wins last week, including a doubleheader sweep Wednesday at Clayton. Tucumcari won the non-district games over the Yellowjackets by scores of 26-2 and 18-0, with both shortened by the mercy rule. In the opener, the Lady Rattlers scored nine runs in the third inning and 13 in the fourth. Tucumcari rapped 15 hits and drew 24 walks. Alexis Ramirez went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a double and a triple, with six RBI. Angel Vasquez also hit a double and a triple and drove in three runs. Amaya...
The Rattlers managed just three hits during a 12-0 district loss last Tuesday at Sandia Prep. The Sundevils scored in every inning of the game, which was shortened due to the mercy rule. Nick Goen, Josh Griego and Pat Garcia were the only Rattlers to produce hits against Sandia Prep. Goen smacked a double. Three Sandia Prep pitchers combined to strike out eight and allowed five walks during the shutout. Five Tucumcari errors led to six unearned runs for starting pitcher Goen and reliever Griego. Tucumcari fell to 3-13 overall and 0-8 in...
Tucumcari's softball team managed just five hits during an 8-0 district loss Thursday at state-ranked Dexter. The Lady Rattlers trailed 3-0 through four innings, and the Lady Demons scored five in the fifth to seize control. Haisley Huffman went 2-for-3 with two doubles for Tucumcari. Alexis Ramirez, Angel Vasquez and July Lafferty also hit singles for the Lady Rattlers. Tucumcari didn't have many other opportunities against Dexter eighth-grade pitcher Kaylonie Nevarez, who walked one batter...
The Tucumcari baseball team still was searching for its first district win of the season after a doubleheader loss Thursday at Ruidoso by scores of 20-1 and 13-3. The Warriors swamped the Rattlers (3-12, 0-7) with 13 runs in the opening inning of the first game. Ruidoso totaled 26 hits during the contest, while Tucumcari had just three. Pat Garcia went 3-for-3 at the plate and scored Tucumcari’s only run in the third. Logan Sandoval was a one-man wrecking crew for Ruidoso, going 5-for-5 with a home run, a double and seven RBI. Josiah Sanchez p...
GRADY - Look out for the Longhorns. Logan's baseball team dominated formerly No. 1-ranked Grady during a district doubleheader Friday by scores of 14-0 and 12-0, setting up a key clash at district rival and defending Class 1A champion Melrose on Monday. In the first game, the Longhorns belted five home runs - including two each by Mason Wallin and Jace Jackson - and scored in every inning against the Bronchos. Logan ace Kaeden Stoner needed just 55 pitches for a complete-game, five-inning...
The Logan girls track team edged county rival Tucumcari for the team title Saturday at the 19-team Fox-Vixen Relays on Saturday at Fort Sumner. In boys competition, Logan’s Haden Judd won three individual events and was second in another, but the Longhorns finished runner-up in the team standings to district rival Melrose. The Lady Longhorns finished with 75 1/2 team points, while the Lady Rattlers took the runner-up spot with 53 points. The Logan girls had just one individual champion — Makinlee Judd in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.4...
The Logan softball team swept a district doubleheader at Pecos by scores of 22-2 and 23-2 on Friday. In the opener, Logan pitcher Zaiyana Grijalva struck out six in three innings and went 2-for-2 with two walks and four runs scored. In the second game, Brookel Smith went 4-for-4 for the Lady Longhorns with two doubles and seven RBI. In the second game, Grijalva struck out six batters again and went 3-for-3 from the plate with three runs scored and two RBI. Kara Bibbs had three RBI and cracked a double that missed being a home run by inches....
The Logan High School girls powerlifting team finished third at the state meet Friday, powered by runner-up finishes from Abby Paris and Kyle Terry. San Jon’s Dakota Fisher also finished runner-up in her weight class during the meet at the Rio Rancho Events Center. The Lady Longhorns team finished with 17 points, behind runner-up Estancia’s 20 points and Class 1A-3A champion Legacy Academy’s 32 points. Legacy boasted three individual state champions. Terry, competing in the 97-pound weight class, lifted a total of 355 pounds in the bench press...
Tucumcari's softball team won two of three home games last week, including a 12-2 non-district victory over Mora in five innings Friday. The Lady Rattlers won the game by the mercy rule with seven runs in the fifth inning, including an RBI single by Amaya Roybal to cap off the rally. Tucumcari (6-3) amassed 11 hits against the Rangerettes (5-4), including two doubles and two RBI by Alexis Ramirez. Harley McKinney scored three runs and drove in another. "We had little bit more energy today, hit t...
Tucumcari’s baseball team found itself on the wrong end of a no-hitter during a 12-0 district loss Saturday to visiting New Mexico Military Institute. NMMI starting pitcher Tegin Maloney struck out 10 in 4 2/3 innings. Reliever Luis Patton pitched the final one-third of the inning for the win. Collectively, Colts pitchers allowed just one walk — drawn by Juano Martinez. Tucumcari’s Paxton Smith also reached base when he was hit by a pitch. NMMI committed no errors. “NMMI is one of the best in 3A,” Tucumcari coach George Montano said. “They hav...
The Logan baseball team swept a non-district doubleheader last Tuesday from visiting Magdalena by scores of 11-1 and 14-8, extending its win streak to six. In the opener, the Longhorns (7-2) jumped to a 7-0 lead after two innings. Ace Kaeden Stoner allowed just two hits and two walks while fanning 10 during a complete game. Stoner also went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBI. Brock Burns and Jace Jackson each drove in three runs. In the nightcap, Logan trailed 4-1 before rallying with six runs in the bottom of the third inning. The...
Tucumcari High School is on the hunt for its fourth head football coach in four years. Tucumcari Public Schools interim superintendent Dave Johnson confirmed last week that Tarik Embrack is not returning for a second season for the Rattlers program after being placed on administrative leave early this year. Embrack was placed on leave after Johnson was notified of an unspecified allegation in January. Johnson said an independent investigative firm examined the district's internal investigation...
Logan High School senior Kaeden Stoner signed an official letter of intent to join the Wayland Baptist University baseball program in Texas after this season. Logan Municipal Schools on Tuesday hosted a signing ceremony in the district's Performing Arts Center attended by his family, coaches and the student body. After signing the document, Stoner took off his Longhorns baseball cap and donned a WBU cap. Stoner, a four-year varsity player, has played a key role in two Class 1A championships and...