Fort Sumner, NM

EUNICE – Melrose opened its 2026 volleyball campaign with three wins to take the championship in the red bracket of Eunice’s Lady Cardinal Invitational. The Lady Butts downed Eunice 25-13, 25-16, 25-21 in their first-round match on Aug. 21, then came back to beat rival Fort Sumner 25-11, 25-15, 25-16 and Mesilla Valley 25-20, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19 for the title a day later. Sixteen teams participate...

On this date … 1934: Escaped convicts from Dickens County, Texas, avoided traps set up in Clovis and Fort Sumner and remained on the run. Virgil Stalcup and Clarence Brown, who escaped the Dickens jail on Aug. 18, were seen filling up with gas at Muleshoe late that night. About 3 p.m. on Aug. 19, police received a report the men had robbed a gas station in Bovina and were headed to Clovis, where p...

TUCUMCARI – The Lady Rattlers started strong, but the Vixens finished stronger. Fort Sumner lost the first two sets to Tucumcari in both teams' volleyball season-opener Saturday, but it rallied to win the final three to take home a road victory in a 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 26-24, 15-12 decision. It was the fifth year in a row the teams' annual clash went five sets. Fort Sumner sophomore Aub...

Tucumcari High School's volleyball team had just five days between the first day of official practice Monday and its first match against visiting Fort Sumner at 3 p.m. Saturday. However, coach Dana Benavidez, in her 11th season at THS, said she thinks her Lady Rattlers are up for that challenge and the upcoming year. She said Tucumcari has nine returning varsity players from a rebuilding...