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By Don Eskins The Cavemen and Cavegirl tennis teams competed in the District 4/5A Individual Tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28-29, in Hobbs. Participants competed in either singles or doubles at the tournament. Those placing among the top three, in either category, qualified for state. Following the first day of competition, four Cavemen had punched their tickets to the New Mexico Big Dance. In singles play, CHS’s Lucas Bluth, the 2026 District 4/5A champion, plac

By Don Eskins On Thursday, April 23, former Caveman point guard Zee Huerta signed a letter of intent to play collegiate basketball for the New Mexico Highlands Cowboys during the 2026-27 school year. Highlands, located in Las Vegas, is an NCAA Division II school that competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Association. During 2025-26, the Cowboys posted a season record of 13-19 and were 11-9 in conference play. A pillar in this year’s Cavemen drive to get to the state playoff

By Don Eskins Monday, May 4, is a big day for Carlsbad High’s golfers, and with good reason. “Our District 4/5A tournament tees off on May 4 in Clovis. It’s the meet we’ve been preparing for all year,” said CHS head golf coach Brian Jones. “But, while we all want to win this year’s district title, the tournament is about a lot more than just that. It also offers an avenue for our team and kids to get to state. “The winning team gets an automatic berth in the state tournament.

By Don Eskins After dropping two games to the Hobbs Eagles, 4-1 and 6-2 on Tuesday, April 21, the Carlsbad Cavegirls stormed back to sweep the Clovis Wildcats, 15-0 and 14-4 on Friday, April 24, and the Roswell Coyotes 6-4 and 11-9 on Tuesday, April 28, to climb back into the race for the 2026 District 4/5A crown. The four wins pushed the Cavegirls’ overall record up to 13-11 and 8-2 in District 4/5A. Following an unexpected surprise from the Roswell Coyotes, a 10-5 upset vi

By Don Eskins As the CHS spring sports calendar winds down, the Carlsbad Cavemen and Cavegirl track teams participated in their final pre-district tune-up of the season at the Lovington Ross Black Relays on Thursday, April 30. Results of the meet will be posted in the May 8 edition of the Carlsbad Local. Wells, Ananins Shine at Alamo Despite the Bob Sepulveda Invitational being somewhat trimmed down, CHS head coach Charles Millar said he was pleased with the efforts he got f

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen—behind the two-hit shut-out performance of sophomore hurler Wade Cozart and a two-for-two night at the plate by junior left-fielder Brock Wright that included a home run, double, and 3 RBIs—routed the Hobbs Eagles 10-0 to claim the 2026 District 4/5A title on Tuesday afternoon, April 28, in the Cavern City. The Cavemen entered the game, perfect at 4-0 in conference play and needed only a split with Hobbs, who came in at 2-2, to grab this yea

By Don Eskins On Monday, April 20, the Cavemen and Cavegirl golf teams participated in the Roswell High Invitational. A two-day, 36-hole event, CHS chose to play only day one of the tournament. “We’ve been invited to participate in the State Preview Golf Tournament, an 18-hole event to be held in Las Cruces on Monday, April 27. This tournament features the top ten girls’ and boys’ teams in the state. To be invited to it was quite an honor for our kids, program, and school,” s

By Don Eskins Caveman Marley Munoz and Cavegirl Cassie Bielston grabbed gold medals for first-place finishes in the triple jump competition at the Clovis Wildcat Relays on Friday, April 17. Munoz, with a mark of 45’0”, outdistanced runner-up Cael Houghtaling of Artesia, who posted a 43’6” mark, by one and a half feet. Bielston, with a mark of 35’9”, edged her opponent, Hobbs’ Jordyn Mendoza, 35’8”, by just one inch. After posting a leap of 15’10.5”, Cassie also picked up a br

The Cavegirl softball team, riding high after sweeping both the Clovis Wildcats and Roswell Coyotes to go 4-0 in the race for this year’s District 4/A title, dropped two to the Hobbs Eagles, 4-1 and 6-2, in Hobbs on Tuesday, April 21. With the losses, the Cavegirls fell to 9-11 on the year and 4-2 in conference play. The Cavegirls will host the Clovis Wildcats for a doubleheader at Cavegirl Park on Friday, April 24. Game times are set for 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.The following

By Don Eskins Coach Mike McGaha’s Carlsbad Cavemen, who’ve been focused on winning another District 4/5A title all season long, took another giant step toward achieving that goal on Tuesday afternoon, April 21, in Roswell. The Cavemen, behind the six-hit, 11-strikeout pitching performance of junior Wade Cozart, and an eight-hit offensive assault that included Cozart and third baseman EZ Lopez going yard, CHS routed the Otes 13-1. Swinging the biggest bats in CHS’s eight-hit

On Friday, April 17, at Cavegirl Park, the Cavegirl softball team defeated the Roswell Coyotes 15-2 in the first of two games. While the victory was an important one for the CHS girls in that it pushed their conference record up to a perfect 3-0 in their pursuit of yet another District 4/5A title, the win was much, much, much, more than just another Cavegirl triumph! The victory also marked another milestone for a program that had long before become iconic, not only in New Me

By Don Eskins In the second of three District 4/5A dual tennis meets, the Carlsbad Cavemen rolled over the Roswell Coyotes, as did the Cavegirls, 9-0. The meet took place in the Cavern City on Friday, April 17. “High winds made play difficult,” said CHS assistant coach Diamond Morrill. “But our kids battled both the Roswell Coyotes and elements well.” Lucas Bluth ran into little resistance from his opponent. The senior, and Cavemen’s No. 1 singles player, was perfect in posti