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By Don Eskins Both the Cavemen and Cavegirl golf teams, teeing up at the Lovington Wildcat Invitational on March 24 in their 2026 inaugural meet, got off to good starts. The Cavegirls, behind Cecilia Mascarenas' 88, placed third. The Cavemen, paced by Chevy Thompson's 75, placed fourth. Eleven teams, in both boys' and girls' play, competed at the invitational. "Cecilia played really well for our first meet of the year. An 88 earned her a Top 10 finish. Overall, she placed eig

By Don Eskins Good news just keeps flowing via the CHS tennis program. On Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, at the Amarillo Relays, the Cavemen grabbed two first-place finishes, and the Cavegirls one, in singles play. Claiming singles titles for the Cavemen were Lucas Bluth, who went 4-0 in gold bracket competition, and Sean Erosido, who went 4-0 in silver bracket play. Cavegirl Myka Char also went 4-0 on her way to claiming her singles title. As if that weren't enough, both

By Don Eskins Carlsbad’s Colton McKibben and Cassie Bielstein turned in exceptional performances at the Rolla Buck White Sands Track and Field Invitational held in Alamogordo on Friday, March 20. On the day, McKibben, with a toss of 51’5,” qualified for state in the shot put, and Bielstein, with a time of 16.64, qualified in the 100 hurdles. Both of their efforts were good enough to earn gold medals for first-place finishes. Bielstein, with a leap of 33’6,” also placed first

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s Lucas Bluth logged an overall record of 3-1 in singles play to lead the Cavemen to a 2-2 overall record at the Rural New Mexico Tennis Invitational. The meet took place in Las Cruces on Friday and Saturday, March 20-21. Also picking up wins in singles play for the Carlsbad boys were Sean Erosido, 2-2, Steven Pham, 2-2, Alex Burns, 2-2, and Grayson Reed, 1-3. The Cavemen competed with only five players at the Invitational. In girls’ divisional pla

By Don Eskins Both the Cavemen Baseball and Cavegirl Softball teams are currently competing in tournaments at Rio Rancho. The tourneys got underway on Thursday, March 26, and will run through Saturday, March 28. According to MaxPreps, the Cavegirls, competing in the Kristen Griego Memorial Tournament, opened play on Thursday against the Aztec Tigers and are scheduled to take on the Bloomfield Bobcats at 10 a.m. on Friday. At noon on Friday, they’ll battle an opponent yet to b

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High School hosted the Eddy County Qualifier on Thursday, March 12. Competing with CHS were Loving and Artesia. "We had a good meet and were able to run all of our athletes," said CHS head track and field coach Charles Millar. "Our kids improved in almost every single event, which is awesome. "However, Sophia Trujillo was our only athlete to qualify for state. She qualified in the shot put with a throw of 35' 10", he said. "Right now, Sophia and her tea

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High School's powerlifting team, in only its second year of existence, is experiencing yet another great season. With only three weeks remaining on their schedule, the Cavegirls are ranked No. 1 in the state and the Cavemen No. 3. Last year, when all was said and done, the Cavemen finished second and the Cavegirls third. Participants in powerlifting compete in three different lifts — the squat, deadlift, and bench press. At meets, points are awarded to

By Don Eskins Cavegirl softball opens up 2026 play at home for the first time on Friday afternoon, March 20, against the always tough Centennial Hawks. Game times are set for 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at Cavegirl Park. The Cavegirls will enter the twi-night doubleheader with a 2-2 record. The Hawks are currently 7-1 on the year. Their most notable win came via a 7-6 victory over Las Cruces. Their only loss, an 11-7 decision to the Mayfield Trojans. The Cavegirls will try to reb

By Don Eskins Day two of the Carlsbad Cavemen Round Robin Baseball Tournament gets underway on Friday, March 20. The three-day CHS event will run through Saturday, March 21, at the Tom Forni Cavemen Corral. Things couldn't get much better for Carlsbad baseball fans as four games will take place—two of them featuring the Cavemen—on Friday. Friday's slate of games will look like this: Game 1, Organ Mt. vs. Hobbs at 10 a.m.; Game 2, Mayfield vs. Cathedral at 12:30 p.m.; Game 3,

By Don Eskins As the buzzer sounded, ending the Cavemen’s 52-47 upset victory over the Centennial Hawks during opening round play of the state basketball tournament in Las Cruces on Saturday night, March 7, had iconic sportscaster Al Michaels been doing the play-by-play, he just might have exclaimed, “Do you believe in miracles!” Entering the game having already lost to Centennial once, 62-45, and as a 10th-seeded underdog, the Cavemen proved to be anything but! Except for a

By Don Eskins It wasn’t the ending the Carlsbad Cavemen were hoping for—a 54-53 heartbreaking loss to the Cleveland Storm in the quarter-final round of the Class 5A State Basketball Tournament—but with nine seconds left and the ball in their hands, they had a legitimate shot at buying their way into the semis. However, on Wednesday, May 11, in the UNM Pit, lady luck wasn’t with Carlsbad High. With time running out, and down by one, Caveman point guard Zenas Hureta put up a de

By Don Eskins Former Caveman soccer player, Daesen Urquidez, signed a letter of intent to compete collegiately with the Sterling College Warriors on Wednesday, March 4, at CHS. Sterling College, a four-year college located in Sterling, KA, is an NAIA school and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. During 2025, the Warriors posted an overall record of 5-11-1. In conference play, they were 3-10. Urquidez, a three-time All-District 4/5A defender, said he feels