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By Don Eskins The Cavemen and Cavegirl track and field teams competed in the Gene Love Relays in Portales on Friday, April 10. While Carlsbad’s kids were ready for a great day of competition, as they got off the bus, the weather wasn’t. “Portales was a good meet for our kids, but we ran into a real problem with some bad weather. As a result, we were not able to finish the meet,” said CHS head track coach Charles Millar. “However, despite the bad weather and the meet being can

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavegirls Powerlifting team, in only its second year of existence, captured the 2026 NMAA Class 5A State Powerlifting Championship in Rio Rancho on Saturday, April 11. Carlsbad’s girls amassed a total of 32 points en route to grabbing this year’s state title. Rounding out the tourney’s big three finishers were the runner-up Alamogordo Tigers, with 30 points, and the third-place Hobbs Eagles, with 26. Leading the way for Carlsbad were individual stat

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High School sports fans are about to be treated to one of the most monumental games ever to be played at CHS. The Cavegirl softball team, already iconic in stature, will go for an unprecedented 1,000th victory against the Roswell Coyotes on Friday, April 17, in Carlsbad. A scheduled District 4/5A twin-bill, game times are set to get underway at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at Cavegirl Park. Roswell will enter the contest at 4-12 on the year and, following 9-

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavegirl golf team, behind Haddi May’s 86, placed third at the Artesia Bulldog Classic on Monday, April 6. Eight teams teed up for the event. May’s effort landed her among the tourney’s top 10 placers. Overall, she finished ninth. Six strokes back of May, with a 92, was Averee Padilla, who placed 12th to finish in the top 20. Also placing in the top 20 were Hailey Carter, 14th, with a 93, and Cecilia Mascarenas, 19th, with a 99. “Haddi really had a

By Don Eskins For the young Cavegirl softball team, 2026 has been a very different kind of year. As District 4/5A play gets set to kick off, Carlsbad sits at a very uncharacteristic 5-9. But, in a rebuilding year with a very young pitching staff, the Cavegirls have shown signs of growth. However, the question is, have they grown enough to repeat as District 4/5A champions? Taking a look at what they’ll be facing against their conference rivals, the answer to that question is

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen will head into District 4/5A play against the Clovis Wildcats in the Cavern City on Tuesday, April 14. The first pitch is set to go out at 5 p.m. at the Tom Forni Cavemen Corral. Carlsbad, which had an unusually rough start to the season at 2-4, has won eight of its last 12 outings and currently owns an overall record of 10-8. The CHS hardballers’ most recent wins came via a 4-2, 4-2 sweep over the Goddard Rockets, in Roswell on Saturday, Ap

by Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen baseball team will test the Goddard Rockets, on Saturday, April 4, in Roswell. A twinbill, games are set for 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Carlsbad, after going 1-2 at the Rio Rancho Invitational, March 26-28, will enter the double header with an overall record of 8-8. In Rio Rancho Carlsbad downed St. Pius 20-5 before dropping games to La Cueva 10-4 and Rio Rancho 6-2. The Goddard Rockets c

By Don Eskins On Saturday, March 28, the Cavemen and Cavegirl Track and Field teams competed in the Artesia Invitational. But, on this Saturday, the first official day of spring break, Carlsbad's squads looked both abbreviated and quite different. Even at that, the Cavemen did manage to medal in four events and the Cavegirls in three. Collecting CHS's only gold medal was defending high jump state champion Jonah Moyers. Moyers turned in the meet's top jump of 6'2" to capture g

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