The Carlsbad Cavegirl varsity basketball team won a home playoff game against Cleveland (Rio Rancho), 36-24 on Friday night. Supported by a great crowd, the Cavegirls pulled ahead to an early lead and held off several comeback attempts. Carlsbad’s award winning BPA program was also introduced at halftime.
The girls, who hold the state’s No. 4 seed, will play against No. 5 La Cueva at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Pit in Albuquerque. The Cavegirls bus received a community sendoff Monday afternoon when they hit the road. District rival Hobbs handily won its first round and will play Sandia on Tuesday.
In boys basketball, Carlsbad lost to La Cueva, 57-56, in a heartbreaker on Saturday night. Congratulations to the Cavemen on a great season this year, which included winning a district championship. Carlsbad district rival Hobbs has also been eliminated by Organ Mountain.
Also this week, the Cavemen Classic Baseball Tournament will run from March 9-11. Carlsbad’s baseball team currently has a 5-2 record for the season, but has been pursuing the toughest opponents it can in order to remain competitive. Carlsbad will host Alamogordo at 6 p.m. on Thursday for the first round of the tournament. The Ralph Bowyer Invitational Track Meet begins on Thursday, and the Cavern City Classic Tennis Tournament begins on Friday. Carlsbad’s golf team will compete in Roswell. It should be a great week for local sports.
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The Pecos River is looking a lot cleaner this morning, thanks to the effort of hundreds of volunteers during the annual Riverblitz cleanup. Volunteers met at the Riverwalk Recreation Center and spent their morning picking up trash. Some volunteers even got to work the night before. Special thanks to Mary Garwood and Keep Carlsbad Beautiful for organizing this event. There was a new face at this year’s Riverblitz- SIMCO- who is WIPP’s Management and Operations Contractor, served as the event’s title sponsor. The Eddy County Sheriff’s Posse was back cooking hamburgers and hot dogs for all participants.
There’s also some additional beautification going on around town right now. Artist Michael Fish, who also painted the “Greetings from Carlsbad” mural downtown, completed the electric box on the corner of Calloway Drive and W. Pierce Street. This project was a collaboration between the City’s FAAV Committee, Keep Carlsbad Beautiful and Kat Davis. It’s a great way to add a little more artwork to our community.
Sincerely,
Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway