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By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavegirls carded a 756 to finish sixth at the Class 5A Girls State Golf Tournament in Las Cruces on Monday and Tuesday, May 11-12. Organ Mountain, 16 strokes better than the runner-up La Cueva Bears, who recorded a two-day total of 671, fired a 655 to claim this year’s state title. For the Cavegirls, there was much more to contend with than just the seven other teams that had assembled in the City of Crosses with hopes of winning this year’s state t

By Don Eskins A 4-1 loss to the second-seeded 21-5 Alamogordo Tigers on Friday, May 8, during opening round play of the NMAA Class 5A State Softball Tournament, brought an abrupt end to the 2026 season for the Carlsbad Cavegirls. With the loss, CHS closed out the year with a record of 14-13. In conference play, as the District 4/5A runner-up, they were 9-3. The Cavegirls, seeded 15th, jumped out in front of the Tigers 1-0 at the top of the first inning. But Alamo answered wit

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High, seeded sixth for this year’s state baseball tournament, swept the 11th-seeded Organ Mt. Knights 9-2, 4-3, in Round 1 of the NMAA’s Big Dance on Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, in the Cavern City. With the sweep, the 18-10 Cavemen advanced to the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs to do battle with the third-seeded, 25-3, La Cueva Bears in Albuquerque on Thursday, May 14. Due to deadline restraints, results of the game will be reported in the F

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High School’s Cavemen and Cavegirl track and field teams will be in Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, to compete in the NMAA’s Class 5A State Tournament. Twenty-two athletes—11 Cavemen and 11 Cavegirls—will compete at the meet. “Track is a long season (12 weeks), and it’s during the spring. We usually see several athletes fall off as the season goes on,” said CHS head coach Charles Millar. “To qualify for state takes a lot of hard work and

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