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Vol. 88 ◆ No. 218

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Participants on the McDonald’s float, dressed as penguins, dance and wave at the crowd as they walk in the Portales Christmasparade Friday night on South Avenue D.

Nurse grads head into field❏ Twelve registered nurseand 34 practical nursegraduates recognized.

By Kurt Munz-RaperSTAFF WRITER

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CLOVIS — Sacrifices and dedicationhave paid off for Clovis CommunityCollege nursing graduates.

CCC hosted a pinning ceremony forregistered and practical nurse graduatesFriday at the Clovis Civic Center where12 registered nurse graduates and 34practical nurse graduates were recog-nized.

“The students that are gathered herehave just completed the most intense,highly regarded nursing program avail-able,” said CCC President BeckyRowley. “I know that all of you havesacrificed a great deal to reach this point,but you’re going to be faced with evenmore challenges as you begin yourcareers as nurses. The profession thatyou have chosen places high ethicaldemands on its practitioners and weassume that as graduates of this pro-gram, you will always demonstrate the

honesty, integrity and caring essential tohigh quality nursing.”

The ceremony was sentimental forpractical nurse graduate KennyMarcellus and registered nurse graduateSamantha Walls, who spoke at the cere-mony.

“Welcome to this very memorablemoment. All of our hard work is begin-ning to pay off,” said Marcellus. “I canrecall many nights of frustration, fatigueand anxiety. I can also recall candidmoments of accomplishment after aclinical... and after helping care for acritically ill patient.

“Nursing school has shown me thetrue meaning of strength and the fine artof perseverance. I’m convinced that ifyou can make it through nursing school,you can make it through anything.”

Walls spoke about the importance ofgraduates pursuing their passion, espe-cially in the nursing field.

“We started from the bottom, and nowwe are here,” said Walls. “Through allthe tears, happiness, anger, complainingand financial frustration, we did do it. Inthe words of philanthropist Joe Plumeri,‘you can Google for an answer, you canGoogle for a mate, you can Google for a

Officials: Grant will enhance airport runway❏ Official says projecthas transitioned to design phase.

By Douglas ClarkSTAFF WRITER

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CLOVIS — Clovis MunicipalAirport officials said they havelanded an $8 million federalgrant that will greatly enhanceone of the airport’s runways.

“We’ve been working with theFAA and state aviation depart-ment to work on our crosswind

runway and the primary apron inthe tarmac area,” said AirportDirector Kyle Berkshire. “Wehad been lobbying for renova-tion of the concrete apron withnew markings. There had been arunway extension four or fiveyears ago, so we’ll be workingto finish out all of our pave-ments for commercial services— especially when you considerthe last two months jet traffichas increased.”

Berkshire said the projectcalls for the FAA to fund 90 per-cent of the grant, with the airportand state paying 5 percent each,

and has transitioned to thedesign phase with KSAEngineering and the FAA.

He said construction couldbegin next fall.

“This is the biggest project atthe airport within the last 20 to30 years,” said Berkshire, whoreferenced the airport has sixrunways — four paved and twoturf. “We’ve been talking withthe FAA for about five months toget the project off the ground.We really needed this becausethe apron is in terrible shape.Once the work is done, therewill be a new concrete ramp,

drainage system and markings.”KSA Engineers Project

Manager Molly Waller saidBerkshire is to be commendedfor due diligence in emphasizingthe importance of the project toFAA personnel.

“Kyle came on board and wehad been working on an apronreconstruction,” said Waller,who likened the apron to an air-craft parking lot. “He wanted tomeet with the FAA staff on thegrant. Kudos to Kyle for takingthe initiative to demonstrate theneed. This is a pretty big deal,because the FAA is not into

funding a lot of apron projects,as most communities are forcedto take on those responsibilitiesto address that type of concern.But thanks to Kyle’s efforts, theFAA expanded the scope ofwork from a commercial apronto the general aviation apron, thetaxiways and one primary run-way.”

Waller said the grant is fundedvia the FAA’s $3.25 billion trustfund, which is generated fromticket and fuel taxes and sharedamong airports throughout thenation.

Measuresapprovedsupportingsheriff❏ Roosevelt attorneydirected to file motion to have petition dismissed.

By Alisa BoswellMANAGING EDITOR

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PORTALES — Roosevelt County pub-lic officials are standing up for their sher-iff.

County Commissioners on Fridayemerged from a special session toapprove measures addressing whatthey’ve called “frivolous lawsuits” andother complaints against Sheriff MalinParker.

Commissioners approved county attor-ney Randy Knudson filing a motion tohave a recently filed petition dismissed,as well as asking the petitioners paycounty court and attorney fees regardingthe petition.

A petition was filed Dec. 2 in districtcourt attempting to remove Parker fromhis elected position. This followed HobbsFifth Judicial District Attorney DiannaLuce’s decision the previous day to notfile criminal charges against Parker. Thesheriff was being investigated for allega-tions he lied on an arrest affidavit; theprosecutor found no evidence to supportthe claims.

The petition, filed by Portales attorneyEric Dixon, stated that five arrest affi-davits were signed by Parker that includ-ed the statement that the informant in thecases “has in the past proved to give reli-able credible information that led to therecovery of thousands of dollars in stolenproperty and gave information that led totwo felony arrests,” when in fact noarrests had been made due to the inform-ant.

The petition was filed on behalf ofCody Banister, Armando Pena — defen-dants in two of the five cases entailing thealleged false affidavit — and ElsaHernandez, a relative of IrisemaHernandez.

Irisema Hernandez was killed in avehicle accident while being pursued bythe sheriff’s office. The Hernandez fami-ly has filed a lawsuit against Parker,accusing him of not following safe pur-suit policy during the incident.

The county’s motion to dismiss statedthat New Mexico law states that “the pro-cedure for bringing an accusation seekingremoval of an elected official such asSheriff Malin Parker is by way of grandjury accusation and not by a private citi-

Staff photo: Tony Bullocks

RN graduate Amanda Stacy is hugged by nursinginstructor Erica Probasco after being pinned atFriday’s pinning ceremony at the Clovis CivicCenter. PARKER on Page 3APINNING on Page 3A

By Alisa BoswellMANAGING EDITOR

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PORTALES — The waterthat comes from the Portaleswastewater plant is cleanerthan almost any other waterin eastern New Mexico,according to plant ForemanChris Cordova.

Cordova educatedPortales High School stu-dents on Friday as heexplained to them that thenew water plant makes theroughly 707,000 gallons ofwater it sends out per daytwice as clean as the oldplant was able to through atwo-step filtering processthat includes disinfection.

The water that leaves theplant is almost clean enoughto drink, said Cordova, say-ing that the plant’s processtakes the NTU measurement

in the water — the measure-ment of the amount of efflu-ent, or bad stuff, in the water— from over 600 down toanywhere from 1.49 to 4

NTUs. “The same water you pull

out of the tap is the samewater that was here when thedinosaurs were,” Cordova

told the students, adding thatEarth recycles water natural-ly but the plant takes itthrough a stronger cleaningprocess to make it reusablefor watering parks and more.

Public Works DirectorJohn DeSha said the plant isnow using a process called“activated sledge” where theplant controls the entiretreatment process asopposed to before whenmother nature treated thewater.

“The plant is producingwater that is very, very cleanand very safe, but it wasnever designed to be drink-ing water,” he said. “We’retaking as much of the organ-ic material out of it as wecan. The water that’s beencleaned, goes out into thatpond (at the plant), and wefilter and chlorinate it beforewe send it out.”

Staff photo: Alisa Boswell

Portales waste water plant Foreman Chris Cordova, farright, shows Portales High School students wherewater flows to at the treatment plant Friday afternoonduring a tour.

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The city of Portales announcedFriday that the road work to takeplace Monday-Wednesday at FirStreet and North Avenue I and onMain Street from First to therailroad tracks has been can-celed by the New MexicoDepartment ofTransportation due tounforeseen circumstances.

FYI Portales students get wastewater lesson

Child molestation case remandedBy Alisa BoswellMANAGING EDITOR

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PORTALES — Portales DistrictJudge Donna Mowrer remanded achild molestation case back to magis-trate court Friday due to the defendantnot understanding paperwork hesigned.

Jacen Burton, 40, a former Portalesman who had been living in Elgin,Oklahoma, was arrested in August andcharged with eight counts of criminalsexual penetration of a child under 13years old.

Burton appeared in magistrate courtFriday morning on a motion to with-draw the waiver he signed Aug. 26, the

scheduled date of his preliminary hear-ing. The document waived Burton’srights to preliminary and grand juryhearings.

Craig Acorn of Albuquerque,Burton’s attorney, said his client didnot understand what he was signing.Burton was being represented then bypublic defender Gokul KrishnaSripada of Roswell, but Portales publicdefender Evan Arendell filled in whenSripada couldn’t make the hearing.

Burton testified that when signingthe waiver, it was with the understand-ing it would lower his bond to thepoint he could get out of jail, and onlywaive that day’s hearing — not theentire preliminary and grand jury hear-ing process.

Assistant District Attorney JakeBoazman had Arendell testify that hedid explain the waiver to Burton.Boazman added the document Burtonsigned was titled “Waiver ofPreliminary Hearing.”

Acorn said Sripada was under theimpression the state didn’t have wit-nesses available and would ask for acontinuance, and that was communi-cated to Arendell. Instead, Acorn said,the state was ready to go, and Arendellhad no file for Burton on hand.

Mowrer agreed to remand the caseback to magistrate court for a new pre-liminary hearing, based on Burton’stestimony and Arendell not being in aposition to defend the client.

On this date ...1976: The New

Mexico Department ofCorrections held itsmonthly meeting inClovis.

Officials announcedthere were 1,360 people instate prisons — a record.

Clovis’ Reuben Nieveswas the commission’schairman.

The NMDOC websitereports there are about7,240 inmates in popula-tion today.

1976: The third trywas the charm for ClovisCity Commissioner JimJacobs. After two failedattempts, he had finallyconvinced fellow commis-sioners to raise the rateson hangar rentals at ClovisMunicipal Airport.

Dirt-floor hangar rentalswere going from $30 permonth to $40; paved-floorhangars were going from$37.50 to $50; and largehangars were going from$85 to $115.

Airport Director KyleBerkshire said rates havenot changed much in 40years. Today’s rates range

from $75 to $115 permonth.

1971: Amarillo’sWestern National Bankwas robbed of at least$10,000 by three men inHalloween masks.

Witnesses said two menvaulted over the tellercounters and began goingthrough cash drawers. Thethird man stayed near thefront door.

All three men had guns.The incident happened

about 20 minutes after thebank opened. The robberywas completed in less thanfive minutes with noinjuries, United PressInternational reported.

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career, but you can’t Googleto find what’s in your heart,the passion that lifts you sky-ward.”

Graduates were no doubtrelieved at seeing the hardwork pay off after receivingtheir pins.

Jordan Cruz, a practicalnurse graduate, put it simplywhen he said he felt “greatand relieved” after the per-sistent late-night studying.

“It’s been stressful — astressful year,” said Cruz.“Just all in general. It’s atough situation. A lot of stuff,having that motivation andfocus and really being com-mitted.”

Cruz, a Clovis resident,said he worked at theRetirement Ranch as a certi-fied nurse assistant as part ofhis studies.

“It’s helped a lot. It getsyou really well with commu-nicating with patients andgetting along with patients,”said Cruz, who now hopes towork towards becoming aregistered nurse.

Being a part of the pro-gram was a collaborativeeffort among peers for practi-cal nurse graduate AllyssaArceneaux.

“It’s always been a dream

of mine and now I can sayI’m a legit nurse,” saidArceneaux. “(Most memo-rable to me are) the relation-ships with students, thefriendships that I know aregoing to last forever and (thehelp in) keeping up to date onturning paperwork in.”

Arceneaux, originallyfrom Pennsylvania, serves inthe Air National Guard.

“Eventually I want to crossterrain in the military andbecome a nurse for the mili-tary as well,” saidArceneaux.

Registered nurse graduateIsaac Ramirez also said hewas excited to finish the pro-gram.

“It’s bittersweet for sure,because our classmates aregoing our separate ways,”said Ramirez. “The hardwork’s paid off.”

A lengthy journey has con-cluded for registered nursegraduate Jackilynn Salinas,who spent five years study-ing to become a registerednurse.

“It’s gonna be amazing.The hardest part is done,”said Salinas, who entered theCCC program during herthird semester.

Salinas said she hopes to bea flight nurse, while Ramirezsaid he hopes to focus onemergency room work.

Ramirez worked withPlains Regional Medical

Center while Salinas workedwith the Lamb CountyHealthcare Facility inLittlefield during the pro-gram.

For both graduates, thenext steps are preparing for

the National CouncilLicensure Examination,working at UniversityMedical Center and studyingfor a bachelors in nursing atTexas Tech.

The program had its fair

share of challenges for bothRamirez and Salinas, howev-er.

“I think It’s just the timemanagement. A lot of paper-work, clinical and reading,”said Ramirez. “It’s a huge

sacrifice. A lot of reading anda lot of studying.”

“I had a baby betweenthird and fourth semester,”said Salinas. “I have a 4-month-old now. There aresacrifices everywhere.”

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Semester 4RN graduateSamanthaWalls wasselected asthe nursingstudents’speaker atFriday’s Fall2016 Nurses’PinningCeremony atthe ClovisCivic Center.

