Tucumcari Girls Roll Over Estancia and Pecos in Doubleheader Sweep
The Tucumcari High School girls softball team improved to 8-1 with a 9-6 win at Estancia and a 12-2 mercy-rule victory in nightcap. Melanie Jones drove in runs with a homer and RBI doubles while Jayden Jimenez struck out nine in seven innings. Eight grader Juli Rivera starred on the mound in the second game as Loren Chavez and Jasmine Jones each produced three RBIs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Estancia
Pecos
Rattler Field
Bears
Lady Rattlers
RBI
Melanie Jones
Jasmine Jones
Insurance
CJ Oglesby
Jones
Robertson
Jayden Jimenez
Oglesby
Priscilla Padilla
Kalani French
French
Felicity Lopez
Gabriella Grey
Jimenez
Juli Rivera
Loren Chavez
Arissa Griego
Greg
Griego
Arissa
Alexus Lafferty
Martinez claims another track title at Portales Relays
Seth Martinez of Tucumcari won the 110 meter hurdles in 15.8 seconds at the George Love Relays in Portales, though he sat out the 300 hurdles due to soreness. Gerardo Villa Vargas finished second in the 400 meters as Ethan Culliver edged him by four hundredths. Tucumcari placed ninth in the boys meet. Clovis won with 136 points. Ledlee Skinner took second in the girls shot put and Kianna Chappell led Clovis to the girls title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Seth Martinez
George Love
Portales
Martinez
Wayne Ferguson
Gerardo Villa- Vargas
Rattlers
Ethan Culliver
Clovis
Villa- Vargas
Casey Carter
Robbie Hartmann
Ledlee Skinner
Kianna Chappell
Tucumcari golfer leads first leg in state qualifier
Jaxon Arguello of Tucumcari High School captured the first leg toward state qualification by shooting 78 at the Leroy Gooch Tournament in Ruidoso on April 8. Tucumcari finished eighth as a team with 770, while Deming won with 667.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaxon Arguello
Tucumcari
Arguello
Leroy Gooch
Ruidoso
Rattlers
Isaac Arias
Malachi Anaya
Jeremiah Cordova
Andrew Sandoval
Jeremiah Avery
Socorro
Marty Garcia
Alto
Arias
Jake Butkiewicz
Deming
Garcia
Rattlers drop two more home doubleheaders to NMMI and East Mountain
Tucumcari unable to slow New Mexico Military Institute as pitching woes and errors compound 11 game skid. On Saturday the Rattlers fell 19-5 and 22-0, with starters Birch and Martinez pulled early as relievers failed to retire hitters. Coach Roberts laments pitching depth and discipline as eight errors accompany another pair of mercy-rule losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
NMMI
East Mountain
Rattlers
New Mexico Military Institute
Ryan Birch
EJ Martinez
Colts
Dwayne Roberts
Roberts
Also Mentioned on This Page
QCS
Ron Warnick
George Gutierrez
Joey Dysart
Dysart
Baseball
Mark Padilla
Jake McFall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!