JAL – Deee-fense! Deee-fense! Defense? Wait, what? Yes, defense dictated Saturday’s state 2A football championship game between Jal and Eunice, despite having two of the county’s most explosive offensive players – the Cardinals’ Conagher Pierce and the Panthers’ Alexavier Carreon – on the field. And once the Cardinals’ offense was able to chip away a bit in the fourth quarter, …

LOVINGTON – Families live together, eat together, sleep under the same roofs. They always have each other’s backs, and are sometimes at each other’s throats. In especially athletic families, multiple siblings play sports. Often the same sport, at the same time. Sometimes at an exponential level. Such is the case with the Lovington boys soccer team. As the Wildcats made …