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By Don Eskins The Cavemen, following a sluggish start on the new basketball season, have reeled off five straight victories to up their 2025-26 record to 5-3. Carlsbad’s latest victims were the Alamogordo Tigers and the Santa Teresa Desert Warriors. On Thursday, December 11, CHS sank Alamo 63-57, and on Saturday, December 13, Santa Teresa 60-33. To nobody’s surprise, the five-game winning streak has given Carlsbad’s boys a boatload of confidence, something they’ll need on Fri

By Don Eskins As the 2025 season closed to officially end another exciting year of prep football, Cavemen head coach Cale Sanders felt like he and his staff had assembled some of New Mexico’s most outstanding athletes to make a run for a spot in this year’s state tournament. Evidently, other coaches throughout the Land of Enchantment thought so, too. Recently, 10 Cavemen football players were selected for All-State, All-Star, and All-District 3/6A honors for their efforts in

By Don Eskins Three Cavegirls have been named to the 2025-26 All-District 4/5A volleyball team. Selected for First Team post-season honors were senior Jazmariyah Sandoval and sophomore Elizabeth Tyndorf. Second Team honors went to senior Scarlett Haley. During the season, Sandoval and Tyndorf anchored positions in the middle. Haley occupied a right-side spot. “These girls proved to be integral parts of our team this season,” said Cavegirl head coach Taylor Hardison. “Ever pre

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s Holiday Invitational, hosted by the Cavemen and Cavegirl swimmers, will get underway on Saturday, December 13. But it won’t be taking place in the Cavern City. “Due to ongoing issues with our pool, the meet has officially been moved to Artesia. We’re so grateful to them for stepping in and allowing us the opportunity to host the meet without interruption,” said CHS head swim coach Samantha Segura. “Even though it won’t be in our home water, our s

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s Cavemen and Cavegirl wrestling teams turned some heads at the Rio Rancho Invitational in Rio Rancho on Friday and Saturday, December 5-6. The CHS grapplers—in only their second meet of the new season—placed among the top wrestling squads at the tourney. Needless to say, when all was said and done in Rio Rancho, CHS head coach Mark Pratt was a very happy camper. The Cavemen participated in nine dual matches in Rio Rancho, while the Cavegirls compe

By Don Eskins The Gadsden Panthers proved to be no match for the Carlsbad Cavemen when the two schools squared off for a prep basketball game in Gadsden on Tuesday, December 9. In what proved to be a game of little resistance, the Cavemen rolled over the Cats 67-18. En route to the victory, 10 Cavemen wrote their names in the scorebook. Tops on the CHS scoring chart were Zenas Huerta, Tanner Cornum, and Shane Sullivan, each enjoying double-digit nights. Huerta led all Cavemen

By Don Eskins The Gadsden Panthers proved to be no match for the Carlsbad Cavemen when the two schools squared off for a prep basketball game in Gadsden on Tuesday, December 9. In what proved to be a game of little resistance, the Cavemen rolled over the Cats 67-18. En route to the victory, 10 Cavemen wrote their names in the scorebook. Tops on the CHS scoring chart were Zenas Huerta, Tanner Cornum, and Shane Sullivan, each enjoying double-digit nights. Huerta led all Cavemen

By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen battled the Highland Hornets for four tough quarters in Albuquerque on Monday, December 1. However, in the end, Highland prevailed as they slipped past CHS by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, to pick up the win. The Cavemen jumped on the Hornets early in the contest, outscoring them 15-12 during the first quarter and 18-10 during the second, to grab a 33-22 halftime lead. However, the Hornets bounced back to win the second half 29-17 en rout

By Don Eskins The Cavegirl basketball team pushed their season record up to 2-1 following a 39-32 victory over the Alamogordo Tigers in Alamogordo on Monday, December 1. The Cavegirls rode the hot hand of freshman low-post Serenity Medrano’s 16-point effort to get the win. Down 16-13 at the half, CHS rallied to outscore the Tigers 23-16 over the final two frames. Especially big for the Cavegirls was the third period of competition. CHS put up 15 points during the eight-minute

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High kicked off the new wrestling season at the Battle of the Border Invitational in Hobbs on Saturday, November 29, and according to CHS head coach Mark Pratt, both the Cavemen’s and Cavegirls’ 2025-26 debuts went very well. “Our coaching staff couldn’t be happier with the way our kids wrestled,” said Pratt. “They showed a lot of aggressiveness on the mat, and they listened well. Overall, the experience they got at the Battle of the Border was great. “

Dropping a 30-19 contest to the Hobbs Eagles wasn’t exactly what the Cavemen and their coaches had in mind when they trekked to Hobbs for state tournament quarterfinal-round play this year. However, when the horn sounded, ending the game and the season for CHS, head coach Cale Sanders couldn’t help but feel proud of the accomplishments his charges had recorded in 2025. Battling the odds every week, Sanders’ Cavemen managed to finish out the year at 6-6, gain an 11th seed for

By Don Eskins On Saturday, November 29, the Carlsbad High School wrestling program will officially kick off the 2025-26 grappling season in Hobbs. Action is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m. In Hobbs, CHS will participate in a meet called the Battle of the Border. The meet, said CHS head wrestling coach Mark Pratt, will be quite different from most dual-meet formats they’ll participate in this year. “There will be six teams from New Mexico and six from Texas. But we won’t b