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Ramon RiveraOctober 2, 1992 – December 3, 2016

Ramon Rivera 24, of Clo-vis, NM died Saturday, De-cember 3, 2016, at Univer-sity Medical Center in Lub-bock. Visitation will be heldfrom 1:00 pm to 5:00 pmSunday, December 11,2016, and 8:00 am to 7:00pm Monday, December 12,2016, at Muffley FuneralHome, 1430 Thornton. Ser-vices will be held at 11:00am Tuesday, December 13,2016 at The Chapel, 1500Thornton, Clovis, NM, withPastor Rick Raney officiat-ing. Burial will follow at Por-tales Cemetery in Portales,NM. Anthony Ray Men-doza, Ryan Garcia, DanielPena, Thomas Garcia,Mark Herrera, and MarkHernandez will serve aspallbearers. Honorary pall-bearers will be Julio Rivera,Analiyah Garcia, and Zai-dyn Rivera.Ramon was born October 2, 1992 in Chicago, IL to Julio

Manue Rivera Sr. and Ramona Sandra Farris. He workedas a cook at Chilli's Restaurant. Ramon loved to cook, andvisiting with friends. His family will always remember him asbeing very loving. He attended Faith Christian FamilyChurch.Suvivors include: his mother; Ramona Farris of Clovis,

NM, father; Julio Rivera Sr. of Chicago, IL, a brother; JulioRivera Jr. of Oklahoma, a sister; Analiyah Garcia of Clovis,NM, a nephew; Zaidyn Rivera of Clovis, NM, two grand-mothers; Christina Jones of Clovis, NM and Lydia Rivera ofChicago, IL, and step-grandparents; Ermalinda and JimmyGarcia of Portales, NM. He was preceded in death by his step-father; Ivan Garcia,

and great-grandmother; Maxine Aragon.Arrangements have been entrusted to Muffley Funeral

Home 575 762-4435 muffleyfuneralhome.comJane Elizabeth RosinJuly 12, 1926 – December 6, 2016

Jane Elizabeth (neeMilnes) Rosin passedDecember 6, 2016, inCollege Station, Texas.Memorial services willbe conducted at 1:00PM, Monday, December12, 2016, at CovenantPresbyterian Church,220 Rock Prairie Road,College Station, TX. Amemorial service will beconducted in Portales,NM at a later date. Cre-mation services are inthe care of Callaway-Jones Funeral and Cre-mation Centers Bryan-College Station.She was born in

Grayling, Michigan, onJuly 12, 1926, to Roy O.and Myrle Peg Milnes.She graduated from Grayling High School before enrollingin the Cadet Nursing Corps program at Grace Hospital andWayne State University in Detroit, where she graduated asregistered nurse in 1947.She married William J. Bill Rosin on October 22, 1949, in

Grayling. Jane went west with Bill to Clovis, New Mexico,where he played professional baseball, later settling in Por-tales, and becoming affiliated with Eastern New MexicoUniversity. urse Jane was the Director of University HealthServices for 29 years before retiring in 1986. They havetwo daughters, Susan, and Shelly.Jane was an active member of the First Presbyterian

Church of Portales and the Covenant Presbyterian Churchin College Station. She was a 60-year member of Beta Sig-ma Phi Professional Sorority, a member of the PortalesRock Club, the Retired Teachers Association, and theE.N.M.U. Council of Professors Emeriti (C.O.P.E.). Janeand Bill traveled extensively all over the United States andinternationally. Mrs. Rosin was preceded in death by her loving husband,

Bill, of 57 years; parents Roy and Peg Milnes; and, grand-son, Tyler Benjamin Clark. She is survived by daughters Susan Clark and husband,

Tom (Lubbock, TX), and Shelly Wilson and husbandMichael (College Station, TX); two grandsons, Sam Clarkand his wife Lindsey and their daughter, Katelyn (Odessa,TX), and William Alexander Wilson (College Station, TX);and, her brother Roy O. Milnes, Jr. (Roscommon, MI), andnumerous nephews and nieces. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Presby-

terian Church of Portales at 108 S. Avenue F, Portales, NM88130 or Covenant Presbyterian Church in College Station.

Clare Jean (Cherry) HenleyMarch 29, 1939 – December 6, 2016

Clare Henley was born andraised in Clovis and graduat-ed from Clovis High School.She was the youngest daugh-ter of Walter Rowe Cherryand Viola Agatha (Smith)Cherry, who both grew up inRanchvale and raised theirfamily on Route 70 south ofClovis. Clare left the area when her

husband, Winfred F. (Winn)Henley was transferred withthe US Air Force, and shelived subsequently in Ger-many, Texas, Arkansas, Ok-lahoma, Maryland, and Vir-ginia, where she lived the lastfifteen years. Clare is survived by her brother, Jesse Cherry of Portales;

her sister, Della Harriman of Clyde, Texas; her son, LonnieHenley of Alexandria, Virginia; and her son, Charles Henleyand daughter, Leah Everhart, both of Fayetteville, NorthCarolina. Clare will be buried with Winn at Ft. Gibson National

Cemetery, Oklahoma.

Jane RosinJane Elizabeth Rosin, 90,

of College Station, Texas,died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016,in College Station.

She was born July 12,1926, in Grayling,Michigan.

Services: 1 p.m. (CST)Monday at CovenantPresbyterian Church,College Station, Texas.Services in Portales to bescheduled.

Information: 979-822-3717.

TodayKaren Kay Bell — 10

a.m. (CST) at StillwellBaptist Church, Clarksville,Arkansas.

Celeste Dunn — 11 a.m.at Wheeler MortuaryChapel, Portales

Eugene Lee — 2:30 p.m.at Wheeler MortuaryChapel, Portales

Edward Garcia Jr. — 4p.m. at Legacy Life Church,Clovis

MondayJane Elizabeth Rosin —

1 p.m. (CST) at CovenantPresbyterian Church,College Station, Texas

TuesdayRamon Rivera — 11

a.m. at The Chapel, ClovisPauline Bradford — 2

p.m. at Grady CemeteryDec. 18

Kenneth Ray Miller — 7p.m. at Holy Cross RetreatCenter Chapel, Mesilla Park

Kenneth MillerKenneth Ray Miller, 74,

formerly of Clovis, diedTuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, inSanta Rita, Guam.

He was born Jan. 24,1942, in Clovis.

Services: 7 p.m. Dec. 18at Holy Cross RetreatCenter Chapel, MesillaPark. Burial will be 12:45p.m. Dec. 21 at Santa FeNational Cemetery in SantaFe. A rosary will be recited6:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at thechapel.


Pauline BradfordMary Pauline Bradford,

94, of Clovis, died Friday,Dec. 9, 2016 at RetirementRanch.

She was born July 19,1922 in Bellview, CurryCounty.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesdayat Grady Cemetery.


Carmen Romero, 87, ofClovis, died Friday, Dec. 9,2016 at her home. Servicesare pending.

Arrangements are byMuffley Funeral Home.

Ramon RiveraRamon Rivera, 24, of Clovis, died Saturday, Dec. 3,

2016, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.He was born Oct. 2, 1992 in Chicago.Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at The Chapel, Clovis.

Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday atMuffley Funeral Home.


Death notices

Funerals

Services pending

Obituaries

zen filing a petition.”It’s the second time this

month the county has pub-licly defended its sheriff.

On Dec. 2, the county fileda response to a lawsuit filedby the town of Elida againstParker and the sheriff’soffice for interfering in Elidapolice business.

“Malin Parker is empow-ered to perform his lawenforcement function in anypart of this state as part of hisofficial obligations, which heowes to the public and to hisconstituents,” the countystated.

Elida officials havealleged Parker interferedwith Elida police business.That incident stemmed fromParker telling Elida policeChief Joe Alford that hecould not have an Elida resi-dent’s dog euthanized with-out a court order.

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2016The voice of Curry

and Roosevelt counties and beyond

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Politicians are servants, not saintsIfind it a little odd that

a nation that flocks tostories about heroes

who break the rulesbecomes shocked and out-raged when inconsequentialmisdeeds by candidates forpublic office and high-ranking officials are madepublic.

I’m going to relate thisto a public debate ragingabout former GeneralDavid Petraeus and HillaryClinton. Petraeus is cur-rently a candidate for sec-retary of state, and Clinton,of course, has alreadyserved in that capacity.

We admire people whodo great things, especiallyif they break rules that getin their way and defy

authority to do so, at leaston TV or in the movies.

Joe Don Baker in“Walking Tall.” HughLaurie as “House.” KyraSedgwick in “The Closer.”

In real life, though, youdon’t rise to great heightsin politics, business andespecially not inHollywood, unless you findyour way over, under,around or through the offi-cial tangle that gets in yourway. Sometimes ignoringofficial dictates is the onlyway to accomplish yourmost honorable goals.

I did that in a minor wayabout 20 years ago whenthe people in our depart-ment were guinea pigs fora work-logging system.

Each item we loggedrequired at least five min-utes of processing, becauseApple-and-Windows-basedcomputers didn’t play welltogether.

If I performed, say, 10loggable acts in a day, Iwould then spend over anhour a day logging them.

I stopped logging alto-gether after a few days toavoid this ironic waste of

time — ironic because thegoal was to help us usetime more efficiently.Oops.

About a month after Istopped logging, our pow-ers that be terminated theprogram anyway, after theyfound out that was howpeople were spending up to20 percent of their timeevery day.

Well, I didn’t accomplishgreat things with the time Isaved by not logging, but Isure got more things done.And I got away with it. Noharm, no foul.

Now come Petraeus andClinton.

President-elect DonaldTrump is likely to namePetraeus as his secretary of

state, or maybe MittRomney, which is a differ-ent can of worms. Bothhave ascended to theValhalla of the TrumpTower in The Donald’sfamous golden elevators.

Remember all that tur-moil about Trump puttingHillary under arrest forcompromising security?You may also rememberthat Petraeus paid a steeppersonal price, but no jailtime, for a similarly seriousalleged security breach.

There’s a lot of talkabout sauce for the gooseand gander. Advocates foreach say the other shouldbe in jail.

I think it’s time to stop.We aren’t nominating these

people for sainthood. Theywere both chosen as dedi-cated, extremely capablepublic servants who getthings done. Sometimes theonly way you can do that isto break the rules.

My question for the pub-lic is this: If we admire thisin, say, Steven Seagal, whycan’t we at least accept itfrom people who do amaz-ing and heroic real thingsevery day?

Steve Hansen writesabout our life and timesfrom his perspective of aretired Tucumcari journal-ist. Contact him at:

[email protected]

Ways to warm pets limitlessUsually it isn’t until you

need something that yourealize you don’t have it,

and, in keeping with the laws ofthe universe, cold weather is noexception.

When issues arise, one is oftenfaced with making a trip to thestore in uncomfortable or impassi-ble conditions, or ordering online,knowing the weather will probablychange before the item arrives.

Whether it’s a drastic tempera-ture plunge, power outage or justuneven heating in the house, onesuch moment may come when thehumans dig out their long johns,only to look over and see the petscurled in tight little shivering ballsor fighting for room under theblankets.

Such instances provide perfectopportunities for the person wholikes to save a little money, work

through a problem, and, who findssatisfaction in making things.

Here are some ideas usingquick, easy tricks, materials thatare already around the house, anda little creativity that will warm upthe pets, help pass time on thosestuck-indoors-days and give newpurpose to old clothes you’ve beenmeaning to get rid of:

■ Small dog or cat sweaters:Use anything with long sleeves —sweater, sweatshirt, jersey or T-

shirt material — lay it flat witharms stretched out and start at thecuff of one arm.

Along the top line of the sleeve,measure a length of what willcover your pet’s back from neck tothe base of the tail, and on theunderside, measure the lengthfrom your pet’s neck to mid-abdomen, then cut a straight linefrom one point to the other at a 45degree angle (this leaves the busi-ness parts exposed).

The cuff is now a turtleneck andthe longest side will be the top.Calculate where your pet’s legs arein relation to the neck, smooth outflat, pinch where the legs wouldbe, cut through both sides at onetime to create leg holes and yoursweater is done.

■ Sweaters for medium-largedogs: Re-purpose children’s oldshirts, dresses and sweaters forbigger pooches. To make them fit,

cut shirts or dresses at a length tokeep the hind legs free and trimand roll arms, or cut them off.

Another option is to cut eitherthe front or the back of the shirt ina straight line from neck to waistand quickly stitch in a couple ofsmall pieces of Velcro on eachside for an adjustable fit.

■ Legwarmers from old or oddsocks — Cut a hole in the toes ofold socks just big enough for yourbigger pet’s paw to fit through andslide on the legs for extra warmth.For smaller pets, do the same withold cotton glove fingers or infantsocks.

■ Itty-bitty sock-sweaters —For small dogs, puppies and kit-tens, cut the toe completely off anold or odd sock that can stretch tothe diameter of your pet’s widestpoint.

Smooth the sock flat, pinchwhere the legs would be, cut

through both sides at one time tocreate leg holes and enjoy yournew argyle critter.

■ Ski masks — Cut a sock atthe heel. The closed toe is now thetop of the head. Cut a face-sized,round hole in one side of the sockjust below the curve of the toe, cuttwo small slits for ears above thehole and use the bottom of thesock for a neck warmer.

Note: Be sure items fit comfort-ably.

Options for turning winternecessities into creative solutionsare limitless and can even turn intofun family activities — what betterway could there be to stay warm.

Sharna Johnson is alwayssearching for ponies. You canreach her at:

[email protected]

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By Russell ContrerasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBUQUERQUE — TheU.S. Department of Justice isinvestigating whetherAlbuquerque police lapelcamera videos have beenaltered or deleted, the U.S.Attorney’s Office announcedThursday.

U.S. Attorney spokes-woman Elizabeth Martinezconfirmed in an email thatthe Justice Department islooking into allegations ofdoctored police videos.Confirmation of the investi-gation came is the city ofAlbuquerque is making fed-

eral court-ordered reformsfor its police department.

Several requests weremade for a criminal investi-gation but Martinez declinedfurther comment.

The city’s police oversightboard had called for eitherthe FBI or New MexicoState Police to investigatethe allegations.

The concern stems fromcomments by former policerecords custodian ReynaldoChavez, who said in a nine-page sworn affidavit that thedepartment trained certainunits and command staff toedit videos of interactionswith civilians beginning in

2013.Chavez, who was fired in

2015, said videos werealtered after two fatal shoot-ings by police. His affidavitwas filed as part of a lawsuitover one of those shootings.

Albuquerque MayorRichard Berry’s administra-tion said in late Novemberthat the city would have anindependent investigatorreview the allegation.

City Councilor Pat Davispreviously also called for aninvestigation.

Following a string ofshootings, the U.S. JusticeDepartment in 2014 releasedfindings from a more thanyearlong investigation intoAlbuquerque police thatfaulted officers for usingunreasonable force withmentally ill people and oth-ers who could not comply

with officers’ commands. New Mexico Attorney

General Hector Balderasannounced Monday that asthe chair of the state’s LawEnforcement AcademyBoard, he has appointed asubcommittee to review andaudit the policies of morethan 190 of the state’s policedepartments, sheriff’soffices, and state lawenforcement agencies.

