Lady Cats blank Robertson
Sophomore forward Melaya Flores punched in a shot from about 15 feet away late in the first half Saturday and the Clovis High girls soccer team made it stand up for a 1-0 win over Las Vegas Robertson at Leon Williams Stadium.
The Lady Wildcats (3-4) had other chances to score in the match, coach Shane Leatherwood said, but they were never in trouble — the Lady Cardinals (2-2) didn’t manage a single shot in the match.
“We played really well,” Leatherwood said. “We had to pull Taisha (Bosque, senior forward) early; she was really sick, and she only played about 20 minutes.
“Once we pulled her, we put a little more pressure on Melaya (to try to score).”
Bosque, the Lady Cats’ leading scorer, had four shots in the match but was able to play only about 20 minutes.”
Leatherwood said the Lady Cats could have done more damage.
“They (Lady Cardinals) did a good job of getting back on (defense against) us,” he said.
Robertson took a 3-0 win over Clovis in the junior varsity preliminary.
The Lady Cats travel to Portales for a 4 p.m. matchup on Tuesday.
Clovis sweeps Plainview meet — It wasn’t the biggest meet of the season, but CHS cross country coach Mike Hankins will gladly take it.
The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats notched team victories in Saturday’s Plainview Invitational, the boys scoring 22 points to 49 for Plainview and the girls finishing with 55 to 65 for the host school.
Most of the schools competing were on the small side, Hankins said, but he thought his people ran well.
“It’s always good to win,” he said. “This is a meet that we feel like we should win, and we ran like that. The kids just did a good job.”
Senior Colton Dant led a 1-2-3 sweep for the boys, finishing in 16 minutes, 40 seconds over three miles. Kenan Bussen was second (16:58) and Kevin Dallas third (17:05) as the Cats put all seven of their runners in the top 13.
Junior Maddie McNaughton won the two-mile girls race in 12:13.
“It doesn’t matter who (else) is running,” Hankins said. “We were here to run well, and we did that.
“It was great to see Colton and Maddie win these races. I think in their minds they just wanted to win a race.
The Cats and Lady Cats return to action on Friday in the Highland Invitational at Albuquerque, a varsity-only event.
VOLLEYBALL
Saturday
Fort Sumner 3, Dora 0
Fort Sumner 25 25 25
Dora 18 12 14
Individual statistics
Kills — Fort Sumner, Sarah Stinnett 13, Ashley Landreth 7, Candy Jo Webb 7, Masy Miller 5. Dora, Kelli Merrick 7, Deserai Haraughty 4, Layni Breshears 3, Aubrey Butler 3. Blocks — Fort Sumner, LaNay Crenshaw 1, Landreth 1, Webb 1. Dora, Merrick 1. Digs — Fort Sumner, Ashley Stinnett 13, S. Stinnett 8, Miller 7, Britney Webb 4. Dora, n/a. Aces — Fort Sumner, Crenshaw 3, Landreth 2, A. Stinnett 2, S. Stinnett 2. Dora, Butler 1, Haraughty 1. Assists — Fort Sumner, S. Stinnett 19, Crenshaw 16. Dora, Stormie McBride 16. Record — Fort Sumner 3-0. Junior varsity — Dora def. Fort Sumner 25-22, 26-24. Junior high — Fort Sumner def. Dora 25-13, 23-25, 15-11.
Elida 3, Valley Christian 0
Valley Christian 4 22 9
Elida 25 25 25
Moriarty Invitational
Saturday
Championship semifinals
Texico 3, Volcano Vista 0
Texico 25 25 25
Volcano Vista 20 8 22
Texico individual statistics
Kills — Jaylyn Cooper 15, Shalee Anderson 12, Jordyn Cooper 12, Delanie Crist 5. Blocks — Crist 8, Anderson 5, Ja. Cooper 5. Digs — Erin Scanlan 12, Ja. Cooper 6, Jo. Cooper 5, Morgan Pinnell 5. Aces — Anderson 1, Pinnell 1, E. Scanlan 1. Assists — Fallon Scanlan 44. Record — Texico 6-0.
Championship
Sandia 3, Texico 2
Texico 25 21 25 19 11
Sandia 17 25 18 25 15
Texico individual statistics
Kills — Ja. Cooper 19, Jo. Cooper 14, Anderson 10. Blocks — Crist 9, Jo. Cooper 4, three tied with 3. Digs — E. Scanlan 8. Aces — Pinnell 3, E. Scanlan 2. Assists — F. Scanlan 46. Record — Texico 6-1.
Consolation semifinals
Portales 3, Los Alamos 0
Portales 25 25 25
Los Alamos 18 18 20
5th place
Portales 3, Tularosa 0
Portales 25 25 25
Tularosa 18 13 19
Note: The Lady Rams (5-4) will host Clovis at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
BOYS SOCCER
St. Michael’s 4, Portales 1
Records: Portales 2-3-1, Saint Michael’s 3-1, 2-0.
Difference: St. Michael’s was ahead 2-0 at the half on the leg of junior Jackson Baca, who scored on goal in the first and second half of the game.
Difference-makers: Senior midfielder Seth Christensen scored on a penalty kick with three minutes remaining in the game for the Rams. Baca had two goals while seniors Leland Pascual and Travis Ish had one each for the Horsemen.
In goal: Senior goalkeeper Erick Ibarra had 10 saves.
By the numbers: Christensen has scored in five of his last six games. … St. Michael’s outshot PHS 14-9 in the game.
Coach’s comment: “We actually played better then how we did the other day. We just had some calls that didn’t go our way. This was probably one of our better games of the season.” — Portales coach Brian Kirchner.
Up next: The Rams play the Clovis junior varsity at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Clovis’ Leon Williams Stadium.
GIRLS SOCCER
St. Michael’s 6, Portales 0
Records: Portales 5-3, 1-1, St. Michael’s 4-4, 2-0
Difference: St. Michael’s score three straight goals in a seven-minute span in the first half to take a 4-0 lead. The Lady Rams struggled to move the ball while being in the shadow of their own goal.
In goal: Sophomore goalkeeper Tayler Hammack finished with 15 saves
By the numbers: Sophomore Jenna Sievers saw her streak of scoring a goal end at six games.
Coach’s comment: “It was 4-0 by at halftime and we had a stretch in the first half where we didn’t play very well and it was very hard to come back from that. We did better this time around then we have done before because usually we’re only able to get two shots on them where we were able to get nine this time.” — Portales coach Traci Sievers.
Up next: The Lady Rams host Clovis in a 4:30 p.m. matchup on Tuesday.
