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Donnie Garcia named Rattlers football coach
It’s time to usher in the Donnie Garcia era for Tucumcari High School football. Garcia, a football coach at Tucumcari Middle School for 12 years and an assistant coach for the high-school football...
Logan's Strong named Player of the Year
Logan catcher Park Strong was named Class 1A Player of the Year and Logan coach Kyle Griffiths was named Class 1A Coach of the Year during recent...
Former THS hoops star transfers to ENMU
A former Tucumcari High School girls basketball star is returning to eastern New Mexico. Ashley Shipley has transferred from Texas A&M-Commerce to...
MCC bull rider finishes fourth at CNFR
Andy Guzman of Mesalands Community College finished fourth in bull riding overall Saturday at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming. Guzman also earned men’s Rookie of the Year...
Retired Logan coach a finalist for national honor
Recently retired Logan High School track and volleyball coach Robert Young received notice Monday he’s a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s National Coach of the...
Logan eighth-grader to compete at rodeo nationals
A Logan eighth-grader will be one of New Mexico's representatives at a national rodeo competition in Georgia later this month. Rylan Montoya, a...
San Jon adds wrestling to sports offerings
SAN JON — The San Jon Municipal School board voted to add wrestling to its list of sports offerings this fall but balked at adding esports until it learned more about it. The board during its...
MCC lands local athletes for cross-country and esports
Mesalands Community College last week announced commitments from several area athletes for its new cross-country and esports programs that are set to launch this fall. On Friday, a signing ceremony...
THS football coach steps down
To hear Wayne Ferguson tell it, he resigned Thursday as Tucumcari High School football's head coach because the opportunity presented itself to do...
Banquet a last hurrah for Encinias, booster president
The first Diamondback Booster Club athletic banquet since 2019 served as the last hurrah for the club's outgoing president and a retiring...
THS wrestling coach retires
Tucumcari High School's wrestling program reached the end of an era when head coach Eddie Encinias submitted his retirement letter last week after 22...
Six Longhorns named all-district
The Class 1A champion Logan High School baseball team saw six of its players earn first-team all-district honors this season, the most of any squad...
Two Rattlers earn all district in baseball
As a possible signal of a brighter future for its program, Tucumcari High School baseball saw two eighth-graders earn all-district honors this season. Rattlers coach George Montano said centerfielder...
Area youths compete in local 4-H contests
Quay County youth, ranging in age from 5 to 18, recently spent two weeks competing in their 4-H county contests. The following lists are contest winners by age division. Novices and juniors will go...
Lady Rattlers notch first-ever win in softball playoffs
Tucumcari’s softball program notched a milestone Wednesday with its first-ever postseason victory in a come-from-behind 13-12 win over Zuni in the Class 3A play-in game at Cleveland High School in...
Longhorns repeat as champs
Rematch, and repeat. Logan's second-seeded baseball team on Saturday faced top-seed Gateway Christian for the second straight year in the Class 1A cha...
Four Lady Rattlers make all-district
Four players from Tucumcari's Class 3A tournament-qualifying softball team recently earned all-district honors. Junior shortstop Alexus Lafferty,...
Logan volleyball, track coach retires
The Robert Young era recently came to an end for the Logan High School's highly successful track and volleyball teams, as he is retiring from...
Logan nabs district title in baseball
The Logan baseball team blasted host Cimarron during a doubleheader last week and in the process wrapped up a regular-season district championship. The Longhorns defeated the Rams 18-5 in the first ga...
Rattlers win 3 state track titles
ALBUQUERQUE - Tucumcari athletes nabbed a total of three individual state championships and came within an eyelash taking a fourth during the NMAA...
Logan baseball, Tucumcari softball begin playoffs this week
The Logan baseball team earned a No. 2 seed in the Class 1A state tournament and will face district rival and third-seeded Melrose in a semifinal Friday. Meanwhile, Tucumcari’s softball team earned...
Logan track teams finish third at state
ALBUQUERQUE - Logan athletes took home a total of four titles during the NMAA Class 1A State Track and Field Championships, and the Longhorn girls...
Lady Rattlers sweep Logan
LOGAN - The playoffs-bound Tucumcari softball team finished its regular season last week with a doubleheader sweep of winless Logan. The Lady...
Logan girls get first win in finale
The Logan softball team earned its first victory of 2022 with a resounding 17-6 win last week over Clayton in the season finale. It appeared the Lady Longhorns, who are rebuilding their program after...
Rattlers golfers end their season
None of the members of the Tucumcari boys golf team advanced from the district meet last week at the New Mexico Military Institute course in Roswell. Tucumcari score a 521 at the five-team meet....