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Oil, gas parcelsspur protest

ALBUQUERQUE —Environmentalists are chal-lenging plans by federal landmanagers to lease fourparcels in northwestern NewMexico for oil and gasdevelopment, saying theproperty is too close toChaco Cultural NationalHistorical Park.

The world heritage siteand its outlying archaeologi-cal remnants have becomethe focus of the fight overexpanded drilling in one ofthe nation’s largest naturalgas fields as environmental-ists push to curtail develop-ment in the region.

The Bureau of LandManagement has alreadyestablished a 10-mile bufferaround the park.

Environmentalists say theparcels in question — whichcover less than two squaremiles — are near the homesof Navajo residents andwithin 20 miles of the park.

Two dispatchcenters to close

SANTA FE — The NewMexico Department ofPublic Safety is closing twodispatch centers and layingoff 11 dispatchers as itmoves toward a morestreamlined system for han-dling emergency calls.

KRQE-TV reports that acommunications center inAlamogordo will close Feb.3 and one in Roswell willclose in April.

Calls that would havegone to those two centerswill be routed to Las Cruces.Las Cruces is one of threeregional dispatch hubs thatwill eventually be able tohandle all radio and tele-phone traffic for DPS agen-cies statewide.

Officials say the hubs,located in Las Vegas,Albuquerque and LasCruces, will have updateddispatch systems that canfield calls and send them tounits anywhere in the state.

Man sentencedin mosque fire

HOUSTON — A man hasbeen sentenced to four yearsin prison for setting fire tothe mosque in Texas wherehe worshipped.

Gary Nathaniel Moorewas sentenced Friday inHouston after pleadingguilty to arson and using afire as a deadly weapon.Officials say surveillancevideo led investigators to the38-year-old Moore. He wasarrested several days afterthe Dec. 25, 2015, fire thatcaused significant damage.

Investigators have saidthere was no evidence of thefire being a hate crimeagainst the Islamic Societyof Greater Houston mosque.Officials say Moore hadworshipped at the mosquedaily for several years.

Moore must serve at leasthalf of the four-year termbefore being eligible forparole.

Four more Zikacases in Texas

DALLAS — State offi-cials have announced fourmore cases of Zika that arebelieved to have been trans-mitted in Texas, almost twoweeks after announcing thefirst such case.

That first case, announcedNov. 28, was a woman wholives in Brownsville, a townlocated on the Mexico bor-der. The Texas Departmentof State Health Services saidFriday that the new caseswere identified in tests con-ducted after her infectionwas uncovered.

Health officials are stillinvestigating, but say theadditional infections werelikely also acquired inBrownsville, near her home.Health officials say the addi-tional people were likelyinfected before mosquitocontrol efforts intensified inthe area.

None of those infected arepregnant. Infection duringpregnancy can lead to severebrain-related birth defects.

— Wire reports

Ruling ends county’s fire effortsBy Susan Montoya Bryan

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBUQUERQUE — A court rulinghas dashed any hopes one southernNew Mexico county had to address firedanger on national forest lands due tothe inaction of the federal government.

The federal appeals court in Denverfound that Otero County’s resolution totreat overgrown areas of the LincolnNational Forest along with a statestatute enabling counties to take actionunder certain circumstances conflictedwith federal law.

A 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealspanel said the case was a question ofconstitutional power and that federallaw pre-empted both the state statuteand the county’s resolution.

New Mexico enacted the so called“self-help” law for local communitiesin 2001, just months after a prescribedfire on federal land escaped from man-agers and raced across tinder-drymountainsides and into Los Alamos.The town was evacuated before theflames destroyed hundreds of homesand forced the temporary closure ofone of the nation’s premiere nuclearweapons laboratories.

The statute pointed to the inaction ofthe federal government to reduce therisk to lives and property and enabledcommissioners in those counties inwhich a disaster had been declared totake actions necessary to clean and thin

undergrowth or remove or log treeswithin the disaster area after consultingwith the U.S. Forest Service.

Otero County passed its resolution inMay 2011. The threat of wildfire wasworsening as New Mexico headed intowhat ultimately became an unprece-dented drought.

Over three-quarters of the county isfederal land, so the county declared anemergency and a disaster after federalofficials closed the Sacramento Ranger

District due to drought and high firedanger.

The county then hired a consultant toprepare a plan for restoring thousandsof acres of forest land by thinning treesand removing dead material. TheForest Service didn’t approve and tookthe case to court.

The appellate decision backs up a2015 lower court ruling.

The courts stated there’s no disputethat a local government can exercise its

police powers to mitigate fire dangerwithin its territorial boundaries, butfederal regulation requires permissionof the Forest Service before anyone cancut or otherwise damage any timber,free or other forest product in a nation-al forest.

The appeals court pointed to prece-dent, saying the U.S. Supreme Courthas found that the property clause ofthe U.S. Constitution gives the federalgovernment legislative and policepower over federal property. Althoughstate and local governments can ordi-narily exercise their police powers overfederal land within their boundaries,those powers must yield when theyconflict with federal law.

The court, however, declined toaddress questions about whether thecounty can hold the Forest Serviceliable under federal common law formaintaining a public nuisance — in thiscase extreme fire risk — on federalland.

County Commission chairwomanSusan Flores said she had not yetreviewed the ruling but noted that firedanger is something the county is stillliving with.

“Some of the fires we’ve had havebeen devastating,” she said.

Just this summer, on the southernedge of the Lincoln National Forest,flames destroyed dozens of homes andother buildings in the village ofTimberon.

Probe underway of alleged doctored police videos

Photo via wikipedia.org

A view of Lincoln National Forest along Crest Trail.

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SPORTS BLeading off

● BrieflyRhule hires quintet

WACO, Texas — Thefirst five hires by newBaylor coach Matt Rhuleinclude four members fromhis staff at Temple and along-time Texas highschool coach who was aBears receiver.

David Wetzel was hiredFriday after 13 seasons ashead coach and athleticdirector at Ronald ReaganHigh School in SanAntonio, and he was serv-ing as president of theTexas High School FootballCoaches Association.Wetzel lettered at Baylor in1990 and 1991 while play-ing for Grant Teaff and alsoearned a master’s degreefrom the school in 1994.

Sean Padden will serve asBaylor’s director of footballoperations, similar to therole at Temple the past fouryears.

Francis Brown and MikeSiravo were defensiveassistants at Temple, andEvan Cooper was directorof player personnel.

●● NBA TodayFFrriiddaayy’’ss ssttaarrss

❏ Wesley Matthews,Mavericks, matched a sea-son high with 26 points,helping Dallas top theIndiana Pacers 111-103.

❏ James Harden,Rockets, had 21 points, 12assists and nine rebounds tohelp the Rockets win, 102-99, over the Oklahoma CityThunder.

❏ Kyle Lowry, Raptors,scored 21 of his season-high 34 points in the secondhalf as Toronto rallied for a101-94 win over the BostonCeltics.

●● ScoreboardAAllll TTiimmeess MMSSTT

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Clovis 71, Aztec 52Muleshoe 66, Texico 64Fort Sumner 67, Clayton 63Melrose 70, Hobbs JV 59Farwell 59, Sundown 58Lubbock Christ the King at

Clovis Christian (n)Dora 73, Elida 33Floyd vs. Tatum (n)

GGiirrllssClovis 63, Aztec 51, OTTexico 51, Muleshoe 42Melrose vs. TatumFort Sumner 60, Clayton 29Lubbock Christ the King 44,

Clovis Christian 32Farwell 69, Friona 42Elida 36, Dora 27Hagerman 38, Floyd 32

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Clovis in Albuquerque Academytournament

Portales at Santa Rosa, 5 p.m.Texico, Farwell, Muleshoe in

Farwell tournamentFort Sumner in Logan tourna-

mentMelrose in Tiger Invitational at

ElidaSanta Fe Waldorf at Grady, 3:30

p.m.Plainview Christian at Clovis

Christian, 3:30 p.m.Bovina in Dimmitt tournament

GGiirrllssClovis in Rio Rancho tourna-

mentPortales in Capital City Classic

at Santa FeTexico, Farwell, Muleshoe in

Farwell tournamentFort Sumner in Logan tourna-

mentMelrose in Tiger Invitational at

ElidaSanta Fe Waldorf at Grady, 2

p.m.Plainview Christian at Clovis

Christian, 2 p.m.CCoolllleeggee

MMeennTarleton State at ENMU, 7 p.m.

WWoommeennTarleton State at ENMU, 5 p.m.

SSwwiimmmmiinnggClovis at Seminole, Texas, meet

● ContactManaging editor Kevin Wilson:763-6991 Ext. 317 or e-mail

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TTaarrlleettoonn SSttaattee aatt EENNMMUUMMeenn

■■ WWhheenn:: 7 p.m. today in a Lone Star Conference game at

Greyhound Arena

■■RReeccoorrddss:: Tarleton State 7-1 (3-0 LSC), ENMU 4-6 (0-3)

■■ LLaasstt mmeeeettiinngg:: Feb. 17, TSU defeated the Greyhounds 83-53 at

Portales.

■■ LLaasstt ttiimmee oouutt:: Both teams played on Thursday, Tarleton State

winning at Western New Mexico 70-49 while the Greyhounds lost athome to Texas A&M-Commerce 83-73.

■■ OOff nnoottee:: Tarleton, ranked 15th in NCAA Division II, averages 73.6

ppg and allows 59, holding opponents to 34 percent FG shooting and22 percent from 3-point range. … LLoonnnn RReeiissmmaann has been the team’scoach since 1988-89, posting a 630-243 record. He is one of six active

NCAA Division II coaches to reach 600 wins, and one of 15 all-time. …

Thursday’s game was the first away from home for the Texans. Theironly loss came on Nov. 25 to Colorado State-Pueblo 79-78. … Scoringleaders for Tarleton are junior Gs RRiiddeellll CCaammiiddggee (12.9 ppg) andDDeesshhaawwnn RRiiddddiicckk (10.9), and senior G CChhaannttzz CChhaammbbeerrss and senior

F RRoommoonndd JJeennkkiinnss (each at 10.4). … Despite a team FT mark under63 percent, Camidge is shooting 91 percent (20-of-22). Meantime,Jenkins is at the other end of the spectrum at 26 percent (11-of-42). …The Texans lead the all-time series with ENMU 40-8, including 17-5 at

Portales. TSU has won the last nine meetings.

WWoommeenn■■ WWhheenn:: 5 p.m. today in a Lone Star Conference game at

Greyhound Arena

■■ RReeccoorrddss:: Tarleton State (4-4, 3-0 LSC), ENMU 5-2 (3-0)

■■ LLaasstt mmeeeettiinngg:: Feb. 17, TSU handed the Greyhounds a 76-60

setback at Greyhound Arena.

■■ LLaasstt ttiimmee oouutt:: Both teams played on Thursday. The TexAnns

won at Western New Mexico 62-42 while the Hounds defeatedTexas A&M-Commerce at home 75-64.

■■ OOff nnoottee:: The TexAnns are outscoring their first eight opponents

by a total of 12 points, averaging just under 63 ppg. They are 2-2 athome so far. … Scoring leaders for TSU are sophomore FMMaacckkeennzziiee HHaaiilleeyy (13.0 ppg), senior G BBaaiilleeyy WWiippffff (11.8) and jun-ior G TTiiaarraa TTaattuumm (10.1). Wipff, from Lubbock, is shooting under 35

percent from the field and 25 percent from 3, but has made 19-of-21from the FT line. … Third-year coach MMiissttyy WWiillssoonn played for theTexAnns from 1998-2001, and ranks in the top 10 in school historyin several categories, including scoring (sixth at 1,440). … It’s the45th meeting all-time for the teams, with Tarleton leading 32-12overall and 13-7 at Portales. The TexAnns have won 19 in a row in

the series, dating to an ENMU victory at home on Feb. 6, 2008.

—— CCoommppiilleedd bbyy DDaavvee WWaaggnneerr

ENMU men�s, women�s basketball capsules

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS

SANTA FE — WadeFraze thought Friday’schampionship semifinalgame against longtimerival Lovington did hisPortales Lady Rams somegood.

Sophomore TayleeRippee scored 17 pointsand grabbed 11 rebounds

as the LadyRams (3-0)advanced totoday’s 5:30p.m. champi-onship gameagainst Santa

Fe Indian Prep with a 42-36 win over their formerlongtime district opponent.

“Win or lose, it was agood game for us,” Frazesaid. “We had to overcomeadversity in differentways.”

The game was tightthroughout, and the LadyWildcats (2-6) actually hada small lead midwaythrough the final period.But PHS converted 11-of-16 free throws in the finalstanza to pull out the win.

“It was a very physicalgame,” Fraze said.“Lovington’s a good ball-team; they’re athletic andphysical, and I think they’llcontinue to improve.”

Junior Lindsey Blakeyadded six points and ninerebounds. Junior ZamoryeCox led the team with foursteals.

Senior Azaria Stewartscored 18 points and seniorJaperia Wright added 10for the Lady Wildcats.Each had two of the team’sfive 3-pointers.

Ramsreachfinals

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS

RIO RANCHO — Clovis High’sgirls haven’t won a lot of games over

the years at the freethrow line — even inyears they’ve chased astate title.

They won it that wayon Friday, though, sink-

ing 28-of-34 free throws in the fourthquarter and overtime to outlastValencia 63-51 in the consolationsemifinals of the Mel Otero Invite.

The Lady Wildcats (4-2) face newdistrict rival Eldorado in the fifth-place game at 3 p.m. today.

Sophomore Brittni Chavez went 8-for-8 in the fourth period and OT,while junior guard Teya Morris was11-of-14 and senior post MonayPhillips was 7-for-8. In the first threequarters, the Lady Cats were 3-of-6.

They overcame some cold shooting

after halftime, making only four fieldgoals — three 3-pointers — the restof the way.

“We just went cold,” Reed said.“We had tons and tons of opportuni-ties. We just couldn’t knock themdown.”

