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By Don Eskins The Cavemen and Cavegirl cross country teams will compete in the state tournament on Saturday, November 8. The tournament will get underway at 2:30 p.m. in Albuquerque. Both teams punched their tickets to this year’s state tournament by virtue of placing third in this year’s District 4/5A tourney held in Roswell on Friday, October 31. Although they didn’t finish first or second, nonetheless they are in the Big Dance. “Placing third in both the boys’ and girls’ d

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen, seeded 11th for this year’s Class 6A state football tournament, will face off against the sixth-seeded Rio Rancho Rams on Saturday, November 8. Kickoff for the first-round clash is set for 1 p.m. in Rio Rancho. Absent from the playoffs in 2023 and 2024, the Cavemen, led by Cale Sanders, are more than excited about the prospect of returning to the New Mexico Big Dance. “This is a big step for our kids and our program. With the schedule we’ve

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavegirl volleyball team, on a high following a 3-1 victory over the league-leading Hobbs Eagles, dropped a 3-2 decision to the Clovis Wildcats in Clovis on Tuesday night, October 28. Carlsbad, off to a great start, won the first two sets of the match, 25-20, 25-26, but couldn’t put the Wildcats away. They lost the last three sets 22-25, 24-26, and 9-15. The loss dropped the Cavegirls to 5-15 on the year and 1-3 in District 4/5A. Clovis, with the wi

By Don Eskins The cross country season's District 4/5A Tournament will take place in Roswell on Friday, October 31. The race is set to begin at 3 p.m. As for who's going to walk off the course with this year's District championship, CHS head coach Michael Sims says it's anybody's guess. "At this point, it's up for grabs. As for us, we're just going to execute our meet plan and not worry about anything else," said Sims. "It looks like our full roster is healthy, though, so we

Selection Saturday and the NMAA’s Criteria While most of us prep football fans have a pretty good idea as to just how the selection process for the state football playoffs works, we really aren’t aware of all the particulars that go into the actual selection of teams. So, for those who may be interested, the following are all of the particulars. Playoff Procedures and Selection/Seeding for 12-Team Format for Classes 8-Man, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A 1. Twelve teams advance to t

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High, ranked ninth in Class 6A football, will take on the third-ranked Hobbs Eagles in their final regular-season game of the year on Friday night, October 31, in Hobbs. Kickoff is set to get underway at 7 p.m. The Cavemen will take the field at 5-4 on the season and 3-2 in rugged District 3/6A play. Hobbs is 7-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play. Although it may be the last game on CHS’s 2025 schedule, in no way is it less important. With state tourn

By Don Eskins After dropping a 3-2 match to the Clovis Wildcats and a 3-1 match to the Roswell Coyotes, one might have wondered if the Cavegirl volleyball team had any fight left in them. The two losses got them off to a 0-2 start in district play and left them sitting at 5-14 on the season. However, for those who might still be wondering, stop! Carlsbad’s girls have more than a lot of life left in them! On Tuesday night in Carlsbad, the Cavegirls rolled over the District 4/5

By Don Eskins The Cavemen and Cavegirl cross country teams recently returned from the Albuquerque Academy Extravaganza. Overall, the Cavemen placed 11th in a field of 21. The Cavegirls finished 17th in a field of 18. Top performers for the Cavemen were Kaleb Vasquez, who placed 55th with a time of 17:56.81, and Aiden Mendez, who placed 58th with a time of 18:18:01. Leading the way for the Cavegirls were Rainelle Ruiz, who placed 62nd with a time of 22:23.13, and Soledad Mart

By Don Eskins After a week off to rest up and fine-tune their offense, defense, and special teams, the Carlsbad High Cavemen will return to the turf on Friday, October 24, to entertain the state’s top-ranked and District 3/6A leader, the Las Cruces Bulldawgs. The game, designated as Senior Night for the Cavemen, is set to kick off at 7 p.m. at the Ralph Bowyer Cavemen Football Stadium. With only two games remaining on this year’s schedule—No. 1 Las Cruces and No. 3 Hobbs—the

By Don Eskins En route to their 5-3 record, the Cavemen have put up some pretty impressive offensive numbers, and with numbers, come names. Names like running back Brock Wright, who has rushed for 747 yards and seven touchdowns, wide receiver Robert Castaneda, who has caught 40 passes for 765 yards and 10 touchdowns, and quarterback Marley Munoz, who has completed 70 of his 118 pass attempts for 1029 yards and 10 TDs. But there’s another group of young men on the Cavemen offe

By Don Eskins The Cavegirl volleyball team took a step back in their race for this year’s District 4/5A championship after sustaining a 3-2 loss to the Clovis Wildcats in their conference inaugural. CHS’s clash with Clovis took place on Tuesday, October 14, in Carlsbad. After dropping the opening set 25-23, the Cavegirls rallied to capture the second set 25-22 and the third 25-18. Although up 2-1, Carlsbad’s young girls were unable to close out the Wildcats. The Cavegirls dro

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s hopes to push the Clovis Wildcats and Hobbs Eagles for this year’s district title were put to the test in Artesia on Friday, October 10. Unfortunately, for both the Cavemen and Cavegirls, their hopes came up a bit short. The Cavemen, behind Kaleb Vasquez’s seventh-place finish and Rex Reynolds’ eighth, placed sixth in a field of 13. Clovis placed third at the meet, and Hobbs fourth. Roswell finished 10th. In the girls’ division, the Cavegirls pla