Football roundup: Panthers pummeled; Anaya again leads Rockets
Staff Report CLOVIS — The Lake Arthur football team got a wake-up call Friday as they were soundly thrashed by Clovis Christian, falling 65-20 to the newly-minted 6-man Eagles. The Panthers drew first blood when senior Angelo Rivera scored from a yard out with less than a minute gone, but the Eagles then went on [...]
Volleyball Roundup: Big comeback for Gateway Christian
Staff Report Anyone who left the Gateway Christian volleyball game early Tuesday missed an amazing comeback. After falling 25-18, 25-21 to Cloudcroft, the Warriors came back in the next three games, winning 25-13, 25-17, 15-7 to up their early-season record to 2-0. Both the first two games were close, with neither side able to gain [...]
Lake Arthur, Hagerman, Goddard win on the road
Staff Report It was a mix of wins and losses for area football teams on the road Friday, with Goddard, Hagerman and Lake Arthur bringing home victories while NMMI, Dexter and Gateway all had long bus rides home. Lake Arthur 56, Vaughn 7 VAUGHN — Defending 6-man state champ Lake Arthur opened its season in [...]
Gateway gives NMMI first volleyball loss of the season
Staff Report After a 2-0 start to the season, the Lady Colt volleyball team dropped their first match to a tough-serving Gateway Lady Warrior squad Thursday, falling 3-1. NMMI looked strong in the beginning, despite six straight service points at the onset by Gateway senior Nicky Wagner, coming back to win the first game, 25-18. [...]
Home-town fans won’t see much of Warrior football this season
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Start talking to Gateway Christian football coach Shaun Wigley about the upcoming season and the first thing he’ll tell you is that the Warriors only play four home games this year. That’s despite playing 10 straight games — no bye week for GCS — with matches against every other team that [...]
Senior-laden Gateway looking forward to tough competition
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor Gateway Christian is yet another area volleyball team with a plethora of seniors. After graduating only two last year — defensive specialists Grace Nobles and Alex Fresquez — the Warriors will have a lot more to lose this year as the team has seven seniors, and coach Kerri Pirtle thinks they’re [...]
Class changes, new districts in store for county teams
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor When the high school sports season gets underway this year, fans won’t see much difference in the teams their schools play during the early part of the season. But come district and state, for six of the eight Chaves County teams, the differences will be glaring. Only Goddard and Roswell will [...]
‘Missed opportunities’ send Gateway home for the season
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor RIO RANCHO — One big inning by No. 1 Gallup Catholic was enough to send Gateway Christian home Wednesday after only one game in the state baseball tournament. Despite shutting the Panthers down for six of the seven innings, GCS fell 7-3 in the tournament quarterfinals. The reason, said Warrior coach [...]
Taylor one-hits Elida to advance Gateway to state tourney
Staff Report ELIDA — Gateway proved its No. 9 ranking in the Class A post-season baseball seedings was a bit low, becoming one of only two county teams to continue in the state tournament. (NMMI has a chance to become the third when they play Saturday.) Led by Chris Taylor both on the mound and [...]
Gateway girls ‘exceed expectations’ at state track
Karen Boehler CCSR writer/editor ALBUQUERQUE — The Gateway girls track team proved Thursday that numbers don’t always matter, and that you can save the best for last. Running in the 1,600-meter medley relay, the Warriors literally raced past most of their competition, with ninth-grader Rachel Cunningham anchoring the 800-meter leg of the race, literally staving [...]