Fortunately, they got to the freethrow line, though, as Valencia kepton fouling.

“That’s also part of the reason wewere (struggling from the field),”CHS coach Jeff Reed said of the LadyJaguars’ fouling.

Clovis led 16-8 at the quarter, butscored only 11 points over the nexttwo periods. Valencia (3-2) outscoredthe Lady Cats 11-3 in the third periodto take a two-point lead.

The teams combined to go 46-of-61 from the free throw line. The LadyJaguars went 15-for-21 in their ownright.

Chavez finished with a personalbest 22 points for the Lady Cats,including a pair of 3-pointers. Shefollowed a 3-pointer by senior guardAlyssa Loya at the start of the OTwith one of her own to give the LadyCats a six-point lead and essentially

control.Morris added 18 points while

Phillips finished with 12.Four players scored in double fig-

ures for Valencia, led by junior guardAlexa Sanchez with both of herteam’s 3s and 16 points.

Boys top AztecALBUQUERQUE — Clovis

High’s boys got their usual double-figure outing from junior guardJakeem Wynn.

This time, though, he had plenty ofhelp.

Four Wildcats scored in double fig-ures on Friday, and Clovis pulledaway to a 71-52 win over Aztec in theconsolation semifinals ofAlbuquerque Academy’s Joe ArmijoInvitational.

Senior guard Taitt Kuchta posted apersonal-best 20 points for the Cats(3-3), including three of the team’sfour 3-pointers, while Wynn added16. Also in double figures were juniorguard Brandon Romero with a per-sonal-best 14 points and sophomoreguard Dominick Urioste with 12.

CHS boys coach Scott Robinsonsaid Kuchta hit a big 3-pointer earlyin the fourth quarter to stretch a five-point Clovis lead to eight, and theCats took off from there.

“Being up five and hitting that 3,you start to feel pretty good,”Robinson said.

Robinson said the Cats struggled atthe start of each half, but they led theTigers (3-2) most of the way.

Romero went 8-for-11 at the freethrow line, including 7-of-9 in thefinal period.

Senior forward Chase Morrisonscored 16 points for Aztec, and juniorforward Tanner Brooks chipped in12.

The Cats will meet new District 2-6A rival La Cueva for fifth place inan 11:30 a.m. tipoff today. Robinsonsaid he’s looking forward to getting afirst-hand look at the Bears, whorouted Mayfield 63-36 in the otherconsolation semifinal.

“You typically don’t get to play adistrict opponent before the start ofdistrict,” he said. “It’ll be a good con-test for us.”

CHS boys, girls take tourney wins

WILDCATS

❏ Lady Wildcats hit 28free throws in fourth,top Valencia 63-51.

❏ Rippee scores17 to lead Portalespast Lovington.

FARWELL INVITATIONAL


Farwell senior Edie White pulls up for the shot over Friona senior Taylor Stallings during Friday’s FarwellInvitational Tournament game. The Lady Blue defeated Friona 69-42.

B ✦ SATURDAY, DEC.10, 2016 THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWSSPORTS

BasketballPPrreepp

TThhee AAssssoocciiaatteedd PPrreessssFFrriiddaayyBBooyyss

Alamogordo 67, Manzano 55Los Lunas 45, West Mesa 35

BBeelleenn ttoouurrnnaammeennttCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Valley 56, Los Alamos 53CCaappiittaall CCiittyy ttoouurrnnaammeenntt

SSeemmiiffiinnaallssCapital 60, Hobbs 54

CChhiinnllee ttoouurrnnaammeennttChinle Rough Rock, Ariz. 57, Tohatchi 29City of Champions tournamentConsolation semifinalsGoddard 68, Chaparral 57Las Cruces 60, El Paso Parkland 51

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssRio Rancho 63, Carlsbad 58

CClloouuddccrroofftt MMoouunnttaaiinn TToopp ttoouurrnnaammeennttCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Capitan 50, Ruidoso JV 45CCoowwbbeellll ttoouurrnnaammeenntt

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssQuesta 62, Springer 60

FFaarrmmiinnggttoonn ttoouurrnnaammeennttCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Miyamura 77, Fabens, Texas 58CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Piedra Vista 41, Durango, Colo. 36JJooee AArrmmiijjoo ttoouurrnnaammeennttCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Clovis 71, Aztec 52La Cueva 63, Mayfield 36

JJoohhnnnnyy MMaayy CCllaassssiiccCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Hatch Valley 55, Dexter 46 LagunaAAccoommaa ttoouurrnnaammeenntt

SSeemmiiffiinnaallssNewcomb 61, Menaul 59Logan tournamentFort Sumner 67, Clayton 63

PPaanntthheerr IInnvviittaattiioonnaallCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Loving 60, Gateway Christian 34

GGiirrllssntonito, Colo. 53, Escalante 50Hatch Valley 64, Cuba 47Hondo 45, Quemado 29Lubbock Christ The King 44, Clovis

Christian 32Rio Grande 46, Gadsden 28

AAlliiccee KKiinngg ttoouurrnnaammeennttSt. Pius 43, Atrisco Heritage 39

CCaappiittaall CCiittyy ttoouurrnnaammeennttCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Portales 42, Lovington 36Santa Fe Indian 36, Belen 33

CChhiinnllee ttoouurrnnaammeennttFort Defiance Window Rock, Ariz.

56, Kirtland Central 46Shiprock 62, Chinle, Ariz. 52CCiittyy ooff CChhaammppiioonnss ttoouurrnnaammeenntt

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssGallup 55, Tularosa 54Santa Teresa 27, Ruidoso 21

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssCarlsbad 55, Roswell Goddard 37

CCoowwbbeellll ttoouurrnnaammeennttCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Penasco 48, Raton 32JJooee AArrmmiijjoo ttoouurrnnaammeennttCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Mayfield 54, Los Alamos 20Championship semifinalsHope Christian 58, Cibola 41

LLooggaann ttoouurrnnaammeennttFort Sumner 60, Clayton 29

MMeell OOtteerroo IInnvviitteeCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Roswell 49, Las Cruces 47PPaanntthheerr IInnvviittaattiioonnaall

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssCorona 44, Lake Arthur 9

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssLoving 65, Gateway Christian 13

PPrreepp ttoouurrnnaammeennttssMMeell OOtteerroo IInnvviitteeAAtt RRiioo RRaanncchhoo

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QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssRio Rancho 55, Valencia 45Centennial 43, Clovis 38Roswell High 43, Eldorado 40Las Cruces High 54, Espanola Valley 45

FFrriiddaayyCCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Clovis 63, Valencia 51, OTEldorado over Espanola Valley,

score n/aCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssRoswell High 49, Las Cruces High 47Centennial vs. Rio Rancho

SSaattuurrddaayyValencia vs. Espanola Valley (7th

place), 1 p.m.Clovis vs. Eldorado (5th place), 3 p.m.Las Cruces High vs. Centennial-Rio

Rancho loser (3rd), 5 p.m.Roswell High vs. Centennial-Rio

Rancho winner (championship), 7 p.m.

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BBooyyssTThhuurrssddaayy

QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssMelrose 87, Bovina 51Hobbs JV over Elida JV, score n/aFloyd 53, Dora 40Tatum over Elida, score n/a


Bovina def. Elida JV, score n/aDora 73, Elida 33

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssMelrose 70, Hobbs JV 58Floyd vs. Tatum (n)

SSaattuurrddaayyElida over Elida JV, forfeit (7th)Bovina vs. Dora (5th place), 1:30 p.m.Hobbs JV vs. Floyd-Tatum loser (3rd

place), 4:30 p.m.Melrose vs. Floyd-Tatum winner

(championship), 7:30 p.m.


QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssMelrose 45, Dexter 31Tatum 66, Bovina 35Dora 51, Floyd 20Elida 59, Hagerman 20


Dexter 64, Bovina 35Hagerman 38, Floyd 32

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssTatum over Melrose, score n/aElida 36, Dora 27

SSaattuurrddaayyBovina vs. Floyd (7th place), 9 a.m.Dexter vs. Hagerman (5th place), noonMelrose vs. Dora (3rd place), 3 p.m.Tatum vs. Elida (championship), 6 p.m.

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BBooyyssTThhuurrssddaayy

FFiirrsstt rroouunnddMuleshoe 73, Morton 37Farwell 75, Plains 30Texico 71, Seagraves 50

Sundown 56, Amherst 28Farwell 79, Friona 41

FFrriiddaayyCCoonnssoollaattiioonn bbrraacckkeett

Morton 56, Seagraves 52Morton 68, Friona 58Championship semifinalsMuleshoe 66, Texico 64Farwell 59, Sundown 58

SSaattuurrddaayyCCoonnssoollaattiioonn bbrraacckkeett

Amherst vs. Friona, 9 a.m.Seagraves vs. Plains, 10:30 a.m.Morton vs. Amherst, 1:30 p.m.Texico vs. Sundown (3rd place),

4:30 p.m.Muleshoe vs. Farwell (championship),

7:30 p.m.CCoonnssoollaattiioonn bbrraacckkeett

Amherst vs. Plains, 8:30 a.m.Seagraves vs. Morton, 10 a.m.Friona vs. Seagraves-Morton win-

ner, 4 p.m.CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Muleshoe 66, Texico 64Farwell 59, Sundown 58


Plains vs. Morton, 9 a.m.7th place, 10:30 a.m.5th place, 1:30 p.m.

TThhiirrdd ppllaacceeTexico vs. Sundown, 4:30 p.m.

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiippMuleshoe vs. Farwell,, 7:30 p.m.


FFiirrsstt rroouunnddMuleshoe 69, Plains 24Texico 58, Seagraves 37Friona 63, Plains 33Farwell 80, Morton 32

FFrriiddaayyCCoonnssoollaattiioonn bbrraacckkeett

Seagraves 44, Plains 29CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallss

Texico 51, Muleshoe 42Farwell 69, Friona 42


Plains vs. Morton, 7:30 a.m.Morton vs. Seagraves, noon

TThhiirrdd ppllaacceeMuleshoe vs. Friona, 3 p.m.

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiippTexico vs.Farwell, 6 p.m.

PPrreepp ssuummmmaarriieessFFrriiddaayyBBooyyss

JJooee AArrmmiijjoo IInnvviittaattiioonnaallAAtt AAllbbuuqquueerrqquuee

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssCClloovviiss 7711,, AAzztteecc 5522

CClloovviiss ((33--33)) —— Brandon Romero 14,Dominick Urioste 12, Taitt Kuchta 20,Jakeem Wynn 16, Isaiah Knight 6,Jonathan Williams 3. Totals 24 19-29 71.

AAzztteecc ((33--22)) —— Charlie Morrison 2,Jack Feil 8, Tanner Brooks 12, DylanOlson 3, Kensai Lewis 7, ChaseMorrison 16, Isaac Robeson 4. Totals20 8-14 52.CClloovviiss 1122 1199 1166 2244 —— 7711AAzztteecc 1122 1122 1177 1111 —— 5522

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Clovis, Kuchta 3,Urioste. Aztec, Feil 2, Lewis, Olson.


CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssDDoorraa 7733,, EElliiddaa 3333

DDoorraa ((33--33)) —— Hayden Skinner 10,Dylan Roberts 6, Andrew Puebla 6,Aaron Jasso 10, Caleb Fulfer 5, SladeHamann 19, Trenton Paxton 3, XavierGramzow 14. Totals 27 14-24 73.

EElliiddaa ((11--55)) —— Teigan Delk 1, TyceDelk 2, Bailee Oder 2, Kaull Burton 14,Elian Gallegos 4, Trayton West 4, LeviKline 6. Totals 15 2-12 33.DDoorraa 1177 1100 2233 1133 —— 7733EElliiddaa 1100 88 99 66 —— 3333

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Dora, Hamann 3,Fulfer, Skinner. Elida, Burton.

CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssMMeellrroossee 7700,, HHoobbbbss JJVV 5599

MMeellrroossee —— Tristan Sena 4, KrisLopez 2, Sterling Sena 6, JordanJasso 15, Jared Lee 3, Carson Fraze5, Hunter Sorgen 10, Blake DeVaney25. Totals 27 17-30 70.

HHoobbbbss JJVV —— Dylan Cndarco 8,Ernest Ross 4, J.J. Baron 2, VanceAlvarado 12, Eroz Sotello 11, HugoArmendariz 2, Jaime Rivera 18,Dominic Baker 2. Totals 26 3-4 59.MMeellrroossee 1133 1199 2211 1177 —— 7700HHoobbbbss JJVV 1155 1166 1188 1100 —— 5599

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Melrose, Fraze. HobbsJV, Alvarado 2, Condarco, Sotello.

FFaarrwweellll CChhrriissttmmaass IInnvviittaattiioonnaallCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssMMuulleesshhooee 6666,, TTeexxiiccoo 6644

TTeexxiiccoo ((44--11)) —— Cayd Bilbrey 3, BenCrist 3, Dalton Thatcher 13, LanceMyers 2, Braden Fraze 18, NathanPhipps 21, Paden McDermid 4. Totals18 22-27 64.

MMuulleesshhooee ((44--22)) —— Jason Florez 20,Beto Diaz 8, Kevin Mendoza 9,Donovan Gutierrez 6, Dagen Dunham23. Totals 26 5-12 64.TTeexxiiccoo 1199 1188 1166 1111 —— 6644MMuulleesshhooee 1133 99 2200 2244 —— 6666

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Texico, Fraze 3,Thatcher 2, Bilbrey. Muleshoe,Dunham 5, Florez 2, Diaz, Gutierrez.

LLooggaann rroouunndd--rroobbiinnFFoorrtt SSuummnneerr 6677,, CCllaayyttoonn 6633

FFoorrtt SSuummnneerr ((44--11)) —— Alex Moyer11, Cory Terrell 7, Jude Segura 12,Noah Maxwell 6, Hunter Sparks 22,Kreston Butterfield 9. Totals 26 8-14 67.

