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By Don Eskins The Carlsbad Cavemen participated in the NMAA’s Individual and Team State Tennis Tournament in Albuquerque on May 6-9. Although the CHS boys failed to pick up a victory in singles or doubles play, they did down the Rio Rancho Rams 5-4 in the first round of team competition before losing to La Cueva 0-6 in the quarterfinals. “This year’s tournament was really tough. But our boys played hard and fought the opposition to the very last match,” said CHS assistant coa

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 In the second of three District 4/5A dual tennis meets, the Carlsbad Cavemen rolled over the Roswell Coyotes, as did the Cavegirls, 9-0. The meet took place in the Cavern City on Friday, April 17. “High winds made play difficult,” said CHS assistant coach Diamond Morrill. “But our kids battled both the Roswell Coyotes and elements well.” Lucas Bluth ran into little resistance from his opponent. The senior, and Cavemen’s No. 1 singles player, was perfect in posti

By Don Eskins The Cavemen tennis team opened up District 4/5A play by rolling over the Clovis Wildcats, 8-1, in Clovis on Tuesday afternoon, April 14. CHS’s boys, as the score indicates, dominated the Wildcats throughout the match. “Our boys’ team looked really strong. We expected them to be tough at Clovis, and that’s exactly what they were,” said CHS assistant coach Diamond Morrill. “Although losing his singles match (2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-10), we were still impressed by the play

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 The Cavemen and Cavegirl tennis teams competed at the Statewide Invitational in Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday, February 20-21. On Friday, CHS competed in flighted singles bracket competition, and on Saturday, flighted doubles bracket play. “The competition here was a bit more difficult than last weekend in El Paso,” said CHS assistant coach Diamond Morrill. “However, it was nice for us to get to see what some of the other teams in the state are looking like