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Statewide success for the Dora Coyotes now dots the New Mexico history book since 1970.

Find out exactly when the Coyotes have brought home first place state trophies in the Roll Call of State Championships below…

 

Girls Basketball
1992…Dora, led by coach Mike Majors, captures the small schools hoops championship by upending defending champ Roy, 61-48, in the 1A title game
1975…In the early years (the third, in fact) of girls state tournaments, Dora picks up the Class 1A crown by beating Fort Sumner 30-22 in the finale

Boys Basketball
2003…A sparkling 25-3 campaign ends with Dora and coach Ty Thatcher taking care of Albuquerque’s Temple Baptist by an 80-65 count at The Pit
1970…With coach Jack Tarver on the bench, Coyotes take home first-ever state championship by knocking off Cimarron 67-52

 Volleyball
1991…As the Coyotes would do again later in the same school year, on the basketball court, Dora claims a state championship in volleyball with a five-game win over Capitan

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Glenn Johnson is used to competition.
As former head coach for the Portales High football team, Johnson patrolled the sidelines as the Rams vied with all comers.
Then he got into an entirely different kind of competitive venture – albeit one with quite a tasty fringe benefit.
These days, when Johnson isn’t coaching, he and a couple of other teachers at PHS are cooking.
Barbecueing, to be exact.
At J-4 Bar-B-Que, the guys spend hours to prepare the meats before cooking them up for hungry patrons throughout the east side of the state.
“We start at least a day-and-a-half to two days ahead. That’s when we start smoking the meat,” said Johnson of J-4′s menu that includes brisket, chicken, sausage, pork, turkey and more.
The idea to make a passion into a business came when Johnson, Bill Graham and Jerry Faber took a trip to be in a barbecue cook-off in Rio Rancho.
“Oh my, is it intense or what?” said Johnson of the annual “Pork & Brew” competition. “I tell you what, you think you know how to barbecue, you should go up and compete with those guys.”
Since each man on the trip has a part of his name start with a “J”, along with Faber’s father-in-law who was along for the competition, they came up with the J-4 concept.
Portales residents in need of some good catering have been grateful ever since.
“With barbecuing and catering, it’s just as easy to cook for 400 as it is for 40,” Johnson said. “You’ve still got to prepare the meats, the sides and the drinks – the whole bit.”

Since J-4 Bar-B-Que was created, the company has catered weddings, funerals, baby showers, reunions, graduation parties and retirement parties – among others – in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
Johnson himself if from Olton in the Texas panhandle.
“It’s been a passion of mine I guess ever since I was a kid,” said Johnson of barbecuing. “My dad introduced me. It’s kind of funny – at a very young age, junior high age, we have a big family with nine of us and I’d be the one that was stuck on the grill.

“As far as preparing for large groups, I guess I’ve done that for years,” he added.

Call J-4 Bar-B-Que for more information at 693-3992, 760-6339 or 760-9573