CCllaayyttoonn ((33--33)) —— Jacob Naranjo 16,Anthony Gallagher 4, BrendonThasher 13, Caleb Gonzales 9,Francisco Ortiz 3, Kobie Montoya 11,Kobe Leal 7. Totals 21 13-16 63.FFoorrtt SSuummnneerr 1144 2211 1155 1177 —— 6677CCllaayyttoonn 1144 1199 2222 88 —— 6633

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Fort Sumner,Butterfield 3, Terrell 2, Segura, Sparks.Clayton, Naranjo 3, Thrasher 3,Gonzales, Ortiz.

GGiirrllssLLuubbbboocckk CChhrriisstt tthhee KKiinngg 4444,, CCCCSS 3322

LLuubbbboocckk CChhrriisstt tthhee KKiinngg —— J.Gonzalez 6, G. Gonzalez 8, Bownds 3,Cea 21, LoCasio 4, Sipowicz 2. Totals16 12-32 44.

CClloovviiss CChhrriissttiiaann ((22--66)) —— SofiGarbarino 15, Christine Capehart 1,Jacklyn Beaman 10, Reagan Glover 6.Totals 10 12-22 32.CChhrriisstt tthhee KKiinngg 55 1144 1100 1155 —— 4444CClloovviiss CChhrriissttiiaann 1100 88 1100 44 —— 3322

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— none.

MMeell OOtteerroo IInnvviitteeAAtt RRiioo RRaanncchhoo

CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssCClloovviiss 6633,, VVaalleenncciiaa 5511

CClloovviiss ((44--22)) —— Sydni Hill 4, AlyssaLoiya 4, Brittni Chavez 22, Teya Morris18, Monay Phillips 12, Hayley Kidd 3.

Totals 13 31-40 63.VVaalleenncciiaa ((11--33)) —— Raquel Chavez

10, Lorien Aragon 13, Geneva Sanchez8, Paige Hunter 2, Alexa Sanchez 16,Monique Baca 2. Totals 17 15-21 51.CClloovviiss 1166 88 33 2200 1166 —— 6633VVaalleenncciiaa 88 1100 1111 1188 44 —— 5511

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Clovis, Chavez 2, Hill,Loya, Morris, Phillips. Aztec, A.Sanchez 2.

CCaappiittaall CCiittyy CCllaassssiiccCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssPPoorrttaalleess 4422,, LLoovviinnggttoonn 3366

PPoorrttaalleess ((33--00)) —— Zamorye Cox 5,Jessie Campbell 2, Kiki Helsley 2,Kelly Fraze 2, Lindsey Blakey 6, SkyMarianito 8, Taylee Rippee 17. Totals12 18-30 42.

LLoovviinnggttoonn ((22--66)) —— Addy Jeter 3,Japeria Wright 10, KamrynCunningham 3, Iris Diaz 2, AzariaStewart 18. Totals 12 7-15 36.PPoorrttaalleess 88 1111 88 1155 —— 4422LLoovviinnggttoonn 1100 88 99 99 —— 3366

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Portales, none.Lovington, Stewart 2, Wright 2,Cunnningham.


CCoonnssoollaattiioonn sseemmiiffiinnaallssHHaaggeerrmmaann 3388,, FFllooyydd 3322

FFllooyydd ((11--55)) —— Anahi Chavez 12,Eliazbeth Chavez 6, Megan Richerson4, Lexi Miller 4, Ch’ree Essary 3, RyanWallace 2, Holly Chandler 1. Totals 152-7 32.

HHaaggeerrmmaann ((22--33)) —— Paige Hoppes8, Bethany Barela 7, Stephanie Razo7, Hannah Hamill 6, Christy Bejarano5, Joana Soto 4, Ester Delacruz 1.Totals 16 4-18 38.FFllooyydd 1122 55 1111 44 —— 3322HHaaggeerrmmaann 1133 66 88 1111 —— 3388

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Floyd, none.Hagerman, Barela 2.

FFaarrwweellll CChhrriissttmmaass IInnvviittaattiioonnaallCChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp sseemmiiffiinnaallssTTeexxiiccoo 5511,, MMuulleesshhooee 4422

MMuulleesshhooee ((55--44)) —— Sadie Sudduth16, Lily Berrera 2, Sydnie Sudduth 5,Emily Precure 7, Yvonne Diaz 10,Keely Dunham 2. Totals 10 19-28 42.

TTeexxiiccoo ((44--11)) —— Jaden Stephens 2,Baylee Sours 13, Jasmine Davalos 4,Tristan McDaniel 1, Jasmine Gannon17, Maryelle Dickerman 4, MackenzieHaakma 10. Totals 13 24-31 51.MMuulleesshhooee 77 1133 1122 1100 —— 4422TTeexxiiccoo 1155 66 1100 2200 —— 5511

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Muleshoe, Precure,Sa. Sudduth, Sy. Sudduth.

LLaattee TThhuurrssddaayyBBooyyss

AAllbbuuqquueerrqquuee AAccaaddeemmyy IInnvviittaattiioonnaallQQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallss

OOnnaattee 6644,, CClloovviiss 3399OOnnaattee ((55--11)) —— TonyAvalos 10,

Ricky Lujan 13, Antonio Zamora 1,Hunter Thomas 14, Donnell Contee 2,Monroe Young 3, Joshua Harrison 11,Erick Ortega 10. Totals 19 21-39 64.

CClloovviiss ((22--33)) —— Brandon Romero 2,Dominick Urioste 6, Taitt Kuchta 5,Jakeem Wynn 11, Leroy Wilson 2,Ethan Davis 2, Isaiah Knight 7,Jonathan Williams 4. Totals 11 17-25 39.OOnnaattee 1166 1155 1122 2211 —— 6644CClloovviiss 77 1122 66 1144 —— 3399

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Onate, Thomas r4,Lujan. Clovis, none.

FFaarrwweellll CChhrriissttmmaass IInnvviittaattiioonnaallSSeeccoonndd rroouunndd

FFaarrwweellll 7799,, FFrriioonnaa 4411FFrriioonnaa ((00--55)) —— Ivan Gallardo 9,

Seth Murphree 6, Daniel Pena 6,Johnny Ojeda 6, Bryce Bunker 5, ErickPrieto 5, Damar Sermeno 3, ChrisRodriguez 1. Totals 15 8-16 41.

FFaarrwweellll ((66--11)) —— Isaiah Benoit 20,Jace Perkins 15, Brandon Galvan 15,Leroy Cervantes 10, Jackson Jarman8, Ethan Stancell 5, Dakota Meeks 4,Gabriel Lopez 2. Totals 33 5-5 79.FFrriioonnaa 44 1155 1111 1111 —— 4411FFaarrwweellll 2288 1199 1199 1133 —— 7799

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Friona, Bunker,Gallardo, Sermeno. Farwell, Perkins 3,Benoit 2, Jarman 2, Galvan.

GGiirrllssFFaarrwweellll CChhrriissttmmaass IInnvviittaattiioonnaall

QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssFFaarrwweellll 8800,, MMoorrttoonn 3322

MMoorrttoonn —— Anna Molinar 4, DanykaMendoza 2, Alyssa Rodriguez 5,Marissa Rordiruez 3, Trinity Morin 8,Ashley Roberts 10. Totals 11 9-13 32.

FFaarrwweellll ((88--22)) —— Hope Herrera 8,Maria Maldonado 22, AinsleyActkinson 4, Katey White 6, BayleeLavender 2, Edie White 13, LindsiCoburn 14, Kendal Stancell 11. Totals31 12-13 80.MMoorrttoonn 88 77 44 1133 —— 3322FFaarrwweellll 1199 2233 2222 1166 —— 8800

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Morton, M.Rodriguez. Farwell, Coburn 2, Herrera2, E. White, K. White.


QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssEElliiddaa 5599,, HHaaggeerrmmaann 2200

HHaaggeerrmmaann ((11--33)) —— Paige Hoppes2, Hannah Hamill 18. Totals 9 1-5 20.

EElliiddaa ((55--00))—— Alyssa Bargas 2, LacyFerguson 19, Bonnie Bennett 11,Cambree Bargas 8, Madi Haley 7,Taylor Epps 6, Brianna Bargas 2,Thanya Banda 4. Totals 27 4-6 59.HHaaggeerrmmaann 33 77 66 44 —— 2200EElliiddaa 1199 1188 1111 1111 —— 5599

33--ppooiinntteerrss —— Hagerman, Hamill.Elida, Ferguson.

CCoolllleeggee ssuummmmaarryyLLaattee TThhuurrssddaayy

MMeennLLoonnee SSttaarr CCoonnffeerreennccee

TTeexxaass AA&&MM--CCoommmmeerrccee 8833,, EENNMMUU 7733TTeexxaass AA&&MM--CCoommmmeerrccee ((88--11,, 22--11))

—— Montrell Little 3-10 2-4 9, Dorian

Armstrong 1-4 2-2 4, Trey Seymore 7-

13 2-5 16, De’Andre Carson 8-9 0-0 18,

Malik Albert 5-12 6-8 17, Simon Shafack0-1 0-1 0, Jovan Austin 0-3 3-4 3,

Daquane Willford 2-2 2-2 6, Marqueith

Russell 3-4 0-0 6, Trey Washington 1-51-2 4. Totals 30-63 18-28 83.

EEaasstteerrnn NNeeww MMeexxiiccoo ((44--66,, 00--33)) ——Chris Lewis 3-5 2-7 8, Shawn Shelton

1-5 2-5 4, Andre Hughes 2-9 2-2 7,

CoRnell Neal 6-12 3-4 15, Joe Clarke

7-15 0-0 15, Chris Wyms 0-1 4-4 4,

Byrale Carter 0-0 1-2 1, JavaanMumtaz 2-7 0-0 6, Lucas Bowens 0-0

0-0 0, Marquise Harris 4-11 5-7 13,

Isaac Maldonado 0-0 0-0 0, Chaunce

Hill 0-3 0-2 0. Totals 25-68 19-33 73.HHaallffttiimmee —— Texas A&M-Commerce

40, Eastern New Mexico 24. 3-pointers

— Texas A&M-Commerce 5-15(Carson 2-2, Washington 1-2, Albert 1-

3, Little 1-4, Austin 0-1, Shafack 0-1,

Seymore 0-2), Eastern New Mexico 4-

20 (Mumtaz 2-6, Clarke 1-3, Hughes

1-3, Wyms 0-1, Neal 0-3, Harris 0-4).RReebboouunnddss —— Texas A&M-Commerce

36 (three tied with 5), Eastern New

Mexico 46 (Harris 7). AAssssiissttss —— Texas

A&M-Commerce 13 (four tied with 2),

Eastern New Mexico 8 (Neal 3). TToottaallffoouullss —— Texas A&M-Commerce 28,

Eastern New Mexico 25. FFoouulleedd oouutt—— Little, Russell, Neal. AA —— 679.

FootballPPrreepp ppllaayyooffffss

TTeexxaassTThhee AAssssoocciiaatteedd PPrreessss

AAllll TTiimmeess CCSSTTSSttaattee sseemmiiffiinnaallss

CCLLAASSSS 33AA DDIIVVIISSIIOONN IIWall (11-3) vs. Mineola (12-2), 7:30

p.m. Friday, Waco ISD Stadium

Malakoff (14-0) vs. Yoakum (10-4),

7:30 p.m. Friday, Austin’s DKR Texas

Memorial StadiumCCLLAASSSS 22AA DDIIVVIISSIIOONN IIII

Wellington (13-1) vs. Iraan (14-0), 7p.m. Friday, Abilene’s Shotwell Stadium

Bremond (14-0) vs. Burton (13-1), 7

p.m. Friday, Bryan’s Green Stadium

CCoolllleeggee bboowwllssTThhee AAssssoocciiaatteedd PPrreessss

AAllll TTiimmeess MMSSTTDDeecc.. 1177

NNeeww MMeexxiiccoo BBoowwllAAtt AAllbbuuqquueerrqquuee

UTSA (6-6) vs. New Mexico (8-4),

noon (ESPN)LLaass VVeeggaass BBoowwll

AAtt LLaass VVeeggaass,, NNeevv..San Diego State (10-3) vs. Houston

(9-3), 1:30 p.m. (ABC)CCaammeelllliiaa BBoowwll

AAtt MMoonnttggoommeerryy,, AAllaa..Toledo (9-3) vs. Appalachian State

(9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)CCuurree BBoowwll

AAtt OOrrllaannddoo,, FFllaa..UCF (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (7-5),

3:30 p.m. (CBSSN)NNeeww OOrrlleeaannss BBoowwll

AAtt NNeeww OOrrlleeaannssSouthern Mississippi (6-6) vs. La.-

Lafayette (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 1199MMiiaammii BBeeaacchh BBoowwll

AAtt MMiiaammii BBeeaacchh,, FFllaa..Tulsa (9-3) vs. Central Michigan (6-

6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2200BBooccaa RRaattoonn BBoowwll

AAtt BBooccaa RRaattoonn,, FFllaa..Memphis (8-4) vs. Western

Kentucky (10-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2211PPooiinnsseettttiiaa BBoowwll

AAtt SSaann DDiieeggooBYU (8-4) vs. Wyoming (8-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2222FFaammoouuss IIddaahhoo PPoottaattoo BBoowwll

AAtt BBooiissee,, IIddaahhooIdaho (8-4) vs. Colorado State (7-5),

5 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2233BBaahhaammaass BBoowwll

AAtt NNaassssaauuEastern Michigan (7-5) vs. Old

Dominion (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN)AArrmmeedd FFoorrcceess BBoowwllAAtt FFoorrtt WWoorrtthh,, TTeexxaass

Navy (9-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5),

2:30 p.m. (ESPN)DDoollllaarr GGeenneerraall BBoowwll

AAtt MMoobbiillee,, AAllaa..Ohio (8-5) vs. Troy (9-3), 6 p.m.

(ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2244HHaawwaaiiii BBoowwllAAtt HHoonnoolluulluu

Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Hawaii

(6-7), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2266SStt.. PPeetteerrssbbuurrgg BBoowwll

AAtt SStt.. PPeetteerrssbbuurrgg,, FFllaa..Mississippi State (5-7) vs. Miami

(Ohio) (6-6), 9 a.m. (ESPN)QQuuiicckk LLaannee BBoowwll

AAtt DDeettrrooiittBoston College (6-6) vs. Maryland

(6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN2)IInnddeeppeennddeennccee BBoowwllAAtt SShhrreevveeppoorrtt,, LLaa..

NC State (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 3

p.m. (ESPN2)

DDeecc.. 2277HHeeaarrtt ooff DDaallllaass BBoowwll

AAtt DDaallllaassArmy (6-5) vs. North Texas (5-7), 10

a.m. (ESPN)MMiilliittaarryy BBoowwll

AAtt AAnnnnaappoolliiss,, MMdd..Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Temple (10-

3), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)HHoolliiddaayy BBoowwllAAtt SSaann DDiieeggoo

Minnesota (8-4) vs. WashingtonState (8-4), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

CCaaccttuuss BBoowwllAAtt PPhhooeenniixx

Boise State (10-2) vs. Baylor (6-6),

8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2288PPiinnssttrriippee BBoowwllAAtt BBrroonnxx,, NN..YY..

Northwestern (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh

(8-4), noon (ESPN)RRuusssseellll AAtthhlleettiicc BBoowwll

AAtt OOrrllaannddoo,, FFllaa..Miami (8-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2),

3:30 p.m. (ESPN)FFoosstteerr FFaarrmmss BBoowwll

AAtt SSaannttaa CCllaarraa,, CCaalliiff..Indiana (6-6) vs. Utah (8-4), 6:30

p.m. (FOX)TTeexxaass BBoowwllAAtt HHoouussttoonn

Kansas State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M

(8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 2299BBiirrmmiinngghhaamm BBoowwll

AAtt BBiirrmmiinngghhaamm,, AAllaa..South Florida (10-2) vs. South

Carolina (6-6), noon (ESPN)BBeellkk BBoowwll

AAtt CChhaarrlloottttee,, NN..CC..Virginia Tech (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-

5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)AAllaammoo BBoowwll

AAtt SSaann AAnnttoonniiooOklahoma State (9-3) vs. Colorado

(10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 3300LLiibbeerrttyy BBoowwll

AAtt MMeemmpphhiiss,, TTeennnn..Georgia (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 10 a.m.

(ESPN)SSuunn BBoowwll

AAtt EEll PPaassoo,, TTeexxaassNorth Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (9-

3), noon (CBS)MMuussiicc CCiittyy BBoowwll

AAtt NNaasshhvviillllee,, TTeennnn..Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3),

1:30 p.m. (ESPN)

AArriizzoonnaa BBoowwllAAtt TTuuccssoonn,, AArriizz..

Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama(6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ASN)

OOrraannggee BBoowwllAAtt MMiiaammii GGaarrddeennss,, FFllaa..

Florida State (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

DDeecc.. 3311CCiittrruuss BBoowwll

AAtt OOrrllaannddoo,, FFllaa..LSU (7-4) vs. Louisville (9-3), 9 a.m.

(ABC)TTaaxxSSllaayyeerr BBoowwll

AAtt JJaacckkssoonnvviillllee,, FFllaa..Kentucky (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (8-

4), 9 a.m. (ESPN)CCFFPP sseemmiiffiinnaallss

PPeeaacchh BBoowwllAAtt AAttllaannttaa

Alabama (13-0) vs. Washington (12-1), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

FFiieessttaa BBoowwllAAtt GGlleennddaallee,, AArriizz..

Clemson (12-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

JJaann.. 22OOuuttbbaacckk BBoowwllAAtt TTaammppaa,, FFllaa..

Florida (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m.(ABC)

CCoottttoonn BBoowwll CCllaassssiiccAAtt AArrlliinnggttoonn,, TTeexxaass

Western Michigan (13-0) vs.Wisconsin (10-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

RRoossee BBoowwllAAtt PPaassaaddeennaa,, CCaalliiff..

Penn State (11-2) vs. Southern Cal(9-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN)

SSuuggaarr BBoowwllAAtt NNeeww OOrrlleeaannss

Oklahoma (10-2) vs. Auburn (8-4),6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

JJaann.. 99CCFFPP cchhaammppiioonnsshhiipp

AAtt TTaammppaa,, FFllaa..Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

JJaann.. 2211EEaasstt--WWeesstt SShhrriinnee CCllaassssiicc

AAtt SStt.. PPeetteerrssbbuurrgg,, FFllaa..West vs. East, 1 p.m. (NFL)

NNFFLLPPAA CCoolllleeggiiaattee BBoowwllAAtt CCaarrssoonn,, CCaalliiff..

National vs. American, 2 p.m.

JJaann.. 2288SSeenniioorr BBoowwll

AAtt MMoobbiillee,, AAllaa..South vs. North, 12:30 p.m. (NFL)

CCoolllleeggee ppllaayyooffffssNNCCAAAA DDiivviissiioonn IIII

TThhee AAssssoocciiaatteedd PPrreessssAAllll TTiimmeess MMSSTT

SSeemmiiffiinnaallssSSaattuurrddaayy

North Alabama (10-1) at Shepherd

(13-0), 10 a.m.

Ferris State (12-2) at. Northwest

Missouri State (13-0), 1:30 p.m.CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp

DDeecc.. 1177AAtt KKaannssaass CCiittyy,, KKaann..

Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.

SoccerMMLLSS ppllaayyooffffss


MMLLSS CCuuppSSaattuurrddaayy:: Seattle at Toronto, 6 p.m.

HockeyNNHHLL


EEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEAAttllaannttiicc DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAAMontreal 18 6 3 39 81 61

Ottawa 16 9 2 34 68 69Boston 15 11 2 32 68 66

Tampa Bay 14 12 2 30 78 77

Detroit 13 12 3 29 70 76Florida 12 12 4 28 66 75

Buffalo 10 11 6 26 56 72

Toronto 10 10 5 25 74 80MMeettrrooppoolliittaann DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAAN.Y. Rangers 19 9 1 39 100 70

Pittsburgh 17 7 3 37 93 81

Columbus 16 5 4 36 81 54Washington 16 7 3 35 69 59

Philadelphia 16 10 3 35 96 92

New Jersey 12 9 6 30 69 77

Carolina 11 10 6 28 66 72

N.Y. Islanders 11 10 5 27 69 75WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonnWW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAA

Chicago 17 8 4 38 78 69

St. Louis 16 8 4 36 78 76Minnesota 14 8 4 32 72 55

Winnipeg 13 14 3 29 78 87

Nashville 12 10 4 28 77 74Dallas 11 11 6 28 72 89

Colorado 10 14 1 21 56 75PPaacciiffiicc DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL OOTT PPttss GGFF GGAAEdmonton 14 11 5 33 90 83Calgary 15 13 2 32 75 84

San Jose 15 10 1 31 62 55

Anaheim 13 9 5 31 73 72Los Angeles 13 11 2 28 67 69

Vancouver 12 13 2 26 65 79

Arizona 8 13 5 21 58 82

NOTE: Two points for a win, one

point for overtime loss.TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

N.Y. Islanders 3, St. Louis 2

Philadelphia 6, Edmonton 5

Colorado 4, Boston 2

Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1Montreal 5, New Jersey 2

Vancouver 5, Tampa Bay 1

N.Y. Rangers 2, Winnipeg 1

Dallas 5, Nashville 2

Calgary 2, Arizona 1, OT

Carolina 3, Los Angeles 1FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Washington 4, Buffalo 1

St. Louis 4, New Jersey 1

Columbus 4, Detroit 1

Minnesota 3, Edmonton 2

N.Y. Rangers 1, Chicago 0, OT

San Jose at Anaheim (n)SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Dallas at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.Colorado at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Florida, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Arizona, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Carolina at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

TransactionsFFrriiddaayy

TThhee AAssssoocciiaatteedd PPrreessssBBAASSEEBBAALLLL

MMaajjoorr LLeeaagguuee BBaasseebbaallllOFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

OF BASEBALL — Suspended Toronto

minor league RHP Pedro Loficial (BlueJays-DSL) 72 games after testing pos-

itive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a

performance-enhancing substance;

and Milwaukee minor league RHP Phil

Bickford (Carolina-Carolina) andMiami minor league OF Casey Soltis

(Greensboro-SAL) 50 games each fol-

lowing a second positive tests for adrug of abuse, all violations of the

Minor League Drug Prevention and

Treatment Program. American League

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to

terms with RHPs Ruben Alaniz, JohanBelisario, Endrys Briceno, William

Cuevas, Jeff Ferrell, Santiago Garrido,

Logan Kensing, Arcenio Leon, DustinMolleken and Cory Riordan; C Miguel

Gonzalez and INFs Argenis Diaz,

Omar Infante and Gustavo Nunez on

minor league contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed toterms with LHP Cionel Perez on a

minor league contract.NNaattiioonnaall LLeeaagguuee

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS —Agreed to terms with RHP Fernando

Rodney on a one-year contract.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Received

LHP Tyler Pike as the player to be

named in a Nov. 28 trade with Seattle.CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to

terms with C Rob Brantly, RHP

Alejandro Chacin, OF Gabriel

Guerrero, LHP Ismael Guillon, INF-OF

Hernan Iribarren, LHP Lucas Luetge,

RHP Kevin Shackelford and C ShawnZarraga on minor league contracts.


AAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEEaassttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

New England 10 2 0 .833 319 207

Miami 7 5 0 .583 255 278

Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 305 274

N.Y. Jets 3 9 0 .250 206 307SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Houston 6 6 0 .500 207 257

Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 311 311

Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296

Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 224 313NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 256 207

Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 290 236

Cincinnati 4 7 1 .375 245 259

Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 302 255

Oakland 10 3 0 .769 358 320

Denver 8 4 0 .667 286 229

San Diego 5 7 0 .417 334 319

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEEaassttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

x-Dallas 11 1 0 .917 333 228

N.Y. Giants 8 4 0 .667 245 237

Washington 6 5 1 .542 303 295

Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 268 245

SSoouutthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 386 331

Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 277 285

New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 347 335

Carolina 4 8 0 .333 283 321

NNoorrtthhWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Detroit 8 4 0 .667 275 251

Green Bay 6 6 0 .500 295 302

Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 233 209

Chicago 3 9 0 .250 204 270

WWeessttWW LL TT PPcctt PPFF PPAA

Seattle 8 3 1 .708 264 194

Arizona 5 6 1 .458 276 251

Los Angeles 4 8 0 .333 180 262

San Francisco 1 11 0 .083 234 370

NFL standings

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeeKansas City 21, Oakland 13

SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessDenver at Tennessee, 11 am.Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11 a.m.Minnesota at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.Arizona at Miami, 11 a.m.Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 2:25 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 2:25 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 6:30 p.m.

MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeessBaltimore at New England, 6:30 p.m.


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Boston 13 10 .565 3

New York 12 10 .545 3 1/2

Brooklyn 6 15 .286 9

Philadelphia 5 18 .217 11SSoouutthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL PPcctt GGBBCharlotte 14 9 .609 —

Atlanta 12 12 .500 2 1/2

Orlando 10 14 .417 4 1/2

Washington 8 13 .381 5

Miami 7 16 .304 7CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonn

WW LL PPcctt GGBBCleveland 16 5 .762 —

Chicago 12 10 .545 4 1/2

Milwaukee 11 10 .524 5

Detroit 13 12 .520 5

Indiana 11 12 .478 6

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WW LL PPcctt GGBBSan Antonio 18 5 .783 —

Houston 16 7 .696 2

Memphis 16 8 .667 2 1/2

New Orleans 7 16 .304 11

Dallas 5 17 .227 12 1/2

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Oklahoma City 14 9 .609 —

Utah 14 10 .583 1/2

Portland 12 12 .500 2 1/2

Denver 8 15 .348 6

Minnesota 6 17 .261 8

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Golden State 20 3 .870 —

L.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 4

L.A. Lakers 10 14 .417 10 1/2

Sacramento 8 13 .381 11

Phoenix 6 16 .273 13 1/2

NBA standings

TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeessCharlotte 97, Dallas 87

Milwaukee 111, Brooklyn 93

L.A. Clippers 113, Cleveland 94

Memphis 95, Orlando 94

Miami 111, Utah 110

Houston 132, Golden State 127, 2OTFFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Charlotte 109, Orlando 88

Cleveland 114, Miami 84

Toronto 101, Boston 94

Atlanta 114, Milwaukee 110

Detroit 117, Minnesota 90

Houston 102, Oklahoma City 99

Dallas 111, Indiana 103

New York at Sacramento (n)

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers (n)SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess

Denver at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 5 p.m.

Portland at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Scores, standings and more By the numbers

SATURDAY, DEC.10, 2016 ✦ PAGE 3BTHE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS SPORTS

By Jason GrovesLAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS

LAS CRUCES — As aNew Mexico State alumnihimself, Mario Moccia isperplexed by the Aggies fanbase upon his return as ath-letics director.

The NMSU men’s basket-ball team is 7-2 under firstyear head coach Paul Weir, acoach many in the communi-ty expressed their desire forNMSU to hire. The Aggiesscored 93 points in a homevictory last weekend at thePan American Center.Tickets were available for $5with a hat giveaway againsta Long Beach State team thatwas picked to win the BigWest Conference this season,a league many longtimeAggies fans know the Aggieshad previously competed in.

The announced attendancewas 3,679.

“Somebody help meunderstand,” Moccia said. “Iwent to school here and wentto virtually every game andsat in the student section anda lot of times I weasled myway through connections tostand on the floor. But some-body help me understandwhy we only had 3,600 peo-ple on Saturday against LongBeach. I will take any sug-gestions.”

Attendance shouldimprove in the Aggies nexthome game on Saturdayagainst rival New Mexico,but packing the PanAmerican Center once ortwice a season isn’t the goalfor Moccia or Weir, who haseyed improved home atten-dance since he took the job.

“Hopefully at some pointthe masses will buy in andfollow us,” Weir said. “Ithink our support has beengreat. Long Beach was a bitof a let down but I thoughtthe Air Force game was wellattended and was a greathome environment. We kindof expected that next step forthe Long Beach game andwe didn’t get it, which isfine. We just have to keepworking and keep buildingtoward that.”

Moccia believes that thequality of the Aggies 2016non-conference home sched-ule, reasonably pricedadmission and even the pres-ence of a former local playerwho is contributing in LasCruces High standout JoeGarza on the roster, address-es some of the concerns fanshave expressed in the past.

Yet the highest attendedgame thus far was the 4,853on opening night againstNAIA Arizona Christian.There were 4,300 on handfor NMSU’s 78-70 victory

over Air Force Academy,which snapped an 11-gamelosing streak to teams fromthe Mountain West.

The university sells game-day single game tickets inSection 119 for $5 for eachhome game. Gameday tick-ets for New Mexico andUTEP games are $10.Moccia said the ArizonaChristian game was the onlygame those tickets were soldout in NMSU’s first sixhome games.

Moccia said there are fourgames this season wherefans can purchase four tick-ets for a total of $40. Thefirst game is Dec. 19 againstCalifornia-Irvine and thescond is against Eastern NewMexico on Dec. 27.

After announcing changesto the Pan Am seating map inSeptember that included dis-placing 221 season ticketholders, Moccia said that189 of those season ticketholder renewed theiraccounts at a $50 rate else-where in the arena.

Season ticket sales r emaindown compared to lastyear’s 3,260 season ticketssold. There have been 29fewer general public accountrenewals overall. NMSU hassold 58 fewer general publicseason tickets this seasoncompared to last year. Therewere 59 fewer faculty andstaff season tickets renewalsat the half price rate andthere were 42 fewer seasontickets sold to faculty andstaff. NMSU also eliminated490 complimentary seasontickets from last year to tran-sition trade accounts intopaying customers.

NMSU indicated the pro-vided data could increase asthe season progresses.

“The ultimate goal is tosell as many season ticketsas possible,” Moccia said.“We are pushing everythingat this point toward singlegame sales since most peo-ple have already purchasedtheir season tickets.”

When asked if the univer-sity has sufficiently engagedthe community regardingattendance at NMSU homeathletics events, Mocciabelieves that the universityhas done its part in reachingout.

“We are down to two mar-keting people but I believewe are doing everything thatwe can to get people to cometo the games,” Moccia said.“We have also reduced thenumber of live televisiongames. I don’t know whatelse we would be doing toget more folks to come to thegame that doesn’t costmoney that we don’t have.”

NMSU wonders:Where are thebasketball fans?

Staff photo: David Norton

Elida’s Brianna Bargas passes the ball off to a teammate during the second quarter of the TigerS’ 36-27 win overDora Friday night, during the semifinals of the Elida Tournament.

By David NortonSTAFF REPORTER

[email protected]

ELIDA — The Elida High girl’s bas-ketball team looked in midseason formFriday night. It just took a half of bas-ketball to get there in the Tigers’ 36-27win over Dora High.

After a sluggish start from both teamsin the opening quarter that saw a scoreof 6-4 in Elida’s favor, both teamsturned up the heat and would score 11each in the second.

Tiger head coach Jaden Isler said,“Anytime the game gets kind of sloweddown like that, it was just kind of a slop-py game. We try to stay away from that,we like to play a little faster tempo. Ididn’t think we did a good job of creat-ing any tempo the first half, but in thesecond half early on we got that going

and I think that’s why we took the lead.”The girls did just that, outscoring the

Coyotes (3-2) 14-5 in the third to take acommanding lead that would see themto the finish line. Elida (6-0) was led byMadi Haley with 10 points on the night,while Dora’s Daelyn Lee and JaedinPaxton led their team with 13 and 10points, respectively.

Dora head coach Gabriel Montoyasaid, “I though Coach Isler did a greatjob of adjusting with the man and thepressure, just kind of giving us someproblems. We got into some foul troublethere in the second half ... We didn’t getto the free-Throw line enough and whenwe did get there, we didn’t finishenough of them.”

After some halftime adjustments,Elida came out and sped the pace ofplay up, forcing fast breaks for bothteams. Unfortunately for the Coyotes,

they couldn’t seem to find the bottom ofthe net, often times missing three or fourchip shots before Elida managed towrangle a rebound.

On the other end, Elida had little trou-ble making shots, and those times theydidn’t often resulted in a offensiverebound and a Dora foul.

“We’re not very big and that’s (finish-ing around the basket) something we areworking on, hoping to get better atthrough the course of the season,” saidMontoya. “We missed too many easylayups, open opportunities and openlooks and that hurts us in a close game.You have a team like Elida that finishesaround the rim and we struggled there.”

Elida will go on to play Tatum in thechampionship game Saturday, whileDora will take on the MelroseBuffaloes, vying for a third-place finish.

Elida improves to 6-0

FARWELL INVITATIONAL


Farwell sophomoreMariaMaldonadopulls up for ajumperagainst thedefensivepressure ofFriona Fridaynight at theFarwellInvitationalTournament.

Staff photo: Kevin Wilson

Texico guard Kaylee Miller throws a pass by Muleshoe defender Emily Precure in the first half of Thursday’s game.Texico claimed a 51-42 victory.

By Pat GrahamTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOULDER, Colo. —Colorado senior quarterbackSefo Liufau usually makesthe same, routine walk to thelocker room.

This week, it was more dif-ficult passing through a hall-way that features the onlyHeisman Trophy in schoolhistory and a ceiling-to-floorphoto of the tailback whoearned it.

Liufau and the 11th-rankedBuffaloes began on-fieldpreparations Friday for theAlamo Bowl with heavyhearts after the passing of1994 Heisman Trophy win-ner Rashaan Salaam , whowas found dead Mondaynight in a Boulder park. Thepark is less than 2 miles fromFolsom Field, where Salaamrose to national prominence.

As a tribute to Salaam, theBuffaloes are looking atwearing a helmet sticker fortheir first bowl game since2007.

“Just incredible, the legacyhe’s left here for people tostrive for,” said Liufau,whose team faces No. 13Oklahoma State on Dec. 29.“Just with the way he played,

the way he led Colorado backin the day.”

The bounce-back seasonfor the Buffaloes (10-3) hasbeen one of the biggest storylines in college football thisyear. Picked to finish last inthe conference’s preseasonmedia poll, Colorado cap-tured the Pac-12 South titlebefore losing to No. 4Washington in the league’stitle game last week.

At the Alamo Bowl,Colorado has a chance tobecome the fourth team inschool history to win 11games. This group would jointhe 1989 team (11-1) that lostin the Orange Bowl, the ’90squad (11-1-1) which cap-tured Colorado’s only nation-al title and the ’94 team (11-1) that was highlighted bySalaam rushing for 2,055yards.

“This is why we camehere, this is what we wereworking for, striving for —playing for the Pac-12Championship and getting toa bowl game,” senior defen-sive back AhkelloWitherspoon said. “We’reexcited to go out there andtry to win it.”

Colorado readyfor bowl return

NCAA FOOTBALL

By Hannah AllamMCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON — Kamal Essaheb hasvivid memories of the freezing day in 2003when he, his two brothers and their fathertook a train to New York City’s federalbuilding to join a long line of brown menwaiting to be fingerprinted, photographedand asked: “Are you a terrorist?”

Essaheb recalled the fear and confusionon the men’s faces as, one by one, theirnames were added to a post-9/11 registry forimmigrants from 24 Muslim-majoritycountries and North Korea.

The Essaheb men were placed in depor-tation proceedings, the beginning of a night-mare that took years and the intervention ofadvocacy groups to resolve, narrowly spar-ing them the fate of 13,000 mostly Muslimimmigrants who were removed from theUnited States under the now-defunct pro-gram.

Essaheb, who became an immigrationattorney after his ordeal, is alarmed thatPresident-elect Donald Trump and his asso-ciates have floated the idea of reviving a so-called “Muslim registry,” a tactic he saidripped apart American families, unfairly tar-geted one religion and failed to result in asingle terrorism conviction. In an interviewthis week, he cautioned that a new round offear-driven policies could lead to the samekind of government overreaches thatoccurred after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

“It’s a haunting period to reflect on,” saidEssaheb, director of policy and advocacy atthe National Immigration Law Center, aWashington-based legal advocacy group.“It’s scary to think, from all that we’velearned from the past decade, and reallyfrom the history of this country, that wewould walk into that again.”

Trump repeatedly has voiced support forsome kind of Muslim database, though, likemany of his policy proposals, the contourshave shifted a great deal over the past year.At times he’s appeared to endorse a data-base of all American Muslims; at others,

he’s said it’s only for Syrian refugees enter-ing the country. A PolitiFact examination ofhis statements on the topic found them“contradictory or confusing.”

The Trump team released a statement lastmonth saying that the president-elect “hasnever advocated for any registry or systemthat tracks individuals based on their reli-gion, and to imply otherwise is completelyfalse.”

That statement doesn’t rule out specialregistration. While any attempt by Trump toregister Muslims who are U.S. citizens orgreen-card holders likely would run intoconstitutional challenges, there aren’t thesame barriers to reactivating a program suchas the one under which Essaheb and hisfamily were nearly deported, immigrationattorneys say.

That special registration program wasformally known as NSEERS, the NationalSecurity Entry-Exit Registration System,

and it applied to boys and men 16 and olderwho held non-citizen visas, includingtourists and students.

The program got around questions that itwas singling out Muslims by not making itbased on religion but on country of origin— something Trump, too, suggested duringthe campaign. It applied to two dozen pre-dominantly Muslim countries, and wasintroduced a year after the 9/11 attacks byal-Qaida.

NSEERS was a complex project thatwasn’t well explained to Americans or tothe would-be registrants, attorneys say.Provisions included mandatory in-personquestioning within a month of entering thecountry, a requirement to report changes ofaddress, and rules about which airports reg-istrants could use. Any violation ofNSEERS was considered a criminal offenseand a visa violation — grounds for deporta-tion.

McClatchy Washington Bureau: Hannah Allam

Kamal Essaheb was on a Bush-era Muslim registry and warns againstreviving the program under a Donald Trump administration. His experienceinspired him to pursue immigration law — he’s now director of policy andadvocacy at the National Immigration Law Center.

By Mark MuckenfussTHE ORANGE COUNTY

REGISTER

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — ATustin, Calif., man may havefound a piece of history rightin his backyard, or, in thiscase, his son’s backyard inRiverside.

Gary Braithwaite, 65, saidhe believed some kind ofmetal, perhaps a meteorite,was lying beneath the sur-face of his son’s lawn in theCasa Blanca area ofRiverside. His endeavor todig for that metal uncoveredwhat he believes is an iceage bobcat.

A UC Riverside paleontol-ogist is planning to excavatethe remains to see if that’sthe case.

Jess Miller-Camp, a muse-um scientist at UC Riversidewho specializes in vertebratepaleontology, initially said

she thought it might be abobcat. After checking witha colleague, she said it wasmore likely that the animal isa dog or a coyote.

Because of the soil condi-

tions, she said, she thinks itvery likely could be from thePleistocene epoch, whichended with the most recentice age, about 12,000 yearsago. She plans to gather

some students in the comingweeks to help unearth thebones and determine whatthey are.

Braithwaite said he’d beenshowing his son how tolocate his sprinklers using adousing rod — which heconstructed from two wirehangers.

“He was walking aroundand found an anomaly,”Braithwaite said, “and thenhe found another.”

Braithwaite said hebelieved the anomalies indi-cated there was metalbeneath the surface. DuringThanksgiving week, the twomen began digging holes onthe sites. About 4 feet downone hole, Braithwaite foundwhat looked like bones. Hewas trying to dig around thebones with his shovel whenhe knocked the teeth loose.

“It was an absolute bizarrelucky find,” he said.

Riverside Press-Enterprise: Stan Lim

Jess-Miller-Camp, a Museum Scientist at UCR'sDepartment of Earth Sciences, sets her hand under possi-ble bones of an ice age bobcat that was discovered in thebackyard of a home in Riverside, California on Monday.

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NATIONAL ROUNDUP

Pilot may havebeen impaired

WASHINGTON —Medical experts say the pilotof a hot-air balloon thatcrashed in Texas, killing himand 15 others, had medicalailments and was prescribednumerous prescription drugsthat should have preventedhim from flying.

The NationalTransportation Safety Boardwas told during a hearingFriday that it appears Alfred“Skip” Nichols was using atleast 10 different drugs at thetime the balloon hit high-ten-sion power lines beforecrashing into a pasture July30 near Lockhart, about 60miles northeast of SanAntonio.

It’s not clear whether the49-year-old was impairedduring the early morningflight. A final NTSB reportwon’t be issued until earlynext year.

Nichols had at least fourconvictions for drunkendriving and twice spent timein prison.

Oldest knownseabird expecting

HONOLULU — Theworld’s oldest knownseabird is expecting —again.

Biologists spotted theLaysan albatross calledWisdom at Midway AtollNational Wildlife Refugeearlier this month after shereturned to the island to nest.

She was incubating an eggat the same nest she useseach year with her mate.She’s believed to be 66 yearsold. She’s also the world’soldest known breeding birdin the wild.

The U.S. Fish and WildlifeService’s project leader forthe refuge, Bob Peyton, saidin a statement Friday thatWisdom has been returningto Midway for over sixdecades.

An ornithologist first putan identification band on herin 1956. She’s had a fewdozen chicks.

Midway is about 1,200miles northwest ofHonolulu. It’s part of thePapahanaumokuakea MarineNational Monument.

John Glenn to liein state in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio —American hero-astronautJohn Glenn will lie in state inOhio’s capitol building pre-ceding a celebration of hislife of military and govern-ment service and two histo-ry-making voyages intospace.

The public viewing at theOhio Statehouse and amemorial service at OhioState University’s MershonAuditorium is planned fornext week; the dates andtimes were being worked outFriday, said Hank Wilson ofthe John Glenn School ofPublic Affairs. Statehouse

officials meet Monday toauthorize the public viewing.

Glenn, who died Thursdayat age 95, was the firstAmerican to orbit the Earthin 1962 and the oldest manin space at age 77 in 1998. AU.S. Marine and combatpilot, he also served as a U.S.senator, representing Ohio,for more than two decades.

Victim: Wrongman in prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Awoman assaulted as a girlduring a 1982 sexual attackthat killed her mother saysshe was coerced into identi-fying the wrong man as theassailant and is askingMissouri’s governor to freethat person who has spent 34years in prison for thecrimes.

Rodney Lincoln was sen-tenced to life in prison afterbeing convicted ofmanslaughter in the death of35-year-old JoAnn Tate, whowas killed in her St. Louishome. Her two young daugh-ters, including then-7-year-old Melissa Neil DeBoer,were assaulted. DeBoer’ssister died in 2008, leavingDeBoer the only living wit-ness to the crimes.

“I made a mistake, and Iam heartbroken,” DeBoer,now 42, wrote in an applica-tion for a pardon or execu-tive commutation toDemocratic Gov. Jay Nixonthis week. “I have incredibleguilt for my role.”

Lincoln, originallycharged with capital murder,consistently has professedhis innocence but has failedto sway appellate courts.

Obama creates‘resilience area’

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —President Barack Obamaresponded to appeals fromAlaska Native villages andgave them more of a say inthe federal management ofmarine resources of theBering Sea.

Obama signed an execu-tive order Friday to create aNorthern Bering Sea ClimateResilience Area that willfocus “locally tailored” pro-tections on marine resources.

The newly createdresilience area covers112,300 square miles andstretches from north of theBering Strait to north ofBristol Bay.

The order requires morefocused federal consultationwith Alaska tribes and 39communities that line thewest coast of Alaska, alongwith state officials.

The area supports whatmay be the world’s largestannual marine mammalmigration of bowhead andbeluga whales, Pacific wal-rus, ice seals and migratorybirds.

— Wire reports

By Blake NicholsonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal courtbattle over whether the developer of theDakota Access oil pipeline can finishthe $3.8 billion project will linger atleast into the first couple months of thenew year.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partnerslast month asked U.S. District JudgeJames Boasberg to declare it can legallylay pipe under a Missouri River reser-voir in North Dakota — the last remain-ing large chunk of construction on the1,200-mile, four-state pipeline to moveNorth Dakota oil to a shipping point inIllinois.

The Army has declined to give per-mission due to opposition by theStanding Rock Sioux and CheyenneRiver Sioux, who fear any leaks wouldcontaminate drinking water. The Army

cites a need for more study of the LakeOahe crossing and consideration ofalternative routes.

ETP believes it already has the neces-sary permission and has asked Boasbergto concur. Company lawyers earlier pro-posed a schedule that included an earlyJanuary hearing. Boasberg on Friday

gave the government until Jan. 6 to fileits opposition to ETP’s request for per-mission. Boasberg won’t hear argu-ments until at least February.

The two tribes filed documentsWednesday saying they are willing toput their claims on hold while theArmy Corps of Engineers does morestudy. The tribes earlier this year chal-lenged the government’s decision togrant permits at more than 200 watercrossings.

“Plaintiff tribes applaud the decisionby the Corps and intend to work in goodfaith with the Corps through the (study)process in hopes that a resolution of itsconcerns can be achieved without theneed for further proceedings in thiscourt,” attorneys wrote.

The tribes also intend to opposeETP’s request to the judge for permis-sion to drill under the lake. Boasbergalso gave them until Jan. 6 to do so.

By Ken Thomas and Josh Boak

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON —President-elect DonaldTrump is expected to nameGoldman Sachs presidentGary Cohn to an influentialWhite House economic post,two people informed of thedecision said Friday.

Cohn, 56, would lead theWhite House NationalEconomic Council, a postingthat would require him toleave his $21 million a yearjob as president and chiefoperating officer at GoldmanSachs Group Inc. Trumprepeatedly vilified the presti-gious Wall Street bank on the

campaign trail, yet with theselection of Cohn, he hasnow chosen three of itsalumni to key positions inhis upcoming administra-tion.

Steven Mnuchin, theTreasury secretary nominee,and Steve Bannon, Trump’schief strategist and seniorcounselor, also worked atGoldman Sachs.

The National EconomicCouncil helps to coordinatedomestic and global issues,providing economic policyadvice to the president andmonitoring how the WhiteHouse’s agenda is imple-mented across the govern-ment.

If Cohn accepts the nomi-

nation, he will also be thethird Goldman executive torun the NEC. Robert Rubinwas the NEC director underBill Clinton, and StephenFriedman had the job duringGeorge W. Bush’s adminis-tration.

The two people informedof the decision spoke on con-dition of anonymity becausethey were not authorized topublicly discuss the expectedmove.

Raised in Ohio, Cohn tooka more circuitous path toGoldman.

He graduated jobless fromAmerican University inWashington, D.C., andmoved back into his parents’home, according to a speech

he gave at his alma mater.Cohn quickly found work atU.S. Steel to appease hisfather, only to pivot to a WallStreet job within a fewmonths that eventually ledhim to Goldman in 1990.

During the campaign,Trump repeatedly attackedhis rivals over their Goldmanties.

He criticized GOP primaryopponent Ted Cruz for tak-ing loans from the bank,where Cruz’s wife worked,to help pay for his TexasSenate race in 2012. And hechided Clinton for acceptinglarge speaking fees fromGoldman and for not pub-licly sharing what she hadtold the bankers.

Pipeline court battle to linger

Trump expected to tap Goldman banker

Possible Ice Age bobcat found in backyard

Muslim registry tried before

SATURDAY, DEC.10, 2016 ✦ PAGE 5B THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS COMICS

College graduate feels like a failure after presentationDEAR ANNIE: I recently

graduated from college with a degree in journalism. I in-terviewed with several me-dia companies in New York and landed my dream job at a major online magazine. I was thrilled.

Everything went smoothly the first month. It was the second month when things fell apart. We had a company-wide meeting, and I was sup-posed to give a presentation about a project I was work-ing on to drive more traffic to

the site. Well, I got the days totally mixed up. I thought the meeting was Wednesday, when in fact it was Tuesday.

My boss came to my cube first thing Tuesday morn-ing and said, “We can’t wait to hear your presentation.” That’s about when my heart stopped. I froze in my tracks. I was planning on finishing the bulk of the presentation that evening, and now I had only a half-hour to throw stuff together.

I walked into the board-room completely unprepared. I started off trying to wing it, but after about 30 seconds, I clammed up completely. My

face was burning hot. I mum-bled, “I got the days wrong,” and then I awkwardly took my seat. And as I sat down, I spilled coffee all over myself. I left the meeting feeling em-barrassed and like a failure. My supervisor talked to me about it afterward and was pretty understanding but said not to let it happen again. Now I’m afraid every day there is going to be my last.— DISAPPOINTMENT

DEAR DISAPPOINT-MENT: There’s no use cry-

ing over spilled coffee. All people with an office job can name a time when they wanted to shrink to the size of a paper clip and hide in the desk drawer. But mis-takes are proof that you are trying, and you can’t learn without making a few (or a hundred). Your colleagues don’t ex-pect perfection, especially because you’re just out of college. What they do expect is consistent hard work and a positive attitude. So get back

at it and show them that. Use your mortification as motiva-tion. And I think this goes without saying, but never wait until the night before a presentation to prepare.

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2012 JAYCO MELBOURNE CLASS C

MOTOR HOME Model 29D, 13,300 miles,

excellent condition, 3slides, walk-aroundqueen bed, electric/gasfridge and water heater,one-piece rubber roof,automatic hydraulic lev-eling system, 4KW gasgenerator, 16' awning,electric step, 19” & 32”two flat screen TVs, fullbody paint & manymore extras, insidestorage when not inuse. 575-693-6487

CAMPERS ANDMOTOR HOMES

FOR SALE: BOAT TRAILERS to be converted to

utility trailers.Contact Mark at Prince

Marine 575-935-0451.

BOATS ANDACCESSORIES

RAPTOR 350Like New

--Garaged and lessthan one hour

on motor. Now lowered to $3500.

575-356-6853or 575-607-5433

ATV

FREE TO good Home:Male and female kit-tens. 2 & 5 months old,2yr old. Calico, Whitew/tan, gray, black w/white. They are verycuddly and have beenaround dogs. Call ortext: 480-993-9262

FREE TO Good Home:abandoned black Lab(mixed) puppies. 1 fe-male and 1male about3mos old and VERYSWEET! Call: 505-990-7142

PETS FOR SALE

FOR SALE:Yakima

Rocketbox RackIn mint condition onlyused twice, almost 8ft. long, with a lock,asking $250. Call

575-693-3078.

MISCELLANEOUS

SOUTHWEST STYLESofa Sleeper, $400;Chromcraft Kitchen Ta-ble 5 Swivel Tilt Chairs,$400, La-z-boy swivelRocker recliner, $350.575-749-2015

HSEHOLD GOODS

43055 US 70 - MidwayConvention Center

(between Clovis & Portales)**10 Family Huge Sale **Fri & Sat - 7am – 5pm

413 OLIVE Dr. Sat.Opens at 8am Christ-mas decorations, de-signer kid's clothes, fur-niture, lots of toys(great for gifts)

GARAGE SALECURRY COUNTY

lots more! **HUGE AUCTION**

Preview Fri. 10am – 4pmdiamondbauctions.com

Call to consign:575-683-SOLD

DIAMOND B AUCTIONSEstate Auction

Sat. Dec. 10th 10:30a.m.1050 CR 16 Clovis, N.M.

Mowers, flatbed trailer,glassware, collectibles,household goods, tools,

furniture, appliances,storage container, hun-dreds of boxed lots and

AUCTION SALES

AUCTION SALES

1983 4500lb Forklift $3000

Call: 575-935-0451

FARM/RANCHEQUIPMENT

3 ACRE lot for rent -Pleasant Hill - TexicoSchool District - Allhook-ups ready - Call575-389-5352

MOBILE HOMESCURRY COUNTY

910 CONNELLY 2/1 $550

436 W. Tierra Blanca3/1 $695

616 W. 17th 4/2 $995575-799-1913

HOUSE FOR RENTCURRY COUNTY

RIO PROPERTIES575-762-1139

1601 Cameo, E 2 BD$500 + elec. $300 dep.

2000 E. 14th Apt C 2 BD$525 + Util. $300 dep.

2109 Gladstone Apt. 12 2 BD $525 + G & E

$300 dep.

APARTMENTSCURRY COUNTY

ALL real estate advertis-ing in Clovis Media Inc.newspapers is subject tothe Federal Fair HousingAct of 1968 as amendedwhich makes it illegal toadvertise "any prefer-ence, limitation or dis-crimination based onrace, color, religion,handicap, family statusor national origin, or anintention to make anysuch preference, limita-tion or discrimination."Clovis Media Inc. will notknowingly accept any ad-vertising in this newspa-per that is in violation ofthe law. Our readers arehereby informed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper are avail-able on an equal oppor-tunity basis. To complainof discrimination, callHUD toll-free at 1-800-424-8590.

CLOVIS: 3BD/2BA Re-modeled. $2550 down,$72,000, $615mo. 2312Dove Ct. 480-392-8550.

HOMES FOR SALECURRY COUNTY

NEED CAREGIVERfor an adult femalewheelchair bound.Experience with a lift preferred.

Mon. Wed. & Fri. (Afternonns),

Some Saturdays30 + hours Please call:

575-714-1085

HELP WANTED

WE ARE LOOKING FORA REGIONAL

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

Are you ready to lead anadvertising team intothe future? If so, we'reready to help you settleinto your new home inEastern New Mexico.Clovis Media Inc. isseeking an experiencedleader to manage ouradvertising staff andoversee our print andonline packages. Thequalified candidate willguide account execu-tives for our two dailynewspapers (ClovisNews Journal and thePortales News-Tribune)and three weekly publi-cations (Quay CountySun, Cannon Connec-tions and My EasternNew Mexico).

We're looking for some-one who is "ad savvy"in the newspaper ormagazine industries.We want someone witha confident public per-sona, strong computerskills and the ability tomeet deadlines. Previ-ous supervisory experi-ence is preferred, butnot required. If settinggoals and then attainingthem gets your creativejuices flowing and is inyour wheelhouse, wewant to hear from you.

We provide a competitivebase salary and com-mission structure. Wealso offer health and vi-sion insurance, a sim-ple IRA plan and vaca-tion and sick leaveavailability.

If you're the person we'relooking for, tell us aboutyourself in a cover let-ter, sharpen that re-sume and ship them viaemail to our Human Re-sources Director JoyceCruce at :

[email protected]

WAITRESSES Must be able to work any

shift. Apply in person 6-2 Thurs-Sunday at:

Cook's Restaurant4720 E. Mabry Dr.

gwage and benefit pack-age.

Primary Duties: ExecutePMC's Maintenanceand Repair Program,utilizing schedules andwork orders. Manage allrepairs with outsidevendors using work or-ders. Keep all truckmaintenance logs up-dated and in order.Keep yard neat, orderlyand safe.

Personnel meeting theabove skills and qualifi-cations please contact:

Robert LeClear at (575)799-6755 or at:

[email protected]

HELP WANTED

MECHANIC HELPERWage: $12.00 per hourAfter Probation: $14.00

per hourBenefits: 2 weeks paid

vacation each year.Monetary payment or

leave.Probation: 90 days, at

which time upper man-agement will review

HEAVY TRUCK DRIVERSkills:

1. Experience in driv-ing heavy trucks

2. Good eye hand co-ordination

3. Safe driving experi-ence

Qualifications:1. Valid CDL type B or

A2. Clean Drivers His-

tory3. Able to pass

mandatory drugtesting

4. Able to pass mili-tary backgroundscreening

Benefits:1. Good base wage -

$18.00+ per hour2. Retirement benefits3. 2 weeks paid vaca-

tion per years4. 10 days paid holi-

day per years

Personnel meeting theabove skills and qualifi-cations please contact:

Robert LeClear at (575)799-6755 or at :

[email protected]

CLOVIS FAMILYHealthcare is lookingfor an experiencedmedical receptionist.We need a friendly,outgoing individualthat can multi-task ina fast-paced environ-ment. Please bringyour resume by ouroffice and fill out anapplication. 2301 NDr MLK Blvd,575.762.4455

HELP WANTED

CLOVIS MEDIA INC.shall not be liable forfailure to publish an ad,for typographical errorsor for errors in publica-tion except to the extentof the cost of that por-tion of the ad whereinthe error occurred. Costadjustment is limited tothe first day insertion.

SPECIAL NOTICES

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TERRIFIC! RICHARDcalled to say his deals for wheels ad came out

in the Classifieds onSunday and

he sold his car on Mon-day. Way to get results!

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